Obadiah 1:4

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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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2 “Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you will be deeply despised.

3 The 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?’

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.

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?

6 But how Esau will be pillaged, his hidden treasures sought out!

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Obadiah 1:4 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
KJV 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.
WEB 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.
ASV 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.
YLT 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.
DBY 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.
WBS Webster Bible: Though thou shalt exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou shalt set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.