Obadiah 1:15

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For the day of the LORD is near for all nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return upon your own head.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־קָר֥וֹב יוֹם־יְהוָ֖ה עַל־כָּל־הַגּוֹיִ֑ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר עָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ יֵעָ֣שֶׂה לָּ֔ךְ גְּמֻלְךָ֖ יָשׁ֥וּב בְּרֹאשֶֽׁךָ

Transliteration

for-qārôb yôm-YHWH upon-all-the-gôyim as-that ʿāśîtā yēʿāśeh to-you gĕmulkā yāšûb in-rōʾšekā

Grammar Details

• *qārôb*: adjective, masculine singular - near
• *yôm*: noun, masculine singular construct - day of
• *YHWH*: proper name - LORD/Yahweh
• *gôyim*: noun, masculine plural - nations
• *ʿāśîtā*: qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you did/made
• *yēʿāśeh*: niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will be done
• *gĕmulkā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your recompense
• *yāšûb*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will return
• *rōʾšekā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your head

Word Meanings

• *qārôb*: near/at hand/approaching
• *yôm*: day/time/judgment
• *gôyim*: nations/gentiles/peoples
• *ʿāśîtā*: you did/made/performed
• *yēʿāśeh*: will be done/performed/accomplished
• *gĕmulkā*: your recompense/reward/dealing
• *yāšûb*: will return/come back
• *rōʾšekā*: your head/yourself

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations: as you have done, it shall be done to you; your recompense shall return upon your own head.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For the day{H3117} of Jehovah{H3068} is near{H7138} upon all the nations:{H1471} as thou hast done,{H6213} it shall be done{H6213} unto thee; thy dealing{H1576} shall return{H7725} upon thine own head.{H7218}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For the day{H3117} of the LORD{H3068} is near{H7138} upon all the heathen{H1471}: as thou hast done{H6213}{(H8804)}, it shall be done{H6213}{(H8735)} unto thee: thy reward{H1576} shall return{H7725}{(H8799)} upon thine own head{H7218}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For the daye off the LORDE is harde by vpon all Heithen. Like as thou hast done, so shalt thou be dealte withall, yee thou shalt be rewarded euen vpon thine heade.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the day of the Lorde is neere, vpon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall bee done to thee: thy reward shall returne vpon thine head.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For the day of the Lorde is neare vpon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shalbe done to thee, thy rewarde shall returne vpon thyne head.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For the day of the LORD [is] near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For the day of Yahweh is near all the nations! As you have done, it will be done to you. Your deeds will return upon your own head.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For near `is' the day of Jehovah, on all the nations, As thou hast done, it is done to thee, Thy deed doth turn back on thine own head.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee; thy dealing shall return upon thine own head.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee; thy dealing shall return upon thine own head.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the day of the Lord is coming quickly on all nations: as you have done it will be done to you; the reward of your acts will come on your head.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For the day of Yahweh is near all the nations! As you have done, it will be done to you. Your deeds will return upon your own head.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Coming Day of the Lord“For the day of the LORD is approaching for all the nations! Just as you have done, so it will be done to you. You will get exactly what your deeds deserve.

Referenced Verses

• Hab 2:8 : 8 Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of peoples will plunder you—because of human bloodshed and violence against the land, the cities, and everyone who lives in them.
• Ezek 30:3 : 3 For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near. A day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.
• Ezek 35:15 : 15 As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel when it became desolate, so will I deal with you. You will become a desolation, Mount Seir, along with all of Edom—all of it. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
• Jer 50:29 : 29 Summon archers against Babylon, all who draw the bow. Encamp around her on every side, and let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
• Lam 4:21-22 : 21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz! But to you also the cup will pass; you will become drunk and strip yourself naked. 22 The punishment of your iniquity, O daughter of Zion, is accomplished; He will keep you in exile no longer. But He will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.
• Zech 14:14-18 : 14 Even Judah will fight at Jerusalem. The wealth of all the surrounding nations—gold, silver, and clothing—will be gathered in great abundance. 15 A similar plague will strike the horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and all the animals in the camps. 16 Then all who survive from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths. 17 If any of the families of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of Hosts, they will have no rain. 18 If the family of Egypt does not go up and come, they too will receive the plague that the Lord will strike on the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Booths.
• Matt 7:2 : 2 For with the standard you use to judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
• Jas 2:13 : 13 For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
• Joel 1:15 : 15 Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
• Joel 3:7-8 : 7 Behold, I am going to arouse them from the place where you sold them, and I will return your recompense upon your own heads. 8 I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, a distant nation. The LORD has spoken.
• Joel 3:11-14 : 11 Hasten and come, all you nations from every side, and gather yourselves there. Bring down, LORD, your mighty ones. 12 Let the nations be aroused; let them advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. 13 Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread the grapes, for the winepress is full and the vats overflow—because their wickedness is great. 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
• Judg 1:7 : 7 Then Adoni-bezek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to gather scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me." They brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
• Ps 110:5-6 : 5 The Lord is at your right hand; He will crush kings on the day of His wrath. 6 He will judge among the nations, filling the lands with corpses; He will crush the heads of many over the wide earth.
• Ps 137:8 : 8 O daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us.
• Jer 9:25-25 : 25 Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all who live in the wilderness and shave the edges of their hair, for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.
• Jer 25:15-29 : 15 This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: 'Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.' 16 They will drink, stagger, and act like madmen because of the sword I am sending among them. 17 So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations to whom he sent me drink it. 18 Jerusalem, the towns of Judah, its kings, and officials, to make them a ruin, a desolation, an object of hissing and cursing, as they are today. 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his people. 20 All the mixed peoples and all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of the Philistine cities: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod. 21 Edom, Moab, and the sons of Ammon. 22 All the kings of Tyre and all the kings of Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea. 23 Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who clip the corners of their hair. 24 All the kings of Arabia and the kings of the mixed peoples who live in the desert. 25 All the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media. 26 And all the kings of the north, near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after them, the king of Sheshach will drink. 27 Then say to them: This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'Drink, get drunk, and vomit; fall and do not rise, because of the sword I am sending among you.' 28 If they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, tell them, 'This is what the LORD of Hosts says: You must drink it!' 29 For behold, I am bringing disaster on the city that bears my name, and will you indeed go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.
• Jer 49:12 : 12 For this is what the LORD says: If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, should you go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, but you must certainly drink it.