Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 58:3
3The wicked go astray from the womb; liars wander about from birth.
Psalms 58:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
- New International Version (NIV)Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The wicked are estranged from the womb; They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
Context of Psalms 58:3
1Do you really speak righteously, you mighty ones? Do you judge people fairly? 2No, you practice injustice in your hearts; with your hands you weigh out violence in the land. The wicked go astray from the womb; liars wander about from birth. 4They have venom like the venom of a snake, like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears, 5that does not listen to the sound of the charmers who skillfully weave spells.
Read all of Psalms 58Psalms 58:3 word by word
זֹ֣רוּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים מֵרָ֑חֶם תָּע֥וּ מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶן דֹּבְרֵ֥י כָזָֽב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 58:3
- Psalms 51:5Indeed, I was guilty when I was born; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
- Job 15:14What is a mere human, that he should be pure, or one born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
- Proverbs 22:15Foolishness is bound to the heart of a youth; a rod of discipline will separate it from him.
- Isaiah 48:8You have never heard; you have never known; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew that you were very treacherous, and were known as a rebel from birth.
- Ephesians 2:3We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath as the others were also.
- Psalms 22:10I was given over to you at birth; you have been my God from my mother’s womb.
- Isaiah 46:3“Listen to me, house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.
Commentaries on Psalms 58:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The wicked are estranged from the womb - "This," says Dr. Kennicott, "and the next two verses, I take to be the answer of Jehovah to the question in the two first verses, as the Psalm 58:6, Psalm 58:7, and Psalm 58:8, are the answer of the psalmist, and the remainder contains the decree of Jehovah." He calls these wicked men, men who had been always wicked, originally and naturally bad, and brought up in falsehood, flattery, and lying. The part they acted…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3The wicked are estranged from the womb - The allusion here undoubtedly is to the persons principally referred to in the psalm - the enemies of David. But their conduct toward him suggests a more general reflection in regard to “all” the wicked as having the same characteristics. The psalmist, therefore, instead of confining his remarks to them, makes his observations general, on the principle that all wicked men have essentially the same character, and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3All humans are born with a tendency to sin (see Psalm 51:5). However, the wicked follow their sinful desires, while the godly struggle against them (Romans 7:19–23; James 4:1–10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-53-5. describe the wicked generally, who sin naturally, easily, malignantly, and stubbornly.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 58
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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