New King James Version
Psalms 58:3
3The wicked are estranged from the womb; They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
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 Living Translation (NLT)These wicked people are born sinners; even from birth they have lied and gone their own way.
Context of Psalms 58:3
1Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones? Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men? 2No, in heart you work wickedness; You weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth. The wicked are estranged from the womb; They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies. 4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent; They are like the deaf cobra that stops its ear, 5Which will not heed the voice of charmers, Charming ever so skillfully.
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 51:5Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.
- Job 15:14“What is man, that he could be pure? And he who is born of a woman, that he could be righteous?
- Proverbs 22:15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of correction will drive it far from him.
- Isaiah 48:8Surely you did not hear, Surely you did not know; Surely from long ago your ear was not opened. For I knew that you would deal very treacherously, And were called a transgressor from the womb.
- Ephesians 2:3among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
- Psalms 22:10I was cast upon You from birth. From My mother’s womb You have been My God.
- Isaiah 46:3“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel, Who have been upheld by Me from birth, 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
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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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