KJV: Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
YLT: Woe to those decreeing decrees of iniquity, And writers who have prescribed perverseness.
Darby: Woe unto them that decree iniquitous decrees, and to the writers that prescribe oppression,
ASV: Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write perverseness;
ה֥וֹי | Woe |
Parse: Interjection Root: הֹוי Sense: ah!, alas!, ha!, ho!, O!, woe!. |
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הַחֹֽקְקִ֖ים | to those who decree |
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural Root: חָקַק Sense: to cut out, decree, inscribe, set, engrave, portray, govern. |
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חִקְקֵי־ | decrees |
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: חֵקֶק Sense: decree, resolve, statute, action prescribed. |
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אָ֑וֶן | unrighteous |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אָוֶן Sense: trouble, wickedness, sorrow. |
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וּֽמְכַתְּבִ֥ים | and who write |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine plural Root: כָּתַב Sense: to write, record, enrol. |
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עָמָ֖ל | misfortune |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: עָמָל Sense: . |
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כִּתֵּֽבוּ | [Which] they have prescribed |
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person common plural Root: כָּתַב Sense: to write, record, enrol. |