King James Version

Isaiah 10:1

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

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ה֥וֹיhoyalasהוֹיparticle, interjection — “alas”H1945oh!ah, alas, ho, O, woe.הַחֹֽקְקִ֖יםhachoqeqimthe appointחָקַקdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the appoint”, a verb used as a describing wordH2710properly, 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.) prescribeappoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set.חִקְקֵיchiqqedecreeחֵקֶקnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “decree”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2711an enactment, a resolutiondecree, thought.אָ֑וֶןavenidolאָוֶןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “idol”, the ordinary formH205strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idolaffliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain, vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare H369 (אַיִן).וּֽמְכַתְּבִ֥יםumekhatvimand describeכָּתַבconjunction, verb, piel, participle, absolute — “and describe”, a verb used as a describing wordH3789to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).עָמָ֖לamaltoilעָמָלnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “toil”, the ordinary formH5999toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mindgrievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.כִּתֵּֽבוּkitevvdescribeכָּתַבverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “describe”, a completed actionH3789to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write iniquity;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write perverseness;

Young’s Literal Translation

Woe [to] those decreeing decrees of iniquity, And writers who have prescribed perverseness.

World English Bible

Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees

Darby Translation

Woe unto them that decree iniquitous decrees, and to the writers that prescribe oppression,

Douay-Rheims

Woe to them that make wicked laws: and when they write, write injustice:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write iniquity;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Woe to them that write wickedness; for when they write they do write wickedness,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οὐαὶ τοῖς γράφουσι πονηρίαν, γράφοντες γὰρ, πονηρίαν γράφουσιν·