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Psalms 58:3

1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
KJV
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
WEB
The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
ASV
The wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
DARBY
The wicked go astray from the womb; they err as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
BLB
The wicked are estranged from the womb; they have gone astray from the belly, speaking lies.
ÅB
De ugudelige er avveket fra mors fang av; de som taler løgn, farer vill fra mors liv.
OTB
De onde har forvillet seg fra begynnelsen;
De som taler løgner, vandrer fra fødselen.
B1930
De ugudelige er avveket fra mors fang av; de som taler løgn, farer vill fra mors liv.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 51:5

    Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

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  • Isaiah 48:8

    Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

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  • Proverbs 22:15

    Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

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  • Ephesians 2:3

    Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

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  • Job 15:14

    What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

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  • Psalms 22:10

    I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.

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  • Isaiah 46:3

    Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:

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