Obadiah 1:12

10 Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.

11 On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them.

But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress.

13 You should not enter the gate of My people in the day of their disaster, nor gloat over their affliction in the day of their disaster, nor loot their wealth in the day of their disaster.

14 Nor should you stand at the crossroads to cut off their fugitives, nor deliver up their survivors in the day of their distress.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress.
KJV
But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.
WEB
But don’t look down on your brother in the day of his disaster, and don’t rejoice over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction. Don’t speak proudly in the day of distress.
ASV
But look not thou on the day of thy brother in the day of his disaster, and rejoice not over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither speak proudly in the day of distress.
DARBY
But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day of his disaster; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; nor have opened wide thy mouth in the day of distress.
BLB
And you should not look on the day of your brother, on the day of his captivity; and you should not rejoice over the sons of Judah on the day of their destruction, and you should not enlarge your mouth in the day of distress.
ÅB
Se ikke med skadefryd på din brors dag, på hans ulykkes dag, og gled deg ikke over Judas barn på deres undergangs dag, og lukk ikke din munn så vidt opp på trengselens dag!
OTB
Ikke fryd deg over din brors dag,
Dagen for hans ulykke.
Og ikke gled deg over Judas sønner
På dagen for deres ødeleggelse;
Ja, ikke skryt
På dagen for deres nød.
B1930
Se ikke med skadefryd på din brors dag, på hans ulykkes dag, og gled dig ikke over Judas barn på deres undergangs dag, og lukk ikke din munn så vidt op på trengselens dag!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Proverbs 17:5

    He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.

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  • Ezekiel 35:15

    As you rejoiced when the inheritance of the house of Israel became desolate, so will I do to you. You will become a desolation, O Mount Seir, and so will all of Edom. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

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  • Micah 4:11

    But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”

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  • Proverbs 24:17–18

    Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,

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  • 1 Samuel 2:3

    Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.

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  • Matthew 27:40–43

    and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

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  • Ezekiel 25:6–7

    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you clapped your hands and stomped your feet and rejoiced over the land of Israel with a heart full of contempt,

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  • 2 Peter 2:18

    With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.

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