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Psalms 58:3

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 58:4.

זֹ֣רוּzorvstrangeזוּרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “strange”, a completed actionH2114to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery(come from) another (man, place), fanner, go away, (e-) strange(-r, thing, woman).רְשָׁעִ֣יםreshaimguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.מֵרָ֑חֶםmerachemfrom wombרֶחֶםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from womb”, the ordinary formH7358the wombmatrix, womb.תָּע֥וּtavdeceiveתָּעָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “deceive”, a completed actionH8582to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both(cause to) go astray, deceive, dissemble, (cause to, make to) err, pant, seduce, (make to) stagger, (cause to) wander, be out of the way.מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶןmibetenfrom bodyבֶּטֶןpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “from body”, the ordinary formH990the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anythingbelly, body, [phrase] as they be born, [phrase] within, womb.דֹּבְרֵ֥יdoverespeakדָבַרverb, qal, participle, construct — “speak”, a verb used as a describing wordH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.כָזָֽבkhazavdeceitfulכָּזָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “deceitful”, the ordinary formH3577falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)deceitful, false, leasing, + liar, lie, lying.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(58-4) The wicked are estranged from the womb; the speakers of lies go astray as soon as they are born.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Deliver me from them that work iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(58-4) The wicked are estranged from the womb; the speakers of lies go astray as soon as they are born.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Sinners have gone astray from the womb: they go astray from the belly: they speak lies.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀπηλλοτριώθησαν οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἀπὸ μήτρας, ἐπλανήθησαν ἀπὸ γαστρὸς, ἐλάλησαν ψευδῆ.