Psalms 50:16
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?
Psalms 50:16 in other translations
| BSB | To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips? |
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| WEB | But to the wicked God says, “What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips, |
| ASV | But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, And that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth, |
| YLT | And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee--to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on thy mouth? |
| DARBY | But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant into thy mouth, |
| BBE | But to the sinner, God says, What are you doing, talking of my laws, or taking the words of my agreement in your mouth? |
| Webster | But to the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? |
What does Psalms 50:16 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 50:16-20
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 50:16-23
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Psalms 50:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 50:16
- Isaiah 29:13
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
- Psalms 78:36-38
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant. But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
- Psalms 25:14
The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
- Isaiah 55:6-7
Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
- Romans 2:17-24
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. …
- Hebrews 8:9
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
- Isaiah 48:1-2
Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness. For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The Lord of hosts is his name.
- Proverbs 26:7
The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
- 2 Peter 2:15
Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
- Isaiah 1:11-15
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. …
- John 4:24
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
- 1 Corinthians 9:27
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
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Context
- Psalms 50:15
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
- Psalms 50:16
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?
- Psalms 50:17
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
Psalms 50:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Pero al malo dijo Dios: ¿Qué tienes tú que enarrar mis leyes, y que tomar mi pacto en tu boca, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais Dieu dit au méchant: Qu’as-tu à faire de redire mes statuts, et de prendre mon alliance dans ta bouche? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Zu dem Gesetzlosen aber spricht Gott: "Was hast du meine Satzungen herzusagen und meinen Bund in deinen Mund zu nehmen? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Libera me de sanguinibus, Deus, Deus salutis meæ, et exsultabit lingua mea justitiam tuam. |