Obadiah 1:4
Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
BSB
Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
Though thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.
KJV
Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.
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Commentary
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loading…Original language & word study
12 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| אִם־ | 'im- | if | H518 → |
| תַּגְבִּ֣יהַּ | tag.Bi.ah | you will make high | H1361 → |
| כַּנֶּ֔שֶׁר | ka.Ne.sher | like <the> eagle | H5404 → |
| וְאִם־ | ve.'im- | and if | H518 → |
| בֵּ֥ין | bein | between | H996 → |
| כּֽוֹכָבִ֖ים | ko.kha.Vim | [the] stars | H3556 → |
| שִׂ֣ים | sim | [will be] set | H7760 → |
| קִנֶּ֑ךָ | ki.Ne.cha | nest your | H7064 → |
| מִשָּׁ֥ם | mi.Sham | from there | H8033 → |
| אוֹרִֽידְךָ֖ | 'o.ri.de.Kha | I will bring down you | H3381 → |
| נְאֻם־ | ne.'um- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
