Obadiah 1:14

Obadiah 1:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.
• New International Version (NIV)You should not wait at the crossroads to cut down their fugitives, nor hand over their survivors in the day of their trouble.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Do not stand at the crossroads to cut off his fugitives; do not hand over his survivors in the day of distress.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You should not have stood at the crossroads To cut off those among them who escaped; Nor should you have delivered up those among them who remained In the day of distress.

Context of Obadiah 1:14

12You should not have gloated when your relatives suffered calamity. You should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah when they were destroyed. You should not have boasted when they suffered adversity. 13You should not have entered the city of my people when they experienced distress. You should not have joined in gloating over their misfortune when they suffered distress. You should not have looted their wealth when they endured distress. You should not have stood at the fork in the road to slaughter those trying to escape. You should not have captured their refugees when they suffered adversity. 15“For the day of the Lord is approaching for all the nations! Just as you have done, so it will be done to you. You will get exactly what your deeds deserve. 16For just as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. They will drink, and they will gulp down; they will be as though they had never been.

Obadiah 1:14 word by word

וְאַֽל־תַּעֲמֹד֙ עַל־הַפֶּ֔רֶק לְהַכְרִ֖ית אֶת־פְּלִיטָ֑יו וְאַל־תַּסְגֵּ֥ר שְׂרִידָ֖יו בְּי֥וֹם צָרָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Neither shouldest thou have stoodעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• in the crosswayפֶּ֫רֶקpereq · plunderH6563
• to cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• those of his that did escapeפָּלִיטpâlîyţ pâlêyţ pâlêţ · survivorH6412
• neither shouldest thou have delivered upסָגַרsâgar · to shutH5462
• those of his that did remainשָׂרִידώârîyd · survivorH8300
• in the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of distressצָרָהtsârâh · distressH6869

Cross-references for Obadiah 1:14

• Amos 1:6This is what the Lord says: “Because Gaza has committed three crimes – make that four! – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They deported a whole community and sold them to Edom.
• Psalms 31:8You do not deliver me over to the power of the enemy; you enable me to stand in a wide open place.
• Obadiah 1:12You should not have gloated when your relatives suffered calamity. You should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah when they were destroyed. You should not have boasted when they suffered adversity.
• Genesis 35:3Let us go up at once to Bethel. Then I will make an altar there to God, who responded to me in my time of distress and has been with me wherever I went.”
• Isaiah 37:3“This is what Hezekiah says: ‘This is a day of distress, insults, and humiliation, as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through.
• Jeremiah 30:7Alas, what a terrible time of trouble it is! There has never been any like it. It is a time of trouble for the descendants of Jacob, but some of them will be rescued out of it.

Commentaries on Obadiah 1:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway - They are represented here as having stood in the passes and defiles to prevent the poor Jews from escaping from the Chaldeans. By stopping these passes, they threw the poor fugitives back into the teeth of their enemies. They had gone so far in this systematic cruelty as to deliver up the few that had taken refuge among them.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. 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. 1414. stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his--Judah's. that did escape--The Jews naturally fled by the crossways. (Maurer translates, "narrow mountain passes") well known to them, to escape to the desert, and through Edom to Egypt; but the Edomites stood ready to intercept the fugitives and either kill or "deliver them up" to the foe.Read the comment

Topics related to Obadiah 1:14

• Edom
• Edomites
• Esau

In the dictionaries

• Crossway
• 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