Berean Standard Bible
“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?’”
Obadiah is the shortest book of the Old Testament, a message against Edom, the nation descended from Esau. Edom lived in the rocky heights south of the Dead Sea and had stood by, even taken part, when Jerusalem fell.
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
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?’
World English Bible (WEB)
The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says in his heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’
King James Version (KJV)
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?
American Standard Version (ASV)
The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O 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?
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
You have been tricked by the pride of your heart, O you whose living-place is in the cracks of the rock, whose house is high up; who has said in his heart, Who will make me come down to earth?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
La soberbia de tu corazón te ha engañado, tú que moras en las hendiduras de las peñas, en tu altísima morada; que dices en tu corazón: ¿Quién me derribará á tierra?
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
»Te sientes muy seguro porque vives en una zona difícil de conquistar, entre rocas altas e inaccesibles. “¿Quién podrá alcanzarnos acá arriba?”, preguntas con jactancia.
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