Psalms 58:3

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

1Is righteousness indeed silent? Do ye speak it? Do ye judge with equity, ye sons of men? 2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth. The wicked go astray from the womb; they err as soon as they are born, speaking lies. 4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder which stoppeth her ear; 5Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely.

Psalms 58:3 word by word

זֹ֣רוּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים מֵרָ֑חֶם תָּע֥וּ מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶן דֹּבְרֵ֥י כָזָֽב׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 58:3

• Psalms 51:5Behold, in iniquity was I brought forth, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
• Job 15:14What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
• Proverbs 22:15Folly is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
• Isaiah 48:8Yea, thou heardest not, yea, thou knewest not, yea, from of old thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldest ever deal treacherously, and thou wast called a transgressor from the womb.
• Ephesians 2:3among whom we also all once had our conversation in the lusts of our flesh, doing what the flesh and the thoughts willed to do, and were children, by nature, of wrath, even as the rest:
• Psalms 22:10I was cast upon thee from the womb; thou art my God from my mother's belly.
• Isaiah 46:3Hearken unto me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, ye who have been borne from the belly, who have been carried from the womb:

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

Topics related to Psalms 58:3

• Character
• Depravity of Man
• Falsehood
• Heredity
• Impenitence
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Altaschith
• Michtam
• Psalms
• Sin
• Wickedness
• Astray
• Lie; Lying
• Psalms, Book of
• Song
• Leasing

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