Psalms 50:20

In 11 translations

BSB

You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.

KJV

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.

WEB

You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother’s son.

ASV

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.

LSV

You sit, you speak against your brother, || You give slander against a son of your mother.

YLT

Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.

DBY

Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother, thou revilest thine own mother's son:

DRC49:20

Sitting thou didst speak against thy brother, and didst lay a scandal against thy mother’s son:

GNV

Thou sittest, and speakest against thy brother, and slanderest thy mothers sonne.

JPS

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

LXXE49:20

Thou didst sit and speak against thy brother, and didst scandalise thy mother's son.

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Original-language editions

WLC

תֵּ֭שֵׁב בְּאָחִ֣יךָ תְדַבֵּ֑ר בְּבֶֽן־אִ֝מְּךָ֗ תִּתֶּן־דֹּֽפִי׃

LXX-Br49:20

Καθήμενος κατὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου κατελάλεις, καὶ κατὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ τῆς μητρός σου ἐτίθεις σκάνδαλον.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Matthew 10:21Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
• Leviticus 19:16You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
• Proverbs 10:18The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
• Psalms 31:18May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
• Matthew 5:11Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
• Revelation 12:10And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down— he who accuses…
• Titus 2:3Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.
• Luke 22:65And they said many other blasphemous things against Him.
• 1 Timothy 3:11In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.

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