15 But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;
they gathered against me.
Assailants I did not know
tore at me and did not stop.(A)

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15 But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;(A)
    assailants gathered against me without my knowledge.
    They slandered(B) me without ceasing.

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15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

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19 Do not let my deceitful enemies rejoice over me;
do not let those who hate me without cause(A)
look at me maliciously.(B)

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19 Do not let those gloat over me
    who are my enemies(A) without cause;
do not let those who hate me without reason(B)
    maliciously wink the eye.(C)

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19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

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The one who mocks the poor insults his Maker,(A)
and one who rejoices over calamity
will not go unpunished.(B)

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Whoever mocks the poor(A) shows contempt for their Maker;(B)
    whoever gloats over disaster(C) will not go unpunished.(D)

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Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

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12 Do not[a] gloat over your brother(A)
in the day of his calamity;
do not rejoice over the people of Judah(B)
in the day of their destruction;
do not boastfully mock[b](C)
in the day of distress.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:12 Or You should not throughout vv. 12-14
  2. Obadiah 1:12 Lit not make your mouth big

12 You should not gloat(A) over your brother
    in the day of his misfortune,(B)
nor rejoice(C) over the people of Judah
    in the day of their destruction,(D)
nor boast(E) so much
    in the day of their trouble.(F)

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12 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.

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Zion’s Vindication

Do not rejoice over me,(A) my enemy!
Though I have fallen, I will stand up;(B)
though I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be my light.(C)

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Israel Will Rise

Do not gloat over me,(A) my enemy!
    Though I have fallen, I will rise.(B)
Though I sit in darkness,
    the Lord will be my light.(C)

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Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.

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