Obadiah 1:12

Obadiah 1:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.
• New International Version (NIV)You should not gloat over your brother in the day of his misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast so much in the day of their trouble.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But do not gloat over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; do not rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; do not boast in the day of distress.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“But you should not have gazed on the day of your brother In the day of his captivity; Nor should you have rejoiced over the children of Judah In the day of their destruction; Nor should you have spoken proudly In the day of distress.

Context of Obadiah 1:12

10“Because of violence to your brother Jacob, Shame will cover you, And you will be eliminated forever. 11On the day that you stood aloof, On the day that strangers carried off his wealth, And foreigners entered his gate And cast lots for Jerusalem-- You too were as one of them. Do not gloat over your brother’s day, The day of his misfortune. And do not rejoice over the sons of Judah On the day of their destruction; Yes, do not boast On the day of their distress. 13Do not enter the gate of My people On the day of their disaster. You indeed, do not gloat over their catastrophe On the day of their disaster. And do not lay a hand on their wealth On the day of their disaster. 14Do not stand at the crossroads To eliminate their survivors; And do not hand over their refugees On the day of their distress.

Obadiah 1:12 word by word

וְאַל־תֵּ֤רֶא בְיוֹם־אָחִ֙יךָ֙ בְּי֣וֹם נָכְר֔וֹ וְאַל־תִּשְׂמַ֥ח לִבְנֵֽי־יְהוּדָ֖ה בְּי֣וֹם אָבְדָ֑ם וְאַל־תַּגְדֵּ֥ל פִּ֖יךָ בְּי֥וֹם צָרָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• gloatרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• over your brother’sאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• do not rejoiceשָׂמַחώâmach · to rejoiceH8055
• over the sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• of their destructionאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6
• boastגָּדַלgâdal · to magnifyH1431
• boastפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
• distressצָרָהtsârâh · distressH6869

Cross-references for Obadiah 1:12

• Psalms 22:17I can count all my bones. They look, they stare at me;
• Psalms 37:13The Lord laughs at him, For He sees that his day is coming.
• Psalms 54:7For He has saved me from all trouble, And my eye has looked with satisfaction upon my enemies.
• Psalms 59:10My God in His faithfulness will meet me; God will let me look triumphantly upon my enemies.
• Psalms 92:11And my eye has looked at my enemies, My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me.
• Micah 4:11And now many nations have been assembled against you Who say, ‘Let her be defiled, And let our eyes gloat over Zion!’
• Micah 7:8Do not rejoice over me, enemy of mine. Though I fall I will rise; Though I live in darkness, the Lord is a light for me.
• Matthew 27:40and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”
• Job 31:29“Have I rejoiced at the misfortune of my enemy, Or become excited when evil found him?
• Proverbs 17:5One who mocks the poor taunts his Maker; One who rejoices at disaster will not go unpunished.
• Proverbs 24:17Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
• Lamentations 4:21Rejoice and be joyful, daughter of Edom, Who lives in the land of Uz; But the cup will pass to you as well, You will become drunk and expose yourself.
• Ezekiel 25:6For this is what the Lord God says: “Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet, and have rejoiced with all the malice in your soul against the land of Israel,
• Ezekiel 35:15As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so I will do to you. You will be a desolation, Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”’
• Luke 19:41When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it,
• 1 Samuel 2:3Do not go on boasting so very proudly, Do not let arrogance come out of your mouth; For the Lord is a God of knowledge, And with Him actions are weighed.

Commentaries on Obadiah 1:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Thou shouldest not have looked - It shows a malevolent heart to rejoice in the miseries of those who have acted unkindly or wickedly towards us. The Edomites triumphed when they saw the judgments of God fall upon the Jews. This the Lord severely reprehends in Obadiah 1:12-15. If a man have acted cruelly towards us, and God punish him for this cruelty, and we rejoice in it, we make his crime our own; and then, as we have done, so shall it be done unto us…Read the comment
• 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. 12The tribes of Israel were relatives of Edom (literally brother; compare Numbers 20:14). Edom and other nearby nations mistakenly believed that making peace with Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC would give them relief. However, their time of judgment would come.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. looked on--with malignant pleasure, and a brutal stare. So the antitypes, Messiah's foes (Psa 22:17). Maurer translates, as the Margin, "thou shouldest not look" any more. English Version agrees with the context better. the day of thy brother--his day of calamity. became a stranger--that is, was banished as an alien from his own land. God sends heavy calamities on those who rejoice in the calamities of their enemies (Pr 17:5; 24:17, 18). Contrast the…Read the comment

Topics related to Obadiah 1:12

• Edom
• Edomites
• Esau

In the dictionaries

• Judah
• 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