Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

The wicked go astray from the womb;
liars err from birth.

New American Standard Bible

The wicked are estranged from the womb;
These who speak lies go astray from birth.

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

The wicked go astray from the womb; they go astray, telling lies even from birth.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


The wicked are estranged from the womb;
These go astray from birth, speaking lies [even twisted partial truths].

Bible in Basic English

The evil-doers are strange from the first; from the hour of their birth they go out of the true way, saying false words.

Darby Translation

The wicked go astray from the womb; they err as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

Julia Smith Translation

The unjust turned aside from the belly: they went astray from the womb, speaking falsehood.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

The wicked are estranged from [the] womb. They go astray from [the] belly, speaking lies.

Modern King James verseion

The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from the womb, speaking lies.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The ungodly are froward, even from their mother's womb; as soon as they be born, they go astray and speak lies.

NET Bible

The wicked turn aside from birth; liars go astray as soon as they are born.

New Heart English Bible

The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

The Emphasized Bible

Lawless men have been estranged from birth, They have gone astray from their nativity, speaking falsehood;

Webster

The wicked are estranged from their birth: they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

World English Bible

The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

Youngs Literal Translation

The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.

References

Easton

Sin

Smith

Context Readings

A Cry Against Injustice

2 No, you practice injustice in your hearts;
with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.
3 The wicked go astray from the womb;
liars err from birth.
4 They have venom like the venom of a snake,
like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears,


Cross References

Psalm 51:5

Indeed, I was guilty when I was born;
I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

Isaiah 48:8

You have never heard; you have never known;
For a long time your ears have not been open.
For I knew that you were very treacherous,
and were known as a rebel from birth.

Job 15:14

What is man, that he should be pure,
or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

Psalm 22:10

I was given over to You at birth;
You have been my God from my mother’s womb.

Proverbs 22:15

Foolishness is tangled up in the heart of a youth;
the rod of discipline will drive it away from him.

Isaiah 46:3

“Listen to Me, house of Jacob,
all the remnant of the house of Israel,
who have been sustained from the womb,
carried along since birth.

Ephesians 2:3

We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath as the others were also.

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