Parallel Verses
King James Version
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
New American Standard Bible
You slander your own mother’s son.
Holman Bible
slandering your mother’s son.
International Standard Version
You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own 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 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. 20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. 21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
Cross References
Matthew 10:21
And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Leviticus 19:16
Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.
Psalm 31:18
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Proverbs 10:18
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
Matthew 5:11
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Luke 22:65
And many other things blasphemously spake they against him.
1 Timothy 3:11
Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
Titus 2:3
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
Revelation 12:10
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.