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Selected Verse: Psalms 50:17 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 50:17 |
Strong Concordance |
Seeing thou hatest [08130] instruction [04148], and castest [07993] my words [01697] behind [0310] thee. |
| |
King James |
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Seeing thou hatest instruction - That is, He is unwilling himself to be taught. He will not learn the true nature of religion, and yet he presumes to instruct others. Compare the notes at Rom 2:21.
And castest my words behind thee - He treated them with contempt, or as unworthy of attention. He did not regard them as worthy of being "retained," but threw them contemptuously away. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Seeing thou hatest instruction - All these rejected the counsel of God against themselves; and refused to receive the instructions of Christ. |
21 Thou therefore [3767] which [3588] teachest [1321] another [2087], teachest thou [1321] not [3756] thyself [4572]? thou that preachest [2784] a man should [2813] not [3361] steal [2813], dost thou steal [2813]?