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 soar like the eagle, and even if you set your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down.’” declares Adonai. 5“If thieves came to you, if robbers by night— how ruined you would be!— would they keep stealing after they had enough? If grape-gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleaning? How Esau will be ransacked, and how his hidden treasures searched out! 7All your allies will force you to the border. The men that are at peace with you will deceive you and overpower you. Those who eat your bread will set a trap under you. (He has no discernment.) 8In that day,” —declares Adonai— “will I not destroy the wise men from Edom and understanding from the hill country of Esau?

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 139:1For the music director: a psalm of David. Adonai, You searched me and know me.
• Isaiah 10:13For he said: “By the strength of my own hand I’ve done it, and my own wisdom, for I am shrewd! I abolished the borders of peoples, and plundered their treasures. As a mighty one I cast down inhabitants.
• Isaiah 45:3I will give you treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places, so you may know that I am Adonai, the God of Israel, who calls you by your name.
• Jeremiah 49:10But I will strip Esau bare. I will uncover his hiding places, so he will not be able to hide himself. His offspring has been destroyed with his kinsmen and neighbors. So he is nothing.
• Jeremiah 50:37A sword on their horses, their chariots, on all the mixed people within her, so they will become like women! A sword on her treasures— so they may be plundered.
• Matthew 6:19“Do not store up 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 lies in darkness and light dwells 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