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King James Version

Obadiah 1:6

How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Deceit;   Esau;   The Topic Concordance - Enemies;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Idumea;   Sela;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Obadiah, book of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Amos, Theology of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Obadiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Obadiah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Rock;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Obadiah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Esau;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Esau;   Hidden;   Obadiah, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Esau;   Hafṭarah;   Holy Days;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
How Esau will be pillaged,his hidden treasures searched out!
Hebrew Names Version
How Esav will be ransacked! How his hidden treasures are sought out!
King James Version (1611)
How are the things of Esau searched out? how are his hid things sought vp?
English Standard Version
How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!
New American Standard Bible
"Oh how Esau will be searched, And his hidden treasures searched out!
New Century Version
But you, Edom, will really lose everything! People will find all your hidden treasures!
Amplified Bible
"How Esau (Edom) shall be ransacked [by men who come to ravage with divine approval]! How his hidden treasures shall be searched out!
Geneva Bible (1587)
Howe are the things of Esau sought vp, and his treasures searched?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"O how Esau will be ransacked, And his hidden treasures searched out!
Legacy Standard Bible
Oh how Esau will be searched outAnd his hidden treasures ransacked!
Berean Standard Bible
But how Esau will be pillaged, his hidden treasures sought out!
Contemporary English Version
Everything you treasure most will be taken from you.
Complete Jewish Bible
But see how ‘Esav has been looted, their secret treasures searched out!
Darby Translation
How is Esau searched! his hidden things sought out!
Easy-to-Read Version
But the enemy will search hard for Esau's hidden treasures, and they will find them all.
George Lamsa Translation
How Esau is searched out! how are his hidden things sought out!
Good News Translation
Descendants of Esau, your treasures have been looted.
Lexham English Bible
How Esau has been pillaged; his treasures have been ransacked!
Literal Translation
How Esau is searched out! His hidden things are sought out!
American Standard Version
How are the things of Esau searched! how are his hidden treasures sought out!
Bible in Basic English
How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his secret stores looked for!
JPS Old Testament (1917)
How is Esau searched out! How are his hidden places sought out!
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Howe are the thinges of Esau sought vp, [and] his treasures searched?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
How has Esau been searched out, and how have his hidden things been detected?
English Revised Version
How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden treasures sought up!
World English Bible
How Esau will be ransacked! How his hidden treasures are sought out!
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Hou souyten thei Esau, serchiden the hid thingis of him?
Update Bible Version
How are [the things of] Esau searched! how are his hidden treasures sought out!
Webster's Bible Translation
How are [the things] of Esau searched out! [how] are his hidden things sought!
New English Translation
How the people of Esau will be thoroughly plundered! Their hidden valuables will be ransacked!
New King James Version
"Oh, how Esau shall be searched out! How his hidden treasures shall be sought after!
New Living Translation
Every nook and cranny of Edom will be searched and looted. Every treasure will be found and taken.
New Life Bible
O how Esau will be robbed! His hidden riches will be looked for until they are found.
New Revised Standard
How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures searched out!
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
How have the things of Esau been searched out! his treasures been sought up!
Douay-Rheims Bible
How have they searched Esau, how have they sought out his hidden things?
Revised Standard Version
How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!
Young's Literal Translation
How hath Esau been searched out! Flowed out have his hidden things,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But how shall they rype Esau, and seke out his treasures?

Contextual Overview

1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord God concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the Lord , and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. 2 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. 3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, 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? 4 Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord . 5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes? 6 How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up! 7 All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him. 8 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? 9 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.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

are the: Psalms 139:1, Isaiah 10:13, Isaiah 10:14, Isaiah 45:3, Jeremiah 49:10, Jeremiah 50:37, Matthew 6:19, Matthew 6:20

how are his: Daniel 2:22

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 6:9 - They shall Jeremiah 49:9 - grapegatherers Zephaniah 1:12 - that I

Cross-References

Genesis 1:5
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Genesis 1:6
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
Genesis 1:7
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
Genesis 1:8
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Genesis 1:11
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Genesis 1:12
And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:13
And the evening and the morning were the third day.
Genesis 1:14
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
Genesis 1:20
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
Genesis 1:22
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

How are [the things] of Esau searched out!.... Or how are the Esauites, the posterity of Esau, sought out! though they dwelt in the clefts of the rocks, and hid themselves in caves and dens, yet their enemies searched them, and found there, and plucked them out from thence, so that none escaped:

[how] are his hid things sought up! his riches, wealth and treasure, hid in fortresses, in rocks and caves, where they were thought to be safe, and judged inaccessible; or that an enemy would not have ventured in search of them there; and yet these should be sought after and found by the greedy, and diligent, and venturous soldier, and carried off; which was the case of the Edomites by the Chaldeans, and will be of the antichristian states by the kings of the earth, Revelation 17:16; see

Jeremiah 49:10.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

How are the things of Esau searched out! - literally, “How are Esau, out searched!” i. e., Esau, as a whole and in all its parts and in all its belongings, all its people and all its property, one and all. The name “Esau” speaks of them as a whole; the plural verb, “are outsearched,” represents all its parts. The word signifies a diligent search and tracking out, as in Zephaniah Zephaniah 1:12, “I will search out Jerusalem with candles,” as a man holdeth a light in every dark corner, in seeking diligently some small thing which has been lost. “The hidden things,” i. e., his hidden treasures, “are sought up.” The enemy who should come upon him, should make no passing foray, but should abide there, seeking out of their holes in the rocks, themselves and their treasures. Petra, through its rocky ramparts, was well suited, as Nineveh in the huge circuit of its massive walls was well built, to be the receptacle of rapine.

And now it was gathered, as rapine is, first or last, for the spoiler. It was safe stored up there, to be had for the seeking. No exit, no way of escape. Edom, lately so full of malicious energy, so proud, should lie at the proud foot of its conqueror, passive as the sheep in this large shamble, or as the inanimate hoards which they had laid up and which were now “tracked out.” Soon after Obadiah’s prophecy, Judah, under Ahaz, lost again to Syria, Elath 2 Kings 14:6, which it had now under Uzziah recovered 2 Kings 14:22. The Jews were replaced, it is uncertain whether by Edomites or by some tribe of Syrians. If Syrians, they were then friendly; if Edomites, Elath itself must, on the nearby captivity of Syria, have become the absolute possession of Edom. Either way, commerce again poured its wealth into Edom. To what end? To be possessed and to aggrandize Edom, thought her wealthy and her wise men; to be searched out and plundered, said the word of God. And it was so.


 
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