Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

Wo to those drawing iniquity with cords of evil, and sin as the cords of a wagon:

New American Standard Bible

Woe to those who drag iniquity with the cords of falsehood,
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

Woe to those who drag wickedness
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!

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Woe
הוי 
Howy 
woe, Ah, Ho, O, Alas
Usage: 50

עוון עון 
`avon 
Usage: 230

with cords
חבל חבל 
Chebel 
Usage: 62

of vanity
שׁו שׁואo 
Shav' 
Usage: 53

and sin
חטּאת חטּאה 
Chatta'ah 
Usage: 294

as it were with a cart
עגלה 
`agalah 
Usage: 25

References

American

Easton

Context Readings

Woes On The Wicked

17 And the lambs feed according to their word, and the deserts of the fat ones shall strangers eat 18 Wo to those drawing iniquity with cords of evil, and sin as the cords of a wagon: 19 Saying, He shall hasten, he shall urge on his work, so that we shall see: and the counsel of the holy one of Israel shall draw near and come and we shall know.

Cross References

Jeremiah 23:14

And in the prophets of Jerusalem I saw a horrible thing, committing adultery and going in falsehood: and they strengthened the hands of those doing evil, they turned not back a man from his evil: they were to me all of them as Sodom, and those dwelling in her as Gomorrah.

Jeremiah 23:10

For the land was filled from adulteries, for from the face of these the land mourned, the beautiful things of the desert were dried up, and their race will be evil, and their strength not right

Judges 17:5

And the man Micah to him a house of gods; and he will make an ephod and a teraphim, and he will fill the hand of one of his sons, and he will be to him for priest

Judges 17:13

And Micah will say, Now I knew that Jehovah will be good to me, for there being to me the Levite for priest

2 Samuel 16:20-23

And Absalom will say to Ahithophel, Bring counsel to yourselves what we shall do.

Psalm 10:11

Saying in his heart, God forgat: he hid his face; not seeing forever.

Psalm 14:1

To the overseer; of David. The fool said in his heart, No God. They were corrupted, they made their; works abominable, none doing good.

Psalm 36:2

For he made smooth to himself in his eyes, to find his iniquity to hate.

Psalm 94:5-11

They will break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, and they will afflict thine inheritance.

Isaiah 28:15

Because ye said, We cut out a covenant with death, and with hades we did this; when this overflowing scourge passed through it shall not come to us, for we set falsehood our refuge, and in ahewe hid ourselves.,

Isaiah 59:4-8

None called upon justice, and none judged in truth: trusting in vanity and speaking evil, they conceived labor and brought forth vanity.

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesied in falsehood, and the priests will spread out with their hands; and my people loved it thus: and what will ye do to its last part

Jeremiah 8:5-9

Wherefore did this people of Jerusalem turn away a continual turning away? they laid hold upon deceit; they refused to turn back.

Jeremiah 23:24

If a man shall hide in secret places and I shall not see him, says Jehovah. Do I not fill the heavens and the earth? says Jehovah.

Jeremiah 28:15-16

And Jeremiah the prophet will say to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; Jehovah sent thee not; and thou didst cause this people to trust upon falsehood.

Jeremiah 44:15-19

And they will answer Jeremiah, all the men knowing that their wives burn incense to other gods, and all the women standing, a great convocation, and all the people dwelling in the land of Egypt in Pathros, saying,

Ezekiel 13:10-11

Because, and because they led my people astray, saying, Peace; and no peace; and he built a wall and they plastering it with plaster:

Ezekiel 13:22

Because ye afflicted the heart of the just one with falsehood, and I afflicted him not; and to strengthen the hands of the evil one not to turn back from his evil way, to preserve him alive.

Zephaniah 1:12

And it was in that time, I will search out Jerusalem with lights, and I reviewed upon the men curdled upon their lees, saying in their heart, Jehovah will do good and not evil.

John 16:2

They shall make you excluded from the synagogue: but the hour comes that every one having slain you should think to bring service to God.

Acts 26:9

I therefore truly thought to myself, I must do many things contrary to the name of Jesus, the Nazarite.

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