Obadiah, King James Bible
Religion & Mythology 21 records updated 2026-07-17
The full text of Obadiah from the King James Version of the Bible, verse by verse.
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| ID | Testament | BookNbr | Book | Chapter | VerseNbr | Verse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Testament | 31 | Obadiah | True | 1 | The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. |
| 2 | Old Testament | 31 | Obadiah | True | 2 | Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. |
| 3 | Old Testament | 31 | Obadiah | True | 3 | 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? |
| 4 | Old Testament | 31 | Obadiah | True | 4 | 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. |
| 5 | Old Testament | 31 | Obadiah | True | 5 | If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes? |
| 6 | Old Testament | 31 | Obadiah | True | 6 | How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up! |
| 7 | Old Testament | 31 | Obadiah | True | 7 | 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; that they eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him. |
| 8 | Old Testament | 31 | Obadiah | True | 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? |
| 9 | Old Testament | 31 | Obadiah | True | 9 | And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. |
| 10 | Old Testament | 31 | Obadiah | True | 10 | For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. |
| 11 | Old Testament | 31 | Obadiah | True | 11 | In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them. |
| 12 | Old Testament | 31 | Obadiah | True | 12 | But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. |
| 13 | Old Testament | 31 | Obadiah | True | 13 | Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity; |
| 14 | Old Testament | 31 | Obadiah | True | 14 | Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress. |
| 15 | Old Testament | 31 | Obadiah | True | 15 | For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head. |
| 16 | Old Testament | 31 | Obadiah | True | 16 | For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been. |
| 17 | Old Testament | 31 | Obadiah | True | 17 | But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. |
| 18 | Old Testament | 31 | Obadiah | True | 18 | And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it. |
| 19 | Old Testament | 31 | Obadiah | True | 19 | And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. |
| 20 | Old Testament | 31 | Obadiah | True | 20 | And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. |
| 21 | Old Testament | 31 | Obadiah | True | 21 | And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD's. |
Notes
- Last updated on July 17, 2026.