Obadiah 1:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Obadiah 1:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Obadiah 1:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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Obadiah 1:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. Yes, they will drink, swallow down, and will be as though they had not been.”
Obadiah 1:16 — World English Bible
Obadiah 1:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the nations drink continually; yea, they shall drink, and swallow down, and shall be as though they had not been. ”
Obadiah 1:16 — American Standard Version
Obadiah 1:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“For--as ye have drunk on My holy mount, Drink do all the nations continually, And they have drunk and have swallowed, And they have been as they have not been.”
Obadiah 1:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Obadiah 1:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the nations drink continually; yea, they shall drink, and shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been. ”
Obadiah 1:16 — Darby Translation
Obadiah 1:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For as yee haue drunke vpon mine holy Mountaine, so shall all the heathen drinke continually: yea, they shall drinke and swallow vp, and they shalbe as though they had not bene.”
Obadiah 1:16 — Geneva Bible
Obadiah 1:16 in Context — Obadiah 1
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 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 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 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
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.
What Does Obadiah 1:16 Mean?
Obadiah 1:16 is a verse from the Book of Obadiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Obadiah chapter 1. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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