Obadiah 1:1

AMP: The vision of Obadiah.Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom—We have heard a report from the Lord,And an ambassador has been sent among the nations, saying,“Arise, and let us rise up against Edom for battle [with the Lord as commander]!” [Ps 137:7; Is 34:1-15; 63:1-6; Jer 49:7-22; Ezek 25:12-14]

ASV: The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from Jehovah, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, [saying], Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.

BSB: This is the vision of Obadiah:This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom —We have heard a message from the LORD;an envoy has been sent among the nationsto say, “Rise up,and let us go to battle against her!”—

DARBY: The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning Edom: We have heard a report from Jehovah, and an ambassador is sent among the nations. Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.

DRA: The vision of Abdias. Thus saith the Lord God to Edom: We have heard a rumour from the Lord, and he hath sent an ambassador to the nations: Arise, and let us rise up to battle against him.

KJV: The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.

Obadiah 1:2

AMP: “Behold [Edom], I shall [humiliate you and] make you small among the nations;You are greatly despised. [Ezek 35]

ASV: Behold, I have made thee small among the nations: thou art greatly despised.

BSB: “Behold, I will make you small among the nations;you will be deeply despised.

DARBY: Behold, I have made thee small among the nations; thou art greatly despised.

DRA: Behold I have made thee small among the nations: thou art exceeding contemptible.

KJV: Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.

Obadiah 1:3

AMP: “The pride and arrogance of your heart have deceived you,You who live in the clefts and lofty security of the rock (Sela),Whose dwelling place is high,Who say [boastfully] in your heart,‘Who will bring me down to earth?’

ASV: The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

BSB: The pride of your heart has deceived you,O dwellers in the clefts of the rockswhose habitation is the heights,who say in your heart,‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’

DARBY: The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; he that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

DRA: The pride of thy heart hath lifted thee up, who dwellest in the clefts of the rocks, and settest up thy throne on high: who sayest in thy heart: Who shall bring me down to the ground ?

KJV: The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

Obadiah 1:4

AMP: “Though you build [your nest] on high like the eagle,Though you set your nest among the stars,I will bring you down from there,” says the Lord.

ASV: Though thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.

BSB: Though you soar like the eagleand make your nest among the stars,even from there I will bring you down,”declares the LORD.

DARBY: Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith Jehovah.

DRA: Though thou be exalted as an eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars: thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.

KJV: Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

Obadiah 1:5

AMP: “If thieves came to you,If robbers by night—How you will be ruined!—Would they not steal only until they had enough?If grape gatherers came to you,Would they not leave some grapes for gleaning? [Jer 49:9]

ASV: If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night (how art thou cut off!), would they not steal [only] till they had enough? if grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes?

BSB: “If thieves came to you,if robbers by night —oh, how you will be ruined —would they not steal only what they wanted?If grape gatherers came to you,would they not leave some gleanings?

DARBY: If thieves had come to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen [till] they had had enough? If grape-gatherers had come to thee, would they not have left some gleanings?

DRA: If thieves had gone in to thee, if robbers by night, how wouldst thou have held thy peace? would they not have stolen till they had enough ? if the grapegatherers had come in to thee, would they not have left thee at the least a cluster?

KJV: If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?

Obadiah 1:6

AMP: “How Esau (Edom) shall be ransacked [by men who come to ravage with divine approval]!How his hidden treasures shall be searched out!

ASV: How are [the things of] Esau searched! how are his hidden treasures sought out!

BSB: But how Esau will be pillaged,his hidden treasures sought out!

DARBY: How is Esau searched! his hidden things sought out!

DRA: How have they searched Esau, how have they sought out his hidden things?

KJV: How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!

Obadiah 1:7

AMP: “All the men allied with youShall send you on your way to the border;The men who were at peace with youShall deceive you and overpower you;Those who eat your bread [those you trust]Shall set a hostile ambush for you.(There is no understanding of it.)

ASV: All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee on thy way, even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; [they that eat] thy bread lay a snare under thee: there is no understanding in him.

BSB: All the men allied with youwill drive you to the border;the men at peace with youwill deceive and overpower you.Those who eat your breadwill set a trap for youwithout your awareness of it.

DARBY: All the men of thy confederacy have pushed thee to the border; the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, they have prevailed against thee; [they that eat] thy bread have laid a snare under thee. There is no understanding in him.

DRA: They have sent thee out even to the border: all the men of thy confederacy have deceived thee: the men of thy peace have prevailed against thee: they that eat with thee shall lay snares under thee: there is no wisdom in him.

KJV: All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.

Obadiah 1:8

AMP: “Will I not on that day,” says the Lord,“Destroy the wise men from Edom [removing all wisdom]And understanding from the mountain of Esau?

ASV: Shall I not in that day, saith Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

BSB: In that day, declares the LORD,will I not destroy the wise men of Edomand the men of understandingin the mountains of Esau?

