American King James Version
"How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up! "
— Obadiah 1:6, American King James Version
“How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!”
“How are the things of Esau searched! how are his hidden treasures sought out! ”
“How Esau will be ransacked! How his hidden treasures are sought out!”
“How the people of Esau will be thoroughly plundered! Their hidden valuables will be ransacked!”
“How have they searched Esau, how have they sought out his hidden things?”
“How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his secret stores looked for!”
“How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!”
The pride of your heart has deceived you, you that dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that says in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
Though you exalt yourself as the eagle, and though you set your nest among the stars, there will I bring you down, says the LORD.
If thieves came to you, if robbers by night, (how are you cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some grapes?
How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!
All the men of your confederacy have brought you even to the border: the men that were at peace with you have deceived you, and prevailed against you; they that eat your bread have laid a wound under you: there is none understanding in him.
Shall I not in that day, says the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
And your mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. ¶