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Obadiah 7

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7*Your allies have deceived you;

they have driven you from your country.

People who were at peace with you have now conquered you.

Those friends who ate with you have laid a trap for you;

they say of you, ‘Where is all that cleverness he had?’

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Cross references

  1. *1.1–14: Ez 25:12–14; 35:1–15; Am 1:11, 12; Ml 1:2–5

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

All your allies have driven you to your border;

those at peace with you have deceived you;

they have prevailed against you;

those who eat your bread have set a trap beneath you—

you have no understanding.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

All your allies will force you to the border;

your friends will deceive and overpower you;

those who eat your bread will set a trap for you,

but you will not detect it.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Everyone who has a treaty with you

will drive you to the border;

everyone at peace with you

will deceive and conquer you.

Those who eat your bread

will set a trap for you.

He will be unaware of it.

NLTNew Living Translation

“All your allies will turn against you.

They will help to chase you from your land.

They will promise you peace

while plotting to deceive and destroy you.

Your trusted friends will set traps for you,

and you won’t even know about it.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

All of your allies have driven you up to the boundary; your confederates have deceived you and have prevailed against you. Those who eat your bread have set an ambush for you, there is no understanding of it.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.