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 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? Then your mighty men, O Teman, will be shattered—so everyone will be cut off from the hill country of Esau by slaughter. 10“Because of your violence to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be cut off forever. 11On the day that you stood aloof—on the day that strangers carried away his wealth, while foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem— you were just like one of 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 76:5You are brilliant, more majestic than nourishing mountains.
• Isaiah 19:16In that day Egypt will be like women trembling with fear, because of the shaking hand of Adonai-Tzva’ot, which He is about to wave over it.
• Jeremiah 49:22Behold, he will mount up and swoop down like an eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah. The hearts of Edom’s warriors in that day will be like a woman’s heart in her pangs.
• Jeremiah 50:36A sword on the diviners—fools! A sword on her warriors—shattered!
• Amos 2:16The valiant among the warriors will flee naked in that day.” declares Adonai.
• Nahum 3:13See, your people within you are women. The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies— fire has devoured your gate-bars.
• 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 come upon him, each of them came from his own place—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite. They met together to come and mourn with him and to comfort him.
• Jeremiah 49:7About Edom, thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Is counsel lost to the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?
• Ezekiel 25:13therefore thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘I will stretch out My hand upon Edom. I will cut off man and beast from it. I will make it desolate. From Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword.
• Amos 1:12So I will send fire in Teman— it will devour Bozrah’s citadels.
• Isaiah 34:5For My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens. See, it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to judgment.
• Isaiah 63:1“Who is this coming from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah? This One splendid in His apparel, pressing forward in His great might?” “It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”
• Obadiah 1:21The victorious will go up on Mount Zion to judge the hill country of Esau. Then the kingdom shall be Adonai’s.
• Deuteronomy 2:5Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land—not even a footprint—because I have given the hill country of Seir to Esau as a possession.

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

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• 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