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Obadiah 1:7

in Obadiah 1

All the men allied with you will drive you to the border; the men at peace with you will deceive and overpower you. Those who eat your bread will set a trap for you without your awareness of it.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee on thy way, even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread lay a snare under thee: there is no understanding in him.

KJV

All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.

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This verse in Obadiah 1

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Obadiah · Written before 420.

(Verse 7) All the men of your covenant have sent you to the borders, they have mocked you, the men of your peace have prevailed against you, those who eat with you have set a trap under you: there is no wisdom in him. 70: They have sent you to the borders: all the men of your covenant have resisted you, the men of your peace have prevailed against you: they have set a trap under you: there is no wisdom in him.

This site's exposition

if the grapegatherers came to thee

on Obadiah 1:5-7

The judgment is measured against ordinary thieves and gleaners, who take only what serves them and leave the rest, so that Edom's coming ruin will be worse than any raid, how art thou cut off is the prophet's own aside mid-verse. The things of Esau searched out, his hidden things sought up, describes a nation stripped to its last hoard, and verse 7 turns from plunder to betrayal, the men of thy confederacy and the men that were at peace with thee driving Edom to the border and laying a wound under thee. Keil and Pusey both take this as Edom judged in its own coin, treachery answered with treachery, allies becoming the hand that cuts it off.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices
All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border - Destruction is more bitter, when friends aid in it. Edom had all along with unnatural hatred persecuted his brother, Jacob. So, in God’s just judgment, its friends should be among its destroyers. Those confederates were probably Moab and Ammon, Tyre and Zidon, with whom they united to resist Nebuchadnezzar Jer 27:3, and seduced Zedekiah to rebel, although Moab, Ammon, and Edom turned against him Zep 2:8; Ezek.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

This view agrees with the context, which speaks of false friends deceiving Edom: that is, failing to give help in need (compare Job 6:14, 15). CALVIN translates, "have driven," that is, shall drive thee; shall help to drive thee to thy border on thy way into captivity in foreign lands. the men that were at peace with thee--literally, "the men of thy peace." Compare Ps 41:9;

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • עַֽד־to

    ʾad-H5704 →

  • הַגְּב֣וּלthe border

    hagevulH1366 →

  • שִׁלְּח֗וּךָthey will send away you

    shilechukhaH7971 →845 times

  • כֹּ֚לall

    kolH3605 →5413 times

  • אַנְשֵׁ֣י[the] men of

    ʾansheiH582 →

  • בְרִיתֶ֔ךָcovenant your

    veritekhaH1285 →

  • הִשִּׁיא֛וּךָthey will deceive you

    hishiukhaH5377 →

  • יָכְל֥וּthey will prevail

    yakheluH3201 →

  • לְךָ֖to you

    lekha

  • אַנְשֵׁ֣י[the] men of

    ʾansheiH582 →

  • שְׁלֹמֶ֑ךָpeace your

    shelomekhaH7965 →

  • לַחְמְךָ֗food your

    lachmekhaH3899 →

  • יָשִׂ֤ימוּthey will set

    yasimuH7760 →

  • מָזוֹר֙a trap

    mazorH4204 →

  • תַּחְתֶּ֔יךָunder you

    tachteikhaH8478 →

  • אֵ֥יןthere not

    ʾeinH369 →

  • תְּבוּנָ֖ה[is] understanding

    tevunahH8394 →

  • בּֽוֹ׃in him

    bo

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

15 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Psalms 41:9Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.8 worksJohn 13:18I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’5 worksMicah 7:6For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household.5 worksJeremiah 30:14All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.4 worksJeremiah 49:7Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?4 worksJeremiah 20:10For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”2 works
The other 9 cross-references, with their words ▾
Jeremiah 4:30And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life.2 worksLamentations 1:19I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.2 worksHosea 13:13Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.2 worksPsalms 55:12–13For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.2 worksEzekiel 23:22–25Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will incite your lovers against you, those from whom you turned away in disgust. And I will bring them against you from every side—2 worksJeremiah 38:22All the women who remain in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon, and those women will say: ‘They misled you and overcame you—those trusted friends of yours. Your feet sank into the mire, and they deserted you.’2 worksIsaiah 27:11When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.2 worksIsaiah 19:11–14The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?2 worksRevelation 17:12–17The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive one hour of authority as kings, along with the beast.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    John 13:18

    I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’

    it leads to

    • Psalms 41:9

      Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • John 17:12

      While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture…

  • Through

    Psalms 41:9

    Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

    it leads to

    • Matthew 26:23

      Jesus answered, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with Me will betray Me.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • John 13:18

      I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’

    • Psalms 55:12–14

      For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.

    • John 13:26–27

      Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I give this morsel after I have dipped it.” Then He dipped the morsel and gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot.

    • Psalms 55:20–22

      My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 20:10

    For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that…

    it leads to

    • Psalms 31:13

      For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

Where this verse is studied

About Obadiah

Obadiah: the study guide →Read Obadiah 1 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Twelve Minor Prophets; Edward Bouverie Pusey, The Minor Prophets: A Commentary; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Jerome, Commentary on Obadiah.

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