Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred 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.
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.
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 Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder. 3 The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies. 4 Their poison is as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 51:5
Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me.
Isaiah 48:8
Yea, thou hast not heard, Yea, thou hast not known, Yea, from that time not opened hath thine ear, For I have known thou dealest treacherously, And 'Transgressor from the belly,' One is crying to thee.
Job 15:14
What is man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?
Psalm 22:10
On Thee I have been cast from the womb, From the belly of my mother Thou art my God.
Proverbs 22:15
Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.
Isaiah 46:3
Hearken unto Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of Israel, Who are borne from the belly, Who are carried from the womb,
Ephesians 2:3
among whom also we all did walk once in the desires of our flesh, doing the wishes of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath -- as also the others,