18Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit, and wickedness as with cart ropes,


In Context

15 So man will be brought low and mankind humbled, the eyes of the arrogant humbled.

16 But the Lord Almighty will be exalted by his justice, and the holy God will show himself holy by his righteousness.

17 Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture; lambs will feed among the ruins of the rich.

18 Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit, and wickedness as with cart ropes,

19 to those who say, "Let God hurry, let him hasten his work so we may see it. Let it approach, let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come, so 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 Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:18Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:18Woe to you that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as the rope of a cart.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:18Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:18Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as with cart-ropes!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:18Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:18Woe to them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart-rope:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:18Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:18Woe to those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, And as with thick ropes of the cart — sin.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:18Woe to them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: