Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

The wicked are estranged from the womb;
These who speak lies go astray from birth.

King James Version

The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

Holman Bible

The wicked go astray from the womb;
liars err from birth.

International Standard Version

The wicked go astray from the womb; they go astray, telling lies even from birth.

A Conservative Version

The wicked are estranged from the womb. They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

American Standard Version

The wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

Amplified


The wicked are estranged from the womb;
These go astray from birth, speaking lies [even twisted partial truths].

Bible in Basic English

The evil-doers are strange from the first; from the hour of their birth they go out of the true way, saying false words.

Darby Translation

The wicked go astray from the womb; they err as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

Julia Smith Translation

The unjust turned aside from the belly: they went astray from the womb, speaking falsehood.

King James 2000

The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The wicked are estranged from [the] womb. They go astray from [the] belly, speaking lies.

Modern King James verseion

The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from the womb, speaking lies.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The ungodly are froward, even from their mother's womb; as soon as they be born, they go astray and speak lies.

NET Bible

The wicked turn aside from birth; liars go astray as soon as they are born.

New Heart English Bible

The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

The Emphasized Bible

Lawless men have been estranged from birth, They have gone astray from their nativity, speaking falsehood;

Webster

The wicked are estranged from their birth: they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

World English Bible

The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

Youngs Literal Translation

The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.

References

Easton

Sin

Smith

Context Readings

A Cry Against Injustice

2 No, in your heart you plot unrighteousness. You measure out the violence of your hands on the earth. 3 The wicked are estranged from the womb;
These who speak lies go astray from birth.
4 Their poison is like the poison of a snake. It is like a deaf cobra that stops its ear.


Cross References

Psalm 51:5

Indeed, I was born in perversity (mischief) (evil). I was a sinner when my mother conceived me.

Isaiah 48:8

You have never heard about them. You have never known about them. Your ears have never been open to hear them before. I know that you have acted very treacherously and that you have been called a rebel since you were born.

Job 15:14

What is man, that he could be pure? Or he who is born of woman, that he could be righteous?

Psalm 22:10

I was placed in your care from birth. From my mother's womb you have been my God.

Proverbs 22:15

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child. The rod of discipline (instruction) will drive it far from him.

Isaiah 46:3

Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all you who remain of the house of Israel. I have upheld you since you were conceived. I have carried you since your birth.

Ephesians 2:3

We all once lived in the lust of our flesh, indulging the desires (lusts) of the flesh and of the mind. We were by nature children of anger and violent passion, like everyone else.

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