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Psalms 50:20
20You sit and speak against your brother; You slander your own mother’s son.
Psalms 50:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.
- New International Version (NIV)You sit and testify against your brother and slander your own mother’s son.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You sit and speak against your brother; You slander your own mother’s son.
Context of Psalms 50:20
18When you see a thief, you are pleased with him and condone his behavior, And you associate with adulterers. 19You give your mouth to evil And your tongue frames deceit. You sit and speak against your brother; You slander your own mother’s son. 21These things you have done and I kept silent; You thought that I was just like you. Now I will reprimand and denounce you and state the case in order before your eyes. 22“Now consider this, you who forget God, Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to rescue [you].
Read all of Psalms 50Psalms 50:20 word by word
תֵּ֭שֵׁב בְּאָחִ֣יךָ תְדַבֵּ֑ר בְּבֶֽן־אִ֝מְּךָ֗ תִּתֶּן־דֹּֽפִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 50:20
- Psalms 31:18Let the lying lips be mute, Which speak insolently and arrogantly against the [consistently] righteous With pride and contempt.
- Matthew 5:11“Blessed [morally courageous and spiritually alive with life-joy in God’s goodness] are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil things against you because of [your association with] Me.
- Luke 22:65And they were saying many other [evil and slanderous] things against Him, blaspheming [speaking sacrilegiously and abusively about] Him.
- Leviticus 19:16You shall not go around as a gossip among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor [with slander or false testimony]; I am the Lord.
- Proverbs 10:18He who hides hatred has lying lips, And he who spreads slander is a fool.
- 1 Timothy 3:11Women must likewise be worthy of respect, not malicious gossips, but self-controlled, [thoroughly] trustworthy in all things.
- Revelation 12:10Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom (dominion, reign) of our God, and the authority of His Christ have come; for the accuser of our [believing] brothers and sisters has been thrown down [at last], he who accuses them and keeps bringing charges [of sinful behavior] against them before our God day and night.
- Matthew 10:21“Brother will betray brother to death, and the father his child; and children will rise up and rebel against their parents and cause them to be put to death.
Commentaries on Psalms 50:20
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother - To the general character of falsehood and slander there is now added the fact that they were guilty of this in the most aggravated manner conceivable - against their nearest relations, the members of their own families. They were not only guilty of the crime against neighbors - against strangers - against persons to whom they sustained no near relationship; but against those of their own households - those…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-23Verses 16-23 Hypocrisy is wickedness, which God will judge. And it is too common, for those who declare the Lord's statutes to others, to live in disobedience to them themselves. This delusion arises from the abuse of God's long-suffering, and a wilful mistake of his character and the intention of his gospel. The sins of sinners will be fully proved on them in the judgment of the great day. The day is coming when God will set their sins in order, sins of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-21This message is against the wicked, who only pretend to listen to God.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-2016-20. the wicked--that is, the formalists, as now exposed, and who lead vicious lives (compare Ro 2:21, 23). They are unworthy to use even the words of God's law. Their hypocrisy and vice are exposed by illustrations from sins against the seventh, eighth, and ninth commandments.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 50
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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