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Psalm 14:2–3

The Lord llooks down from heaven on the children of man,

to see if there are any who understand,1

who mseek after God.

They have all turned aside; together they have become ncorrupt;

there is none who does good,

not even one.

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Psalm 14:2–3 — The New International Version (NIV)

The Lord looks down from heaven

on all mankind

to see if there are any who understand,

any who seek God.

All have turned away, all have become corrupt;

there is no one who does good,

not even one.

Psalm 14:2–3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men,

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

They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy:

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

Psalm 14:2–3 — New Living Translation (NLT)

The Lord 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 14:2–3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men,

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

They have all turned aside,

They have together become corrupt;

There is none who does good,

No, not one.

Psalm 14:2–3 — New Century Version (NCV)

The Lord looked down from heaven on all people

to see if anyone understood,

if anyone was looking to God for help.

But all have turned away.

Together, everyone has become evil.

There is no one who does anything good,

not even one.

Psalm 14:2–3 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Jehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men,

To see if there were any that did understand,

That did seek after God.

They are all gone aside; they are together become filthy;

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

Psalm 14:2–3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Psalm 14:2–3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The Lord 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 turned away. 

Together they have become rotten to the core. 

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

Psalm 14:2–3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The Lord 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 14:2–3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The Lord looks down from heaven on humankind

to see if there are any who are wise,

who seek after God.

They have all gone astray, they are all alike perverse;

there is no one who does good,

no, not one.

Psalm 14:2–3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Yahweh looks down from heaven upon the children of humankind

to see whether there is one who has insight,

one who cares about God.

All have gone astray;

they are altogether corrupt.

There is not one who does good;

there is not even one.

Psalm 14:2–3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

The Lord 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.

Psalm 14:2–3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men

To see if there are any who understand,

Who seek after God.

They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt;

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


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