2 Timothy 4:4 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and indeed, from the truth the hearing they shall turn away, and to the fables they shall be turned aside.

English ASV

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

English Amplified

And will turn aside from hearing the truth and wander off into myths and man-made fictions.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And will turn aside from hearing the truth and wander off into myths and man-made fictions.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

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

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

People will refuse to listen to God's true message. Instead, they will want to listen to silly stories that are false.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

People will stop listening to the truth. They will begin to follow the teaching in false stories.

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

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

English God's Word - GW 1995

People will refuse to listen to the truth and turn to myths.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

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

English KJV 1611

And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

English LSB

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

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

and they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn to myths.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

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

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

and will stop listening to the truth and will be diverted to myths.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The people will turn their ears away from the truth. They will turn to stories that aren't completely true.

English NIV

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

English NKJ 1982

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

English NLT

They will reject the truth and follow strange myths.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander away to myths.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

They will close their ears to the truth and believe nothing but fables and myths.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander into myths.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

They won't listen to what the Bible says but will blithely follow their own misguided ideas.

English Tyndale 1537

and shall turn their ears from the truth, and shall be given unto fables:

2 Timothy 4:4 — Compare Translations