Obadiah 1:6

Obadiah 1:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!
• New International Version (NIV)But how Esau will be ransacked, his hidden treasures pillaged!
• English Standard Version (ESV)How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Oh, how Esau shall be searched out! How his hidden treasures shall be sought after!

Context of Obadiah 1:6

4Even 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? But you, Esau, will lose everything. Even your hidden treasures will be looted. 7All your allies will force you to leave your land. The people who are at peace with you will deceive you. Those who eat food with you will set traps for you, and you won’t even know about it. 8“On that day I will destroy the wise people in Edom and take wisdom away from Esau’s mountain,” declares the Lord.

Obadiah 1:6 word by word

אֵ֚יךְ נֶחְפְּשׂ֣וּ עֵשָׂ֔ו נִבְע֖וּ מַצְפֻּנָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• of Esauעֵשָׂו‛êώâv · EsauH6215
• searched outחָפַשׂchâphaώ · to searchH2664
• are his hiddenמַצְפּוֹןmitspûn · treasureH4710
• things sought upבָּעָהbâ‛âh · to enquireH1158

Cross-references for Obadiah 1:6

• Psalms 139:1O Lord, you have examined me, and you know me.
• Isaiah 10:13The king will say, “I did this with my own two powerful hands. I did this with my wisdom, because I am so clever. I’ve eliminated the boundaries of nations. I’ve looted treasuries. I’ve brought down people like a mighty man.
• Isaiah 45:3I will give you treasures from dark places and hidden stockpiles. Then you will know that I, the Lord God of Israel, have called you by name.
• Jeremiah 49:10Yet, I will strip the descendants of Esau. I will find their hiding places. They won’t be able to hide. Their children and relatives will be destroyed. None of their neighbors will say,
• Jeremiah 50:37A sword will kill their horses, their chariots, and all the foreigners within their ranks. They will become women. A sword will destroy their treasures, and they will be looted.
• Matthew 6:19“Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and thieves break in and steal.
• Daniel 2:22He reveals deeply hidden things. He knows what is in the dark, and light lives with him.

Commentaries on Obadiah 1:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6How are the things of Esau searched out! - literally, “How are Esau, out searched!” i. e., Esau, as a whole and in all its parts and in all its belongings, all its people and all its property, one and all. The name “Esau” speaks of them as a whole; the plural verb, “are outsearched,” represents all its parts. The word signifies a diligent search and tracking out, as in Zephaniah Zephaniah 1:12, “I will search out Jerusalem with candles,” as a man holdeth…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Esau: The Hebrew text uses the name of Esau, who was Jacob’s brother. This shows Edom broke a brotherly relationship (Obadiah 1:10–14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. How are the things of Esau searched out!--by hostile soldiers seeking booty. Compare with Ob 5, 6 here, Jr 49:9, 10. hidden things--or "places." Edom abounded in such hiding-places, as caves, clefts in the rock, &c. None of these would be left unexplored by the foe.Read the comment

Topics related to Obadiah 1:6

• Deceit
• Esau

In the dictionaries

• Esau
• Hidden
• 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