Obadiah 1:3 “The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of…”

Obadiah 1:3

The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

World English Bible

The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says in his heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’

American Standard Version

The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

Geneva Bible 1599

The pride of thine heart hath deceiued thee: thou that dwellest in the cleftes of the rockes, whose habitation is hie, that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me downe to the ground?

Darby Translation

The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; — he that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

Young's Literal Translation

The pride of thy heart hath lifted thee up, O dweller in clifts of a rock, (A high place [is] his habitation, He is saying in his heart, 'Who doth bring me down [to] earth?')

Bible in Basic English

You have been tricked by the pride of your heart, O you whose living-place is in the cracks of the rock, whose house is high up; who has said in his heart, Who will make me come down to earth?

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Cross references

“pride”

Proverbs 29:23 Jeremiah 49:16 Isaiah 16:6 Malachi 1:4 Proverbs 16:18 Proverbs 18:12

Proverbs 29:23 · BSB

A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.

Jeremiah 49:16 · BSB

The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you…

Isaiah 16:6 · BSB

We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.

Malachi 1:4 · BSB

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…

Proverbs 16:18 · BSB

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 18:12 · BSB

Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

“thou”

2 Kings 14:7 2 Chronicles 25:12

2 Kings 14:7 · BSB

Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day.

2 Chronicles 25:12 · BSB

and the army of Judah also captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down so that all were dashed to pieces.

“saith”

Isaiah 14:13–15 Jeremiah 49:4 Isaiah 47:7 Isaiah 47:8 Revelation 18:7 Revelation 18:8

Isaiah 14:13–15 · BSB

You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.

Jeremiah 49:4 · BSB

Why do you boast of your valleys— your valleys so fruitful, O faithless daughter? You trust in your riches and say, ‘Who can come against me?’

Isaiah 47:7 · BSB

You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.

Isaiah 47:8 · BSB

So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’

Revelation 18:7 · BSB

As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’

Revelation 18:8 · BSB

Therefore her plagues will come in one day— death and grief and famine— and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2“Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you will be deeply despised.

4Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.

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