15For the day of the LORD is near on all the heathen: as you have done, it shall be done to you: your reward shall return on your own head.


In Context

12 But you should not have looked on the day of your brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither should you have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither should you have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

13 You should not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yes, you should not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;

14 Neither should you have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither should you have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.

15 For the day of the LORD is near on all the heathen: as you have done, it shall be done to you: your reward shall return on your own head.

16 For as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yes, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.

17 But on mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

Obadiah 1:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:15For the day of the LORD [is] near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:15"The day of the Lord is near for all nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return upon your own head.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:15For the day of the Lord is at hand upon all nations: as thou hast done, so shall it be done to thee: he will turn thy reward upon thy own head.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:15For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee; thy dealing shall return upon thine own head.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:15For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy recompence shall return upon thine own head.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:15For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee; thy dealing shall return upon thine own head.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:15For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done to thee: thy reward shall return upon thy own head.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:15For the day of Yahweh is near all the nations! As you have done, it will be done to you. Your deeds will return upon your own head.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:15For near is the day of Jehovah, on all the nations, As thou hast done, it is done to thee, Thy deed doth turn back on thine own head.