Psalms 14:3

Psalms 14:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
• New International Version (NIV)All have turned away, all have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They have all turned aside, They have together become corrupt; There is none who does good, No, not one.

Context of Psalms 14:3

1Only fools say to themselves, ‘There is no God.’ People like that do bad and evil things. None of them do things that are good and right. 2The Lord is looking down from heaven. He looks at the people of the world, to see if there are any wise people among them. He looks to see if anyone wants to know God. But everyone has turned away from God. They have all become evil. Not even one person does things that are right! 4Will those evil people never learn? They destroy my people, as if they are eating a meal. They never pray to the Lord. 5Look at them! Now they are very afraid! They see that God is with the people who obey him.

Psalms 14:3 word by word

הַכֹּ֥ל סָר֮ יַחְדָּ֪ו נֶ֫אֱלָ֥חוּ אֵ֤ין עֹֽשֵׂה־ט֑וֹב אֵ֝֗ין גַּם־אֶחָֽד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They are all gone asideסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: turn asideH5493
• togetherיָחְדָּוyachad · togetherH3162
• become filthyאָלַח'âlach · to corruptH444
• none that doethעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• goodטוֹבţôb · goodH2896
• no, not oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259

Cross-references for Psalms 14:3

• Psalms 119:176I have left the right way. Come to make me safe again, like a shepherd looks for his lost sheep. Help me, your servant, because I have not forgotten your commands.
• Ecclesiastes 7:29I did learn this: God made people to do what is right. But people have chosen their own way to do things.
• Isaiah 53:6We have all turned away, like sheep that take the wrong path. Each of us has turned to follow our own way. But the Lord has taken all our sins and put the punishment on him.
• Isaiah 59:7They rush to do evil things. They hurry to kill people who have not done anything wrong. They think only about sin. They only want to be cruel and to hurt people.
• Jeremiah 2:13My people have done two evil things: I give them life, like a spring of fresh water, but they have turned away from me. Instead, they have tried to get water for themselves. They have dug holes in the ground to store it. But those holes cannot hold the water. It quickly runs away.
• Romans 3:10This is written in the Bible: ‘There is nobody who is right with God. There is not even one person who is like that.
• Ephesians 2:3At one time, all of us lived like those people. We did whatever bad things our bodies wanted to do. If our thoughts made us want to do something, we did it. Because we were like that, God was angry with us. He should have punished us, just like everyone else.
• 2 Peter 2:13They have caused other people to have much trouble. In return, God will cause them to have trouble. They just do things which will make their bodies happy. They have wild parties, even during the day. They eat and drink too much when they eat meals with you. They enjoy all these bad ways to be happy. As a result, people think bad things about you as well. They cause people to be ashamed about you. So they are like dirty marks that spoil something which is clean.
• Psalms 38:5My wounds make a bad smell, and they get worse. This is because I have done stupid things.
• Job 15:16So he certainly will not trust people. People are wicked and cannot think true thoughts. They like to do evil things, as if they are drinking water!
• Isaiah 64:6Our sins have made us all like unclean people, who cannot worship you. Even the good things that we try to do are like dirty bits of cloth. Our sins will blow us all away, as the wind blows away dead leaves.
• Ezekiel 36:25You will become pure, as if I splash you with clean water. I will remove all the things that make you unclean. I will take away the idols that you worship.
• 2 Corinthians 7:1So, my friends, God has promised these things to us. So we must keep ourselves clean from everything that makes our bodies or our spirits unclean. We must respect and obey God. Then we will become more and more like him.
• Psalms 14:1Only fools say to themselves, ‘There is no God.’ People like that do bad and evil things. None of them do things that are good and right.
• Exodus 8:31The Lord did what Moses asked him. All the flies left Pharaoh, his officers and his people. Not one fly remained!
• Exodus 12:30Pharaoh and all his officers woke up in the middle of the night. All the Egyptians also woke up in the middle of the night. Everyone was crying loudly everywhere in Egypt. In every home, somebody had died that night.

Commentaries on Psalms 14:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3They are all gone aside - They will not walk in the straight path. They seek crooked ways; and they have departed from truth, and the God of truth. They are all together become filthy - נאלחו neelachu . They are become sour and rancid; a metaphor taken from milk that has fermented and turned sour, rancid, and worthless. There is none that doeth good, no, not one - This is not only the state of heathen Babylon! but the state of the whole inhabitants of the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3They are all gone aside - This verse states the result of the divine investigation referred to in the previous verse. The result, as seen by God himself, was, that “all” were seen to have gone aside, and to have become filthy. The word rendered “gone aside” means properly to go off, to turn aside or away, to depart; as, for example, to turn out of the right way or path, Exodus 32:8. Then it means to turn away from God; to fall away from his worship; to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3From heaven (Psalms 33:13; 80:14; 102:19), the Lord sees the wicked, who are clearly evil (Psalm 11:3–5). All humans lack wisdom and do not live in the way God originally intended for them (Psalm 10:4–11; see Romans 1–3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. filthy--literally, "spoiled," or, "soured," "corrupted" (Job 15:16; Ro 3:12).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 14:3

• Depravity of Man
• Godlessness
• Quotations and Allusions

In the dictionaries

• Aside
• Corrupt
• Eat
• Fool
• None
• Shame
• Belly
• Fall, the
• Filth; Filthiness; Filthy
• Justification

Commentaries on Psalms 14

• 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
• EGW Writings