Isaiah 10:1
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Woeהֹ֥וי
(ho·vy)
1945: ah! alas! ha!a prim. interj.
to those who enactהַחֹֽקְקִ֖ים
(ha·cho·ke·kim)
2710: to cut in, inscribe, decreea prim. root
evilאָ֑וֶן
(a·ven;)
205: trouble, sorrow, wickednessfrom an unused word
statutes 
 
2706: something prescribed or owed, a statutefrom chaqaq
And to those who constantly recordוּֽמְכַתְּבִ֥ים
(u·me·chat·te·vim)
3789: to writea prim. root
unjust decisions,עָמָ֖ל
(a·mal)
5999: trouble, labor, toilfrom amal


















KJV Lexicon
Woe
howy  (hoh'ee)
oh! -- ah, alas, ho, O, woe.
unto them that decree
chaqaq  (khaw-kak')
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
unrighteous
'aven  (aw-ven')
to come to naught); strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
decrees
cheqeq  (khay'-kek)
an enactment, a resolution -- decree, thought.
and that write
kathab  (kaw-thab')
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe) -- describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).
grievousness
`amal  (aw-mawl')
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
which they have prescribed
kathab  (kaw-thab')
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe) -- describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Woe to those who enact evil statutes And to those who constantly record unjust decisions,

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Woe to those enacting crooked statutes and writing oppressive laws

International Standard Version
"How terrible it will be for the one who enacts unjust decrees, for those who write oppressive laws that they have prescribed

NET Bible
Those who enact unjust policies are as good as dead, those who are always instituting unfair regulations,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
How horrible it will be for those who make unjust laws and who make oppressive regulations.

King James 2000 Bible
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write misfortune which they have prescribed;
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