Obadiah 1:9
New International Version
Your warriors, Teman, will be terrified, and everyone in Esau’s mountains will be cut down in the slaughter.

New Living Translation
The mightiest warriors of Teman will be terrified, and everyone on the mountains of Edom will be cut down in the slaughter.

English Standard Version
And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.

Berean Standard Bible
Then your mighty men, O Teman, will be terrified, so that everyone in the mountains of Esau will be cut down in the slaughter.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
Then your mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, To the end that everyone from the mountains of Esau May be cut off by slaughter.

New American Standard Bible
“Then your warriors will be filled with terror, Teman, So that everyone will be eliminated from the mountain of Esau by murder.

NASB 1995
“Then your mighty men will be dismayed, O Teman, So that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.

NASB 1977
“Then your mighty men will be dismayed, O Teman, In order that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then your mighty men will be dismayed, O Teman, So that each one may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.

Amplified Bible
“And your mighty men shall be dismayed and demoralized, O Teman, So that everyone from the mountain of Esau may be cut off in the slaughter.

Christian Standard Bible
Teman, your warriors will be terrified so that everyone from the hill country of Esau will be destroyed by slaughter.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Teman, your warriors will be terrified so that everyone from the hill country of Esau will be destroyed by slaughter.

American Standard Version
And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one may be cut off from the mount of Esau by slaughter.

Contemporary English Version
Warriors from the city of Teman will be terrified, and you descendants of Esau will be wiped out.

English Revised Version
And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one may be cut off from the mount of Esau by slaughter.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Teman, your warriors will be terrified. Everyone on Esau's mountain will be slaughtered.

Good News Translation
The fighting men of Teman will be terrified, and every soldier in Edom will be killed.

International Standard Version
Teman, our mighty soldiers will be dismayed, so that every man from Esau's Mountain will be slaughtered."

Majority Standard Bible
Then your mighty men, O Teman, will be terrified, so that everyone in the mountains of Esau will be cut down in the slaughter.

NET Bible
Your warriors will be shattered, O Teman, so that everyone will be destroyed from Esau's mountain!

New Heart English Bible
Your mighty men, Teman, will be dismayed, to the end that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
Your mighty men, Teman, will be dismayed, to the end that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And your mighty ones have been broken down, O Teman, "" So that everyone of the mountain of Esau is cut off.

Young's Literal Translation
And broken down have been thy mighty ones, O Teman, So that every one of the mount of Esau is cut off.

Smith's Literal Translation
And thy strong ones were terrified, O Teman, so that each shall be cut off from mount Esau from slaughter.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thy valiant men of the south shall be afraid, that man may be cut off from the mount of Esau.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And your strong from the Meridian will be afraid, so that man may perish from the mount of Esau.

New American Bible
Teman, your warriors will be terror-stricken, so that everyone on Mount Esau will be cut down.

New Revised Standard Version
Your warriors shall be shattered, O Teman, so that everyone from Mount Esau will be cut off.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And your mighty men, O Teman, shall be plundered, so that every man from mount Esau may perish.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And your mighty men shall be plundered, Tayman, and the man shall be cut off from the Mountain of Esau
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, To the end that every one may be cut off from the mount of Esau by slaughter.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And thy warriors from Thaeman shall be dismayed, to the end that man may be cut off from the mount of Esau.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Destruction of Edom
8In that day, declares the LORD, will I not destroy the wise men of Edom and the men of understanding in the mountains of Esau? 9Then your mighty men, O Teman, will be terrified, so that everyone in the mountains of Esau will be cut down in the slaughter. 10Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.…

Cross References
Jeremiah 49:22
Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty men will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Isaiah 34:5-6
When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction. / The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

Ezekiel 25:12-14
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt, / therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword. / I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to My anger and wrath. Then they will know My vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.’

Amos 1:11-12
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly. / So I will send fire upon Teman to consume the citadels of Bozrah.”

Isaiah 63:1-6
Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.” / Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress? / “I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained. ...

Lamentations 4:21-22
So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself. / O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.

Ezekiel 35:2-15
“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it, / and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste. / I will turn your cities into ruins, and you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD. ...

Psalm 137:7
Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”

Malachi 1:2-4
“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved, / but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.” / Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.

Joel 3:19
Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.

Isaiah 21:11-12
This is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?” / The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”

Jeremiah 25:21
Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;

Matthew 25:31-46
When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne. / All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. / He will place the sheep on His right and the goats on His left. ...

Luke 21:24
They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

Romans 9:13
So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”


Treasury of Scripture

And your mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

thy.

