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.


In Context

12 You should not look down on 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.

13 You should not march through the gates of my people in the day of their disaster, nor look down on them in their calamity in the day of their disaster, nor seize their wealth in the day of their disaster.

14 You should not wait at the crossroads to cut down their fugitives, nor hand over their survivors in the day of their trouble.

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.

16 Just as you drank on my holy hill, so all the nations will drink continually; they will drink and drink and be as if they had never been.

17 But on Mount Zion will be deliverance; it will be holy, and the house of Jacob will possess its inheritance.

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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:15For 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.