Isaiah 5:18

In 11 translations

BSB

Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,

KJV

Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

WEB

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

ASV

Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope;

LSV

Woe [to] those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, || And as [with] thick ropes of the cart—sin.

YLT

Woe [to] those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, And as [with] thick ropes of the cart — sin.

DBY

Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as with cart-ropes!

DRC

Woe to you that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as the rope of a cart.

GNV

Woe vnto them, that draw iniquitie with cordes of vanitie, and sinne, as with cart ropes:

JPS

Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope,

LXXE

Woe to them that draw sins to them as with a long rope, and iniquities as with a thong of the heifer's yoke:

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WLC

ה֛וֹי מֹשְׁכֵ֥י הֶֽעָוֺ֖ן בְּחַבְלֵ֣י הַשָּׁ֑וְא וְכַעֲב֥וֹת הָעֲגָלָ֖ה חַטָּאָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Οὐαὶ οἱ ἐπισπώμενοι τὰς ἁμαρτίας ὡς σχοινίῳ μακρῷ, καὶ ὡς ζυγοῦ ἱμάντι δαμάλεως τὰς ἀνομίας·

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• Jeremiah 23:14And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to…
• Jeremiah 23:10For the land is full of adulterers— because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up— their course is evil and their power is misused.
• Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
• Ezekiel 13:22Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,
• Psalms 36:2For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.
• Acts 26:9So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
• Psalms 94:5–11They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage. They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless. They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.” Take notice, O senseless…
• Isaiah 59:4–8No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity. They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever…
• 2 Samuel 16:20–23Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me counsel. What should we do?” Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench…
• John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
• Jeremiah 28:15–16Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie. Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to remove…
• Zephaniah 1:12And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’
• Judges 17:13Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”
• Jeremiah 23:24“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
• Judges 17:5Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.
• Jeremiah 8:5–9Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return. I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness,…

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