Psalms 53:3
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.
All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
4 Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.
5 There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
- KJV
- Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
- WEB
- Every one of them has gone back. They have become filthy together. There is no one who does good, no, not one.
- ASV
- Every one of them is gone back; they are together become filthy; There is none that doeth good, no, not one.
- DARBY
- Every one of them is gone back, they are together become corrupt: there is none that doeth good, not even one.
- BLB
- All have turned back, together they have become corrupt; there is no one doing good, not even one.
- ÅB
- De er alle avveket, alle tilsammen fordervet; det er ikke noen som gjør godt, enn ikke én.
- OTB
- Alle har vendt seg bort; sammen er de blitt fordervet;
Det er ingen som gjør godt, ikke en eneste. - B1930
- De er alle avveket, alle tilsammen fordervet; det er ikke nogen som gjør godt, enn ikke én.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 3:12
All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”
Read in contextIsaiah 64:6
Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
Read in contextIsaiah 53:6
We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
Read in contextPsalms 14:3
All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
Read in contextJeremiah 8:5–6
Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
Read in context3 John 1:11
Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
Read in context2 Samuel 20:2
So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
Read in context1 John 2:29
If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
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