Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
with cords of deceit
and pull sin along 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:
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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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 5:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Woes On The Wicked
17
as if in
and strangers
among the ruins of the rich.
with cords of deceit
and pull sin along with cart ropes,
“Let Him hurry up and do His work quickly
so that we can see it!
Let the plan
so that we can know it!”
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 23:14
I saw a horrible thing:
They commit adultery and walk in lies.
They strengthen the hands of evildoers,
and none turns his back on evil.
They are all like Sodom
Jerusalem’s residents are like Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 23:10
the land mourns because of the curse,
and the grazing lands in the wilderness have dried up.
Their way of life
and their power is not rightly used
Judges 17:5
This man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household idols,
Judges 17:13
Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”
2 Samuel 16:20-23
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me your advice. What should we do?”
Psalm 10:11
He hides His face and will never see.”
Psalm 14:1
For the choir director. Davidic.
They are corrupt; they do vile deeds.
There is no one who does good.
Psalm 36:2
to discover and hate his sin.
Psalm 94:5-11
they afflict Your heritage.
Isaiah 28:15
and we have made an agreement with Sheol;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through,
it will not touch us,
because we have made falsehood our refuge
and have hidden behind treachery.”
Isaiah 59:4-8
no one pleads honestly.
They trust in empty and worthless words;
they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.
Jeremiah 5:31
and the priests rule by their own authority.
My people love it like this.
But what will you do at the end of it?
Jeremiah 8:5-9
Why is Jerusalem always turning away?
They take hold of deceit;
they refuse to return.
Jeremiah 23:24
Can a man hide himself in secret places where I cannot see him?”
Jeremiah 28:15-16
The prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The Lord did not send you, but you have led these people to trust in a lie.
Jeremiah 44:15-19
However, all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, all the women standing by—a great assembly—and all the people who were living in the land of Egypt at Pathros answered Jeremiah,
Ezekiel 13:10-11
“Since they have led My people astray saying, ‘Peace,’
Ezekiel 13:22
Because you have disheartened the righteous person with lies, even though I have not caused him grief,
Zephaniah 1:12
and punish the men who settle down comfortably,
who say to themselves:
The Lord will not do good or evil.
John 16:2
Acts 26:9
In fact, I myself supposed it was necessary to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.