English Standard Version
Psalms 53:3
3They have all fallen away; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.
Psalms 53:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
- New International Version (NIV)Everyone has turned away, all have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Every one of them has turned aside; They have together become corrupt; There is none who does good, No, not one.
- New Living Translation (NLT)But no, all have turned away; all have become corrupt. No one does good, not a single one!
Context of Psalms 53:3
1The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good. 2God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. They have all fallen away; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one. 4Have those who work evil no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon God? 5There they are, in great terror, where there is no terror! For God scatters the bones of him who encamps against you; you put them to shame, for God has rejected them.
Read all of Psalms 53Psalms 53:3 word by word
כֻּלּ֥וֹ סָג֮ יַחְדָּ֪ו נֶ֫אֱלָ֥חוּ אֵ֤ין עֹֽשֵׂה־ט֑וֹב אֵ֝֗ין גַּם־אֶחָֽד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 53:3
- Psalms 14:3They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.
- 2 Samuel 20:2So all the men of Israel withdrew from David and followed Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah followed their king steadfastly from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
- Isaiah 64:6We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
- Jeremiah 8:5Why then has this people turned away in perpetual backsliding? They hold fast to deceit; they refuse to return.
- Zephaniah 1:6those who have turned back from following the Lord, who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him."
- Job 15:16how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks injustice like water!
- Ezekiel 36:25I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
- 2 Corinthians 7:1Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
- Revelation 22:11Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy."
- Romans 3:12All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one."
- 1 John 2:29If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
- 3 John 1:11Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.
Commentaries on Psalms 53:3
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Every one of them is gone back - See the notes at Psalm 14:3. The only variation here in the two psalms is in the substitution of the word - סג sâg for סור sûr - words almost identical in form and in sense. The only difference in meaning is, that the former word - the word used here - means “to draw back,” or “to go back;” the other, the word used in Psalm 14:1-7, means “to go off, to turn aside.” Each of them indicates a departure from God; a departure…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3Paul uses the Greek translation of this passage to describe the moral corruption of all people (Romans 3:10–12).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-61-4. with few verbal changes, correspond with Psa 14:1-4.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 53
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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