50:19 You do damage with words, 1
and use your tongue to deceive. 2
50:20 You plot against your brother; 3
you slander your own brother. 4
1 tn Heb “your mouth you send with evil.”
2 tn Heb “and your tongue binds together [i.e., “frames”] deceit.”
3 tn Heb “you sit, against your brother you speak.” To “sit” and “speak” against someone implies plotting against that person (see Ps 119:23).
4 tn Heb “against the son of your mother you give a fault.”