Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

הֵן־בְּעָוֹ֥ון חֹולָ֑לְתִּי וּ֝בְחֵ֗טְא יֶֽחֱמַ֥תְנִי אִמִּֽי׃

Psalm 51:5

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Original sin Human nature

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Psalms The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

450 BC 450s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 51:5).

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Language
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Time
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Thucydides. The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 5.

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Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 5.

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Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 2:24).

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Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.

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Job 1:21

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Job
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Book of Job The Bible
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Language
Hebrew
Time
500 BC 500s BC 6th century BC
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Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 1:21).