Isaiah 5:18 Parallel Translations

How horrible it will be for those who string people along with lies and empty promises, whose lives are sinful.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

Cursed are those who make use of ox-cords for pulling the evil thing, and the bands of a young ox for their sin!

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

Woe to 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;

YLT:

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

Isaiah 5:18 Cross References

XREF:

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.

Jeremiah 23:10 For the land is full of adulterers; For the land mourns because of the curse. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. Their course also is evil And their might is not right. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

5:18 Woe to them that draw iniquity with {y} cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
(y) Who use all allurements, opportunities and excuses to harden their conscience in sin.

WES:

5:18 That draw - That are not only drawn to sin by the allurements of the world; but are active and illustrious in drawing sin to themselves. Cords - Or, with cords of lying, as the last word frequently signifies, with vain and deceitful arguments and pretences, whereby sinners generally draw themselves to sin. A rope - With all their might, as beasts commonly do that draw carts with ropes.

MHC:

5:8-23 Here is a woe to those who set their hearts on the wealth of the world. Not that it is sinful for those who have a house and a field to purchase another; but the fault is, that they never know when they have enough. Covetousness is idolatry; and while many envy the prosperous, wretched man, the Lord denounces awful woes upon him. How applicable to many among us! God has many ways to empty the most populous cities. Those who set their hearts upon the world, will justly be disappointed. Here is woe to those who dote upon the pleasures and the delights of sense. The use of music is lawful; but when it draws away the heart from God, then it becomes a sin to us. God's judgments have seized them, but they will not disturb themselves in their pleasures. The judgments are declared. Let a man be ever so high, death will bring him low; ever so mean, death will bring him lower. The fruit of these judgments shall be, that God will be glorified as a God of power. Also, as a God that is holy; he shall be owned and declared to be so, in the righteous punishment of proud men. Those are in a woful condition who set up sin, and who exert themselves to gratify their base lusts. They are daring in sin, and walk after their own lusts; it is in scorn that they call God the Holy One of Israel. They confound and overthrow distinctions between good and evil. They prefer their own reasonings to Divine revelations; their own devices to the counsels and commands of God. They deem it prudent and politic to continue profitable sins, and to neglect self-denying duties. Also, how light soever men make of drunkenness, it is a sin which lays open to the wrath and curse of God. Their judges perverted justice. Every sin needs some other to conceal it.

CONC:

Along Bands Cart Cart-rope Cart-ropes Cords Cursed Deceit Drag Draw Drawing Evil Falsehood Iniquity Ox Ox-cords Pulling Rope Ropes Sin Thick Vanity Wickedness Wo Woe

Bands Cart Cords Cursed Deceit Drag Draw Drawing Evil Falsehood Iniquity Pulling Rope Ropes Sin Use Vanity Wickedness Woe Young

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