Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin with cart ropes;
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 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 feed in their way, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat. 18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin with cart ropes; 19 who say, Let Him hurry and hasten His work, so that we may see it; and let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, so that we may know!
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Cross References
Jeremiah 23:14
I have also seen in the prophets of Jerusalem a horrible thing; they commit adultery and walk in falsehood. They also strengthen to the hands of evildoers, so that none returns from his evil; they are all of them like Sodom to Me, and its inhabitants like Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 23:10
For the land is full of adulterers. Yes, because of cursing the land mourns; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their power is not right.
Judges 17:5
And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod and household gods, and anointed one of his sons, who became his priest.
Judges 17:13
Then Micah said, Now I know that Jehovah will do me good, since I have a Levite as my priest.
2 Samuel 16:20-23
And Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give your advice. What shall we do?
Psalm 10:11
He has said in his heart, God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will not see forever!
Psalm 14:1
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God! They acted corruptly; they have done abominable works, there is none who does good.
Psalm 36:2
For he flatters himself in his own eyes in order to find his iniquity, to hate it.
Psalm 94:5-11
They crush Your people, O Jehovah, and afflict Your inheritance.
Isaiah 28:15
Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and we have made a vision with hell; when the overwhelming rod shall pass through, it shall not come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood,
Isaiah 59:4-8
None calls for justice, nor does anyone plead for truth; they trust in vanity and speak lies. They conceive mischief and bring out 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 you do at the end of it?
Jeremiah 8:5-9
Why has this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a never-ending backsliding? They hold fast to deceit; they refuse to return.
Jeremiah 23:24
Can anyone hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? says Jehovah. Do I not fill the heavens and earth? says Jehovah.
Jeremiah 28:15-16
Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah. Jehovah has not sent you, but you make this people to trust in a lie.
Jeremiah 44:15-19
And all the men who knew that their wives had burned incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great multitude, even all the people who lived in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah. And they said,
Ezekiel 13:10-11
Because, even because they made My people go astray, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and he builds a wall, and lo, others daubed it with lime.
Ezekiel 13:22
Because with lies you have saddened the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad; and have made the hands of the wicked strong, so that he should not turn from his wicked way, by promising him life;
Zephaniah 1:12
And it shall be in that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and punish the men who are settled on their lees; who say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, nor will He do evil.
John 16:2
They shall put you out of the synagogue. But an hour is coming that everyone who kills you will think that he bears God service.
Acts 26:9
I truly thought within myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth,