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Obadiah 14

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14You waited where the roads cross.

You wanted to cut down those who were running away.

You should not have done that.

You handed over to their enemies

those who were still left alive.

You should not have done that.

They were in trouble.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Do not stand at the crossroads

to cut off his fugitives;

do not hand over his survivors

in the day of distress.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

You should not wait at the crossroads

to cut down their fugitives,

nor hand over their survivors

in the day of their trouble.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Do not stand at the crossroads

to cut off their fugitives,

and do not hand over their survivors

in the day of distress.

NLTNew Living Translation

You should not have stood at the crossroads,

killing those who tried to escape.

You should not have captured the survivors

and handed them over in their terrible time of trouble.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And you should not have stood at the crossroads to cut off his fugitives and you should not have handed over his survivors on the day of distress.

KJV 1900King James Version

Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape;

Neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.