Obadiah 1:7
in Obadiah 1All 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.
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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
9 notes on this verse(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 grape gatherers came to you
on Obadiah 1:5-7
The judgment is measured against thieves and grape gatherers, who take only what they want, so Edom's ruin will be worse than any raid. In verse 7 "the men at peace with you will deceive and overpower you". So the nation that betrayed its brother is betrayed in turn.
This site's exposition
Those who eat your bread
Eating a man's bread made you his friend. Albert Barnes names Edom's likely allies as Moab, Ammon, Tyre and Sidon, and Psalm 41:9 grieves over the same kind of friend. The men allied with Edom drive it to the border, as Edom stood aloof when strangers entered his brother's gate.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border,....
(3.) "They have laid a wound under thee; that is, they have laid that under thee for a stay and support, for a foundation to rely on, for a pillow to repose on, which will prove a wound to thee; not as thorns only, but as swords." If God lay under us the arms of his power and love, these will be firm and easy under us; the God of our covenant will never deceive us.
He that will be foolish, let him be foolish still. (2.) It was the forerunner of their destruction. A nation is certainly marked for ruin when God hides the things that belong to its peace from the eyes of those that are entrusted with its counsels.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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 & Brown1802–1910
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;
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
All the men of thy confederacy - The Chaldeans are here intended, to whom the Idumeans were attached, and whose agents they became in exercising cruelties upon the Jews. Have brought thee even to the border - Have hemmed thee in on every side, and reduced thee to distress. Or, they have driven thee to thy border; cast thee out of thy own land into the hands of thine enemies. The men that were at peace with thee - The men of thy covenant, with whom thou hadst made a league. That eat thy bread - That professed to be thy firmest friends, have all joined together to destroy thee. Have laid a wound - Placed a snare or trap under thee. See Newcome. There is none understanding in him - Private counsels and public plans are all in operation against thee; and yet thou art so foolish and infatuated as not to discern thy own danger.
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עַֽד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | |
| הַגְּב֣וּל | hagevul | the border | H1366 → | |
| שִׁלְּח֗וּךָ | shilechukha | they will send away you | H7971 → | 845 times |
| כֹּ֚ל | kol | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אַנְשֵׁ֣י | ʾanshei | [the] men of | H582 → | |
| בְרִיתֶ֔ךָ | veritekha | covenant your | H1285 → | |
| הִשִּׁיא֛וּךָ | hishiukha | they will deceive you | H5377 → | |
| יָכְל֥וּ | yakhelu | they will prevail | H3201 → | |
| לְךָ֖ | lekha | to you | ||
| אַנְשֵׁ֣י | ʾanshei | [the] men of | H582 → | |
| שְׁלֹמֶ֑ךָ | shelomekha | peace your | H7965 → | |
| לַחְמְךָ֗ | lachmekha | food your | H3899 → | |
| יָשִׂ֤ימוּ | yasimu | they will set | H7760 → | |
| מָזוֹר֙ | mazor | a trap | H4204 → | |
| תַּחְתֶּ֔יךָ | tachteikha | under you | H8478 → | |
| אֵ֥ין | ʾein | there not | H369 → | |
| תְּבוּנָ֖ה | tevunah | [is] understanding | H8394 → | |
| בּֽוֹ׃ | bo | in him |
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.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 13:18I 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.’
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…
- Psalms 41:9
Through
Psalms 41:9Even 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.
- Matthew 26:23
Through
Jeremiah 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…
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.
- Psalms 31:13
Where this verse is studied
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About Obadiah
This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; 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; Jerome, Commentary on Obadiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.