Psalms 53:1
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good.
2 God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
3 All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- {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.
- BLB
- For the one directing. According to Mahalath. A Maskil of David. <span class=|reftext|><a href=|#|><b>1</b></a> The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt and have done abominable injustice; there is no one doing good.
- ÅB
- Dåren sier i sitt hjerte: Det er ikke noen Gud. Onde og avskyelige er deres misgjerninger; det er ikke noen som gjør godt.
- OTB
- Dåren sier i sitt hjerte: «Det er ingen Gud.»
De er fordervet og har gjort avskyelig urett;
Det er ingen som gjør godt. - B1930
- Dåren sier i sitt hjerte: Det er ikke nogen Gud. Onde og vederstyggelige er deres misgjerninger; det er ikke nogen som gjør godt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 10:4
In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
Read in contextPsalms 14:1–7
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
Read in contextRomans 3:10–31
As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.
Read in contextLuke 12:20
But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
Read in contextRomans 1:28
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
Read in context1 Kings 14:24
There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
Read in contextPsalms 10:13
Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
Read in contextPsalms 10:11
He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
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