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Obadiah 1:3
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Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
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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?
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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.
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Verse Text
The prideH2087 of thine heartH3820 hath deceivedH5377 thee, thou that dwellestH7931 in the cleftsH2288 of the rockH5553, whose habitationH3427 is highH4791; that saithH559 in his heartH3820, Who shall bring me downH3381 to the groundH776?
זְדֹון לִבְּךָ הִשִּׁיאֶךָ שֹׁכְנִי בְחַגְוֵי־סֶּלַע מְרֹום שִׁבְתֹּו אֹמֵר בְּלִבֹּו מִי יֹורִדֵנִי אָרֶץ׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
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זְד֤וֹן |
ze.Don | H2087 | HNcmsc | (the) presumption of |
לִבְּ/ךָ֙ |
li.be./Kha | H3820 | HNcmsc/Sp2ms | heart/ your |
הִשִּׁיאֶ֔/ךָ |
hi.shi.'E./kha | H5377 | HVhp3ms/Sp2ms | it has deceived/ you |
שֹׁכְנִ֥י |
sho.khe.Ni | H7931 | HVqrmsc | O dweller |
בְ/חַגְוֵי |
ve./chag.vei- | H2288 | HR/Ncmpc | in/ clefts of |
סֶּ֖לַע |
Se.la' | H5553 | HNcmsa | rock |
מְר֣וֹם |
me.Rom | H4791 | HNcmsc | (the) height of |
שִׁבְתּ֑/וֹ |
shiv.T/o | H7675 | HNcfsc/Sp3ms | dwelling/ his |
אֹמֵ֣ר |
'o.Mer | H559 | HVqrmsa | (who) says |
בְּ/לִבּ֔/וֹ |
be./li.B/o | H3820 | HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms | in/ heart/ his |
מִ֥י |
mi | H4310 | HTi | who? |
יוֹרִדֵ֖/נִי |
yo.ri.De./ni | H3381 | HVhi3ms/Sp1cs | will he bring down/ me |
אָֽרֶץ |
'A.retz | H776 | HNcbsa | (the) ground |
- H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
- H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
- H2087 — זָדוֹן (zâdôwn, zaw-done'): from זוּד; arrogance; presumptuously, pride, proud (man).
- H2288 — חֲגָו (chăgâv, khag-awv'): from an unused root meaning to take refuge; a rift in rocks; cleft.
- H3381 — יָרַד (yârad, yaw-rad'): a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications); [idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
- H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
- H3820 — לֵב (lêb, labe): a form of לֵבָב; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything; [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom.
- H4791 — מָרוֹם (mârôwm, maw-rome'): from רוּם; altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft); (far) above, dignity, haughty, height, (most, on) high (one, place), loftily, upward.
- H5377 — נָשָׁא (nâshâʼ, naw-shaw'): a primitive root; to lead astray, i.e. (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seduce; beguile, deceive, [idiom] greatly, [idiom] utterly.
- H5553 — סֶלַע (çelaʻ, seh'-lah): from an unused root meaning to be lofty; a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress); (ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.
- H7931 — שָׁכַן (shâkan, shaw-kan'): a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to שָׁכַב through the idea of lodging; compare סִכְלוּת, שָׁכַם); to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively); abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H4310 — מִי (mîy, me): an interrogative pronoun of persons, as מָה is of things,; who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix; any (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.
- H7675 — שֶׁבֶת (shebeth, sheh'-beth): infinitive of יָשַׁב; properly, session; but used also concretely, an abode or locality; place, seat. Compare יֹשֵׁב בַּשֶּׁבֶת.
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- pride — Proverbs 16:18, Proverbs 18:12, Proverbs 29:23, Isaiah 10:14-16, Isaiah 16:6, Jeremiah 48:29-30, Jeremiah 49:16, Malachi 1:4
- saith — Isaiah 14:13-15, Isaiah 47:7-8, Jeremiah 49:4, Revelation 18:7-8
- thou — 2 Kings 14:7, 2 Chronicles 25:12
Reciprocal references (26): 2 Samuel 17:12, 2 Samuel 17:28, 1 Kings 20:32, 2 Chronicles 25:23, Esther 6:6, Job 20:6, Job 40:11, Psalms 101:5, Psalms 108:10, Isaiah 42:11, Isaiah 47:1, Jeremiah 21:13, Jeremiah 37:9, Jeremiah 48:28, Jeremiah 49:8, Jeremiah 51:53, Ezekiel 16:49, Ezekiel 31:10, Zephaniah 2:10, Mark 7:22, Romans 7:11, Galatians 6:7, Ephesians 4:22, Titus 3:3, Hebrews 3:13, James 1:22
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: HUMILITY-PRIDE, SECURITY-INSECURITY
- Torrey’s: AMBITION, EDOMITES, THE, PRIDE
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