Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"How terrible it will be for the one who enacts unjust decrees, for those who write oppressive laws that they have prescribed
New American Standard Bible
And to those who constantly record
King James Version
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
Holman Bible
and writing oppressive laws
A Conservative Version
Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write perverseness,
American Standard Version
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write perverseness;
Amplified
And to those [magistrates] who constantly record unjust and oppressive decisions,
Bible in Basic English
Cursed are those who make evil decisions, and the writers who make the records of their cruel acts:
Darby Translation
Woe unto them that decree iniquitous decrees, and to the writers that prescribe oppression,
Julia Smith Translation
Wo to those decreeing not decrees, and they wrote writings of labor;
King James 2000
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write misfortune which they have prescribed;
Lexham Expanded Bible
Ah! Those who decree decrees of evil, and writers who have written harm,
Modern King James verseion
Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the scribes who write toil;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Woe be unto you that make unrighteous laws, and devise things, which be too hard for to keep:
NET Bible
Those who enact unjust policies are as good as dead, those who are always instituting unfair regulations,
New Heart English Bible
Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees;
The Emphasized Bible
Alas! for them who ordain iniquitous decree, - And, busy writers, who make a business of writing mischief:
Webster
Woe to them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
World English Bible
Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees;
Youngs Literal Translation
Woe to those decreeing decrees of iniquity, And writers who have prescribed perverseness.
Themes
Courts » Miscellaneous topics relating to courts and judicial procedure » Corruption of
Courts of justice » Corruption and bribery often practised in
Courts of justice » The judgment of » Recorded in writing
Fatherless » God will » Punish those who oppress
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Denounces judgments against false prophets
Topics
Interlinear
Chaqaq
'aven
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 10:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Woes On The Wicked
1 "How terrible it will be for the one who enacts unjust decrees, for those who write oppressive laws that they have prescribed 2 to deprive the needy of justice and to rob the poor of my people of their rights, so that widows may become their spoil and so that they may plunder orphans!
Cross References
Psalm 94:20-21
Will destructive national leaders, who plan wicked things through misuse of the Law, be allied with you?
Isaiah 5:8
"How terrible it will be for you who join house to house, who add field to field, until there is no more room, and you have settled yourselves alone in the middle of the land!"
Micah 3:1-4
"He will say, "Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you officials of the house of Israel! You should know justice, should you not?
Habakkuk 2:6
"Will not all of these ridicule him with mocking scorn? They will say, "Woe to the one who hordes for himself what isn't his. How long will you enrich yourself by extortion?'
Matthew 23:23
"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your mint, dill, and cummin, but have neglected the more important matters of the Law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These are the things you should have practiced, without neglecting the others.
Luke 11:42-44
"How terrible it will be for you Pharisees! You give a tenth of your mint, spices, and every kind of herb, but you neglect justice and the love of God. These are the things you should have practiced, without neglecting the others.
Luke 11:52
How terrible it will be for you experts in the Law! You have taken away the key to knowledge. You didn't go in yourselves, and you kept out those who were trying to go in."
Esther 3:10-13
The king removed his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Hammedatha the Agagite's son Haman, the enemy of the Jewish people.
Psalm 58:2
As a matter of fact, in your heart you plan iniquities! In the land your hands are violent!
Isaiah 5:18
"How terrible it will be for those who parade iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin along as with a cart rope;
Isaiah 5:20-22
"How terrible it will be for those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute what is bitter for what is sweet and what is sweet for what is bitter!"
Jeremiah 22:13
"How terrible for him who builds his house without righteousness, and its upper rooms without justice, who makes his neighbor work for nothing, and does not pay him his wage.
Daniel 6:8-9
Therefore, your majesty, establish the decree and sign the written document so it can't be changed, in accordance with the laws of the Medes and Persians that can't be repealed."
Micah 3:9-11
Please listen to this, you leaders of the house of Jacob, you officials of the house of Israel, you who hate administering justice, who pervert the very meaning of equity,
Micah 6:16
You keep Omri's statutes and observe the customs of the house of Ahab. Because you live according to their advice, I'll make you desolate and turn your inhabitants into an object of scorn. Therefore you will bear the shame of my people."
Habakkuk 2:9
"Woe to the one who amasses profit upon unjust profit in order to establish his household, so he can establish a secure place on the heights and escape from the power of evil.
Habakkuk 2:12
"Woe to the one who founds a city upon bloodshed, and constructs a city by lawlessness.
Habakkuk 2:15
"Woe to the one who supplies his neighbor with a drink! You are forcing your bottle on him, making him drunk so you can see them naked.
Habakkuk 2:19
"Woe to the one who says to a tree, "Wake up!' or "Arise!' to a speechless stone. Idols like this can't teach, can they? Look, even though it is overlaid with gold and silver, there's no breath in it at all."
Matthew 11:21
"How terrible it will be for you, Chorazin! How terrible it will be for you, Bethsaida! Because if the miracles that happened in you had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Matthew 23:13-16
"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door to the kingdom from heaven in people's faces. You don't go in yourselves, and you don't allow those who are trying to enter to go in.
Matthew 23:27
"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of dead people's bones and every kind of impurity.
Matthew 23:29
"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
Matthew 26:24
The Son of Man is going away, just as it has been written about him. How terrible it will be for that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for him if he had never been born."
Luke 11:46-47
Jesus said, "How terrible it will be for you experts in the Law, too! You load people with burdens that are hard to carry, yet you don't even lift a finger to ease those burdens.
John 9:22
His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, since the Jewish leaders had already agreed that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah would be thrown out of the synagogue.
John 19:6
When the high priests and the officials saw him, they shouted, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" Pilate told them, "You take him and crucify him. I find no basis for a charge against him."
Jude 1:11
11How terrible it will be for them! For they lived like Cain did , rushed headlong into Balaam's error to make a profit, and destroyed themselves, as happened in Korah's rebellion.
1 Kings 21:13
Two wicked men came in, sat down in front of them, and testified against Naboth in public, "Naboth cursed God and the king!" So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.
Isaiah 3:11
"How terrible it will be for the wicked! Disaster is headed their way, because what they did with their hand will be repaid to them.
Isaiah 5:11
"How terrible it will be for those who rise at dawn in order to grab a stiff drink, for those who stay up late at night as wine inflames them!