Psalm 76:5,6
The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands…

Isaiah 19:16,17
In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it…

Jeremiah 49:22
Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

O.

Genesis 36:11
And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.

Job 2:11
Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

Jeremiah 49:7,20
Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished? …

every.

Isaiah 34:5-8
For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment…

Isaiah 63:1-3
Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save…

mount.

Obadiah 1:21
And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S.

Deuteronomy 2:5
Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.

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1. The destruction of Edom,
3. for their pride,
10. and for their wrong unto Jacob.
17. The salvation and victory of Jacob.














Then your mighty men
The phrase "mighty men" refers to warriors or men of valor, often seen as the protectors and defenders of a nation. In Hebrew, the term is "gibborim," which denotes strength and heroism. Historically, these men were the pride of their people, embodying courage and military prowess. However, Obadiah prophesies their fear and downfall, indicating a divine reversal of fortune. This serves as a reminder that human strength is ultimately futile without God's favor and protection.

O Teman
Teman was a region in Edom, often associated with wisdom and strength. The name itself is derived from a word meaning "south," indicating its geographical location. Teman was renowned for its wise men, as referenced in other biblical texts (e.g., Jeremiah 49:7). The mention of Teman here underscores the comprehensive nature of Edom's impending judgment, affecting even its most esteemed and fortified areas.

will be terrified
The Hebrew word used here is "chathath," which conveys a sense of dismay, fear, or shattering. This terror is not merely a natural fear but a divinely orchestrated panic, emphasizing the power of God's judgment. The mighty men, once confident in their strength, will experience a profound and humbling fear, illustrating the theme that no earthly power can stand against the will of God.

so that everyone
This phrase indicates the totality of the judgment. It is not limited to a select few but encompasses all within the specified region. The comprehensive nature of this prophecy highlights the seriousness of Edom's offenses and the thoroughness of divine justice. It serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of pride and enmity against God's people.

in the mountains of Esau
The mountains of Esau refer to the rugged, mountainous terrain of Edom, the descendants of Esau. This region was known for its natural fortifications, providing a sense of security and invincibility. However, the prophecy reveals that even these natural defenses will not protect them from God's judgment. The mention of Esau also recalls the longstanding enmity between Esau and Jacob (Israel), adding a layer of historical and familial context to the prophecy.

will be cut down
The phrase "cut down" suggests a violent and decisive end. In Hebrew, the word "karath" is often used in the context of cutting off or destroying. This imagery conveys the severity of the judgment, leaving no room for escape or survival. It underscores the finality of God's decree against Edom, serving as a warning to all who oppose His will.

in the slaughter
The term "slaughter" evokes images of complete and utter destruction. It is a graphic depiction of the consequences of Edom's actions, emphasizing the seriousness of their sin. This word choice serves to highlight the gravity of divine retribution and the ultimate justice of God. It is a call to repentance and humility, reminding believers of the importance of aligning with God's purposes and seeking His mercy.

Verse 9. - O Teman; Septuagint, οἱ ἐκ Θαιμάν, "those from Thaeman;" Vulgate, a meridic, taking the word as an appellative; so the Chaldee. The southern district of Idumea was so called (see note on Amos 1:12). One of Job's friends, and the cleverest of them, was a Temanite (Job 2:11). To the end that. This judicial blindness is inflicted in order that all may perish. By slaughter. Murder at the hands of the enemy. The LXX., Vulgate, and Syriac connect these words with the following verse. But the Masoretic punctuation, as in the Anglican Version, is doubtless correct (see Keil).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then your mighty men,
גִבּוֹרֶ֖יךָ (ḡib·bō·w·re·ḵā)
Adjective - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1368: Powerful, warrior, tyrant

O Teman,
תֵּימָ֑ן (tê·mān)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 8487: Teman -- a northern district of Edom, also an Edomite chief

will be terrified,
וְחַתּ֥וּ (wə·ḥat·tū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 2865: To prostrate, to break down, either, by violence, by confusion and fear

so that
לְמַ֧עַן (lə·ma·‘an)
Conjunction
Strong's 4616: Purpose -- intent

everyone
אִ֛ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

in the mountains
מֵהַ֥ר (mê·har)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

of Esau
עֵשָׂ֖ו (‘ê·śāw)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6215: Esau -- oldest son of Isaac

will be cut down
יִכָּֽרֶת־ (yik·kā·reṯ-)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant

in the slaughter.
מִקָּֽטֶל׃ (miq·qā·ṭel)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6993: A violent death


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