Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
For, near, is the day of Yahweh, upon all the nations, - Just as thou hast done, shall it be done to thee, Thy dealing, shall come back upon thine own head.
New American Standard Bible
Your
King James Version
For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
Holman Bible
against all the nations.
As you have done,
what you deserve will return on your own head.
International Standard Version
"Indeed, the Day of the Lord approaches all nations. As you have done it will be done to you your deeds will return to haunt you! so will all nations drink from the cup of my wrath perpetually.
A Conservative Version
For the day of LORD is near upon all the nations. As thou have done, it shall be done to thee. Thy dealing shall return upon thine own head.
American Standard Version
For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee; thy dealing shall return upon thine own head.
Amplified
“For the [judgment] day of the Lord draws near on all the nations.
As you have done, it shall be done to you [in retribution];
Your [evil] dealings will return on your own head.
Bible in Basic English
For the day of the Lord is coming quickly on all nations: as you have done it will be done to you; the reward of your acts will come on your head.
Darby Translation
For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy recompence shall return upon thine own head.
Julia Smith Translation
For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations: as thou didst, it shall be done to thee: thy recompense shall turn back upon thy head.
King James 2000
For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations: as you have done, it shall be done unto you: your reward shall return upon your own head.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"For the day of Yahweh [is] near against all the nations! Just as you have done, it will be done to you. Your deeds will return on your [own] head.
Modern King James verseion
For the day of Jehovah is near on all the nations; as you have done, it shall be done to you. Your reward shall return upon your head.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For the day of the LORD is hard by upon all Heathen. Like as thou hast done, so shalt thou be dealt withal. Yea, thou shalt be rewarded even upon thine head.
NET Bible
"For the day of the Lord is approaching for all the nations! Just as you have done, so it will be done to you. You will get exactly what your deeds deserve.
New Heart English Bible
For the day of the LORD is near all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you. Your deeds will return upon your own head.
Webster
For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done to thee: thy reward shall return upon thy own head.
World English Bible
For the day of Yahweh is near all the nations! As you have done, it will be done to you. Your deeds will return upon your own head.
Youngs Literal Translation
For near is the day of Jehovah, on all the nations, As thou hast done, it is done to thee, Thy deed doth turn back on thine own head.
Themes
Bearing fruit » Reaping what you sow
Days » Times of adversity called day of the lord
Day of the lord » Who the day of the lord shall be upon
Day of the lord » The coming day of the lord
Edomites » Join babylon in war against the israelites
Gentiles/heathen » The lord judging the heathen
the Heathen » The church shall be avenged of
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as
Interlinear
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Obadiah 1:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Day Of The Lord Is Near
14 Neither do thou stand at the parting of the way, to cut off his fugitives, - neither do thou deliver up his survivors - in the day of distress. 15 For, near, is the day of Yahweh, upon all the nations, - Just as thou hast done, shall it be done to thee, Thy dealing, shall come back upon thine own head. 16 For, as ye have drunk on my holy mountain, all the nations shall drink continually, - Yea they shall drink and swallow down, and shall be, as though they had not been.
Names
Cross References
Habakkuk 2:8
Because, thou, hast plundered many nations, all the residue of the peoples, shall plunder thee, - for shedding Human blood, and doing violence to the earth, to the city, and to all who dwell therein.
Ezekiel 30:3
For near, is a day, Yea near, is a day pertaining to Yahweh, A day of cloud, A time of nations, shall it be!
Jeremiah 50:29
Publish against Babylon ye chiefs of all who tread the bow - Encamp against her round about Let there be none to escape, Recompense to her according to her work, According to all which she did, do ye to her, - For Against Yahweh, hath she acted presumptuously, Against the Holy One of Israel.
Ezekiel 35:15
As thou didst rejoice over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it had become a desolation, so, will, I, do unto thee, - A desolation, shalt thou become, O Mount Seir And all Edom all of it, So shall they know that, I, am Yahweh.
Judges 1:7
Then said Adoni-bezek - Seventy kings, with their thumbs and great toes cut off, have been picking up crumbs under my table, as I have done, so, hath God requited me. And they brought him into Jerusalem, and he died there.
Psalm 110:5-6
My Lord, on thy right hand, - hath shattered - in the day of his anger - kings;
Psalm 137:8
O ruined daughter of Babylon, - how happy the man who shall repay thee thy dealing, wherewith thou didst deal with us!
Jeremiah 9:25-26
Lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, - When I will bring punishment upon every one circumcised, With him that is uncircumcised:
Jeremiah 25:15-29
For, thus, said Yahweh, God of Israel unto me, Take this cup of indignation wine out of my hand, - and cause all the nations unto whom I am sending thee, to drink it:
Jeremiah 49:12
For, thus saith Yahweh - Lo! they who had not been adjudged to drink the cup, shall surely drink, And art thou, the one to go unpunished? Thou shalt not go unpunished, but shalt surely drink.
Lamentations 4:21-22
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, thou inhabitress in the and of Uz, - Even unto thee, shall the cup pass along, thou shalt be drunken, and expose thy shame.
Joel 1:15
Alas for the day! For near is the day of Yahweh, and, as a veritable Destruction from the Destroyer, shall it come.
Joel 3:7-8
Behold me! rousing them up out of the place whither ye sold them, - So will I bring back your dealing upon your own head.
Joel 3:11-14
Give help - and come in, all ye nations on every side, and gather yourselves together, - Thither, bring down, O Yahweh, thy mighty ones!
Micah 5:15
Then will I execute, with anger and with indignation, vengeance upon the nations, - of which they have not heard.
Zechariah 14:14-18
Moreover also, Judah, will fight with Jerusalem, - and the wealth of all the nations round about, shall be gathered together, gold and silver and apparel, in great abundance.
Matthew 7:2
For, with what judgment ye judge, shall ye be judged, - and, with what measure ye mete, shall it be measured unto you.
James 2:13
For, the judgment, will be without mercy, unto him that hath shewed no mercy: Mercy, boasteth, over judgment.