4If thou dost go up high as an eagle, And if between stars thou dost set thy nest, From thence I bring thee down, An affirmation of Jehovah.


In Context

1 Thus said the Lord Jehovah to Edom, A report we have heard from Jehovah, And an ambassador among nations was sent, 'Rise, yea, let us rise against her for battle.'

2 Lo, little I have made thee among nations, Despised art thou exceedingly.

3 The pride of thy heart hath lifted thee up, O dweller in clifts of a rock, (A high place is his habitation, He is saying in his heart, 'Who doth bring me down to earth?')

4 If thou dost go up high as an eagle, And if between stars thou dost set thy nest, From thence I bring thee down, An affirmation of Jehovah.

5 If thieves have come in to thee, If spoilers of the night, How hast thou been cut off! Do they not steal their sufficiency? If gatherers have come in to thee, Do they not leave gleanings?

6 How hath Esau been searched out! Flowed out have his hidden things,

Obadiah 1:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:4Though thou exalt [thyself] as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:4Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down," declares the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:4Though thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith Jehovah.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:4Though thou be exalted as an eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars: thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:4Though thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4Though thou shalt exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou shalt set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4Though you mount on high as the eagle, and though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there,| says Yahweh.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:4Though you exalt yourself as the eagle, and though you set your nest among the stars, there will I bring you down, said the LORD.