Obadiah 1:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

Obadiah 1:8 Cross References

Isaiah 29:14

therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder: and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

Psalm 33:10

The LORD bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought: He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of none effect.

Isaiah 19:3

And the spirit of Egypt shall be made void in the midst of it; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek unto the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

Isaiah 19:11

The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the counsel of the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

Isaiah 19:12

Where then are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now; and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed concerning Egypt.