For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor the violence done to thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.
For slaughter, for violence to thy brother Jacob, Cover thee doth shame, And thou hast been cut off--to the age.
Because of violence against thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentObadiah — Twenty-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