Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God
Psalms 51:5
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
- KJV
- Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.conceive…: Heb. warm me
- WEB
- Behold, I was born in iniquity. My mother conceived me in sin.
- ASV
- Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive me.
- LSV
- Behold, I have been brought forth in iniquity, || And my mother conceives me in sin.
- YLT
- Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me.
- DBY
- Behold, in iniquity was I brought forth, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
- DRC50:7
- For behold I was conceived in iniquities; and in sins did my mother conceive me.
- GNV
- Beholde, I was borne in iniquitie, and in sinne hath my mother conceiued me.
- JPS51:7
- Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
- LXXE50:7
- For, behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sins did my mother conceive me.
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Original-language editions
- WLC51:7
- הֵן־בְּעָו֥וֹן חוֹלָ֑לְתִּי וּ֝בְחֵ֗טְא יֶֽחֱמַ֥תְנִי אִמִּֽי׃KJV:Ps.51.5
- LXX-Br50:7
- Ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἐν ἀνομίαις συνελήφθην, καὶ ἐν ἁμαρτίαις ἐκίσσησέ με ἡ μήτηρ μου.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
PrayerConception; ConceiveBloodguiltinessBath-ShebaNathan (2)SanctificationCommandment, the NewRemorseAdulteryHeredity
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Cross-references most cited first
- 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.
- Job 14:4Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
- Psalms 58:3The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
- Job 15:14–16What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous? If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes, how much less man, who is vile and corrupt,…
- 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.
- John 3:6Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
- 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…
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 51:7 in some Bibles
- 51:5 in most Bibles