Psalm 58:3
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
זוּר
zûwr
to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
תָּעָה
tâʻâh
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
מָהַר
mâhar
properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptl...
יָלַד
yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
שֶׁקֶר
sheqer
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
Key Terms in This Verse
זוּר zûwr
to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
Study H2114 →תָּעָה tâʻâh
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
Study H8582 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →מָהַר mâhar
properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptly
Study H4116 →יָלַד yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
Study H3205 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →Cross References
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
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.
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.
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
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:
I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.
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