Parallel Verses
Amplified
“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.
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.
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 to evil
And your tongue frames deceit.
“You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.
“These things you have done and I kept silent;
You thought that I was just like you.
Now I will reprimand and denounce you and state the case in order before your eyes.
Cross References
Matthew 10:21
Leviticus 19:16
You shall not go around as a gossip among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor [with slander or false testimony]; I am the Lord.
Psalm 31:18
Let the lying lips be mute,
Which speak insolently and arrogantly against the [consistently] righteous
With pride and contempt.
Proverbs 10:18
He who hides hatred has lying lips,
And he who spreads slander is a fool.
Matthew 5:11
Luke 22:65
And they were saying many other [evil and slanderous] things against Him, blaspheming [speaking sacrilegiously and abusively about] Him.
1 Timothy 3:11
Titus 2:3
Older women similarly are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor addicted to much wine, teaching what is right and good,
Revelation 12:10
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying,
“Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom (dominion, reign) of our God, and the authority of His Christ have come; for the