Psalm 51:5
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51:5Look, I was guilty of sin from birth,
a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.12
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- 12 Heb “Look, in wrongdoing I was brought forth, and in sin my mother conceived me.” The prefixed verbal form in the second line is probably a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive), stating a simple historical fact. The psalmist is not suggesting that he was conceived through an inappropriate sexual relationship (although the verse has sometimes been understood to mean that, or even that all sexual relationships are sinful). The psalmist’s point is that he has been a sinner from the very moment his personal existence began. By going back beyond the time of birth to the moment of conception, the psalmist makes his point more emphatically in the second line than in the first.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive me.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Indeed, I was guilty when I was born;
I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
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NLTNew Living Translation
For I was born a sinner—
yes, from the moment my mother conceived me.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Behold, in iniquity I was born,
and in sin my mother conceived me.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity;
And in sin did my mother conceive me.
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