Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When you see a thief, you join with him; you throw in your lot with adulterers. New Living Translation When you see thieves, you approve of them, and you spend your time with adulterers. English Standard Version If you see a thief, you are pleased with him, and you keep company with adulterers. Berean Standard Bible When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers. King James Bible When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. New King James Version When you saw a thief, you consented with him, And have been a partaker with adulterers. New American Standard Bible “When you see a thief, you become friends with him, And you associate with adulterers. NASB 1995 “When you see a thief, you are pleased with him, And you associate with adulterers. NASB 1977 “When you see a thief, you are pleased with him, And you associate with adulterers. Legacy Standard Bible When you see a thief, you are pleased with him, And you associate with adulterers. Amplified Bible “When you see a thief, you are pleased with him and condone his behavior, And you associate with adulterers. Christian Standard Bible When you see a thief, you make friends with him, and you associate with adulterers. Holman Christian Standard Bible When you see a thief, you make friends with him, and you associate with adulterers. American Standard Version When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, And hast been partaker with adulterers. Contemporary English Version You made friends with every crook you met, and you liked people who break their wedding vows. English Revised Version When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. GOD'S WORD® Translation When you see a thief, you want to make friends with him. You keep company with people who commit adultery. Good News Translation You become the friend of every thief you see, and you associate with adulterers. International Standard Version When you see a thief, you befriend him, and you keep company with adulterers. Majority Standard Bible When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers. NET Bible When you see a thief, you join him; you associate with men who are unfaithful to their wives. New Heart English Bible When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers. Webster's Bible Translation When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. World English Bible When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionIf you have seen a thief, "" Then you are pleased with him, "" And your portion [is] with adulterers. Young's Literal Translation If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers is thy portion. Smith's Literal Translation If thou sawest a thief, and thou wilt run with him, and thy portion with those committing adultery. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIf thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: and with adulterers thou hast been a partaker. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible If you see a thief, you run with him; with adulterers you throw in your lot. New Revised Standard Version You make friends with a thief when you see one, and you keep company with adulterers. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleWhen you saw a thief, you joined with him, and you have been a partaker with adulterers. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated If you have seen a thief, you have run with him and you have put your lot with the adulterer. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917When thou sawest a thief, thou hadst company with him, And with adulterers was thy portion. Brenton Septuagint Translation If thou sawest a thief, thou rannest along with him, and hast cast in thy lot with adulterers. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Mighty One Calls…17For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you. 18When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers. 19You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.… Cross References Proverbs 1:10-19 My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them. / If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause, / let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit. ... Romans 1:32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them. Proverbs 24:1-2 Do not envy wicked men or desire their company; / for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble. Isaiah 1:23 Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them. Jeremiah 7:9-10 Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, / and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’? Hosea 7:1-2 When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets. / But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face. Micah 7:3 Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together. Matthew 23:28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness. 1 Corinthians 5:9-11 I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. / I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. / But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat. Ephesians 5:11 Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. Proverbs 28:4 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them. Isaiah 5:23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice. Jeremiah 5:26-28 For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men. / Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich. / They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy. Ezekiel 22:12 In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD. Amos 3:10 “For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.” Treasury of Scripture When you saw a thief, then you consented with him, and have been partaker with adulterers. consentedst Proverbs 1:10-19 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not… Isaiah 5:23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! 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. hast been partaker [heb. Leviticus 7:19-23 And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof… Jeremiah 5:8,9 They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife… Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. partaker 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. 1 Timothy 5:22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure. Jump to Previous Adulterers Agreement Associate Company Consented Friend Hadst Join Joined Lot Partaker Participated Pleased Pleasure Portion Sawest Thief Throw WivesJump to Next Adulterers Agreement Associate Company Consented Friend Hadst Join Joined Lot Partaker Participated Pleased Pleasure Portion Sawest Thief Throw WivesPsalm 50 1. The majesty of God in the church5. His order to gather his saints 7. The pleasure of God is not in ceremonies 14. but in sincerity of obedience When you see a thief The phrase begins with a direct observation, "When you see," indicating an awareness or recognition of wrongdoing. The Hebrew root for "thief" is "גָּנָב" (ganav), which refers to one who steals or takes what is not theirs. In the historical context of ancient Israel, theft was a serious offense, violating the commandment "You shall not steal" (Exodus 20:15). This phrase challenges the reader to consider their response to sin when it is evident before them. It is a call to vigilance and moral discernment, urging believers to not only recognize sin but to respond to it in a manner that aligns with God's righteousness. you befriend him and throw in your lot with adulterers Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Whenאִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not you see רָאִ֣יתָ (rā·’î·ṯā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7200: To see a thief, גַ֭נָּב (ḡan·nāḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1590: A stealer you befriend וַתִּ֣רֶץ (wat·ti·reṣ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7521: To be pleased with, to satisfy a, debt him, עִמּ֑וֹ (‘im·mōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 5973: With, equally with and throw in your lot חֶלְקֶֽךָ׃ (ḥel·qe·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 2506: Portion, tract, territory with וְעִ֖ם (wə·‘im) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 5973: With, equally with adulterers. מְנָאֲפִ֣ים (mə·nā·’ă·p̄îm) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 5003: To commit adultery, to apostatize Links Psalm 50:18 NIVPsalm 50:18 NLT Psalm 50:18 ESV Psalm 50:18 NASB Psalm 50:18 KJV Psalm 50:18 BibleApps.com Psalm 50:18 Biblia Paralela Psalm 50:18 Chinese Bible Psalm 50:18 French Bible Psalm 50:18 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 50:18 When you saw a thief you consented (Psalm Ps Psa.) |