Obadiah 1:6
Obadiah chapter 1 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000How are the things of Esau searched! how are his hidden treasures sought out!
KJV
King James Version · 1611How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901How are the things of Esau searched! how are his hidden treasures sought out!
Context
v.5If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night (how art thou cut off!), would they not steal only till they had enough? if grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes?
v.6This passage
v.7All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee on thy way, even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread lay a snare under thee: there is no understanding in him.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 6:19
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal:
- Daniel 2:22
he revealeth the deep and secret things; he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
- Psalms 139:1
O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and knownme.
- Isaiah 10:13
For he hath said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and like a valiant man I have brought down them that sit on thrones:
- Jeremiah 49:10
But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is destroyed, and his brethren, and his neighbors; and he is not.
- Isaiah 45:3
and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that it is I, Jehovah, who call thee by thy name, even the God of Israel.