Psalm 58:3
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
The wickedרְשָׁעִ֣ים
(re·sha·'im)
7563: wicked, criminalfrom an unused word
are estrangedזֹ֣רוּ
(zo·ru)
2114a: to be a strangera prim. root
from the womb;מֵרָ֑חֶם
(me·ra·chem;)
7358: wombfrom an unused word
These who speakדֹּבְרֵ֥י
(do·ve·rei)
1696: to speaka prim. root
liesכָזָֽב׃
(cha·zav.)
3577: a lie, falsehood, deceptive thingfrom kazab
go astrayתָּע֥וּ
(ta·'u)
8582: to erra prim. root
from birth.מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶן
(mib·be·ten)
990: belly, body, wombfrom an unused word


















KJV Lexicon
The wicked
rasha`  (raw-shaw')
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person -- + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
are estranged
zuwr  (zoor)
to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
from the womb
rechem  (rekh'-em)
the womb -- matrix, womb.
they go astray
ta`ah  (taw-aw')
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray; also causative of both
as soon as they be born
beten  (beh'-ten)
the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything -- belly, body, + as they be born, + within, womb.
speaking
dabar  (daw-bar')
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
lies
kazab  (kaw-zawb')
falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol) -- deceitful, false, leasing, + liar, lie, lying.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The wicked are estranged from the womb; These who speak lies go astray from birth.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The wicked go astray from the womb; liars err from birth.

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

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The evil are set apart from the belly and have gone astray from the womb, speaking lies.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[Even] inside the womb wicked people are strangers [to God]. From their birth liars go astray.

King James 2000 Bible
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
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