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Psalms 50:20

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “You sit and speak against your brother; You slander your own mother’s son.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thy own mother's son.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother, thou revilest thine own mother's son:
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Thou wouldst sit down—Against thine own brother, wouldst thou speak, Against thine own mother's son, wouldst thou expose a fault:—
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Sitting thou didst speak against thy brother, and didst lay a scandal against thy mother's son:
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Thou sittest, and speakest against thy brother, and slanderest thy mothers sonne.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine owne mothers sonne.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Thou didst sit and speak against thy brother, and didst scandalize thy mother's son.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Thou sittest 3427
{3427} Prime
יָשַׁב
yashab
{yaw-shab'}
A primitive root; properly to sit down (specifically as judge, in ambush, in quiet); by implication to dwell, to remain; causatively to settle, to marry.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
[and] speakest 1696
{1696} Prime
דִּבֵּר
dabar
{daw-bar'}
A primitive root; perhaps properly to arrange; but used figuratively (of words) to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue.
z8762
<8762> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 2447
against thy brother; 251
{0251} Prime
אָח
'ach
{awkh}
A primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like H0001)).
thou y5414
[5414] Standard
נָתַן
nathan
{naw-than'}
A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application (put, make, etc.).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
slanderest 1848
{1848} Prime
דֹּפִי
dophiy
{dof'-ee}
From an unused root (meaning to push over); a stumbling block.
x5414
(5414) Complement
נָתַן
nathan
{naw-than'}
A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application (put, make, etc.).
thine own mother's 517
{0517} Prime
אֵם
'em
{ame}
A primitive word; a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively); (like H0001).
son. 1121
{1121} Prime
בֵּן
ben
{bane}
From H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001, H0251, etc.).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 50:16-20.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 50:16-23.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 50:20

Thou (p) sittest [and] speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

(p) He notes the cruelty of hypocrites who in their talk or judgment do not spare their own mother's sons.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
speakest:

Psalms 31:18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
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.

slanderest:

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.
Proverbs 10:18 He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.
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.

thine own:

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.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Lv 19:16. Ps 31:18. Pv 10:18. Mt 5:11; 10:21. Lk 22:65. 1Ti 3:11. Tit 2:3. Rv 12:10.

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