King James Version

Psalms 50:20

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

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תֵּ֭שֵׁבteshevdwellיָשַׁבverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “dwell”, an unfinished actionH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…בְּאָחִ֣יךָbeachikhain brother ; kindredאָחpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “in brother ; kindred”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.תְדַבֵּ֑רtedaberspeakדָבַרverb, piel, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “speak”, an unfinished actionH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.בְּבֶֽןbevenin sonבֵּןpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a 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 father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […אִ֝מְּךָ֗imkhamotherאֵםnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “mother”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))dam, mother, [idiom] parting.תִּתֶּןtitengiveנָתַןverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “give”, an unfinished actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…דֹּֽפִיdofislanderestדׇּפִיnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “slanderest”, the ordinary formH1848a stumbling-blockslanderest.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother’s son.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Deal favourably, O Lord, in thy good will with Sion; that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou didst sit and speak against thy brother, and didst scandalise thy mother's son.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καθήμενος κατὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου κατελάλεις, καὶ κατὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ τῆς μητρός σου ἐτίθεις σκάνδαλον.