8|Won't I in that day,| says Yahweh, |destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mountain of Esau?


In Context

5 |If thieves came to you, if robbers by night—oh, what disaster awaits you—wouldn't they only steal until they had enough? If grape pickers came to you, wouldn't they leave some gleaning grapes?

6 How Esau will be ransacked! How his hidden treasures are sought out!

7 All the men of your alliance have brought you on your way, even to the border. The men who were at peace with you have deceived you, and prevailed against you. Friends who eat your bread lay a snare under you. There is no understanding in him.|

8 |Won't I in that day,| says Yahweh, |destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mountain of Esau?

9 Your mighty men, Teman, will be dismayed, to the end that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.

10 For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be cut off forever.

Obadiah 1:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:8Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise [men] out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:8"In that day," declares the Lord , "will I not destroy the wise men of Edom, men of understanding in the mountains of Esau?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:8Shall I not in that day, saith Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:8Shall I not in that day, saith Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:8Shall not I in that day, saith the Lord, destroy the wise out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau ?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:8Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:8Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:8Is it not in that day — an affirmation of Jehovah, That I have destroyed the wise out of Edom, And understanding out of the mount of Esau?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:8Shall I not in that day, said the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?