God’s Word Translation
Psalms 53:3
3Everyone has fallen away. Together they have become rotten to the core. No one, not even one person, does good things.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They have all fallen away; together they have become corrupt; there is none 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.
Context of Psalms 53:3
1Godless fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They do disgusting things. There is no one who does good things. 2God looks down from heaven on Adam’s descendants to see if there is anyone who acts wisely, if there is anyone who seeks help from God. Everyone has fallen away. Together they have become rotten to the core. No one, not even one person, does good things. 4Are all those troublemakers, those who devour my people as if they were devouring food, so ignorant that they do not call on God? 5There they are—panic-stricken— ⌞but⌟ there was no reason to panic, because God has scattered the bones of those who set up camp against you. You put them to shame. After all, 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 14:3Everyone has turned away. Together they have become rotten to the core. No one, not even one person, does good things.
- 2 Samuel 20:2So all the people of Israel left David to follow Sheba, Bichri’s son. But the people of Judah remained loyal to their king ⌞on his way⌟ from the Jordan River to Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 53:6We have all strayed like sheep. Each one of us has turned to go his own way, and the Lord has laid all our sins on him.
- Isaiah 64:6We’ve all become unclean, and all our righteous acts are like permanently stained rags. All of us shrivel like leaves, and our sins carry us away like the wind.
- Jeremiah 8:5The people of Jerusalem turned away from me without ever returning. They still cling to deceit. They refuse to return.
- Zephaniah 1:6I will remove those who have turned away from following the Lord and those who no longer seek the Lord or ask him for help.”
- Job 15:16how much less will he trust the one who is disgusting and corrupt, the one who drinks wickedness like water.
- Ezekiel 36:25I will sprinkle clean water on you and make you clean instead of unclean. Then I will cleanse you from all your idols.
- 2 Corinthians 7:1Since we have these promises, dear friends, we need to cleanse ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit and live a holy life in the fear of God.
- Revelation 22:11Let those who don’t have God’s approval go without it, and let filthy people continue to be filthy. Let those who have God’s approval continue to have it, and let holy people continue to be holy.”
- Romans 3:12Everyone has turned away. Together they have become rotten to the core. No one does anything good, not even one person.
- 1 John 2:29If you know that Christ has God’s approval, you also know that everyone who does what God approves of has been born from God.
- 3 John 1:11Dear friend, never imitate evil, but imitate good. The person who does good is from God. The person who does evil has never 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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