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Psalms 50:18
18When you saw a thief, you consented with him, And have been a partaker with adulterers.
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 Living Translation (NLT)When you see thieves, you approve of them, and you spend your time with adulterers.
Context of Psalms 50:18
16But to the wicked God says: “What right have you to declare My statutes, Or take My covenant in your mouth, 17Seeing you hate instruction And cast My words behind you? When you saw a thief, you consented with him, And have been a partaker with adulterers. 19You give your mouth to evil, And your tongue frames deceit. 20You sit and speak against your 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 entice you, Do not consent.
- Isaiah 5:23Who justify the wicked for a bribe, And take away justice from the righteous man!
- Micah 7:3That they may successfully do evil with both hands— The prince asks for gifts, The judge seeks a bribe, And the great man utters his evil desire; So they scheme together.
- Romans 1:32who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.
- Ephesians 5:11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.
- Leviticus 7:19‘The flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned with fire. And as for the clean flesh, all who are clean may eat of it.
- Jeremiah 5:8They were like well-fed lusty stallions; Every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
- Hebrews 13:4Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
- Matthew 23:30and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’
- 1 Timothy 5:22Do not lay hands on anyone hastily, nor share in other people’s sins; keep yourself 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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