Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
The wicked are estranged from [the] womb. They go astray from [the] belly, 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.
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 No, in [your] heart you plan injustices; in the land you weigh out the violence of your hands. 3 The wicked are estranged from [the] womb. They go astray from [the] belly, speaking lies. 4 Their venom [is] like snake venom; [They are] like a deaf viper that closes its ear
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 51:5
Behold, in iniquity I was born, and in sin my mother conceived me.
Isaiah 48:8
Neither have you heard, nor have you known, nor from {of old} has your ear been opened. For I knew you would deal treacherously, very treacherously, and you [are] called a rebel from [the] womb.
Job 15:14
"What [is] a human being, that he can be clean, or that [one] born of a woman can be righteous?
Psalm 22:10
On you I was cast from [the] womb. From my mother's belly you [have been] my God.
Proverbs 22:15
Folly is bound up in the heart of a boy; [the] rod of discipline will drive it from him.
Isaiah 46:3
"Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel who have been carried from [the] belly, who have been carried from [the] womb:
Ephesians 2:3
among whom also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the mind, and we were children of wrath by nature, as also the rest of [them] were.