Psalms 50:20

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 thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, And hast been partaker with adulterers. 19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit. Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother’s son. 21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: ButI will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. 22Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:

Psalms 50:20 word by word

תֵּ֭שֵׁב בְּאָחִ֣יךָ תְדַבֵּ֑ר בְּבֶֽן־אִ֝מְּךָ֗ תִּתֶּן־דֹּֽפִי׃Read the interlinear

• brotherאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• mother’sאֵם'êm · motherH517
• sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121

Cross-references for Psalms 50:20

• Psalms 31:18Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.
• Matthew 5:11Blessed are ye when men shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
• Luke 22:65And many other things spake they against him, reviling him.
• Leviticus 19:16Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am Jehovah.
• Proverbs 10:18He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.
• 1 Timothy 3:11Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
• Revelation 12:10And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accuseth them before our God day and night.
• Matthew 10:21And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child: and children shall rise up against 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

Topics related to Psalms 50:20

• Falsehood
• Gossip
• Slander
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

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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