Parallel Verses
Amplified
“How Esau (Edom) shall be ransacked [by men who come to ravage with divine approval]!
How his hidden treasures shall be searched out!
New American Standard Bible
And his hidden treasures searched out!
King James Version
How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!
Holman Bible
his hidden treasures searched out!
International Standard Version
"Oh, how Esau is ransacked, how his hidden treasures are thoroughly searched out!
A Conservative Version
How are [the things of] Esau searched! How are his hidden treasures 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!
Darby Translation
How is Esau searched! his hidden things sought out!
Julia Smith Translation
How were they of Esau sought out! His hidden things were sought out
King James 2000
How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his treasures sought out!
Lexham Expanded Bible
How Esau has been pillaged; his treasures have been ransacked!
Modern King James verseion
How Esau is searched out! His hidden things are sought out!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But how shall they rip Esau, and seek out his treasures!
NET Bible
How the people of Esau will be thoroughly plundered! Their hidden valuables will be ransacked!
New Heart English Bible
How Esau will be ransacked. How his hidden treasures are sought out.
The Emphasized Bible
How have the things of Esau been searched out! his treasures been sought up!
Webster
How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought!
World English Bible
How Esau will be ransacked! How his hidden treasures are sought out!
Youngs Literal Translation
How hath Esau been searched out! Flowed out have his hidden things,
Themes
Esau » His name used to denote his descendants and their country
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as
Topics
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Obadiah 1:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Edom Will Be Humbled
5
“If thieves came to you,
If robbers by night—
How you will be ruined!—
Would they not steal only until they had enough?
If grape gatherers came to you,
Would they not leave some grapes for gleaning?
“How Esau (Edom) shall be ransacked [by men who come to ravage with divine approval]!
How his hidden treasures shall be searched out!
“All the men allied with you
Shall send you on your way to the border;
The men who were at peace with you
Shall deceive you and overpower you;
Those who eat your bread [those you trust]
Shall set a hostile ambush for you.
(There is no understanding of it.)
Cross References
Jeremiah 49:10
“But I have stripped Esau (Edom) bare;
I have uncovered his hiding places
And he cannot hide himself.
His descendants have been destroyed along with his brothers (relatives) and his neighbors;
And he is no more.
Psalm 139:1
Isaiah 10:13-14
For the Assyrian king has said,
For I have understanding and skill.
I have removed the boundaries of the peoples
And have plundered their treasures;
Like a bull I have brought down those who sat on thrones.
Isaiah 45:3
“I will give you the treasures of darkness [the hoarded treasures]
And the hidden riches of secret places,
So that you may know that it is I,
The Lord, the God of Israel, who calls you (Cyrus the Great) by your name.
Jeremiah 50:37
“A sword against their horses and against their chariots
And against all the foreign troops that are in her midst,
And they will become [as weak and defenseless as] women!
A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered!
Daniel 2:22
“It is He who reveals the profound and hidden things;
He knows what is in the darkness,
And the light dwells with Him.
Matthew 6:19-20