Obadiah 1 · Verse 11

Obadiah 1:11

In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.
Obadiah 1:11, King James Version

Obadiah 1:11 in other translations

BSBOn the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them.
WEBIn the day that you stood on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away his substance and foreigners entered into his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, even you were like one of them.
ASVIn the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away his substance, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.
YLTIn the day of thy standing over-against, In the day of strangers taking captive his force, And foreigners have entered his gates, And for Jerusalem have cast a lot, Even thou art as one of them!
DARBYIn the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away captive his substance, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.
BBEBecause you were there watching when men from other lands took away his goods, and strange men came into his doors, and put the fate of Jerusalem to the decision of chance; you were like one of them.
WebsterIn the day that thou stoodst on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.

What does Obadiah 1:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. thou stoodest on the other side--in an attitude of hostility, rather than the sympathy which became a brother, feasting thine eyes (see Ob 12) with the misery of Jacob, and eagerly watching for his destruction. So Messiah, the antitype to Jerusalem, abandoned by His kinsmen (Psa 38:11). strangers--the Philistines, Arabians in the reign of Jehoram, &c. (2Ch 21:16); the Syrians in the reign of Joash of Judah (2Ch 24:24); the Chaldeans (2Ch 36:1-23). carried ... captive his forces--his "host" (Ob 20): the multitude of Jerusalem's inhabitants. cast lots upon Jerusalem--(Joe 3:3). So Messiah, Jerusalem's antitype, had lots cast for His only earthly possessions (Psa 22:18).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 Thou stoodest on the other side - Thou not only didst not help thy brother when thou mightest, but thou didst assist his foes against him. And cast lots - When the Chaldeans cast lots on the spoils of Jerusalem, thou didst come in for a share of the booty; "thou wast as one of them."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Obadiah 1:1-16

This prophecy is against Edom. Its destruction seems to have been typical, as their father Esau's rejection; and to refer to the destruction of the enemies of the gospel church. See the prediction of the success of that war; Edom shall be spoiled, and brought down. All the enemies of God's church shall be disappointed in the things they stay themselves on. God can easily lay those low who magnify and exalt…

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Obadiah 1:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּיוֹם֙be.yOmon [the] dayH3117
עֲמָֽדְךָ֣'a.ma.de.Khastanding youH5975
מִנֶּ֔גֶדmi.Ne.gedfrom beforeH5048
בְּי֛וֹםbe.Yomon [the] dayH3117
שְׁב֥וֹתshe.Vottook captiveH7617
זָרִ֖יםza.RimstrangersH2114
חֵיל֑וֹchei.Lowealth hisH2428
וְנָכְרִ֞יםve.na.khe.Rimand foreignersH5237
בָּ֣אוּBa.'uthey cameH935
שְׁעָרָ֗יוsha.'a.rovgates hisH8179
וְעַל\־ve.'al-and onH5921
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389
יַדּ֣וּya.Duthey castH3032
גוֹרָ֔לgo.Rala lotH1486
גַּם\־gam-alsoH1571
אַתָּ֖ה'a.TahyouH859
כְּאַחַ֥דke.'a.Chad[were] like oneH259
מֵהֶֽם\׃me.Hemfrom them

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Obadiah 1:11

  • Psalms 137:7

    Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

  • Nahum 3:10

    Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

  • Joel 3:3

    And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

  • Psalms 50:18

    When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.

  • Jeremiah 52:28-30

    This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty: In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons: In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.

  • 2 Kings 25:11

    Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carry away.

  • 2 Kings 24:10-16

    At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it. And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign. And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, as the Lord had said. …

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in the day that the.
2Ki 24:10-16; 25:11; Jer 52:28-30
captive his forces. or, his substance. cast.
Joe 3:3; Na 3:10
even.
Ps 50:18; 137:7

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Context

  • Obadiah 1:10

    For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

  • Obadiah 1:11

    In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.

  • Obadiah 1:12

    But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

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Obadiah 1:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El día que estando tú delante, llevaban extraños cautivo su ejército, y los extraños entraban por sus puertas, y echaban suertes sobre Jerusalem, tú también eras como uno de ellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Au jour où tu te tins vis-à-vis, au jour où des étrangers emportaient ses richesses, et où des forains entraient dans ses portes et jetaient le sort sur Jérusalem, toi aussi tu étais comme l’un d’eux.
German
Elberfelder 1871		An dem Tage, da du gegenüber standest, an dem Tage, da Fremde sein Vermögen hinwegführten, und Ausländer zu seinen Toren einzogen und über Jerusalem das Los warfen, da warst auch du wie einer von ihnen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		In die cum stares adversus eum, quando capiebant alieni exercitum ejus, et extranei ingrediebantur portas ejus, et super Jerusalem mittebant sortem, tu quoque eras quasi unus ex eis.