Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “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. New Living Translation “The day is near when I, the LORD, will judge all godless nations! As you have done to Israel, so it will be done to you. All your evil deeds will fall back on your own heads. English Standard Version For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you; your deeds shall return on your own head. Berean Standard Bible For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head. King James Bible 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. New King James Version “For the day of the LORD upon all the nations is near; As you have done, it shall be done to you; Your reprisal shall return upon your own head. New American Standard Bible “For the day of the LORD is near for all the nations. Just as you have done, it will be done to you. Your dealings will return on your own head. NASB 1995 “For the day of the LORD draws near on all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you. Your dealings will return on your own head. NASB 1977 “For the day of the LORD draws near on all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you. Your dealings will return on your own head. Legacy Standard Bible “For the day of Yahweh draws near on all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you. Your dealings will return on your own head. Amplified Bible “For the [judgment] day of the LORD draws near on all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you [in retribution]; Your [evil] dealings will return on your own head. Christian Standard Bible For the day of the LORD is near, against all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; what you deserve will return on your own head. Holman Christian Standard Bible For the Day of the LORD is near, against all the nations. As you have done, so it will be done to you; what you deserve will return on your own head. American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because the day of LORD JEHOVAH is near on all the nations, as what you have done, thus it shall be done to you, and your vengeance shall return on your head Brenton Septuagint Translation For the day of the Lord is near upon all the Gentiles: as thou have done, so shall it be done to thee: thy recompense shall be returned on thine own head. Contemporary English Version The day is coming when I, the LORD, will judge the nations. And, Edom, you will pay in full for what you have done. Douay-Rheims Bible For the day of the Lord is at hand upon all nations: as thou hast done, so shall it be done to thee: he will turn thy reward upon thy own head. English Revised Version For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee; thy dealing shall return upon thine own head. GOD'S WORD® Translation "The day of the LORD is near for all nations. Edom, you will be treated as you have treated others. You will get back what you have given. Good News Translation "The day is near when I, the LORD, will judge all nations. Edom, what you have done will be done to you. You will get back what you have given. International Standard Version "Indeed, the Day of the LORD approaches all nations. As you have done it will be done to you— your deeds will return to haunt you! JPS Tanakh 1917 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations; As thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee; Thy dealing shall return upon thine own head. Literal Standard Version For near [is] the Day of YHWH, on all the nations, | As you have done, it is done to you, | Your deed turns back on your own head. Majority Standard Bible For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head. New American Bible Near is the day of the LORD against all the nations! As you have done, so will it be done to you, your conduct will come back upon your own head; NET Bible "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. New Revised Standard Version For the day of the LORD is near against all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you; your deeds shall return on your own head. New Heart English Bible For the day of the LORD is near all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you. Your deeds will return upon your own head. Webster's Bible Translation For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done to thee: thy reward shall return upon thy own head. World English Bible 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 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Deliverance of Israel15For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head. 16For as you drank on My holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. They will drink and gulp it down; they will be as if they had never existed.… Cross References Job 24:1 "Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days? Jeremiah 50:29 Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; 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. Jeremiah 51:56 For a destroyer is coming against her--against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full. Ezekiel 30:3 For the day is near, the Day of the LORD is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations. Ezekiel 35:11 therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will treat you according to the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred against them, and I will make Myself known among them when I judge you. 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. Joel 1:15 Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty. Treasury of Scripture For the day of the LORD is near on all the heathen: as you have done, it shall be done to you: your reward shall return on your own head. the day. Psalm 110:5,6 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath… Jeremiah 9:25,26 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised; … Jeremiah 25:15-29 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it… as. Judges 1:7 And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died. Psalm 137:8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Ezekiel 35:15 As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD. Jump to Previous Acts Dealing Dealings Deed Deeds Draws Head Heathen Nations Quickly Reward TurnJump to Next Acts Dealing Dealings Deed Deeds Draws Head Heathen Nations Quickly Reward TurnObadiah 1 1. The destruction of Edom,3. for their pride, 10. and for their wrong unto Jacob. 17. The salvation and victory of Jacob. Verses 15, 16. - § 3. The warning given in the first section (vers, 1-9) is supplemented by the announcement that in the day of the Lord, Edom and all the enemies of Israel shall be remembered, and shall suffer just retribution, meeting with the fate which they had inflicted on others. Verse 15. - The day of the Lord. This is not primarily the final day of judgment, but the time when "Jehovah reveals his majesty and omnipotence in a glorious manner, to overthrow all ungodly powers, and to complete his kingdom" (Keil). It is announced by Joel 1:15; Joel 2:1, 31; Zephaniah 1:14; but the notion of a judgment to fall on Gentile nations, and to issue in the establishment of the kingdom of God, was familiar long before. Balaam had seen it in dim vision (Numbers 24:17-24); Hannah had anticipated the destruction that would accompany it (1 Samuel 2:9, 10); so had David (2 Samuel 23:5-7) in his last words; it is clearly predicted in the Psalms (see Psalm 2 and 110.) (Knabenbauer). Is near. Because every such judgment upon individual nations is typical of the great day and preparative of it. As thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee (comp. Judges 1:7; Psalm 137:8; Jeremiah 50:15). This law of retribution was the ideal of heathen justice, according to the Rhadamanthian rule, "If a man should suffer what he hath done, then there would be strict justice" (Aristotle, 'Eth. Nic.' 5:5. 3). Thy reward (Joel 3:7 [4:7, Hebrew]; better, that which thou hast performed - thy work or dealing, Upon thine own head. Like a stone cast towards heaven (comp. Psalm 7:16; Esther 9. '25). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction the Day יוֹם־ (yō·wm-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3117: A day of the LORD יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel is near קָר֥וֹב (qā·rō·wḇ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7138: Near for עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the nations. הַגּוֹיִ֑ם (hag·gō·w·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts As כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that you have done, עָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ (‘ā·śî·ṯā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make it will be done יֵעָ֣שֶׂה (yê·‘ā·śeh) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make to you; לָּ֔ךְ (lāḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew your recompense גְּמֻלְךָ֖ (gə·mul·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 1576: Treatment, an act, service, requital will return יָשׁ֥וּב (yā·šūḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again upon your own head. בְּרֹאשֶֽׁךָ׃ (bə·rō·še·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 7218: The head Links Obadiah 1:15 NIVObadiah 1:15 NLT Obadiah 1:15 ESV Obadiah 1:15 NASB Obadiah 1:15 KJV Obadiah 1:15 BibleApps.com Obadiah 1:15 Biblia Paralela Obadiah 1:15 Chinese Bible Obadiah 1:15 French Bible Obadiah 1:15 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Obadiah 1:15 For the day of Yahweh is near (Obad. 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