Isaiah 5:18
World English Bible (WEB)
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope,
In context
16 but the LORD of Armies is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.
17 Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, and strangers will eat the ruins of the rich.
18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope,
19 who say, “Let him make haste, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!”
20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Isaiah 5:18 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope,
- KJV King James Version
- Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,
- ASV American Standard Version
- Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope;
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Woe [to] those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, And as [with] thick ropes of the cart — sin.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as with cart-ropes!
- WBS Webster Bible
- Woe to them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart-rope: