Psalm 58:3 “The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth…”

Psalm 58:3

The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

The wicked are strangers from ye wombe: euen from the belly haue they erred, and speake lyes.

Darby Translation

The wicked go astray from the womb; they err as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

Young's Literal Translation

The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.

Bible in Basic English

The evil-doers are strange from the first; from the hour of their birth they go out of the true way, saying false words.

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Cross references

“estranged, etc”

Psalm 51:5 Isaiah 48:8 Proverbs 22:15 Job 15:14 Ephesians 2:3

Psalm 51:5 · BSB

Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

Isaiah 48:8 · BSB

You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.

Proverbs 22:15 · BSB

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

Job 15:14 · BSB

What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

Ephesians 2:3 · BSB

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.

“as soon, etc”

Psalm 22:10 Isaiah 46:3

Psalm 22:10 · BSB

From birth I was cast upon You; from my mother’s womb You have been my God.

Isaiah 46:3 · BSB

“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.

4Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,

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