Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
The unjust turned aside from the belly: they went astray from the womb, speaking falsehood.
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.
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.
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 Also in heart ye will work evil; in the earth ye will roll the violence of your hands. 3 The unjust turned aside from the belly: they went astray from the womb, speaking falsehood. 4 Wrath to them according to the likeness of the wrath of a serpent: as the deaf adder will stop its ear;
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 51:5
Behold, I was born in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Isaiah 48:8
Also thou heardest not; also thou knewest not; also from then thine ear was not opened: for I knew, acting deceitfully, thou wilt act deceitfully, and it was called to thee transgressing from the womb.
Job 15:14
What is man that he will be clean? and that he will be just, being born of woman?
Psalm 22:10
Upon thee was I cast from the womb: from my mother's belly thou my God.
Proverbs 22:15
Folly being bound in the heart of a youth; the rod of correction shall remove it far off from him.
Isaiah 46:3
Hear to me, ye house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, being carried from the belly, being lifted up from the womb:
Ephesians 2:3
Among whom also we then all occupied ourselves in the eager desire? of our flesh, doing the wills of the flesh and the thoughts; and were by nature children of wrath, as also the rest.