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Psalms Chapter 50 verse 20 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 50:20

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
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BBE Psalms 50:20

You say evil of your brother; you make false statements against your mother's son.
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DARBY Psalms 50:20

Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother, thou revilest thine own mother's son:
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KJV Psalms 50:20

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
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WBT Psalms 50:20

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thy own mother's son.
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WEB Psalms 50:20

You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother's son.
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YLT Psalms 50:20

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother. Professor Cheyne understands by "brother" any fellow-Israelite; but the parallel in the second hemistich - Thou slanderest thine own mother's son - implies that an actual brother is intended. It is one of the special characteristics of the reprobate to be "without natural affection" (Romans 1:31).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) Sittest.--Rather, as in Psalm 10:8; Psalm 17:12, lurkest.Slanderest.--Literally, givest a thrust; but, from the parallelism, used of words that often hurt more than blows.Mother's son.--In a country where polygamy was practised, this marks a closer relationship than the more general "brother" would do. (See Song of Solomon 1:6, Note.)