Obadiah 1:9

Obadiah 1:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
• New International Version (NIV)Your warriors, Teman, will be terrified, and everyone in Esau’s mountains will be cut down in the slaughter.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then your mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, To the end that everyone from the mountains of Esau May be cut off by slaughter.

Context of Obadiah 1:9

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! Your warriors will be shattered, O Teman, so that everyone will be destroyed from Esau’s mountain! 10“Because you violently slaughtered your relatives, the people of Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be destroyed forever. 11You stood aloof while strangers took his army captive, and foreigners advanced to his gates. When they cast lots over Jerusalem, you behaved as though you were in league with them.

Obadiah 1:9 word by word

וְחַתּ֥וּ גִבּוֹרֶ֖יךָ תֵּימָ֑ן לְמַ֧עַן יִכָּֽרֶת־אִ֛ישׁ מֵהַ֥ר עֵשָׂ֖ו מִקָּֽטֶל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And thy mightyגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• O Temanתֵּימָןtêymân têmân · TemanH8487
• shall be dismayedחָתַתchâthath · to to be dismayedH2865
• to the end that every oneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• of the mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• of Esauעֵשָׂו‛êώâv · (Mount) EsauH6215
• may be cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• by slaughterקֶ֫טֶלqeţel · slaughterH6993

Cross-references for Obadiah 1:9

• Psalms 76:5The bravehearted were plundered; they “fell asleep.” All the warriors were helpless.
• Isaiah 19:16At that time the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble and fear because the Lord who commands armies brandishes his fist against them.
• Jeremiah 49:22Look! Like an eagle with outspread wings, a nation will soar up and swoop down on Bozrah. At that time the soldiers of Edom will be as fearful as a woman in labor.”
• Jeremiah 50:36Destructive forces will come against her false prophets; they will be shown to be fools! Destructive forces will come against her soldiers; they will be filled with terror!
• Amos 2:16Bravehearted warriors will run away naked in that day.” The Lord is speaking!
• Nahum 3:13Your warriors will be like women in your midst; the gates of your land will be wide open to your enemies; fire will consume the bars of your gates.
• Genesis 36:11The sons of Eliphaz were: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
• Job 2:11When Job’s three friends heard about all this calamity that had happened to him, each of them came from his own country – Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They met together to come to show sympathy for him and to console him.
• Jeremiah 49:7The Lord who rules over all spoke about Edom. “Is wisdom no longer to be found in Teman? Can Edom’s counselors not give her any good advice? Has all of their wisdom turned bad?
• Ezekiel 25:13So this is what the sovereign Lord says: I will stretch out my hand against Edom, and I will kill the people and animals within her, and I will make her desolate; from Teman to Dedan they will die by the sword.
• Amos 1:12So I will set Teman on fire; fire will consume Bozrah’s fortresses.”
• Isaiah 34:5He says, “Indeed, my sword has slaughtered heavenly powers. Look, it now descends on Edom, on the people I will annihilate in judgment.”
• Isaiah 63:1Who is this who comes from Edom, dressed in bright red, coming from Bozrah? Who is this one wearing royal attire, who marches confidently because of his great strength? “It is I, the one who announces vindication, and who is able to deliver!”
• Obadiah 1:21Those who have been delivered will go up on Mount Zion in order to rule over Esau’s mountain. Then the Lord will reign as King!
• Deuteronomy 2:5Do not be hostile toward them, because I am not giving you any of their land, not even a footprint, for I have given Mount Seir as an inheritance for Esau.

Commentaries on Obadiah 1:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Thy mighty men, O Teman - This was one of the strongest places in Idumea; and is put here, as in Amos 1:2, and elsewhere, for Idumea itself. Mount of Esau - Mount Seir.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9And thy mighty, O Teman, shall be dismayed - The pagan, more religiously than we, ascribed panic to the immediate action of one of their gods, or to Nature deified, Pan, i. e., the Universe: wrong as to the being whom they “ignorantly worshiped;” right, in ascribing it to what they thought a divine agency. Holy Scripture at times discovers the hidden agency, that we may acknowledge God‘s Hand in those terrors which we cannot account for. So it relates, on…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. cut off by slaughter--Maurer translates, "on account of the slaughter," namely, that inflicted on Judea by Edom (compare Ob 14). The Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate connect these words with Ob 10, "for the slaughter, for the violence (of which thou art guilty) against thy brother Jacob." English Version, "cut off by slaughter" (that is, an utter cutting off), answers well to "cut off for ever" (Ob 10). However, the arrangement of the Septuagint gives a…Read the comment

Topics related to Obadiah 1:9

• Esau
• Teman

In the dictionaries

• Esau
• Edom
• Job, Book of
• Obadiah, Book of
• Teman

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