Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
To the Overseer. -- 'On a disease.' -- An instruction, by David. A fool said in his heart, 'There is no God.' They have done corruptly, Yea, they have done abominable iniquity, There is none doing good.
New American Standard Bible
For the choir director; according to
They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice;
King James Version
{To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
Holman Bible
For the choir director: on Mahalath.
They are corrupt, and they do vile deeds.
There is no one who does good.
International Standard Version
Fools say to themselves "There is no God." They are corrupt and commit iniquity; not one of them practices what is good.
A Conservative Version
The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity. There is none who does good.
American Standard Version
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity; There is none that doeth good.
Amplified
They are corrupt and evil, and have committed repulsive injustice;
There is no one who does good.
Bible in Basic English
The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.
Darby Translation
{To the chief Musician. On Mahalath: an instruction. Of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God! They have corrupted themselves, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
Julia Smith Translation
To the overseer upon the stringed instrument: instruction to David. The fool said in his heart, No God. They were corrupted; they made iniquity abominable: none doing good.
King James 2000
[To the Chief Musician upon mahalath. A maschil. A Song of David.] The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that does good.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt and they have done abominable iniquity. There is none who does good.
Modern King James verseion
To the Chief Musician on Mahalath. A contemplation. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They acted corruptly, and have worked out abominable wickedness; there is not one doing good.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{To the Chanter, upon Mahalath, an instruction of David} The foolish bodies say in their hearts, "Tush, there is no God." Corrupt are they, and become abominable in their wickednesses, there is not one that doeth good.
NET Bible
For the music director; according to the machalath style; a well-written song by David. Fools say to themselves, "There is no God." They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.
New Heart English Bible
The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity. There is no one who does good.
The Emphasized Bible
The impious hath said in his heart, There is no God! They have acted corruptly, They have wrought abominable perversity, There is none that doeth good: -
Webster
To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
World English Bible
The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity. There is no one who does good.
Themes
Fools » Characteristics of » Atheism
Music » Maschil » This musical sign occurs in the titles of
Music » Makalath, maschil, leannoth » These terms are found in the titles of
Sin » There not being a single person who does not sin
The fruit of righteousness » Those that do not do righteousness
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 53:1
Images Psalm 53:1
Prayers for Psalm 53:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Judges The Proud
1 To the Overseer. -- 'On a disease.' -- An instruction, by David. A fool said in his heart, 'There is no God.' They have done corruptly, Yea, they have done abominable iniquity, There is none doing good. 2 God from the heavens looked on the sons of men, To see if there be an understanding one, One seeking God.
Cross References
Psalm 14:1-7
To the Overseer. -- By David. A fool hath said in his heart, 'God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good.
Psalm 10:4
The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. 'God is not!' are all his devices.
Psalm 88:1
A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, 'Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.' -- An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee,
Genesis 6:5-6
And Jehovah seeth that abundant is the wickedness of man in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the day;
Genesis 6:11-13
And the earth is corrupt before God, and the earth is filled with violence.
Leviticus 18:24-30
'Ye are not defiled with all these, for with all these have the nations been defiled which I am sending away from before you;
Deuteronomy 12:31
'Thou dost not do so to Jehovah thy God; for every abomination of Jehovah which He is hating they have done to their gods, for even their sons and their daughters they burn with fire to their gods.
1 Kings 12:26
and Jeroboam saith in his heart, 'Now doth the kingdom turn back to the house of David --
1 Kings 14:24
and also a whoremonger hath been in the land; they have done according to all the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel.
Job 14:4
Who giveth a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
Job 15:16
Also -- surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking as water perverseness.
Psalm 10:6
He hath said in his heart, 'I am not moved,' To generation and generation not in evil.
Psalm 10:11
He said in his heart, 'God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.'
Psalm 10:13
Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, 'It is not required.'
Psalm 92:6
A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; --
Ezekiel 16:47
And -- in their ways thou hast not walked, And according to their abominations done, As a little thing it hath been loathed, And thou dost more corruptly than they in all thy ways.
Ezekiel 16:51
As to Samaria, as the half of thy sins -- she hath not sinned, And thou dost multiply thine abominations more than they, And dost justify thy sisters by all thy abominations that thou hast done.
Matthew 5:22
but I -- I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.
Luke 12:20
And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare -- to whom shall they be?
Romans 1:21
because, having known God they did not glorify Him as God, nor gave thanks, but were made vain in their reasonings, and their unintelligent heart was darkened,
Romans 1:28
And, according as they did not approve of having God in knowledge, God gave them up to a disapproved mind, to do the things not seemly;
Romans 3:10-31
according as it hath been written -- 'There is none righteous, not even one;
Ephesians 5:12
for the things in secret done by them it is a shame even to speak of,
1 Peter 4:3
for sufficient to us is the past time of life the will of the nations to have wrought, having walked in lasciviousnesses, desires, excesses of wines, revellings, drinking-bouts, and unlawful idolatries,