Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope;
New American Standard Bible
And sin as if with cart ropes;
King James Version
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
Holman Bible
with cords of deceit
and pull sin along with cart ropes,
International Standard Version
"How terrible it will be for those who parade iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin along as with a cart rope;
A Conservative Version
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope,
Amplified
Woe (judgment is coming) to those who drag along wickedness with cords of falsehood,
And sin as if with cart ropes [towing their own punishment];
Bible in Basic English
Cursed are those who make use of ox-cords for pulling the evil thing, and the bands of a young ox for their sin!
Darby Translation
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as with cart-ropes!
Julia Smith Translation
Wo to those drawing iniquity with cords of evil, and sin as the cords of a wagon:
King James 2000
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Ah! Those who drag iniquity along with the cords of falsehood and sin as with rope of the cart,
Modern King James verseion
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin with cart ropes;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Woe be unto vain persons, that draw wickedness unto them with cords of vanity; and sin, as it were with a cart rope.
NET Bible
Those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead, who pull sin as with cart ropes.
New Heart English Bible
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope;
The Emphasized Bible
Alas! for them Who draw on themselves punishment with cords of falsehood, - And as with waggon-bands, penalty:
Webster
Woe to them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart-rope:
World English Bible
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope;
Youngs Literal Translation
Woe to those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, And as with thick ropes of the cart -- sin.
Themes
Error » Known to God » Loved by men
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Denounces existing corruptions
Scorning and mocking » Woe denounced against
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 5:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Woes On The Wicked
17 Then shall the lambs feed as in their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall wanderers eat. 18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope; 19 that say, Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
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Cross References
Jeremiah 23:14
In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, so that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 23:10
For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. And their course is evil, and their might is not right;
Judges 17:5
And the man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
Judges 17:13
Then said Micah, Now know I that Jehovah will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
2 Samuel 16:20-23
Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give your counsel what we shall do.
Psalm 10:11
He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten; He hideth his face; he will never see it.
Psalm 14:1
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; There is none that doeth good.
Psalm 36:2
For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.
Psalm 94:5-11
They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, And afflict thy heritage.
Isaiah 28:15
Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
Isaiah 59:4-8
None sueth in righteousness, and none pleadeth in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Jeremiah 5:31
the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
Jeremiah 8:5-9
Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
Jeremiah 23:24
Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah.
Jeremiah 28:15-16
Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah: Jehovah hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
Jeremiah 44:15-19
Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great assembly, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
Ezekiel 13:10-11
Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there is no peace; and when one buildeth up a wall, behold, they daub it with untempered mortar :
Ezekiel 13:22
Because with lies ye have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, and be saved alive:
Zephaniah 1:12
And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps; and I will punish the men that are settled on their lees, that say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, neither will he do evil.
John 16:2
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God.
Acts 26:9
I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.