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Good News Translation

Obadiah 1:9

The fighting men of Teman will be terrified, and every soldier in Edom will be killed.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Esau;   Teman;   The Topic Concordance - Enemies;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Idumea;   Sela;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Edom;   Obadiah, book of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Amos, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Edom;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Obadiah;   Teman;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Crimes and Punishments;   Obadiah, Book of;   Teman;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Obadiah, Book of;   Teman;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Obadiah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Teman;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Job;   Uz;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Job, Book of;   Obadiah, Book of;   Teman;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Eliphaz;   Esau;   Hafṭarah;   Holy Days;   Teman;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Teman, your warriors will be terrifiedso that everyone from the hill country of Esauwill be destroyed by slaughter.
Hebrew Names Version
Your mighty men, Teman, will be dismayed, to the end that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esav by slaughter.
King James Version (1611)
And thy mightie men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that euery one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
King James Version
And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
English Standard Version
And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
New American Standard Bible
"Then your warriors will be filled with terror, Teman, So that everyone will be eliminated from the mountain of Esau by murder.
New Century Version
Then, city of Teman, your best warriors will be afraid, and everyone from the mountains of Edom will be killed.
Amplified Bible
"And your mighty men shall be dismayed and demoralized, O Teman, So that everyone from the mountain of Esau may be cut off in the slaughter.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And thy strong men, O Teman, shall bee afraide, because euery one of the mount of Esau shalbe cut off by slaughter.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Then your mighty men will be dismayed, O Teman, So that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then your mighty men will be dismayed, O Teman,So that each one may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.
Berean Standard Bible
Then your mighty men, O Teman, will be terrified, so that everyone in the mountains of Esau will be cut down in the slaughter.
Contemporary English Version
Warriors from the city of Teman will be terrified, and you descendants of Esau will be wiped out.
Complete Jewish Bible
Your warriors, Teman, will be so distraught that everyone on Mount ‘Esav will be slaughtered.
Darby Translation
And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one may be cut off from the mount of Esau by slaughter.
Easy-to-Read Version
Teman, your brave soldiers will be afraid. Everyone will be destroyed from the mountain of Esau. Many people will be killed.
George Lamsa Translation
And your mighty men, O Teman, shall be plundered, so that every man from mount Esau may perish.
Lexham English Bible
And your warriors will be shattered, O Teman, so that everyone from the mountain of Esau will be cut off because of the slaughter!
Literal Translation
And your mighty ones, Teman, shall be afraid, so that each man from the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
American Standard Version
And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one may be cut off from the mount of Esau by slaughter.
Bible in Basic English
And your men of war, O Teman, will be overcome with fear, so that every one of them may be cut off from the mountain of Esau.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one may be cut off from the mount of Esau by slaughter.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thy strong men O Theman shalbe afraid: because euery one of the mout of Esau shalbe cut of by slaughter.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thy warriors from Thaeman shall be dismayed, to the end that man may be cut off from the mount of Esau.
English Revised Version
And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one may be cut off from the mount of Esau by slaughter.
World English Bible
Your mighty men, Teman, will be dismayed, to the end that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thi stronge men schulen drede of myddai, that a man of the hil of Esau perische.
Update Bible Version
And your mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one may be cut off from the mount of Esau by slaughter.
Webster's Bible Translation
And thy mighty [men], O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
New English Translation
Your warriors will be shattered, O Teman, so that everyone will be destroyed from Esau's mountain!
New King James Version
Then your mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, To the end that everyone from the mountains of Esau May be cut off by slaughter.
New Living Translation
The mightiest warriors of Teman will be terrified, and everyone on the mountains of Edom will be cut down in the slaughter.
New Life Bible
Then your powerful soldiers will be troubled, O Teman, and every one from Mount Esau will be killed.
New Revised Standard
Your warriors shall be shattered, O Teman, so that everyone from Mount Esau will be cut off.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So shall thy mighty men, O Teman, be dismayed, - to the intent that every man, may be cut off, out of Mount Esau, by slaughter.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thy valiant men of the south shall be afraid, that man may be cut off from the mount of Esau.
Revised Standard Version
And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
Young's Literal Translation
And broken down have been thy mighty ones, O Teman, So that every one of the mount of Esau is cut off.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thy giauntes (o Theman) shalbe afrayed, for thorow the slaughter they shalbe all ouer throwne vpon the mout of Esau.

Contextual Overview

1 This is the prophecy of Obadiah—what the Sovereign Lord said about the nation of Edom. The Lord has sent his messenger to the nations, and we have heard his message: "Get ready! Let us go to war against Edom!" 2 The Lord says to Edom, "I will make you weak; everyone will despise you. 3 Your pride has deceived you. Your capital is a fortress of solid rock; your home is high in the mountains, and so you say to yourself, ‘Who can ever pull me down?' 4 Even though you make your home as high as an eagle's nest, so that it seems to be among the stars, yet I will pull you down. 5 "When thieves come at night, they take only what they want. When people gather grapes, they always leave a few. But your enemies have wiped you out completely. 6 Descendants of Esau, your treasures have been looted. 7 Your allies have deceived you; they have driven you from your country. People who were at peace with you have now conquered you. Those friends who ate with you have laid a trap for you; they say of you, ‘Where is all that cleverness he had?' 8 "On the day I punish Edom, I will destroy their clever men and wipe out all their wisdom. 9 The fighting men of Teman will be terrified, and every soldier in Edom will be killed.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thy: Psalms 76:5, Psalms 76:6, Isaiah 19:16, Isaiah 19:17, Jeremiah 49:22, Jeremiah 50:36, Jeremiah 50:37, Amos 2:16, Nahum 3:13

O: Genesis 36:11, Job 2:11, Jeremiah 49:7, Jeremiah 49:20, Ezekiel 25:13, Amos 1:12

every: Isaiah 34:5-8, Isaiah 63:1-3

mount: Obadiah 1:21, Deuteronomy 2:5

Reciprocal: Genesis 36:15 - duke Teman 1 Chronicles 1:36 - Teman 1 Chronicles 1:45 - Temanites Jeremiah 49:10 - his seed Obadiah 1:18 - and there Habakkuk 3:3 - from

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning, when God created the universe,
Genesis 1:2
the earth was formless and desolate. The raging ocean that covered everything was engulfed in total darkness, and the Spirit of God was moving over the water.
Genesis 1:5
and he named the light "Day" and the darkness "Night." Evening passed and morning came—that was the first day.
Genesis 1:6
Then God commanded, "Let there be a dome to divide the water and to keep it in two separate places"—and it was done. So God made a dome, and it separated the water under it from the water above it.
Genesis 1:8
He named the dome "Sky." Evening passed and morning came—that was the second day.
Genesis 1:9
Then God commanded, "Let the water below the sky come together in one place, so that the land will appear"—and it was done.
Genesis 1:11
Then he commanded, "Let the earth produce all kinds of plants, those that bear grain and those that bear fruit"—and it was done.
Genesis 1:28
blessed them, and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals.
Genesis 1:29
I have provided all kinds of grain and all kinds of fruit for you to eat;
Job 26:7
God stretched out the northern sky and hung the earth in empty space.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thy mighty [men], O Teman, shall be dismayed,.... Teman was one part of the country of Edom, so called from Teman, a son of Eliphaz, and grandson of Esau, Genesis 36:11; and which it seems had been famous for men of might and courage: it abounded with brave officers, and courageous soldiers, who should now be quite dispirited, and have no heart to go out against the enemy; and, instead of defending their country, should throw away their arms, and run away in a fright. The Targum and Vulgate Latin version render it,

"thy mighty men that inhabit the south;''

or are on the south, the southern part of Edom, and so lay farthest off from the Chaldeans, who came from the north; yet these should be at once intimidated upon the rumour of their approach and invasion:

to the end that even one of the mount of Esau may be cut by slaughter; that so there might be none to resist and stop the enemy, or defend their country; but that all might fall by the sword of the enemy, and none be left, even every mighty man, as Jarchi interprets it, through the greatness of the slaughter that should be made.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And thy mighty, O Teman, shall be dismayed - The pagan, more religiously than we, ascribed panic to the immediate action of one of their gods, or to Nature deified, Pan, i. e., the Universe: wrong as to the being whom they “ignorantly worshiped;” right, in ascribing it to what they thought a divine agency. Holy Scripture at times discovers the hidden agency, that we may acknowledge God’s Hand in those terrors which we cannot account for. So it relates, on occasion of Jonathan’s slaughter of the Philistine garrison 1 Samuel 14:15, “there was a trembling in the host and in the field, and among all the people: the garrison and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked, so it became a trembling from God,” or (in our common word,) a panic from God. All then failed Edom. Their allies and friends betrayed them; God took away their wisdom. Wisdom was turned into witlessness, and courage into cowardice; “to the end that every one from mount Esau may be cut off by slaughter.” The prophet sums up briefly God’s end in all this. The immediate means were man’s treachery, man’s violence, the failure of wisdom in the wise, and of courage in the brave. The end of all, in God’s will, was their destruction Romans 8:28.

By slaughter - , literally “from slaughter,” may mean either the immediate or the distant cause of their being “cut off,” either the means which God employed , “All things work together for good to those who love God,” and for evil to those who hate Him, that Edom was cut off by one great slaughter by the enemy; or that which moved God to give them over to destruction, their own “slaughter” of their brethren, the Jews, as it follows;

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Obadiah 1:9. Thy mighty men, O Teman — This was one of the strongest places in Idumea; and is put here, as in Amos 1:12, and elsewhere, for Idumea itself.

Mount of Esau — Mount Seir.


 
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