Obadiah 1 · Verse 8

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?
Obadiah 1:8, King James Version

Obadiah 1:8 in other translations

BSBIn that day, declares the LORD, will I not destroy the wise men of Edom and the men of understanding in the mountains of Esau?
WEB“Won’t I in that day”, says the LORD, “destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mountain of Esau?
ASVShall I not in that day, saith Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
YLTIs it not in that day--an affirmation of Jehovah, That I have destroyed the wise out of Edom, And understanding out of the mount of Esau?
DARBYShall I not in that day, saith Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
BBEWill I not, in that day, says the Lord, take away the wise men out of Edom, and wisdom out of the mountain of Esau?
WebsterShall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

What does Obadiah 1:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. (Is 49:7; compare Job 5:12, 13; Is 19:3; Jr 19:7). in that day ... even destroy--Heretofore Edom, through its intercourse with Babylon and Egypt, and from its means of information through the many caravans passing to and fro between Europe and India, has been famed for knowledge; but in that day at last ("even") I will destroy its wise men. mount of Esau--that is, Idumea, which was a mountainous region.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 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.

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 1:8 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.

הֲל֛וֹאha.Lo'¿ notH3808
בַּיּ֥וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117
הַה֖וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
נְאֻםne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וְהַאֲבַדְתִּ֤יve.ha.'a.vad.Tiand I will destroyH6
חֲכָמִים֙cha.kha.Mimwise [people]H2450
מֵֽאֱד֔וֹםme.'e.Domfrom EdomH123
וּתְבוּנָ֖הu.te.vu.Nahand understandingH8394
מֵהַ֥רme.Harfrom [the] mountain ofH2022
עֵשָֽׂו\׃'e.SavEsauH6215

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

Cross references for Obadiah 1:8

  • Isaiah 29:14

    Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

  • Job 5:12-14

    He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

  • Psalms 33:10

    The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

  • Isaiah 19:13-14

    The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof. The Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.

  • Isaiah 19:3

    And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

  • 1 Corinthians 3:19-20

    For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Job 5:12-14; Ps 33:10; Isa 19:3,13,14; 29:14; 1Co 3:19,20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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?

  • Obadiah 1:9

    And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

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Obadiah 1:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿No haré que perezcan en aquel día, dice Jehová, los sabios de Edom, y la prudencia del monte de Esaú?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		N’est-ce pas en ce jour-là, dit l’ Éternel, que je détruirai du milieu d’Édom les sages, et de la montagne d’Ésaü, l’intelligence?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Werde ich nicht an jenem Tage, spricht Jehova die Weisen aus Edom vertilgen und den Verstand vom Gebirge Esaus?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Numquid non in die illa, dicit Dominus, perdam sapientes de Idumæa, et prudentiam de monte Esau?