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 if you were to soar high like an eagle, even if you were to make your nest among the stars, I can bring you down even from there!” says the Lord. 5“If thieves came to rob you during the night, they would steal only as much as they wanted! If grape pickers came to harvest your vineyards, they would leave some behind for the poor! But you will be totally destroyed! How the people of Esau will be thoroughly plundered! Their hidden valuables will be ransacked! 7All your allies will force you from your homeland! Your treaty partners will deceive you and overpower you. Your trusted friends will set an ambush for you that will take you by surprise! 8At that time,” the Lord says, “I will destroy the wise sages of Edom! the advisers from Esau’s mountain!

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 examine me and know.
• Isaiah 10:13For he says: “By my strong hand I have accomplished this, by my strategy that I devised. I invaded the territory of nations, and looted their storehouses. Like a mighty conqueror, I brought down rulers.
• Isaiah 45:3I will give you hidden treasures, riches stashed away in secret places, so you may recognize that I am the Lord, the one who calls you by name, the God of Israel.
• Jeremiah 49:10But I will strip everything away from Esau’s descendants. I will uncover their hiding places so they cannot hide. Their children, relatives, and neighbors will all be destroyed. Not one of them will be left!
• Jeremiah 50:37Destructive forces will come against her horses and her chariots. Destructive forces will come against all the foreign troops within her; they will be as frightened as women! Destructive forces will come against her treasures; they will be taken away as plunder!
• Matthew 6:19“Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
• Daniel 2:22he reveals deep and hidden things. He knows what is in the darkness, and light resides 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