Obadiah 1 · Verse 7

Obadiah 1:7

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.

Obadiah 1:7, King James Version

Obadiah 1:7 in other translations

BSB	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.
WEB	All the men of your alliance have brought you on your way, even to the border. The men who were at peace with you have deceived you, and prevailed against you. Friends who eat your bread lay a snare under you. There is no understanding in him.”
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.
YLT	Unto the border sent thee have all thine allies, Forgotten thee, prevailed over thee, have thy friends, Thy bread they make a snare under thee, There is no understanding in him!
DARBY	All the men of thy confederacy have pushed thee to the border; the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, they have prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a snare under thee. There is no understanding in him.
BBE	All the men who were united with you have been false to you, driving you out to the edge of the land: the men who were at peace with you have overcome you; they have taken their heritage in your place.
Webster	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 no understanding in him.

What does Obadiah 1:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

7. Men of thy confederacy--that is, thy confederates. brought thee ... to the border--that is, when Idumean ambassadors shall go to confederate states seeking aid, these latter shall conduct them with due ceremony to their border, giving them empty compliments, but not the aid required [Drusius]. 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 Psa 41:9; Jr 38:22, Margin, where also the same formula occurs, "prevailed against thee." they that eat thy bread--the poorer tribes of the desert who subsisted on the bounty of Edom. Compare again Psa 41:9, which seems to have been before Obadiah's mind, as his words were before Jeremiah's. have laid a wound under thee--"laid" implies that their intimacy was used as a SNARE laid with a view to wound; also, these guest friends of Edom, instead of the cushions ordinarily laid under guests at table, laid snares to wound, that is, had a secret understanding with Edom's foe for that purpose. Maurer translates, "a snare." But English Version agrees with the Hebrew, which means, literally, "a bandage for a wound." none understanding--none of the wisdom for which Edom was famed (see Ob 8) to extricate him from his perilous position. in him--instead of "in thee." The change implies the alienation of God from Edom: Edom has so estranged himself from God, that He speaks now of him, not to him.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 7 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.

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 1:7 in the original Hebrew

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עַֽד\־'ad-toH5704

הַגְּב֣וּלha.ge.Vulthe borderH1366

שִׁלְּח֗וּךָshi.le.Chu.khathey will send away youH7971

כֹּ֚לkolallH3605

אַנְשֵׁ֣י'an.Shei[the] men ofH582

בְרִיתֶ֔ךָve.ri.Te.khacovenant yourH1285

הִשִּׁיא֛וּךָhi.shi.'U.khathey will deceive youH5377

יָכְל֥וּya.khe.Luthey will prevailH3201

לְךָ֖le.Khato you

אַנְשֵׁ֣י'an.Shei[the] men ofH582

שְׁלֹמֶ֑ךָshe.lo.Me.khapeace yourH7965

לַחְמְךָ֗lach.me.Khafood yourH3899

יָשִׂ֤ימוּya.Si.muthey will setH7760

מָזוֹר֙ma.zOra trapH4204

תַּחְתֶּ֔יךָtach.Tei.khaunder youH8478

אֵ֥ין'einthere notH369

תְּבוּנָ֖הte.vu.Nah[is] understandingH8394

בּֽוֹ\׃boin him

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Cross references for Obadiah 1:7

Psalms 41:9
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
John 13:18
I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
Jeremiah 30:14
All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
Jeremiah 49:7
Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
Jeremiah 4:30
And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
Psalms 55:12-13
For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
Isaiah 27:11
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
Ezekiel 23:22-25
Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side; The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses. And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments. And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.
Jeremiah 20:10
For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
Lamentations 1:19
I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.
Hosea 13:13
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
Jeremiah 38:22
And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

the men of.The Chaldeans, whose agents they became in persecuting the Jews.
Ps 55:12,13; Jer 4:30; 30:14; La 1:19; Eze 23:22-25; Re 17:12-17
men that were at peace with thee. Heb. men of thy peace.
Jer 20:10; 38:22; *margins
they that eat thy bread. Heb. the men of thy bread.
Ps 41:9; Joh 13:18
there is.
Isa 19:11-14; 27:11; Jer 49:7; Ho 13:13
in him. or, of it.

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Context

Obadiah 1:6
How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!
Obadiah 1:7
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.
Obadiah 1:8
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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Obadiah 1:7 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Hasta el término te hicieron llegar todos tus aliados; te han engañado tus pacíficos, prevalecieron contra ti; los que comían tu pan, pusieron el lazo debajo de ti: no hay en él entendimiento.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Tous tes alliés t’ont poussé à la frontière; ceux qui étaient en paix avec toi t’ont trompé, ils ont prévalu contre toi; ceux qui mangeaient ton pain ont mis un piège sous toi. Il n’y a pas d’intelligence en lui!
German Elberfelder 1871	Alle deine Bundesgenossen haben dich bis zur Grenze geschickt; betrogen, überwältigt haben dich deine Freunde, die dein Brot aßen sie legten eine Schlinge unter dich. Es ist kein Verstand in ihm.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Usque ad terminum emiserunt te: omnes viri fœderis tui illuserunt tibi: invaluerunt adversum te viri pacis tuæ, qui comedunt tecum, ponent insidias subter te; non est prudentia in eo.