Psalm 50:16
World English Bible (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,
In context
14 Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.
15 Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
16 But to the wicked God says, “What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips,
17 since you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?
18 When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.
Psalm 50:16 in every translation
- 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,
- 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?
- 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?