Obadiah 1:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“In that day, declares the LORD, will I not destroy the wise men of Edom and the men of understanding in the mountains of Esau?”
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“In that day, declares the LORD, will I not destroy the wise men of Edom and the men of understanding in the mountains of Esau?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Shall I not in that day, saith the Lord, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Shall I not in that day, saith Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Is it not in that day--an affirmation of Jehovah, That I have destroyed the wise out of Edom, And understanding out of the mount of Esau?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Obadiah 1:8 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 5:12He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
- Psalms 33:10The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
- Isaiah 19:3Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.
- Isaiah 19:11The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
- Isaiah 19:12Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt.
- Isaiah 19:13The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.
- Isaiah 29:14Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”
- 1 Corinthians 3:19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).