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| Obadiah 1:1 | 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. | The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord Yahweh says about Edom. We have heard news from Yahweh, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, "Arise, and let's rise up against her in battle. | The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord has said about Edom: We have had word from the Lord, and a representative has been sent among the nations, saying, Up! and let us make war against her. |
| Obadiah 1:2 | Behold, I have made thee small among the nations; thou art greatly despised. | Behold, I have made you small among the nations. You are greatly despised. | See, I have made you small among the nations: you are much looked down on. |
| Obadiah 1:3 | 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? | The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says in his heart, 'Who will bring me down to the ground?' | You have been tricked by the pride of your heart, O you whose living-place is in the cracks of the rock, whose house is high up; who has said in his heart, Who will make me come down to earth? |
| Obadiah 1:4 | Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith Jehovah. | Though you mount on high as the eagle, and though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there, says Yahweh. | Though you go up on high like an eagle, though your house is placed among the stars, I will make you come down from there, says the Lord. |
| Obadiah 1:5 | 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? | If thieves came to you, if robbers by night oh, what disaster awaits you wouldn't they only steal until they had enough? If grape pickers came to you, wouldn't they leave some gleaning grapes? | If thieves came, attacking you by night, (how are you cut off!) would they not go on taking till they had enough? if men came cutting your grapes would they take them all? |
| Obadiah 1:6 | How is Esau searched! his hidden things sought out! | How Esau will be ransacked! How his hidden treasures are sought out! | How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his secret stores looked for! |
| Obadiah 1:7 | 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. | All the men of your alliance have brought you on your way, even to the border. The men who were at peace with you have deceived you, and prevailed against you. Friends who eat your bread lay a snare under you. There is no understanding in him. | All the men who were united with you have been false to you, driving you out to the edge of the land: the men who were at peace with you have overcome you; they have taken their heritage in your place. |
| Obadiah 1:8 | Shall I not in that day, saith Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? | "Won't I in that day," says Yahweh, "destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mountain of Esau? | Will I not, in that day, says the Lord, take away the wise men out of Edom, and wisdom out of the mountain of Esau? |
| Obadiah 1:9 | 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. | Your mighty men, Teman, will be dismayed, to the end that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter. | And your men of war, O Teman, will be overcome with fear, so that every one of them may be cut off from the mountain of Esau. |
| Obadiah 1:10 | Because of violence against thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. | For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be cut off forever. | Because you were the cause of violent death and because of your cruel behaviour to your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and will be cut off for ever. |
| Obadiah 1:11 | 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. | In the day that you stood on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away his substance, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots for Jerusalem, even you were like one of them. | Because you were there watching when men from other lands took away his goods, and strange men came into his doors, and put the fate of Jerusalem to the decision of chance; you were like one of them. |
| Obadiah 1:12 | 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. | But don't look down on your brother in the day of his disaster, and don't rejoice over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction. Don't speak proudly in the day of distress. | Do not see with pleasure your brother's evil day, the day of his fate, and do not be glad over the children of Judah on the day of their destruction, or make wide your mouth on the day of trouble. |
| Obadiah 1:13 | 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; | Don't enter into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity. Don't look down on their affliction in the day of their calamity, neither seize their wealth on the day of their calamity. | Do not go into the doors of my people on the day of their downfall; do not be looking on their trouble with pleasure on the day of their downfall, or put your hands on their goods on the day of their downfall. |
| Obadiah 1:14 | 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. | Don't stand in the crossroads to cut off those of his who escape. Don't deliver up those of his who remain in the day of distress. | And do not take your place at the cross-roads, cutting off those of his people who get away; and do not give up to their haters those who are still there in the day of trouble. |
| Obadiah 1:15 | 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. | For the day of Yahweh is near all the nations! As you have done, it will be done to you. Your deeds will return upon your own head. | For the day of the Lord is coming quickly on all nations: as you have done it will be done to you; the reward of your acts will come on your head. |
| Obadiah 1:16 | 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. | For as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so will all the nations drink continually. Yes, they will drink, swallow down, and will be as though they had not been. | For as you have been drinking on my holy mountain, so will all the nations go on drinking without end; they will go on drinking and the wine will go down their throats, and they will be as if they had never been. |
| Obadiah 1:17 | But upon mount Zion shall there be deliverance, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. | But in Mount Zion, there will be those who escape, and it will be holy. The house of Jacob will possess their possessions. | But in Mount Zion some will be kept safe, and it will be holy; and the children of Jacob will take their heritage. |
| Obadiah 1:18 | 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]. | The house of Jacob will be a fire, the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble. They will burn among them, and devour them. There will not be any remaining to the house of Esau." Indeed, Yahweh has spoken. | And the children of Jacob will be a fire and those of Joseph a flame, and the children of Esau dry stems of grass, burned up by them till all is gone: and there will be no people living in Esau; for the Lord has said it. |
| Obadiah 1:19 | 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; | Those of the South will possess the mountain of Esau, and those of the lowland, the Philistines. They will possess the field of Ephraim, and the field of Samaria. Benjamin will possess Gilead. | And they will take the South, and the lowland, and the country of Ephraim, and Gilead, as their heritage. |
| Obadiah 1:20 | 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. | The captives of this host of the children of Israel, who are among the Canaanites, will possess even to Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem, who are in Sepharad, will possess the cities of the Negev. | And those of the children of Israel who were the first to be taken away as prisoners, will have their heritage among the Canaanites as far as Zarephath; and those who were taken away from Jerusalem, who are in Sepharad, will have the towns of the South. |
| Obadiah 1:21 | And saviours shall come up on mount Zion, to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be Jehovah's. | Saviors will go up on Mount Zion to judge the mountains of Esau, and the kingdom will be Yahweh's. | And those who have been kept safe will come up from Mount Zion to be judges of the mountain of Esau; and the kingdom will be the Lord's. |
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