Obadiah 1:4

Obadiah 1:4 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

4Though you soar like the eagle

and make your nest among the stars,

from there I will bring you down,”

declares the Lord.

4“Though you make your home high like the eagle,

Though you set your nest among the stars,

From there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord.

4“Though you build [your nest] on high like the eagle,

Though you set your nest among the stars,

I will bring you down from there,” says the Lord.

4Though you soar like the eagle

and make your nest among the stars,

even from there I will bring you down,”

declares the Lord.

4Though 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.

4Though thou exalt thy selfe as the eagle, and make thy nest among the starres, thence will I bring thee downe, sayth the Lord.

4Though you mount on high as the eagle, and though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there,” says Yahweh.

4You have built your home as high as an eagle does.

You have made your nest among the stars.

But I will bring you down from there,”

announces the Lord.

4You might try to fly high in the sky like an eagle.

You might even try to make your home among the stars.

But I would bring you down from there!’

That is what the Lord says.

4If you go up high as an eagle, || And if you set your nest between stars, || From there I bring you down,” || A declaration of YHWH.