Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Truly, I was formed in evil, and in sin did my mother give me birth.
New American Standard Bible
And in sin my mother conceived me.
King James Version
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Holman Bible
I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
International Standard Version
Indeed, in iniquity I was brought forth; in sin my mother conceived me.
A Conservative Version
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.
American Standard Version
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive me.
Amplified
I was brought forth in [a state of] wickedness;
In sin my mother conceived me [and from my beginning I, too, was sinful].
Darby Translation
Behold, in iniquity was I brought forth, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, I was born in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
King James 2000
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Behold, in iniquity I was born, and in sin my mother conceived me.
Modern King James verseion
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Behold, I was born in wickedness, and in sin hath my mother conceived me.
NET Bible
Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.
New Heart English Bible
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity. In sin my mother conceived me.
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! in iniquity, was I brought forth, And, in sin, did my mother conceive me.
Webster
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
World English Bible
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity. In sin my mother conceived me.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me.
Themes
Afflictions made beneficial » In leading us to confession of sin
Error » Definition of » Origin of
Fall of man » Man in consequence of » Born in sin
Heredity » General references to
Homicide » David's repentance for, and confession of, the murder of uriah
Parent's sins » Visited upon children » General references to
Prayer » Penitential » Of david
Sin » Mankind being sinful in nature
Sin » Of youth, results of » Origin of
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 51:5
Images Psalm 51:5
Prayers for Psalm 51:5
Questions on Psalm 51:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Create In Me A Clean Heart, O God
4 Against you, you only, have I done wrong, working that which is evil in your eyes; so that your words may be seen to be right, and you may be clear when you are judging. 5 Truly, I was formed in evil, and in sin did my mother give me birth. 6 Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 14:4
If only a clean thing might come out of an unclean! But it is not possible.
Psalm 58:3
The evil-doers are strange from the first; from the hour of their birth they go out of the true way, saying false words.
Romans 5:12
For this reason, as through one man sin came into the world, and death because of sin, and so death came to all men, because all have done evil:
Ephesians 2:3
Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.
Genesis 5:3
Adam had been living for a hundred and thirty years when he had a son like himself, after his image, and gave him the name of Seth:
Genesis 8:21
And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.
Job 15:14-16
What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?
John 3:6
That which has birth from the flesh is flesh, and that which has birth from the Spirit is spirit.