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Obadiah 1:8
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In that day—
"Won't I in that day," says the LORD, "destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mountain of Esav?
Shal I not in that day, saith the Lord, euen destroy the wise men out of Edom, and vnderstanding out of the mount of Esau?
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?
Will I not on that day, declares the Lord , destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
"Will I not on that day," declares the LORD, "Eliminate wise men from Edom, And understanding from the mountain of Esau?
The Lord says, "On that day I will surely destroy the wise people from Edom, and those with understanding from the mountains of Edom.
"Will I not on that day," says the LORD, "Destroy the wise men from Edom [removing all wisdom] And understanding from the mountain of Esau?
Shall not I in that day, saith the Lorde, euen destroy the wise men out of Edom, and vnderstanding from the mount of Esau?
"Will I not on that day," declares the LORD, "Destroy wise men from Edom And understanding from the mountain of Esau?
Will I not on that day," declares Yahweh,"Cause the wise men to perish from EdomAnd discernment from the mountain of Esau?
In that day, declares the LORD, will I not destroy the wise men of Edom and the men of understanding in the mountains of Esau?
Edom, when this happens, I, the Lord , will destroy all your marvelous wisdom.
"When that Day comes," says Adonai , "won't I destroy all the wise men of Edom and leave no discernment on Mount ‘Esav?
Shall I not in that day, saith Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
The Lord says, "On that day I will destroy the wise people from Edom. I will destroy the intelligent people from the mountain of Esau.
In that day, says the LORD, I will destroy the wise men out of Edom, and the men of understanding out of the mount of Esau.
"On the day I punish Edom, I will destroy their clever men and wipe out all their wisdom.
On that day," declares Yahweh, "will I not destroy the wise men from Edom, and understanding from the mountain of Esau?
Shall I not in that day even destroy the wise out of Edom and understanding out of the mount of Esau? declares Jehovah.
Shall I not in that day, saith Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
Will I not, in that day, says the Lord, take away the wise men out of Edom, and wisdom out of the mountain of Esau?
Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and discernment out of the mount of Esau?
Shal not I in that day, saide the lord, euen destroy the wise men out of Edom, and vnderstanding from the mount of Esau?
In that day, saith the Lord, I will destroy the wise men out of Idumea, and understanding out of the mount of Esau.
Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
"Won't I in that day," says Yahweh, "destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mountain of Esau?
Shall I not in that day, says Yahweh, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
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?
At that time," the Lord says, "I will destroy the wise sages of Edom! the advisers from Esau's mountain!
"Will I not in that day," says the LORD, "Even destroy the wise men from Edom, And understanding from the mountains of Esau?
At that time not a single wise person will be left in the whole land of Edom," says the Lord . "For on the mountains of Edom I will destroy everyone who has understanding.
The Lord says, "On that day I will destroy the wise men from Edom and understanding from Mount Esau.
On that day, says the Lord , I will destroy the wise out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau.
Shall it not be, in that day, Demandeth Yahweh, - That I will destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
Shall not I in that day, saith the Lord, destroy the wise out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
Will I not on that day, says the LORD, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?
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?
Shal not I at the same tyme destroye the wyse men of Edom, ad those that haue vnderstondinge, from the mount of Esau?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
even: Job 5:12-14, Psalms 33:10, Isaiah 19:3, Isaiah 19:13, Isaiah 19:14, Isaiah 29:14, 1 Corinthians 3:19, 1 Corinthians 3:20
Reciprocal: Isaiah 2:11 - in that day Jeremiah 49:7 - Is wisdom
Cross-References
dai, and the derknessis, nyyt. And the euentid and morwetid was maad, o daie.
And God clepide the drie place, erthe; and he clepide the gadryngis togidere of watris, the sees. And God seiy that it was good;
And the euentid and morwetid was maad, the thridde dai.
And the euentid and the morwetid was maad, the fourthe dai.
And the euentid and the morwetid was maad, the fyuethe dai.
And God seiy alle thingis whiche he made, and tho weren ful goode. And the euentid and morwetid was maad, the sixte day.
God formede hem male and female, and blesside hem, and clepide the name of hem Adam, in the day in which thei weren formed.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Shall I not in that day, saith the Lord, even destroy the wise [men] out of Edom,.... When they shall be invaded by the enemy, and treacherously dealt with by their allies; so that there shall be no wise counsellors at court to give advice what proper methods should be taken at such a season; they should either be taken off by death, or their wisdom should be turned into folly, and they be rendered incapable of giving right counsel:
and understanding out of the mount of Esau? that is, men of understanding, as the Targum, should be destroyed out of Edom or Idumea, which was a mountainous country; such as were well versed in politics, or understood military affairs, and how to conduct at such a critical time; to form schemes, and concert measures, and wisely put them in execution; and to be deprived of all such must be a great loss at such a time, and add to their distress and calamity; see Jeremiah 49:7.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Shall I not in that day even destroy the wise out of Edom? - It was then no common, no recoverable, loss of wisdom, for God, the Author of wisdom, had destroyed it. The pagan had a proverb, “whom God willeth to destroy, he first dements.” So Isaiah foretells of Judah Isaiah 29:14, “The wisdom of their wise shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent shall be hid.” Edom was celebrated of old for its wisdom. Eliphaz, the chief of Job’s friends, the representative of human wisdom, was a Temanite Job 4:1. A vestige of the name of the Shuhites, from where came another of his friends, probably still lingers among the mountains of Edom. Edom is doubtless included among the “sons of the East” 1 Kings 4:30 whose wisdom is set as a counterpart to that of Egypt, the highest human wisdom of that period, by which that of Solomon would be measured. “Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the East country and all the wisdom of Egypt.” In Baruch, they are still mentioned among the chief types of human wisdom (Bar. 3:22, 23). “It (wisdom) hath not been heard of in Chanaan, neither hath it been seen in Theman. The Agarenes that seek wisdom upon earth, the merchants of Meran and of Theman, the authors of fables and searchers-out of understanding, none of these have known, the way of wisdom, or remember her paths.”
Whence, Jeremiah Jeremiah 49:7, in using, these words of Obadiah, says: “Is wisdom no more in Teman? Is counsel perished from the prudent? Is their wisdom vanished?” He speaks, as though Edom were a known abode of human wisdom, so that it was strange that it was found there no more. He speaks of the Edomites “as prudent,” discriminating , full of judgment, and wonders that counsel should have “perished” from them. They had it eminently then, before it perished. They thought themselves wise; they were thought so; but God took it away at their utmost need. So He says of Egypt Isaiah 19:3, Isaiah 19:11-12. “I will destroy the counsel thereof. The counsel of the wise counselors of Pharaoh is become brutish. How say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings? Where are they? Who are thy wise? And let them tell thee now, and let them know, what the Lord of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.” And of Judah Jeremiah 19:7. “I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place.”
The people of the world think that they hold their wisdom and all God’s natural gifts, independently of the Giver (God). God, by the events of His natural Providence, as here by His word, shows, through some sudden withdrawal of their wisdom, that it is His, not their’s! People wonder at the sudden failure, the flaw in the well-arranged plan, the one over-confident act which ruins the whole scheme, the over-shrewdness which betrays itself, or the unaccountable oversight. They are amazed that one so shrewd should overlook this or that, and think not that He, in whose hands are our powers of thought, supplied not just that insight, Whereon the whole depended.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Obadiah 1:8. Shall I not - destroy the wise men] It appears, from Jeremiah 49:7, that the Edomites were remarkable for wisdom, counsel, and prudence. See on the above place.
