Psalms 53:3
1 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.
2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
5 There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath 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
They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Read in contextIsaiah 64:6
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Read in contextIsaiah 53:6
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Read in contextPsalms 14:3
They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Read in contextJeremiah 8:5–6
Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
Read in context3 John 1:11
Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
Read in context2 Samuel 20:2
So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.
Read in context1 John 2:29
If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
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