Obadiah 1:7
All the men allied with you will drive you to the border; the men at peace with you will deceive and overpower you. Those who eat your bread will set a trap for you without your awareness of it.
Note Hebrew does not include Those who eat.
All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.
Note that were…: Heb. of thy peace
Note they…: Heb. the men of thy bread
Note in him: or, of it
All the men of your alliance have brought you on your way, even to the border. The men who were at peace with you have deceived you, and prevailed against you. Friends who eat your bread lay a snare under you. There is no understanding in him.”
All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee on thy way, even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread lay a snare under thee: there is no understanding in him.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the men of
- The Chaldeans, whose agents they became in persecuting the Jews.
- Psalm 55:12, 13; Jeremiah 4:30; Jeremiah 30:14; Lamentations 1:19; Ezekiel 23:22–25; Revelation 17:12–17
- men that were at peace with thee
- Heb. men of thy peace.
- Jeremiah 20:10; Jeremiah 38:22
- they that eat thy bread
- Heb. the men of thy bread.
- Psalm 41:9; John 13:18
- there is
- Isaiah 19:11–14; Isaiah 27:11; Jeremiah 49:7; Hosea 13:13