Parallel Verses
King James 2000
For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations: as you have done, it shall be done unto you: your reward shall return upon your own head.
New American Standard Bible
Your
King James 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.
Holman Bible
against all the nations.
As you have done,
what you deserve will return on your own head.
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! so will all nations drink from the cup of my wrath perpetually.
A Conservative Version
For the day of LORD is near upon all the nations. As thou have done, it shall be done to thee. Thy dealing shall return upon thine 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.
Amplified
“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.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy recompence shall return upon thine own head.
Julia Smith Translation
For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations: as thou didst, it shall be done to thee: thy recompense shall turn back upon thy head.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"For the day of Yahweh [is] near against all the nations! Just as you have done, it will be done to you. Your deeds will return on your [own] head.
Modern King James verseion
For the day of Jehovah is near on all the nations; as you have done, it shall be done to you. Your reward shall return upon your head.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For the day of the LORD is hard by upon all Heathen. Like as thou hast done, so shalt thou be dealt withal. Yea, thou shalt be rewarded even upon thine 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 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.
The Emphasized Bible
For, near, is the day of Yahweh, upon all the nations, - Just as thou hast done, shall it be done to thee, Thy dealing, shall come back upon thine own head.
Webster
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.
Youngs 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.
Themes
Bearing fruit » Reaping what you sow
Days » Times of adversity called day of the lord
Day of the lord » Who the day of the lord shall be upon
Day of the lord » The coming day of the lord
Edomites » Join babylon in war against the israelites
Gentiles/heathen » The lord judging the heathen
the Heathen » The church shall be avenged of
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as
Interlinear
Yowm
G@muwl
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Obadiah 1:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Day Of The Lord Is Near
14 Neither should you have stood at the crossroads, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither should you have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress. 15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations: as you have done, it shall be done unto you: your reward shall return upon your own head. 16 For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the nations drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had never been.
Names
Cross References
Habakkuk 2:8
Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the people shall plunder you; because of bloodshed, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell in it.
Ezekiel 30:3
For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time for the nations.
Jeremiah 50:29
Call together the archers against Babylon: all you that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none of them escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do unto her: for she has been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.
Ezekiel 35:15
As you did rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto you: you shall be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Judges 1:7
And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered scraps under my table: as I have done, so God has requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
Psalm 110:5-6
The Lord at your right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
Psalm 137:8
O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewards you as you have served us.
Jeremiah 9:25-26
Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will punish all them who are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
Jeremiah 25:15-29
For thus says the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury from my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.
Jeremiah 49:12
For thus says the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunk; and are you he that shall altogether go unpunished? you shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink of it.
Lamentations 4:21-22
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwells in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto you: you shall be drunk, and shall make yourself naked.
Joel 1:15
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Joel 3:7-8
Behold, I will raise them out of the place to which you have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head:
Joel 3:11-14
Assemble yourselves, and come, all you nations, and gather yourselves together round about: there cause your mighty ones to come down, O LORD.
Micah 5:15
And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the nations, that have not obeyed.
Zechariah 14:14-18
And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the nations round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.
Matthew 7:2
For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what measure you measure, it shall be measured to you again.
James 2:13
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that has showed no mercy; and mercy triumphs over judgment.