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Psalm 53:2–3

2 God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men

To see if there is aanyone who 1understands,

Who bseeks after God.

3 aEvery one of them has turned aside; together they have become corrupt;

There is no one who does good, not even one.

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Psalm 53:2–3 — The New International Version (NIV)

God looks down from heaven

on all mankind

to see if there are any who understand,

any who seek God.

Everyone has turned away, all have become corrupt;

there is no one who does good,

not even one.

Psalm 53:2–3 — English Standard Version (ESV)

God looks down from heaven

on the children of man

to see if there are any who understand,

who seek after God.

They have all fallen away;

together they have become corrupt;

there is none who does good,

not even one.

Psalm 53:2–3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men,

To see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy;

There is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Psalm 53:2–3 — New Living Translation (NLT)

God looks down from heaven

on the entire human race;

he looks to see if anyone is truly wise,

if anyone seeks God.

But no, all have turned away;

all have become corrupt.

No one does good,

not a single one!

Psalm 53:2–3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

God looks down from heaven upon the children of men,

To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.

Every one of them has turned aside;

They have together become corrupt;

There is none who does good,

No, not one.

Psalm 53:2–3 — New Century Version (NCV)

God looked down from heaven on all people

to see if anyone was wise,

if anyone was looking to God for help.

But all have turned away.

Together, everyone has become evil;

none of them does anything good.

Not a single person.

Psalm 53:2–3 — American Standard Version (ASV)

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men,

To see if there were any that did understand,

That did seek after God.

Every one of them is gone back; they are together become filthy;

There is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Psalm 53:2–3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

God looked down from the heavens upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. Every one of them is gone back, they are together become corrupt: there is none that doeth good, not even one.

Psalm 53:2–3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

God looks down from heaven on Adam’s descendants 

to see if there is anyone who acts wisely, 

if there is anyone who seeks help from God. 

Everyone has fallen away. 

Together they have become rotten to the core. 

No one, not even one person, does good things. 

Psalm 53:2–3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

God looks down from heaven on the human race

to see if there is one who is wise,

one who seeks God.

All have turned away;

all alike have become corrupt.

There is no one who does good,

not even one.

Psalm 53:2–3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

God looks down from heaven on humankind

to see if there are any who are wise,

who seek after God.

They have all fallen away, they are all alike perverse;

there is no one who does good,

no, not one.

Psalm 53:2–3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

God looks down from heaven upon the children of humankind

to see whether there is one who has insight,

one who seeks God.

All of them have turned back.

They are altogether corrupt.

There is none who does good;

there is not even one.

Psalm 53:2–3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

God looks down from heaven

on all people.

He wants to see if there are any who understand.

He wants to see if there are any who trust in God.

All of them have turned away.

They have all become evil.

No one does anything good,

no one at all.


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