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Psalms 53:2 King James Version (KJV)

2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.


Psalms 53:2 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

2 God H430 looked down H8259 from heaven H8064 upon the children H1121 of men, H120 to see H7200 if there were H3426 any that did understand, H7919 that did seek H1875 God. H430


Psalms 53:2 American Standard (ASV)

2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God.


Psalms 53:2 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

2 God from the heavens looked on the sons of men, To see if there be an understanding one, `One' seeking God.


Psalms 53:2 Darby English Bible (DARBY)

2 God looked down from the heavens upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.


Psalms 53:2 World English Bible (WEB)

2 God looks down from heaven on the children of men, To see if there are any who understood, Who seek after God.


Psalms 53:2 Bible in Basic English (BBE)

2 God was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.

Cross Reference

Psalms 33:13-14 KJV

The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

Commentary on Psalms 53 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible


PSALM 53

Ps 53:1-6. Upon Mahalath—(See on Ps 88:1, title). Why this repetition of the fourteenth Psalm is given we do not know.

1-4. with few verbal changes, correspond with Ps 14:1-4.

5. Instead of assurances of God's presence with the pious, and a complaint of the wicked, Ps 14:5, 6 portrays the ruin of the latter, whose "bones" even "are scattered" (compare Ps 141:7), and who are put to shame as contemptuously rejected of God.