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Obadiah 8–9

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8“Will I not on that day,” declares Yahweh,

“aCause the wise men to perish from Edom

And discernment from the mountain of Esau?

9“Then your amighty men will be dismayed, O bTeman,

So that each one may be ccut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.

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Cross references

  1. aJob 5:12–14; Is 29:14
  2. aJer 49:22
  3. bGen 36:11; 1 Chr 1:45; Job 2:11; Jer 49:7; Ezek 25:13; Amos 1:12; Hab 3:3
  4. cIs 34:5–8; 63:1–3; Obad 5

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Will I not on that day, declares the Lord,

destroy the wise men out of Edom,

and understanding out of Mount Esau?

And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman,

so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“In that day,” declares the Lord,

“will I not destroy the wise men of Edom,

those of understanding in the mountains of Esau?

Your warriors, Teman, will be terrified,

and everyone in Esau’s mountains

will be cut down in the slaughter.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

In that day—

this is the Lord’s declaration—

will I not eliminate the wise ones of Edom

and those who understand

from the hill country of Esau?

Teman, your warriors will be terrified

so that everyone from the hill country of Esau

will be destroyed by slaughter.

NLTNew Living Translation

At that time not a single wise person

will be left in the whole land of Edom,”

says the Lord.

“For on the mountains of Edom

I will destroy everyone who has understanding.

The mightiest warriors of Teman

will be terrified,

and everyone on the mountains of Edom

will be cut down in the slaughter.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

On that day,” declares Yahweh, “will I not destroy the wise men from Edom, and understanding from the mountain of Esau? And your warriors will be shattered, O Teman, so that everyone from the mountain of Esau will be cut off because of the slaughter!

KJV 1900King James Version

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?

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.