Obadiah 1:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁸ Will I not on that day, says the Lord, destroy the wise men 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 naught; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.

Isaiah 19:11

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

Isaiah 19:12

Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you and make known what the Lord of hosts has purposed against Egypt.

Isaiah 19:3

and the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out, and I will confound their plans; and they will consult the idols and the sorcerers, and the mediums and the wizards;

Isaiah 29:14

therefore, behold, I will again do marvelous things with this people, wonderful and marvelous; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hid.”