Obadiah 1:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ On that day, says the Lord, I will destroy the wise out of Edom and understanding out of Mount Esau.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Will not I in that day, says the Lord, destroy the wise men out of Edom and [men of] understanding out of Mount Esau [Idumea, a mountainous region]?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Shall I not in that day, saith Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

Common English Bible

⁸ Won’t I on that day, says the LORD, destroy the wise from Edom and understanding from Mount Esau?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Shall I not, in that day, says the Lord, wipe away understanding from Idumea and foresight from the mount of Esau?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ Shall not I in that day, saith the Lord, destroy the wise out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

Obadiah 1:8 Cross References

Psalm 33:10

The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.

Isaiah 19:11

Clearly the princes of Zoan are foolish; the wise counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the sages, a descendant of ancient kings”?

Isaiah 19:12

Where now are your sages? Let them tell you and make known what the Lord of hosts has planned against Egypt.

Isaiah 19:3

the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out, and I will confound their plans; they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead and the ghosts and the familiar spirits;

Isaiah 29:14

so I will again do amazing things with this people, shocking and amazing. The wisdom of their wise shall perish, and the discernment of the discerning shall be hidden.