Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But unto the ungodly sayeth God, "Why dost thou preach my laws, and takest my covenant in thy mouth,
New American Standard Bible
“What right have you to tell of My statutes
And to take
King James Version
But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
Holman Bible
“What right do you have to recite My statutes
and to take My covenant on your lips?
International Standard Version
As for the wicked, God says, "How dare you recite my statutes or speak about my covenant with your lips!
A Conservative Version
But to the wicked man God says, What have thou to do to declare my statutes, and that thou have taken my covenant in thy mouth,
American Standard Version
But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, And that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth,
Amplified
But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to recite My statutes
Or to take My covenant on your lips?
Darby Translation
But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant into thy mouth,
Julia Smith Translation
And to the unjust one God said, What to thee to recount my law, and thou wilt lift up my covenant upon thy mouth?
King James 2000
But unto the wicked God says, What have you to do to declare my statutes, or that you should take my covenant in your mouth?
Lexham Expanded Bible
But to the wicked God says, "What [right] have you to recite my statutes and {mention my covenant with your mouth},
Modern King James verseion
But to the wicked, God says, What is it to you, to declare My Precepts, and to take up My covenant in your mouth?
NET Bible
God says this to the evildoer: "How can you declare my commands, and talk about my covenant?
New Heart English Bible
But to the wicked God says, "What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips,
The Emphasized Bible
But, to the lawless one, God saith, What hast, thou, to do, to recount my statutes? Or that thou hast taken up my covenant upon thy mouth?
Webster
But to the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
World English Bible
But to the wicked God says, "What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips,
Youngs Literal Translation
And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee -- to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on thy mouth?
Themes
Forgetting » Those that forget the lord
Glory » Who glorifies the lord
Instruction » Who despises instruction
Partaking » Who partakes with evil
Salvation » Who will see the salvation of God
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 50:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
God As Judge
15 And call upon me in the time of trouble; so will I hear thee, and thou shalt praise me." 16 But unto the ungodly sayeth God, "Why dost thou preach my laws, and takest my covenant in thy mouth, 17 whereas thou hatest to be reformed, and hast cast my words behind thee?
Cross References
Psalm 25:14
The secret of the LORD is among them that fear him, and he showeth them his covenant.
Psalm 78:36-38
Nevertheless, they did but flatter him with their mouths, and dissembled with him in their tongues.
Proverbs 26:7
Like as in a lame man his legs are not equal, even so is a parable in the fool's mouth.
Isaiah 1:11-15
Why offer ye so many sacrifices unto me, sayeth the LORD? I am full of the burnt offerings of weathers, and with the fatness of fed beasts. I have no pleasure in the blood of bullocks, lambs, and goats.
Isaiah 29:13
Therefore thus sayeth the LORD, "Forsomuch as this people, when they be in trouble, do honor me with their mouth, and with their lips, whereas their heart nevertheless is far from me; and the fear which they owe unto me, that turn they to men's laws and doctrines;
Isaiah 48:1-2
Hear this, O thou house of Jacob; ye that are called by the name of Israel, and are come out of one stock with Judah; which swear by the name of the LORD, and bear witness by the God of Israel - but not with truth and right.
Isaiah 48:22
As for the ungodly, they have no peace, sayeth the LORD.
Isaiah 55:6-7
Seek the LORD, while he may be found, and call upon him while he is nigh.
Isaiah 58:1-7
Cry with the throat and spare not. Lift up thy voice as a trumpet, and tell my people their offences and the house of Jacob their sins.
Jeremiah 7:4-7
Trust not in false lying words, saying, 'Here is the temple of the LORD, here is the temple of the LORD, here is the temple of the LORD.'
Ezekiel 18:27
And when a wicked turneth from his wickedness and doth justly and righteously, he shall save his soul:
Ezekiel 20:37-38
I will bring you under my jurisdiction, and under the bond of the covenant.
Matthew 7:3-5
Why seest thou a mote in thy brother's eye, and perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
Matthew 7:22-23
Many will say to me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not in thy name prophesied? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name have done many miracles?'
John 4:24
God is a spirit, and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit, and truth."
Acts 19:13-16
Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus saying, "We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth."
Romans 2:17-24
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and trustest in the law and rejoicest in God,
1 Corinthians 9:27
but I tame my body and bring it into subjection, lest after that I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Hebrews 8:9
not like the testament that I made with their fathers at that time, when I took them by the hands, to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they continued not in my testament, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
2 Peter 2:15
and have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, which loved the reward of unrighteousness: