MANNAFEST

For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

KJV

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ASV

For the violence done to thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

WEB

Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.

YLT

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

DBT

Because of violence against thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

About this book

Old Testament

ObadiahTwenty-one verses against Edom — the shortest book in the Old Testament. Judgment on the brother-nation that gloated when Jerusalem fell.

Author
Obadiah (v. 1) — no patronymic or home given
Date
Disputed: either shortly after 586 BC (Edom's complicity in Jerusalem's fall, Ps 137:7) or pre-exilic

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