Obadiah 1:13

Obadiah 1:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;
• New International Version (NIV)You should not march through the gates of my people in the day of their disaster, nor gloat over them in their calamity in the day of their disaster, nor seize their wealth in the day of their disaster.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Do not enter the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; do not gloat over his disaster in the day of his calamity; do not loot his wealth in the day of his calamity.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You should not have entered the gate of My people In the day of their calamity. Indeed, you should not have gazed on their affliction In the day of their calamity, Nor laid hands on their substance In the day of their calamity.

Context of Obadiah 1:13

11While you stood there doing nothing, strangers carried off Jacob’s wealth. Foreigners entered his gates and threw dice for Jerusalem. You acted like one of them. 12Don’t gloat over your relative’s misfortune or be happy when the people of Judah are destroyed. Don’t brag so much when they’re in distress. Don’t march through the gates of my people when disaster strikes or gloat over their misery when disaster strikes. Don’t take their wealth when disaster strikes. 14Don’t stand at the crossroads to kill their refugees. Don’t hand over their survivors when they’re in distress. 15“The day of the Lord is near for all nations. Edom, you will be treated as you have treated others. You will get back what you have given.

Obadiah 1:13 word by word

אַל־תָּב֤וֹא בְשַֽׁעַר־עַמִּי֙ בְּי֣וֹם אֵידָ֔ם אַל־תֵּ֧רֶא גַם־אַתָּ֛ה בְּרָעָת֖וֹ בְּי֣וֹם אֵיד֑וֹ וְאַל־תִּשְׁלַ֥חְנָה בְחֵיל֖וֹ בְּי֥וֹם אֵידֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou shouldest not have enteredבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• into the gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• of my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• in the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of their calamityאֵיד'êyd · calamityH343
• yea, thou shouldest not have lookedרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• on their afflictionרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: harmH7451
• nor have laidשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• on their substanceחַ֫יִלchayil · strength: richH2428

Cross-references for Obadiah 1:13

• 2 Samuel 16:12Maybe the Lord will see my misery and turn his curse into a blessing for me today.”
• Psalms 22:17I can count all my bones. People stare. They gloat over me.
• Zechariah 1:15and I’m very angry with the nations who think they are at ease. I was only a little angry, but they made things worse.

Commentaries on Obadiah 1:13

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12-14Verses 12-14 But thou shouldest not - , rather it means, and can only mean, “And look not (i. e., gaze not with pleasure) on the day of thy brother in the day of his becoming a stranger; and rejoice not over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; and enlarge not thy mouth in the day of distress. Enter not into the gate of My people in the day of their calamity; look not, thou too, on his affliction in the day of his calamity; and lay not…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-14All societies are responsible for wrongdoings, like those of Edom (see, for example, the messages against Israel’s neighbors in Amos 1:3–2:3). The Edomites committed sins against Judah by helping the Babylonians loot the land (Obadiah 1:13) and either killing or sending back Judah’s escapees (1:14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. substance--translated "forces" in Ob 11.Read the comment

Topics related to Obadiah 1:13

• Edom
• Edomites
• Esau

In the dictionaries

• Joel (2)
• Negeb
• Obadiah, Book of

Commentaries on Obadiah 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings