King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
¶ Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness [which] they have prescribed;
Complete Jewish Bible:
Woe to those who enact unjust decrees and draft oppressive legislation
Berean Standard Bible:
Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
American Standard Version:
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write perverseness;
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
Woe{H1945} unto them that decree{H2710} unrighteous{H205} decrees{H2711}, and that write{H3789} grievousness{H5999} which they have prescribed{H3789};
Cross-References (KJV):
Luke 11:52
- Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
Micah 3:1
- ¶ And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; [Is it] not for you to know judgment?
Micah 3:4
- Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
Matthew 23:23
- Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier [matters] of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
John 19:6
- When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify [him], crucify [him]. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify [him]: for I find no fault in him.
Psalms 94:20
- Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
Psalms 94:21
- They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
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Commentary for Isaiah 10:1
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H1945
There are 48 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: הוֹי
Transliteration: hôwy
Pronunciation: hoh'ee
Description: a prolonged form of הוֹ (akin to אוֹי); oh!; ah, alas, ho, O, woe. - Strong's Number: H2710
There are 19 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חָקַק
Transliteration: châqaq
Pronunciation: khaw-kak'
Description: a primitive root; properly, to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (gen.) prescribe; appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set. - Strong's Number: H205
There are 101 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אָוֶן
Transliteration: ʼâven
Pronunciation: aw-ven'
Description: from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught); strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol; affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain, vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare אַיִן. - Strong's Number: H2711
There are 2 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חֵקֶק
Transliteration: chêqeq
Pronunciation: khay'-kek
Description: from חָקַק; an enactment, a resolution; decree, thought. - Strong's Number: H3789
There are 212 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: כָּתַב
Transliteration: kâthab
Pronunciation: kaw-thab'
Description: a primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe); describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten). - Strong's Number: H5999
There are 54 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עָמָל
Transliteration: ʻâmâl
Pronunciation: aw-mawl'
Description: from עָמַל; toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind; grievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.