Obadiah 1:8 BSB — MannaFest

Obadiah 1:8

In that day, declares the LORD, will I not destroy the wise men of Edom and the men of understanding in the mountains of Esau?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Shall I not in that day, saith Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

KJV

Shall I not in that day, saith the Lord, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Shall I not - destroy the wise men - It appears, from Jer 49:7, that the Edomites were remarkable for wisdom, counsel, and prudence. See on the above place.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Thus wisdom perishes from Teman, as it is in the parallel place, Jer. xlix. This was, (1.) The just punishment of their folly in trusting to an arm of flesh: There is no understanding in them,

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הֲל֛וֹא	ha.Lo'	¿ not	H3808 →
בַּיּ֥וֹם	bai.Yom	on the day	H3117 →
הַה֖וּא	ha.Hu'	<the> that	H1931 →
נְאֻם	ne.'um-	[the] utterance of	H5002 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וְהַאֲבַדְתִּ֤י	ve.ha.'a.vad.Ti	and I will destroy	H6 →
חֲכָמִים֙	cha.kha.Mim	wise [people]	H2450 →
מֵֽאֱד֔וֹם	me.'e.Dom	from Edom	H123 →
וּתְבוּנָ֖ה	u.te.vu.Nah	and understanding	H8394 →
מֵהַ֥ר	me.Har	from [the] mountain of	H2022 →
עֵשָֽׂו׃	'e.Sav	Esau	H6215 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 33:10
The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
leads to
- Isaiah 44:25
  who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 21:30
  There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 21:11
  Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
- Job 5:12–13
  He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
- 2 Samuel 15:31
  Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
Through
Isaiah 29:14
Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”
leads to
- Habakkuk 1:5
  “Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.
- 1 Corinthians 1:19–24
  For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
- Isaiah 28:21
  For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing…

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Obadiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Obadiah