Obadiah 1:2
Obadiah chapter 1 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Behold, I have made thee small among the nations: thou art greatly despised.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Behold, I have made thee small among the nations: thou art greatly despised.
Context
v.1The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from Jehovah, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
v.2This passage
v.3The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 24:18
And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession, who were his enemies; While Israel doeth valiantly.
- Psalms 107:39
Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
- 1 Samuel 2:7
Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich: He bringeth low, he also lifteth up.
- Job 34:25
Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works; And he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
- Luke 1:51
He hath showed strength with his arm; He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart.
- Ezekiel 29:15
It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it any more lift itself up above the nations: and I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.