Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
New American Standard Bible
You slander your own mother’s son.
King James Version
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
Holman Bible
slandering your mother’s son.
A Conservative Version
Thou sit and speak against thy brother; thou slander thine own mother's son.
American Standard Version
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
Amplified
“You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.
Darby Translation
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother, thou revilest thine own mother's son:
Julia Smith Translation
Thou wilt sit, and thou wilt speak against thy brother; against the son of thy, mother thou wilt give a stumbling-block.
King James 2000
You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your mother's son.
Modern King James verseion
You sit; you speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother, yea and slanderest thine own mother's son.
NET Bible
You plot against your brother; you slander your own brother.
New Heart English Bible
You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother's son.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou wouldst sit down - Against thine own brother, wouldst thou speak, Against thine own mother's son, wouldst thou expose a fault: -
Webster
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thy own mother's son.
World English Bible
You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother's son.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.
Themes
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Backbiting
Forgetting » Those that forget the lord
Glory » Who glorifies the lord
Salvation » Who will see the salvation of God
Slander » The wicked addicted to
Slander » The nearest relations exposed to
Topics
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 50:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
God As Judge
19 You give your mouth free reign for evil, and your tongue devises deceit. 20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son. 21 These things you did, and I kept silent, because you assumed that I was like you. But now I am going to rebuke you, and I will set forth my case before your very own eyes."
Cross References
Matthew 10:21
"Brother will hand brother over for execution, and a father his child. Children will rebel against parents and have them put to death.
Leviticus 19:16
"You are not to go around slandering your people. "You are not to stand idle when your neighbor's life is at stake. I am the LORD.
Psalm 31:18
Let the lying lips be made still, especially those who speak arrogantly against the righteous with pride and contempt.
Proverbs 10:18
Whoever conceals hatred is a deceitful liar, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
Matthew 5:11
"How blessed are you whenever people insult you, persecute you, and say all sorts of evil things against you falsely because of me!
Luke 22:65
And they kept insulting him in many other ways.
1 Timothy 3:11
Their wives must also be serious. They must not be gossips, but instead be stable and trustworthy in everything.
Titus 2:3
Likewise, older women are to show their reverence for God by their behavior. They are not to be gossips or addicted to alcohol, but to be examples of goodness.
Revelation 12:10
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say, "Now the salvation, the power, the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah have come. For the one who accuses our brothers, who accuses them day and night in the presence of our God, has been thrown out.