Psalms 51:5
3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
4 Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.
Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
6 Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
7 Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
- KJV
- Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
- WEB
- Behold, I was born in iniquity. My mother conceived me in sin.
- ASV
- Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive me.
- DARBY
- Behold, in iniquity was I brought forth, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
- BLB
- Behold, in iniquity I was brought forth, and in sin my mother conceived me.
- ÅB
- Se, jeg er født i misgjerning, og min mor har undfanget meg i synd.
- OTB
- Se, jeg ble født i skyld,
Og i synd ble jeg unnfanget av min mor. - B1930
- Se, jeg er født i misgjerning, og min mor har undfanget mig i synd.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 5:12
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
Read in contextJob 14:4
Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
Read in contextPsalms 58:3
The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
Read in contextJob 15:14–16
What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
Read in contextEphesians 2:3
All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
Read in contextJohn 3:6
Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
Read in contextGenesis 5:3
When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.
Read in contextGenesis 8:21
When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
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