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Obadiah 1:8

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

KJV

Numquid non in die illa, dicit Dominus, perdam sapientes de Idumæa, et prudentiam de monte Esau ?

Vulgate

ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, λέγει Κύριος, ἀπολῶ σοφοὺς ἐκ τῆς Ἰδουμαίας καὶ σύνεσιν ἐξ ὄρους Ἠσαύ·

LXX

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

ASV

הֲ/ל֛וֹא בַּ/יּ֥וֹם הַ/ה֖וּא נְאֻם יְהוָ֑ה וְ/הַאֲבַדְתִּ֤י חֲכָמִים֙ מֵֽ/אֱד֔וֹם וּ/תְבוּנָ֖ה מֵ/הַ֥ר עֵשָֽׂו

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Esau
Places Edom

In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱד֔וֹם
'dvm
proper_noun · 99×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
חָכָ֣ם
chkm
noun · 135×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 183×
נְאֻם
n'm
noun · 374×
עֵשָׂ֔ו
'shv
proper_noun · 97×
תְּבוּנָֽה
tbvnh
noun · 43×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 29:14 — Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent
  • Isa 29:14 — Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent
  • Job 5:12 — He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
  • Ps 33:10 — The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.