Psalms 14 · Verse 3

Psalms 14:3

They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Psalms 14:3, King James Version

Psalms 14:3 in other translations

BSBAll have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
WEBThey have all gone aside. They have together become corrupt. There is no one who does good, no, not one.
ASVThey are all gone aside; they are together become filthy; There is none that doeth good, no, not one.
YLTThe whole have turned aside, Together they have been filthy: There is not a doer of good, not even one.
DARBYThey have all gone aside, they are together become corrupt: there is none that doeth good, not even one.
BBEThey have all gone out of the way together; they are unclean, there is not one who does good, no, not one.
WebsterThey are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

What does Psalms 14:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. filthy--literally, "spoiled," or, "soured," "corrupted" (Job 15:16; Ro 3:12).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 They 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 earth, till the grace of God changes their heart. By nature, and from nature, by practice, every man is sinful and corrupt. He feels no good; he is disposed to no good; he does no good. And even God himself, who cannot be deceived, cannot find a single exception to this! Lord, what is man? The Vulgate, the Roman copy of the Septuagint, the Athtopic, and the Arabic, add those six verses here which are quoted by St. Paul, Rom 3:13-18 (note). See the observations at the end of this Psalm.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Psalms 14:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַכֹּ֥לha.Kol<the> everyoneH3605
סָר֮sarhe turns asideH5493
יַחְדָּ֪וyach.Davall togetherH3162
נֶ֫אֱלָ֥חוּne.'e.La.chuthey are corruptH444
אֵ֤ין'einthere notH369
עֹֽשֵׂה\־'o.seh-[is one who] doesH6213
ט֑וֹבTov<of> goodH2896
אֵ֝֗ין'Einthere notH369
גַּם\־gam-alsoH1571
אֶחָֽד\׃'e.Chad[is] oneH259

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 14:3

  • Romans 3:10-12

    As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

  • Isaiah 53:6

    All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

  • Isaiah 64:6

    But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

  • Romans 3:23

    For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

  • Psalms 14:1

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

  • Isaiah 59:13-15

    In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.

  • Isaiah 59:7-8

    Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.

  • Job 14:4

    Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

  • Psalms 58:3

    The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

  • Ephesians 2:3

    Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

  • Psalms 143:2

    And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

  • Ezekiel 36:25

    Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
all gone.
119:176; Ec 7:29; Isa 53:6; 59:7,8,13-15; Jer 2:13; Ro 3:10-12,23
Eph 2:3; 2Pe 2:13-15
filthy. Heb. stinking.
38:5; Job 15:16; Isa 64:6; Eze 36:25; 2Co 7:1
there.
1; Ex 8:31; 12:30; De 1:35; Job 14:4; Ro 3:10; 1Co 6:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 14:2

    The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

  • Psalms 14:3

    They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

  • Psalms 14:4

    Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord.

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Psalms 14:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Todos declinaron, juntamente se han corrompido: no hay quien haga bien, no hay ni siquiera uno.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ils se sont tous détournés, ils se sont tous ensemble corrompus; il n’y a personne qui fasse le bien, non pas même un seul.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Alle sind abgewichen, sie sind allesamt verderbt; da ist keiner, der Gutes tue, auch nicht einer.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		qui loquitur veritatem in corde suo: qui non egit dolum in lingua sua, nec fecit proximo suo malum, et opprobrium non accepit adversus proximos suos.