Obadiah 1:4

Obadiah 1:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, from there I will bring you down, declares the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Though you ascend as high as the eagle, And though you set your nest among the stars, From there I will bring you down,” says the Lord.

Context of Obadiah 1:4

2“Edom, I will make you the smallest of nations. Others will despise you. 3Your arrogance has deceived you. You live on rocky cliffs. You make your home up high. You say to yourself, ‘No one can bring me down to earth.’ Even though you fly high like an eagle and build your nest among the stars, I will bring you down from there,” declares the Lord. 5“If thieves or looters come to you during the night, won’t they steal only until they’ve had enough? You will be ruined! If people come to pick your grapes, won’t they leave a few grapes behind? 6But you, Esau, will lose everything. Even your hidden treasures will be looted.

Obadiah 1:4 word by word

אִם־תַּגְבִּ֣יהַּ כַּנֶּ֔שֶׁר וְאִם־בֵּ֥ין כּֽוֹכָבִ֖ים שִׂ֣ים קִנֶּ֑ךָ מִשָּׁ֥ם אוֹרִֽידְךָ֖ נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Though thou exaltגָּבַהּgâbahh · be highH1361
• as the eagleנֶשֶׁרnesher · eagleH5404
• and though thou setשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• thy nestקֵןqên · nestH7064
• among the starsכּוֹכָבkôkâb · starH3556
• thence will I bring thee downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Obadiah 1:4

• Job 20:6If his height reaches to the sky and his head touches the clouds,
• Job 39:27Is it by your order that the eagle flies high and makes its nest on the heights?
• Jeremiah 49:16You have frightened other people. Your arrogance has deceived you. You live on rocky cliffs and occupy the highest places in the hills. Even though you build your nest as high as an eagle, I will bring you down from there,” declares the Lord.
• Habakkuk 2:9“ ‘How horrible it will be for the one who uses violence to get things for his own household in order to set his nest up high and save himself from disaster.’
• Isaiah 14:12How you have fallen from heaven, you morning star, son of the dawn! How you have been cut down to the ground, you conqueror of nations!
• Jeremiah 51:53The people of Babylon might go up to heaven. They might fortify their strongholds. But destroyers will still come from me against them,” declares the Lord.
• Amos 9:2Even if they dig their way into Sheol, my hand will take them from there. Even if they go up to heaven, I will bring them down from there.

Commentaries on Obadiah 1:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle - Though like this bird thou get into the highest cliff of the highest rock, it will not avail thee. To defend thee, when Jehovah has determined thy destruction, thy deepest caves and highest rocks will be equally useless. See Jeremiah 49:16.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle - (or, thy nest) The eagle builds its nest in places nearly inaccessible to man. The Edomites were a race of eagles. It is not the language of poetry or exaggeration; but is poetic, because so true. “And though thou set thy nest in the stars.” This is men‘s language, strange as it is. “I shall touch the stars with my crown;” “I shall strike the stars with my lofty crown;” “since I have touched heaven with my lance.”…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-4I will make you small: Several messages of judgment describe Edom’s specific sins against Israel (Obadiah 1:10–14; Jeremiah 49:7–22; Ezekiel 25:12–14; 36:5). Edom often appears among the nations that opposed Israel and the Lord (Isaiah 34; Ezekiel 35–36; Amos 9:1–15). small among the nations … The pride of your heart: Edom’s rocky landscape reflected the pride of its people. Just as their land was high and difficult to reach, the people of Edom thought…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. exalt thyself--or supply from the second clause, "thy nest" [Maurer] (Compare Job 20:6; Jr 49:16; Am 9:2). set ... nest among ... stars--namely, on the loftiest hills which seem to reach the very stars. Edom is a type of Antichrist (Is 14:13; Da 8:10; 11:37). thence will I bring thee down--in spite of thy boast (Ob 3), "Who shall bring me down?"Read the comment

Topics related to Obadiah 1:4

• Deceit
• Pride
• Self-Exaltation

In the dictionaries

• Eagle
• Exalt
• Nest
• 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