Obadiah 1:4 “Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, eve…”

Obadiah 1:4

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

World English Bible

Though you mount on high as the eagle, and though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there,” says the LORD.

American Standard Version

Though thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

Though thou exalt thy selfe as the eagle, and make thy nest among the starres, thence will I bring thee downe, sayth the Lord.

Darby Translation

Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

If thou dost go up high as an eagle, And if between stars thou dost set thy nest, From thence I bring thee down, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English

Though you go up on high like an eagle, though your house is placed among the stars, I will make you come down from there, says the Lord.

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Cross references

“exalt”

Habakkuk 2:9 Jeremiah 49:16 Job 20:6 Job 20:7 Job 39:27 Job 39:28

Habakkuk 2:9 · BSB

Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!

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…

Job 20:6 · BSB

Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,

Job 20:7 · BSB

he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’

Job 39:27 · BSB

Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?

Job 39:28 · BSB

He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.

“among”

Amos 9:2 Isaiah 14:12–15 Jeremiah 51:53

Amos 9:2 · BSB

Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.

Isaiah 14:12–15 · BSB

How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.

Jeremiah 51:53 · BSB

Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens and fortifies her lofty stronghold, the destroyers I send will come against her,” declares the LORD.

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

In context

3The 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?’

5“If thieves came to you, if robbers by night— oh, how you will be ruined— would they not steal only what they wanted? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings?

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