God’s Word Translation
Psalms 50:18
18When you see a thief, you want to make friends with him. You keep company with people who commit adultery.
Psalms 50:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
- New International Version (NIV)When you see a thief, you join with him; you throw in your lot with adulterers.
- English Standard Version (ESV)If you see a thief, you are pleased with him, and you keep company with adulterers.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When you saw a thief, you consented with him, And have been a partaker with adulterers.
Context of Psalms 50:18
16But God says to wicked people, “How dare you quote my decrees and mouth my promises! 17You hate discipline. You toss my words behind you. When you see a thief, you want to make friends with him. You keep company with people who commit adultery. 19You let your mouth say anything evil. Your tongue plans deceit. 20You sit and talk against your own brother. You slander your own mother’s son.
Read all of Psalms 50Psalms 50:18 word by word
אִם־רָאִ֣יתָ גַ֭נָּב וַתִּ֣רֶץ עִמּ֑וֹ וְעִ֖ם מְנָאֲפִ֣ים חֶלְקֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 50:18
- Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners lure you, do not go along.
- Isaiah 5:23who declare the guilty innocent for a bribe, who take away the rights of righteous people.
- Micah 7:3Their hands are skilled in doing evil. Officials ask for gifts. Judges accept bribes. Powerful people dictate what they want. So they scheme together.
- Romans 1:32Although they know God’s judgment that those who do such things deserve to die, they not only do these things but also approve of others who do them.
- Ephesians 5:11Have nothing to do with the useless works that darkness produces. Instead, expose them for what they are.
- Leviticus 7:19“Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten. It must be burned. Anyone who is clean may eat from these sacrifices.
- Jeremiah 5:8They are like well-fed stallions that are wild with desire. They neigh for their neighbors’ wives.
- Hebrews 13:4Marriage is honorable in every way, so husbands and wives should be faithful to each other. God will judge those who commit sexual sins, especially those who commit adultery.
- Matthew 23:30Then you say, ‘If we had lived at the time of our ancestors, we would not have helped to murder the prophets.’
- 1 Timothy 5:22Don’t be in a hurry to place your hands on anyone ⌞to ordain him⌟. Don’t participate in the sins of others. Keep yourself morally pure.
Commentaries on Psalms 50:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18When thou sawest a thief - Rapine, adulteries, and adulterous divines, were common among the Jews in our Lord's time. The Gospels give full proof of this.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18When thou sawest a thief - When you have seen or found one who was intending to commit theft, then (instead of rebuking or exposing him) you have been willing to act with him, and to divide the profits. The words “when thou sawest” would seem to imply readiness and willingness to engage with them, as “at first sight.” Whenever there was an opportunity to share in the results of theft, they were ready to engage in it. The main “point” in this is, that they…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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