American Standard Version
"Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope; "
— Isaiah 5:18, American Standard Version
“Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:”
“Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope;”
“Beware, those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead, who pull sin as with cart ropes.”
“Woe to you that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as the rope of a cart.”
“Cursed are those who make use of ox-cords for pulling the evil thing, and the bands of a young ox for their sin!”
“Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:”
And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled:
but Jehovah of hosts is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.
Then shall the lambs feed as in their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall wanderers eat.
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope;
that say, Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!