Psalms 50:20

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; against thy own mother's son thou utterest slander.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19Thou lettest loose thy mouth with evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence: thou didst ween that I am like thyself; [but] I will reprove thee, and set it in order before thy eyes.”

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Cross References

Psalms 31:18(31:19) Let the lying lips be made dumb, which speak hard things against the righteous, with pride and contempt.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 50:17-23

The Character of the Wicked. 16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee. 18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. 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,… Read the whole commentary →

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