Obadiah 1:8 {7}
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They have sent thee out even to the border: all the men of thy confederacy have deceived thee: the men of thy peace have prevailed against thee: they that eat with thee shall lay snares under thee: there is no wisdom in him.

Job 5:12
Who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun:

Isaiah 29:14
Therefore behold I will proceed to cause an admiration in this people, by a great and wonderful miracle: for wisdom shall perish from their wise men, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

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They have sent thee out even to the border: all the men of thy confederacy have deceived thee: the men of thy peace have prevailed against thee: they that eat with thee shall lay snares under thee: there is no wisdom in him.

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Job 5:12-14 Who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun: . . .

Psalm 33:10 The Lord bringeth to nought the counsels of nations; and he rejecteth the devices of people, and casteth away the counsels of princes.

Isaiah 19:3,13,14 And the spirit of Egypt shall be broken in the bowels thereof, and I will cast down their counsel: and they shall consult their idols, and their diviners, and their wizards, and soothsayers. . . .

Isaiah 29:14 Therefore behold I will proceed to cause an admiration in this people, by a great and wonderful miracle: for wisdom shall perish from their wise men, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

1 Corinthians 3:19,20 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written: I will catch the wise in their own craftiness. . . .

Context
The Destruction of Edom
7How have they searched Esau, how have they sought out his hidden things? 8They have sent thee out even to the border: all the men of thy confederacy have deceived thee: the men of thy peace have prevailed against thee: they that eat with thee shall lay snares under thee: there is no wisdom in him.9Shall not I in that day, saith the Lord, destroy the wise out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?…
Lexicon
In that
הַה֖וּא (ha·hū)
Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

day,
בַּיּ֥וֹם (bay·yō·wm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

declares
נְאֻם־ (nə·’um)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5002: An oracle

the LORD,
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

will I not
הֲל֛וֹא (hă·lō·w)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

destroy
וְהַאֲבַדְתִּ֤י (wə·ha·’ă·ḇaḏ·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish

the wise [men]
חֲכָמִים֙ (ḥă·ḵā·mîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2450: Wise

of Edom
מֵֽאֱד֔וֹם (mê·’ĕ·ḏō·wm)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 123: The name of a condiment

and the men of understanding
וּתְבוּנָ֖ה (ū·ṯə·ḇū·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8394: Intelligence, an argument, caprice

in the mountains
מֵהַ֥ר (mê·har)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

of Esau?
עֵשָֽׂו׃ (‘ê·śāw)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6215: Esau -- oldest son of Isaac


Additional Translations
In that day, declares the LORD, will I not destroy the wise men of Edom and the men of understanding in the mountains of Esau?Shall I not in that day, said the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

Shall I not in that day, saith Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

In that day, saith the Lord, I will destroy the wise men out of Idumea, and understanding out of the mount of Esau.

Shall I not in that day, saith Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

"Won't I in that day," says Yahweh, "destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mountain of Esau?

Is it not in that day -- an affirmation of Jehovah, That I have destroyed the wise out of Edom, And understanding out of the mount of Esau?
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