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.


In Context

12 And — thou dost not look on the day of thy brother, On the day of his alienation, Nor dost thou rejoice over sons of Judah, In the day of their destruction, Nor make great thy mouth in a day of distress.

13 Nor come into a gate of My people in a day of their calamity, Nor look, even thou, on its misfortune in a day of its calamity, Nor send forth against its force in a day of its calamity,

14 Nor stand by the breach to cut off its escaped, Nor deliver up its remnant in a day of distress.

15 For 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.

16 For — as ye have drunk on My holy mount, Drink do all the nations continually, And they have drunk and have swallowed, And they have been as they have not been.

17 And in mount Zion there is an escape, And it hath been holy, And the house of Jacob have possessed 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 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.