Obadiah 1:7

Obadiah 1:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.
• New International Version (NIV)All your allies will force you to the border; your friends will deceive and overpower you; those who eat your bread will set a trap for you, but you will not detect it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)All your allies have driven you to your border; those at peace with you have deceived you; they have prevailed against you; those who eat your bread have set a trap beneath you— you have no understanding.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“All your allies will turn against you. They will help to chase you from your land. They will promise you peace while plotting to deceive and destroy you. Your trusted friends will set traps for you, and you won’t even know about it.

Context of Obadiah 1:7

5“If thieves had come to you, If robbers by night— Oh, how you will be cut off!— Would they not have stolen till they had enough? If grape-gatherers had come to you, Would they not have left some gleanings? 6“Oh, how Esau shall be searched out! How his hidden treasures shall be sought after! All the men in your confederacy Shall force you to the border; The men at peace with you Shall deceive you and prevail against you. Those who eat your bread shall lay a trap for you. No one is aware of it. 8“Will I not in that day,” says the Lord, “Even destroy the wise men from Edom, And understanding from the mountains of Esau? 9Then your mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, To the end that everyone from the mountains of Esau May be cut off by slaughter.

Obadiah 1:7 word by word

עַֽד־הַגְּב֣וּל שִׁלְּח֗וּךָ כֹּ֚ל אַנְשֵׁ֣י בְרִיתֶ֔ךָ הִשִּׁיא֛וּךָ יָכְל֥וּ לְךָ֖ אַנְשֵׁ֣י שְׁלֹמֶ֑ךָ לַחְמְךָ֗ יָשִׂ֤ימוּ מָזוֹר֙ תַּחְתֶּ֔יךָ אֵ֥ין תְּבוּנָ֖ה בּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• All the menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• of thy confederacyבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• have broughtשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• to the borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• that were at peaceשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peaceH7965
• with thee have deceivedנָשָׁאnâshâ' · to deceiveH5377
• prevailedיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
• thy breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
• have laidשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• a woundמָזוֹרmâzôr · netH4204
• none understandingתְּבוּנָהtâbûn tebûnâh tôbûnâh · understandingH8394

Cross-references for Obadiah 1:7

• Psalms 55:12For it is not an enemy who reproaches me; Then I could bear it. Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me; Then I could hide from him.
• Jeremiah 4:30“And when you are plundered, What will you do? Though you clothe yourself with crimson, Though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold, Though you enlarge your eyes with paint, In vain you will make yourself fair; Your lovers will despise you; They will seek your life.
• Jeremiah 30:14All your lovers have forgotten you; They do not seek you; For I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, With the chastisement of a cruel one, For the multitude of your iniquities, Because your sins have increased.
• Lamentations 1:19“I called for my lovers, But they deceived me; My priests and my elders Breathed their last in the city, While they sought food To restore their life.
• Ezekiel 23:22“Therefore, Oholibah, thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, I will stir up your lovers against you, From whom you have alienated yourself, And I will bring them against you from every side:
• Revelation 17:12“The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast.
• Jeremiah 20:10For I heard many mocking: “Fear on every side!” “Report,” they say, “and we will report it!” All my acquaintances watched for my stumbling, saying, “Perhaps he can be induced; Then we will prevail against him, And we will take our revenge on him.”
• Jeremiah 38:22‘Now behold, all the women who are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be surrendered to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say: “Your close friends have set upon you And prevailed against you; Your feet have sunk in the mire, And they have turned away again.”
• Psalms 41:9Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me.
• John 13:18“I do not speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with Me has lifted up his heel against Me.’
• Isaiah 19:11Surely the princes of Zoan are fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give foolish counsel. How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise, The son of ancient kings?”
• Isaiah 27:11When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off; The women come and set them on fire. For it is a people of no understanding; Therefore He who made them will not have mercy on them, And He who formed them will show them no favor.
• Jeremiah 49:7Against Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?
• Hosea 13:13The sorrows of a woman in childbirth shall come upon him. He is an unwise son, For he should not stay long where children are born.

Commentaries on Obadiah 1:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7All the men of thy confederacy - The Chaldeans are here intended, to whom the Idumeans were attached, and whose agents they became in exercising cruelties upon the Jews. Have brought thee even to the border - Have hemmed thee in on every side, and reduced thee to distress. Or, they have driven thee to thy border; cast thee out of thy own land into the hands of thine enemies. The men that were at peace with thee - The men of thy covenant, with whom thou…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border - Destruction is more bitter, when friends aid in it. Edom had all along with unnatural hatred persecuted his brother, Jacob. So, in God‘s just judgment, its friends should be among its destroyers. Those confederates were probably Moab and Ammon, Tyre and Zidon, with whom they united to resist Nebuchadnezzar Jeremiah 27:3, and seduced Zedekiah to rebel, although Moab, Ammon, and Edom…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7men allied with you (literally men of the covenant): Edom should have been Israel's ally, but instead, Edom made a covenant with Babylon. men of peace (paralleling men of the covenant): This was a fitting form of justice. Edom betrayed Israel, and later, Babylon betrayed Edom in the same way.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Men of thy confederacy--that is, thy confederates. brought thee ... to the border--that is, when Idumean ambassadors shall go to confederate states seeking aid, these latter shall conduct them with due ceremony to their border, giving them empty compliments, but not the aid required [Drusius]. This view agrees with the context, which speaks of false friends deceiving Edom: that is, failing to give help in need (compare Job 6:14, 15). Calvin translates…Read the comment

Topics related to Obadiah 1:7

• Deceit
• Falsehood
• Hypocrisy

In the dictionaries

• Confederate; Confederacy
• Familiar
• 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