Psalms 58 · Verse 3

Psalms 58:3

The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
Psalms 58:3, King James Version

Psalms 58:3 in other translations

BSBThe wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
WEBThe wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
ASVThe wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
YLTThe wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.
DARBYThe wicked go astray from the womb; they err as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
BBEThe evil-doers are strange from the first; from the hour of their birth they go out of the true way, saying false words.
WebsterThe wicked are estranged from their birth: they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

What does Psalms 58:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 58:3-5
3-5. describe the wicked generally, who sin naturally, easily, malignantly, and stubbornly.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 The 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 Psa 58:6, Psa 58:7, and Psa 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 now was quite in character.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 58:1-5

When wrong is done under the form of law, it is worse than any other; especially it is grievous to behold those who profess to be children of God, joining together against any of his people. We should thank the Lord for merciful restraints; we should be more earnest in seeking renewing grace, more watchful over ourselves, and more patient under the effects of fallen nature in others. The corruption of their nature…

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Psalms 58:3 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.

זֹ֣רוּZo.ruthey turn asideH2114
רְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'Imwicked [people]H7563
מֵרָ֑חֶםme.Ra.chemfrom [the] wombH7358
תָּע֥וּta.'Uthey go astrayH8582
מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶןmi.Be.tenfrom [the] bellyH990
דֹּבְרֵ֥יdoe.Rei[those who] speakH1696
כָזָֽב\׃kha.Zav<of> falsehoodH3577

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

Cross references for Psalms 58:3

  • Psalms 51:5

    Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

  • Isaiah 48:8

    Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

  • Proverbs 22:15

    Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • 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.

  • Job 15:14

    What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

  • Psalms 22:10

    I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.

  • Isaiah 46:3

    Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
estranged, etc.
51:5; Job 15:14; Pr 22:15; Isa 48:8; Eph 2:3
as soon, etc. Heb. from the belly.
22:10; Isa 46:3

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

Context

  • Psalms 58:2

    Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

  • Psalms 58:3

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

  • Psalms 58:4

    Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

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Psalms 58:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Enajenáronse los impíos desde la matriz; descarriáronse desde el vientre, hablando mentira.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Bien plutôt, dans le cœur, vous commettez des iniquités; dans le pays, vous pesez la violence de vos mains.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Abgewichen sind die Gesetzlosen von Mutterschoße an, es irren von Mutterleibe an die Lügenredner.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Eripe me de operantibus iniquitatem, et de viris sanguinum salva me.