Psalm 50:16
King James Version (KJV)
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?
In context
14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
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.
Psalm 50:16 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- 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?
- WEB World English Bible
- But to the wicked God says, “What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips,
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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 Young's Literal Translation
- And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee — to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on thy mouth?
- DBY Darby Translation
- 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,
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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?