Parallel Verses

World English Bible

Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope;

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!

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:

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 Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, and strangers will eat the ruins of the rich. 18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope; 19 Who 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 near and come, that we may know it!"


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 evildoers, so that none does return from his wickedness: they are all of them become to me as Sodom, and its inhabitants as Gomorrah.

Jeremiah 23:10

For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. Their course is evil, and their might is not right;

Judges 17:5

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 Micah said, "Now know I that Yahweh will do good to me, since I have a Levite to my priest."

2 Samuel 16:20-23

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give your counsel what we shall do."

Psalm 10:11

He says in his heart, "God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it."

Psalm 14:1

The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none who does good.

Psalm 36:2

For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to detect and hate his sin.

Psalm 94:5-11

They break your people in pieces, Yahweh, and afflict your heritage.

Isaiah 28:15

"Because you have said, 'We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we in agreement. When the overflowing scourge passes through, it won't come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood.'"

Isaiah 59:4-8

None sues in righteousness, and none pleads 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 rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?

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? says Yahweh. Don't I fill heaven and earth? says Yahweh.

Jeremiah 28:15-16

Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah: Yahweh has not sent you; but you make this people to trust in a lie.

Jeremiah 44:15-19

Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, even all the people who lived 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 builds up a wall, behold, they plaster it with whitewash:

Ezekiel 13:22

Because with lies you 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

It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, "Yahweh will not do good, neither will he do evil."

John 16:2

They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.

Acts 26:9

"I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

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