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Berean Standard Bible

“The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good.”

Psalms 53:1

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Study note

Psalms 53 is almost identical to Psalm 14, another psalm of David, with a few differences in the later verses. It describes a society in which people have corrupted their ways and no one does good.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good.

World English Bible (WEB)

The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity. There is no one who does good.

King James Version (KJV)

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

American Standard Version (ASV)

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity; There is none that doeth good.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

<To the chief music-maker; put to Mahalath. Maschil. Of David.> The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

DIJO el necio en su corazón: No hay Dios. Corrompiéronse é hicieron abominable maldad: no hay quien haga bien.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Las personas necias afirman que no hay Dios. Están corrompidas, sus obras son perversas; ¡no hay una sola que haga lo bueno!

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