DARBY: Shall I not in that day, saith Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

DRA: Shall not I in that day, saith the Lord, destroy the wise out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau ?

KJV: Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

Obadiah 1:9

AMP: “And your mighty men shall be dismayed and demoralized, O Teman,So that everyone from the mountain of Esau may be cut off in the slaughter.

ASV: And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one may be cut off from the mount of Esau by slaughter.

BSB: Then your mighty men, O Teman,will be terrified,so that everyone in the mountains of Esauwill be cut down in the slaughter.

DARBY: And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one may be cut off from the mount of Esau by slaughter.

DRA: And thy valiant men of the south shall be afraid, that man may be cut off from the mount of Esau.

KJV: And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

Obadiah 1:10

AMP: ¶“Because of the violence you did against your brother Jacob,Shame shall cover you [completely],And you shall be cut off forever.

ASV: For the violence done to thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

BSB: Because of the violence against your brother Jacob,you will be covered with shameand cut off forever.

DARBY: Because of violence against thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

DRA: For the slaughter, and for the iniquity against thy brother Jacob, confusion shall cover thee, and thou shalt perish for ever.

KJV: For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

Obadiah 1:11

AMP: “On the day that [Jerusalem was destroyed] you stood aloof [from your brother Jacob]—On the day that strangers took his forces captive and carried off his wealth,And foreigners entered his gatesAnd cast lots for Jerusalem [dividing the city for plunder]—You too were like one of them [collaborating with the enemy]. [Num 20:18-20; Amos 1:11, 12]

ASV: In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away his substance, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.

BSB: On the day you stood aloofwhile strangers carried off his wealthand foreigners entered his gateand cast lots for Jerusalem,you were just like one of them.

DARBY: In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away captive his substance, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.

DRA: In the day when thou stoodest against him, when strangers carried away his army captive, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem: thou also wast as one of them.

KJV: In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.

Obadiah 1:12

AMP: “Do not gaze and gloat [in triumph] over your brother’s day,The day when his misfortune came.Do not rejoice over the sons of JudahIn the day of their destruction;Do not speak arrogantly [jeering and maliciously mocking]In the day of their distress.

ASV: But look not thou on the day of thy brother in the day of his disaster, and rejoice not over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither speak proudly in the day of distress.

BSB: But you should not gloat in that day,your brother’s day of misfortune,nor rejoice over the people of Judahin the day of their destruction,nor boast proudlyin the day of their distress.

DARBY: But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day of his disaster; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; nor have opened wide thy mouth in the day of distress.

DRA: But thou shalt not look on in the day of thy brother, in the day of his leaving his country: and thou shalt not rejoice over the children of Juda, in the day of their destruction: and thou shalt not magnify thy mouth in the day of distress.

KJV: But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

Obadiah 1:13

AMP: “Do not enter the gate of My peopleIn the day of their disaster;Yes, you, do not look [with delight] on their miseryIn the day of their ruin,And do not loot treasuresIn the day of their ruin.

ASV: Enter not into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, look not thou on their affliction in the day of their calamity, neither lay ye [hands] on their substance in the day of their calamity.

BSB: You should not enter the gate of My peoplein the day of their disaster,nor gloat over their afflictionin the day of their disaster,nor loot their wealthin the day of their disaster.

DARBY: Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity, nor have looked, even thou, on their affliction in the day of their calamity, neither shouldest thou have laid [hands] on their substance in the day of their calamity;

DRA: Neither shalt thou enter into the gate of my people in the day of their ruin: neither shalt thou also look on in his evils in the day of his calamity: and thou shalt not be sent out against his army in the day of his desolation.

KJV: Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;

Obadiah 1:14

AMP: “Do not stand at the crossroadTo cut down those [of Judah] who escaped;And do not hand over [to the enemy] those [of Judah] who surviveIn the day of their distress.

ASV: And stand thou not in the crossway, to cut off those of his that escape; and deliver not up those of his that remain in the day of distress.

BSB: Nor should you stand at the crossroadsto cut off their fugitives,nor deliver up their survivorsin the day of their distress.

DARBY: and thou shouldest not have stood on the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape, nor have delivered up those remaining of him in the day of distress.

DRA: Neither shalt thou stand in the crossways to kill them that flee: and thou shalt not shut up them that remain of him in the day of tribulation.

KJV: Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.

Obadiah 1:15

AMP: ¶“For the [judgment] day of the Lord draws near on all the nations.As you have done, it shall be done to you [in retribution];Your [evil] dealings will return on your own head. [Ps 137:7-9; Is 2:10-22; Zeph 3:8-20; Zech 12:1-14; Rev 19:11-21]

ASV: For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee; thy dealing shall return upon thine own head.

BSB: For the Day of the LORD is nearfor all the nations.As you have done, it will be done to you;your recompense will return upon your own head.

DARBY: For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy recompence shall return upon thine own head.

DRA: For the day of the Lord is at hand upon all nations: as thou hast done, so shall it be done to thee: he will turn thy reward upon thy own head.

KJV: For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.

Obadiah 1:16

AMP: “Because just as you [Edom] drank on My holy mountain [desecrating it in the revelry of the destroyers],So shall all the nations drink continually [one by one, of My wrath];Yes, they shall drink and swallow [the full measure of punishment]And become as though they had never existed. [Rev 16:14-16]

ASV: For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the nations drink continually; yea, they shall drink, and swallow down, and shall be as though they had not been.

BSB: For as you drank on My holy mountain,so all the nations will drink continually.They will drink and gulp it down;they will be as if they had never existed.

DARBY: For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the nations drink continually; yea, they shall drink, and shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.

DRA: For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, so all nations shall drink continually: and they shall drink, and sup up, and they shall be as though they were not.

KJV: For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.

Obadiah 1:17

AMP: “But on Mount Zion [in Jerusalem] there shall be [deliverance for] those who escape,And it shall be holy [no pagan will defile it];And the house of Jacob shall possess their [former] possessions. [Ezek 36; Joel 2:32]

ASV: But in mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

BSB: But on Mount Zion there will be deliverance,and it will be holy,and the house of Jacobwill reclaim their possession.

DARBY: But upon mount Zion shall there be deliverance, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

DRA: And in mount Sion shall be salvation, and it shall be holy, and the house of Jacob shall possess those that possessed them.

KJV: But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

Obadiah 1:18

AMP: “Then the house of Jacob shall be a fireAnd the house of Joseph a flame [in executing God’s wrath];But the house of Esau will be like stubble.They (Jacob) shall set them on fire and consume them (the Edomites),So that there shall be no survivor of the house of Esau,”For the Lord has spoken. [Ezek 25:12-14]

ASV: And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall burn among them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining to the house of Esau; for Jehovah hath spoken it.

BSB: Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire,and the house of Joseph a burning flame;but the house of Esau will be stubble —Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it.Therefore no survivor will remainfrom the house of Esau.”For the LORD has spoken.

DARBY: And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble; and they shall kindle in them and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau: for Jehovah hath spoken [it].

DRA: And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble: and they shall be kindled in them, and shall devour them: and there shall be no remains of the house of Esau, for the Lord hath spoken it.

KJV: And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.

Obadiah 1:19

AMP: Then those of the Negev shall possess the mountain of Esau,And those of the Shephelah [shall possess] the Philistine plain;Also, [they shall] possess the fields of Ephraim and the fields of Samaria,And Benjamin will possess Gilead [across the Jordan River]. [Amos 9:12; Zeph 2:7]

ASV: And they of the South shall possess the mount of Esau, and they of the lowland the Philistines; and they shall possess the field of Ephraim, and the field of Samaria; and Benjamin [shall possess] Gilead.

BSB: Those from the Negev will possess the mountains of Esau;those from the foothills will possess the land of the Philistines.They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria,and Benjamin will possess Gilead.

DARBY: And [they of] the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the lowland the Philistines; yea, they shall possess the field of Ephraim and the field of Samaria; and Benjamin [shall possess] Gilead;

DRA: And they that are toward the south, shall inherit the mount of Esau, and they that are in the plains, the Philistines: and they shall possess the country of Ephraim, and the country of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Galaad.

KJV: And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.

Obadiah 1:20

AMP: And the exiles of this host of the sons (descendants) of IsraelWho are among the Canaanites as far as Zarephath,And the exiles of Jerusalem who are in SepharadShall possess the cities of the Negev.

ASV: And the captives of this host of the children of Israel, that are [among] the Canaanites, [shall possess] even unto Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem, that are in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the South.

BSB: And the exiles of this host of the Israeliteswill possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath;and the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharadwill possess the cities of the Negev.

DARBY: and the captives of this host of the children of Israel [shall possess] what belonged to the Canaanites, unto Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem, who [were] in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.

DRA: And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel, all the places of the Chanaanites even to Sarepta: and the captivity of Jerusalem that is in Bospho- rus, shall possess the cities of the south.

KJV: And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.

Obadiah 1:21

AMP: The deliverers shall go up on Mount ZionTo rule and judge the mountain of Esau,And the kingdom and the kingship shall be the Lord’s. [Zech 12:8, 9; Mal 1:2-5; Matt 24:27-30; Luke 1:31-33; Acts 15:14-17]

ASV: And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be Jehovah`s.

BSB: The deliverers will ascend Mount Zionto rule over the mountains of Esau.And the kingdom will belong to the LORD.

DARBY: And saviours shall come up on mount Zion, to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be Jehovah's.

DRA: And saviours shall come up into mount Sion to judge the mount of Esau: and the kingdom shall be for the Lord.

KJV: And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’S.

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