2 Timothy 4:4
Modern Translations
New International Version
They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

New Living Translation
They will reject the truth and chase after myths.

English Standard Version
and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.

Berean Study Bible
So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

New American Standard Bible
and they will turn their ears away from the truth and will turn aside to myths.

NASB 1995
and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.

NASB 1977
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and will turn aside to myths.

Amplified Bible
and will turn their ears away from the truth and will wander off into myths and man-made fictions [and will accept the unacceptable].

Christian Standard Bible
They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths.

Contemporary English Version
They will turn from the truth and eagerly listen to senseless stories.

Good News Translation
They will turn away from listening to the truth and give their attention to legends.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
People will refuse to listen to the truth and turn to myths.

International Standard Version
They will refuse to listen to the truth and will turn to myths.

NET Bible
And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

New King James Version
and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.

King James 2000 Bible
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto myths.

New Heart English Bible
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to myths.

World English Bible
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.

American King James Version
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned to fables.

American Standard Version
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.

A Faithful Version
And they shall turn away their own ears from the truth; and they shall be turned aside unto myths.

Darby Bible Translation
and they will turn away their ear from the truth, and will have turned aside to fables.

English Revised Version
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they will turn away their ears from the truth, and will be turned to fables.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And shall turne their eares from the trueth, and shalbe giuen vnto fables.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And shall turne away their hearyng from the trueth, and shalbe turned vnto fables.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
and shal turne their eares from the trueth, and shalbe geuen vnto fables.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
and shall turne their eares from ye trueth and shalbe geven vnto fables.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and, indeed, they will turn away from hearing the truth, and they will be turned aside to the fables.

Berean Literal Bible
and indeed they will turn away from hearing the truth, and will be turned aside unto myths.

Young's Literal Translation
and indeed, from the truth the hearing they shall turn away, and to the fables they shall be turned aside.

Smith's Literal Translation
And truly from the truth will they turn away the hearing, and be turned aside to fictions.

Literal Emphasis Translation
And they will turn away their hearing from the truth and upon myths they will be turned away.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And will indeed turn away their hearing from the truth, but will be turned unto fables.

Catholic Public Domain Version
and certainly, they will turn their hearing away from the truth, and they will be turned toward fables.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they will turn their ears from the truth and turn aside unto fables.

Lamsa Bible
And they will turn away their ears from the truth, and they will turn to fables.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
and they will turn away their ears from the truth, and be turned to fables.

Godbey New Testament
and they will indeed turn their hearing from the truth, and be turned unto fables.

Haweis New Testament
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and listen unto fables.

Mace New Testament
which, while they are deaf to the truth, attentively listen to fables.

Weymouth New Testament
and will turn away from listening to the truth and will turn aside to fables.

Worrell New Testament
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and will turn aside to the fables.

Worsley New Testament
and turn away their attention from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.
















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