Isaiah 10:1 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

How horrible it will be for those who make unjust laws and who make oppressive regulations.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

ASV:

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

BBE:

Cursed are those who make evil decisions, and the writers who make the records of their cruel acts:

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

Woe to them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

WEB:

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

YLT:

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

Isaiah 10:1 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 94:20 Can a throne of destruction be allied with You, One which devises mischief by decree?

Isaiah 29:21 Who cause a person to be indicted by a word, And ensnare him who adjudicates at the gate, And defraud the one in the right with meaningless arguments.

Isaiah 59:4 No one sues righteously and no one pleads honestly. They trust in confusion and speak lies; They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity.

Isaiah 59:13 Transgressing and denying the LORD, And turning away from our God, Speaking oppression and revolt, Conceiving in and uttering from the heart lying words. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

10:1 Woe to them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that {a} write grievousness [which] they have prescribed;
(a) Who write and pronounce a wicked sentence to oppress the people: meaning, that the wicked magistrate, who were the chief cause of mischief, would be first punished.

WES:

10:1 Woe - Unto those magistrates who make unjust laws, and give unjust sentences. Grievousness - Grievous things, such unjust decrees as cause grief and vexation to their subjects.

MHC:

10:1-4 These verses are to be joined with the foregoing chapter. Woe to the superior powers that devise and decree unrighteous decrees! And woe to the inferior officers that draw them up, and enter them on record! But what will sinners do? Whither will they flee?

CONC:

Acts Constantly Cruel Cursed Decisions Decree Decreeing Decrees Enact Evil Grievousness Iniquitous Iniquity Issue Laws Oppression Oppressive Perverseness Prescribe Prescribed Record Records Statutes Unjust Unrighteous Wo Woe Writers Writing

Acts Constantly Cruel Cursed Decisions Decree Decreeing Decrees Evil Grievousness Iniquitous Iniquity Issue Laws Oppression Oppressive Perverseness Prescribe Prescribed Record Records Statutes Unjust Unrighteous Wo Woe Write Writing

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