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Obadiah 12

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12Do not ggloat over your brother h

in the day of his calamity;

do not rejoice over the people of Judah i

in the day of their destruction;

do not boastfully mock jk

in the day of distress. l

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Footnotes

  1. g12–14 Or You should not throughout vv. 12–14
  2. j12 not make your mouth big

Cross references

  1. h12 Mc 4:11; 7:10
  2. i12 Ps 83:1–6; 137:7–9; Lm 4:21–22; Ezk 35:15; 36:5
  3. k12 Ps 31:18; Ezk 35:12
  4. l12 Gn 35:3; Ps 50:15; Jr 16:19

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But do not gloat over the day of your brother

in the day of his misfortune;

do not rejoice over the people of Judah

in the day of their ruin;

do not boast

in the day of distress.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

You should not gloat over your brother

in the day of his misfortune,

nor rejoice over the people of Judah

in the day of their destruction,

nor boast so much

in the day of their trouble.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Do not gloat over your brother

in the day of his calamity;

do not rejoice over the people of Judah

in the day of their destruction;

do not boastfully mock

in the day of distress.

NLTNew Living Translation

“You should not have gloated

when they exiled your relatives to distant lands.

You should not have rejoiced

when the people of Judah suffered such misfortune.

You should not have spoken arrogantly

in that terrible time of trouble.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But you should not have gloated over your brother’s day, on the day of his misfortune, and you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah on the day of their perishing, and you should not have opened your mouth wide on the day of distress.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.