Parallel Verses
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,
American Standard Version
Woe unto them that 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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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 5:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Woes On The Wicked
17
Then shall the lambs graze as in their pasture, and nomads shall eat among the ruins of the rich.
18
And sin as if with cart ropes;
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 23:14
But in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery and walk in lies; they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns from his evil; all of them have become like Sodom to me, and its inhabitants like Gomorrah."
Jeremiah 23:10
For the land is full of adulterers; because of the curse the land mourns, and the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. Their course is evil, and their might is not right.
Judges 17:5
And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household gods, and ordained one of his sons, who became his priest.
Judges 17:13
Then Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest."
2 Samuel 16:20-23
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give your counsel. What shall we do?"
Psalm 10:11
He says in his heart, "God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it."
Psalm 14:1
The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good.
Psalm 36:2
For he flatters himself in his own eyes that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.
Psalm 94:5-11
They crush your people, O LORD, and afflict your heritage.
Isaiah 28:15
Because you have said, "We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement, when the overwhelming whip passes through it will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter";
Isaiah 59:4-8
No one enters suit justly; no one goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies, they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Jeremiah 5:31
the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?
Jeremiah 8:5-9
Why then has this people turned away in perpetual backsliding? They hold fast to deceit; they refuse to return.
Jeremiah 23:24
Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the LORD. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 28:15-16
And Jeremiah the prophet said to the prophet Hananiah, "Listen, Hananiah, the LORD has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie.
Jeremiah 44:15-19
Then all the men who knew that their wives had made offerings to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, all the people who lived in Pathros in the land of Egypt, answered Jeremiah:
Ezekiel 13:10-11
Precisely because they have misled my people, saying, 'Peace,' when there is no peace, and because, when the people build a wall, these prophets smear it with whitewash,
Ezekiel 13:22
Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not grieved him, and you have encouraged the wicked, that he should not turn from his evil way to save his life,
Zephaniah 1:12
At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are complacent, those who say in their hearts, 'The LORD will not do good, nor will he do ill.'
John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
Acts 26:9
"I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of Jesus of Nazareth.