Isaiah 10:1

In 11 translations

BSB

Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,

KJV

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;that write…: or, to the writers that write grievousness

WEB

Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees

ASV

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write perverseness;

LSV

“Woe [to] those decreeing decrees of iniquity, || And writers who have prescribed perverseness,

YLT

Woe [to] those decreeing decrees of iniquity, And writers who have prescribed perverseness.

DBY

Woe unto them that decree iniquitous decrees, and to the writers that prescribe oppression,

DRC

Woe to them that make wicked laws: and when they write, write injustice:

GNV

Woe vnto them that decree wicked decrees, and write grieuous things,

JPS

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write iniquity;

LXXE

Woe to them that write wickedness; for when they write they do write wickedness,

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Original-language editions

WLC

ה֥וֹי הַחֹֽקְקִ֖ים חִקְקֵי־אָ֑וֶן וּֽמְכַתְּבִ֥ים עָמָ֖ל כִּתֵּֽבוּ׃

LXX-Br

Οὐαὶ τοῖς γράφουσι πονηρίαν, γράφοντες γὰρ, πονηρίαν γράφουσιν·

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• Luke 11:52Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”
• Micah 3:1–4Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice? You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones. You eat…
• Matthew 23:23Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the…
• Psalms 94:20–21Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree? They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
• Habakkuk 2:6Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’
• John 9:22His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
• Luke 11:42–44Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former. Woe to you Pharisees! You love the…
• John 19:6As soon as the chief priests and officers saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!” “You take Him and crucify Him,” Pilate replied, “for I find no basis for a charge against Him.”
• Matthew 23:29Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
• Jude 1:11Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
• Isaiah 5:18Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,
• Habakkuk 2:12Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!
• Luke 11:46–47“Woe to you as well, experts in the law!” He replied. “You weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift a finger to lighten their load. Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was…
• Micah 6:16You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of…
• Matthew 26:24The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
• Isaiah 5:8Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.

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