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Woe unto them that draw along iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope;
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope;
Woe (judgment is coming) to those who drag along wickedness with cords of falsehood, And sin as if with cart ropes [towing their own punishment];
Woe to those who draw [calamity] with cords of iniquity and falsehood, who bring punishment to themselves with a cart rope of wickedness,
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
Woe to those who drag iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,
Doom to those who drag guilt along with cords of fraud, and haul sin as if with cart ropes,
Woe to those who begin by pulling at transgression with a thread, but end by dragging sin along as if with a cart rope.
You are in for trouble! The lies you tell are like ropes by which you drag along sin and evil.
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as with cart-ropes!
Woe to you that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as the rope of a cart.
Look at those people! They pull their guilt and sins behind them like people pulling wagons with ropes.
It will be very bad for you people who are always deceiving others. You cannot leave your sins behind, like someone who pulls a cart with a rope.
Woe to those who drag their guilt behind them with cords of lies and their wickedness with cart ropes.
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin as with cart ropes,
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin as with cart ropes,
·How terrible it will be for [L Woe to] those people! They pull ·their guilt and sins behind them as people pull wagons with ropes [L wickedness with the ropes of emptiness and sin with cart ropes].
¶ Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin, as with cart ropes:
How horrible it will be for those who string people along with lies and empty promises, whose lives are sinful.
You are doomed! You are unable to break free from your sins.
Woe to those who drag wickedness with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,
How terrible it will be for those people! They pull their guilt and sins behind them as people pull wagons with ropes.
“How terrible it will be for those who parade iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin along as with a cart rope;
¶ Woe unto those that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope,
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
Woe to those who drag iniquity with the cords of worthlessness, And sin as if with cart ropes,
Ah! Those who drag iniquity along with the cords of falsehood and sin as with rope of the cart,
Woe to those who drag their sins behind them like a bullock on a rope.
Doom to you who use lies to sell evil, who haul sin to market by the truckload, Who say, “What’s God waiting for? Let him get a move on so we can see it. Whatever The Holy of Israel has cooked up, we’d like to check it out.”
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood and sin as if with a cart rope,
How horrible it will be for those who string people along with lies and empty promises, whose lives are sinful.
Ah! Those who tug at guilt with cords of perversity, and at sin as if with cart ropes!
Woe to those who drag wrongdoing with the cords of deceit, And sin as if with cart ropes;
Woe to those who drag iniquity with the cords of falsehood, And sin as if with cart ropes;
Woe to those who drag iniquity along with the cords of perversity, and who drag sin along as though with cart ropes;
How terrible it will be for those people! They pull their guilt and sins behind them as people pull wagons with ropes.
Beware, those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead, who pull sin as with cart ropes.
How terrible it will be for those who continue to sin and lie about it! How terrible for those who keep on doing what is evil as if they were tied to it!
Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit, and wickedness as with cart ropes,
Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit, and wickedness as with cart ropes,
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, And sin as if with a cart rope;
It is bad for those who pull sin along with ropes of lies, who pull wrong-doing as with a wagon rope,
What sorrow for those who drag their sins behind them with ropes made of lies, who drag wickedness behind them like a cart!
Ah, you who drag iniquity along with cords of falsehood, who drag sin along as with cart-ropes,
Ah, you who drag iniquity along with cords of falsehood, who drag sin along as with cart-ropes,
Ah, you who drag iniquity along with cords of falsehood, who drag sin along as with cart ropes,
Woe to those who drag iniquity along with cords of falsehood, who drag sin along as with cart ropes,
Hoy unto them that draw avon (guilt) with cords of deceit, and tug at chatta’ah (sin) as with a cart rope;
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin as with cart ropes,
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin as with cart ropes,
Oy to those that drag iniquity along with cords of deceit, and sin as if with a cart rope!
O how terrible for those who drag their guilt around, worthlessness and wrongdoing in tow—
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope,
Woe to you that draw wickedness in the cords of vanity, and draw sin as the bond of a wain; (Woe to you who draw along wickedness with the cords of emptiness and futility, and draw along sin as if it were the rope of a cart;)
Wo [to] those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, And as [with] thick ropes of the cart -- sin.
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