Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd stand thou not in the crossway, to cut off those of his that escape; and deliver not up those of his that remain in the day of distress.
Nor should you stand at the crossroads to cut off their fugitives, nor deliver up their survivors in the day of their distress.
Nor stand by the breach to cut off its escaped, Nor deliver up its remnant in a day of distress.
and thou shouldest not have stood on the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape, nor have delivered up those remaining of him in the day of distress.
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