Psalms 51:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.”
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“Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive me.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 51:5 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 5:3When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.
- Genesis 8:21When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
- Leviticus 15:18If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.
- Job 14:4Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
- Job 15:14What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
- Psalms 58:3The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
- John 3:6Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
- Romans 5:12Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
- Ephesians 2:3All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
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