Obadiah 1:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Though 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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“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 · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Obadiah 1:4 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 20:6Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,
- Job 39:27Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?
- Isaiah 14:12How 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 49:16The 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 down,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 51:53Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens and fortifies her lofty stronghold, the destroyers I send will come against her,” declares the LORD.
- Amos 9:2Though 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.
- Habakkuk 2:9Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
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