Isaiah 5:18
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Woeהֹ֛וי
(ho·vy)
1945: ah! alas! ha!a prim. interj.
to those who dragמֹשְׁכֵ֥י
(mo·she·chei)
4900: to draw, draga prim. root
iniquityהֶֽעָוֹ֖ן
(he·'a·von)
5771: iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquityfrom an unused word
with the cordsבְּחַבְלֵ֣י
(be·chav·lei)
2256a: cord, territory, bandfrom chabal
of falsehood,הַשָּׁ֑וְא
(ha·sha·ve;)
7723: emptiness, vanityfrom an unused word
And sinחַטָּאָֽה׃
(chat·ta·'ah.)
2403a: sinful thing, sinfrom chata
as if with cartהָעֲגָלָ֖ה
(ha·'a·ga·lah)
5699: a cartfrom the same as egel
ropes;וְכַעֲבֹ֥ות
(ve·cha·'a·vo·vt)
5688: cord, rope, cordagefrom abath


















KJV Lexicon
Woe
howy  (hoh'ee)
oh! -- ah, alas, ho, O, woe.
unto them that draw
mashak  (maw-shak')
to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.)
iniquity
`avon  (aw-vone')
perversity, i.e. (moral) evil -- fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
with cords
chebel  (kheh'-bel)
band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
of vanity
shav'  (shawv)
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain) -- false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.
and sin
chatta'ah  (khat-taw-aw')
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
as it were with a cart
`agalah  (ag-aw-law')
something revolving, i.e. a wheeled vehicle -- cart, chariot, wagon
rope
`aboth  (ab-oth')
something intwined, i.e. a string, wreath or foliage -- band, cord, rope, thick bough (branch), wreathen (chain).
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Woe to those who drag iniquity with the cords of falsehood, And sin as if with cart ropes;

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Woe to those who drag wickedness with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,

International Standard Version
"How terrible it will be for those who parade iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin along as with a cart rope;

NET Bible
Those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead, who pull sin as with cart ropes.

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

King James 2000 Bible
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
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