Psalms 50:18
When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
Psalms 50:18 in other translations
| BSB | When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers. |
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| WEB | When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers. |
| ASV | When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, And hast been partaker with adulterers. |
| YLT | If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers is thy portion. |
| DARBY | When thou sawest a thief, thou didst take pleasure in him, and thy portion was with adulterers; |
| BBE | When you saw a thief, you were in agreement with him, and you were joined with those who took other men's wives. |
| Webster | When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. |
What does Psalms 50:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 50:16-20
16-20. the wicked--that is, the formalists, as now exposed, and who lead vicious lives (compare Ro 2:21, 23). They are unworthy to use even the words of God's law. Their hypocrisy and vice are exposed by illustrations from sins against the seventh, eighth, and ninth commandments.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 50:16-23
Hypocrisy is wickedness, which God will judge. And it is too common, for those who declare the Lord's statutes to others, to live in disobedience to them themselves. This delusion arises from the abuse of God's long-suffering, and a wilful mistake of his character and the intention of his gospel. The sins of sinners will be fully proved on them in the judgment of the great day. The day is coming when God will set…
Psalms 50:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 50:18
- Romans 1:32
Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
- 1 Timothy 5:22
Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
- Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
- Proverbs 7:19-23
For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed. With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; …
- Ephesians 5:11-13
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
- Isaiah 5:23
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
- Jeremiah 5:8-9
They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife. Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
- Micah 7:3
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
- Matthew 23:30
And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
- Proverbs 2:16-19
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
- Leviticus 20:10
And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
- Proverbs 1:10-19
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: …
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Pr 1:10-19; Isa 5:23; Mic 7:3; Ro 1:32; Eph 5:11-13
hast been partaker. Heb. thy portion was.
Le 20:10; Job 31:9-11; Pr 2:16-19; 7:19-23; Jer 5:8,9; Heb 13:4
partaker.
Mt 23:30; 1Ti 5:22
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Context
- Psalms 50:17
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
- Psalms 50:18
When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
- Psalms 50:19
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
Psalms 50:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si veías al ladrón, tú corrías con él; y con los adúlteros era tu parte. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Si tu as vu un voleur, tu t’es plu avec lui, et ta portion est avec les adultères; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn du einen Dieb sahst, so gingst du gern mit ihm um, und dein Teil war mit Ehebrechern. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quoniam si voluisses sacrificium, dedissem utique; holocaustis non delectaberis. |