Parallel Verses
World English Bible
The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
New American Standard Bible
These who speak lies
King James Version
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
Holman Bible
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.
Themes
Character » Of the wicked » Lying
Character of the wicked » Lying
Estrangement » From God » General references to
Fall of man » Man in consequence of » Estranged from God
Heredity » General references to
Lying » The wicked » Addicted to, from their infancy
Parent's sins » Visited upon children » General references to
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 58:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cry Against Injustice
2 No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth. 3 The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies. 4 Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 51:5
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity. In sin my mother conceived me.
Isaiah 48:8
Yes, you didn't hear; yes, you didn't know; yes, from of old your ear was not opened: for I knew that you did deal very treacherously, and was called a transgressor from the womb.
Job 15:14
What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Psalm 22:10
I was thrown on you from my mother's womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.
Proverbs 22:15
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Isaiah 46:3
"Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been borne [by me] from their birth, that have been carried from the womb;
Ephesians 2:3
among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.