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Obadiah 10–11

10 “Because of aviolence to your brother Jacob,

1You will be covered with shame,

bAnd you will be cut off forever.

11 “On the day that you astood aloof,

On the day that strangers carried off his wealth,

And foreigners entered his gate

And bcast lots for Jerusalem—

cYou too were as one of them.

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Obadiah 10–11 — The New International Version (NIV)

10 Because of the violence against your brother Jacob,

you will be covered with shame;

you will be destroyed forever.

11 On the day you stood aloof

while strangers carried off his wealth

and foreigners entered his gates

and cast lots for Jerusalem,

you were like one of them.

Obadiah 10–11 — English Standard Version (ESV)

10 Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob,

shame shall cover you,

and you shall be cut off forever.

11 On the day that you stood aloof,

on the day that strangers carried off his wealth

and foreigners entered his gates

and cast lots for Jerusalem,

you were like one of them.

Obadiah 10–11 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

10 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee,

And thou shalt be cut off for ever.

11 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 10–11 — New Living Translation (NLT)

10 “Because of the violence you did

to your close relatives in Israel,

you will be filled with shame

and destroyed forever.

11 When they were invaded,

you stood aloof, refusing to help them.

Foreign invaders carried off their wealth

and cast lots to divide up Jerusalem,

but you acted like one of Israel’s enemies.

Obadiah 10–11 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

10 “For violence against your brother Jacob,

Shame shall cover you,

And you shall be cut off forever.

11 In the day that you stood on the other side—

In the day that strangers carried captive his forces,

When foreigners entered his gates

And cast lots for Jerusalem—

Even you were as one of them.

Obadiah 10–11 — New Century Version (NCV)

10 You did violence to your relatives, the Israelites,

so you will be covered with shame

and destroyed forever.

11 You stood aside without helping

while strangers carried Israel’s treasures away.

When foreigners entered Israel’s city gate

and threw lots to decide what part of Jerusalem they would take,

you were like one of them.

Obadiah 10–11 — American Standard Version (ASV)

10 For the violence done to thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. 11 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.

Obadiah 10–11 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Obadiah 10–11 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

10 “Because of the violence you did to Jacob, your relative, 

you will be covered with shame. 

You will be destroyed forever. 

11 While you stood there doing nothing, 

strangers carried off Jacob’s wealth. 

Foreigners entered his gates and threw dice for Jerusalem. 

You acted like one of them. 

Obadiah 10–11 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

10 You will be covered with shame

and destroyed forever

because of violence done to your brother Jacob.

11 On the day you stood aloof,

on the day strangers captured his wealth,

while foreigners entered his gate

and cast lots for Jerusalem,

you were just like one of them.

Obadiah 10–11 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

10 For the slaughter and violence done to your brother Jacob,

shame shall cover you,

and you shall be cut off forever.

11 On the day that you stood aside,

on the day that strangers carried off his wealth,

and foreigners entered his gates

and cast lots for Jerusalem,

you too were like one of them.

Obadiah 10–11 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

10 “Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you and you will be cut off forever. 11 On the day you stood nearby, on the day strangers took his wealth, and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots over Jerusalem, you were also like one of them.

Obadiah 10–11 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

10 You did harmful things to your brothers,

the people of Jacob.

So you will be covered with shame.

You will be destroyed forever.

11 Strangers entered the gates of Jerusalem.

They cast lots to see what each one would get.

They carried off its wealth.

When that happened, you just stood there and did nothing.

You were like one of them.


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