Obadiah 1:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Nor should you stand at the crossroads to cut off their fugitives, nor deliver up their survivors in the day of their distress.”
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“Nor should you stand at the crossroads to cut off their fugitives, nor deliver up their survivors in the day of their distress.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And stand thou not in the crossway, to cut off those of his that escape; and deliver not up those of his that remain in the day of distress.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Nor stand by the breach to cut off its escaped, Nor deliver up its remnant in a day of distress.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Obadiah 1:14 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 35:3Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”
- Psalms 31:8You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
- Isaiah 37:3to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.
- Jeremiah 30:7How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.
- Amos 1:6This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.
- Amos 1:9This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to Edom and broke a covenant of brotherhood.
- Obadiah 1:12But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).