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?


In Context

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,

7 Unto the border sent thee have all thine allies, Forgotten thee, prevailed over thee, have thy friends, Thy bread they make a snare under thee, There is no understanding in him!

8 Is 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?

9 And broken down have been thy mighty ones, O Teman, So that every one of the mount of Esau is cut off.

10 For slaughter, for violence to thy brother Jacob, Cover thee doth shame, And thou hast been cut off — to the age.

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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:8|Won't I in that day,| says Yahweh, |destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mountain 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?