Then your mighty men, O Teman, will be terrified, so that everyone in the mountains of Esau will be cut down in the slaughter.
Parallel translations
- WEB Your mighty men, Teman, will be dismayed, to the end that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.
- KJV And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
- NKJV Then your mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, To the end that everyone from the mountains of Esau May be cut off by slaughter.
- NASB “Then your warriors will be filled with terror, Teman, So that everyone will be eliminated from the mountain of Esau by murder.
- NLT The mightiest warriors of Teman will be terrified, and everyone on the mountains of Edom will be cut down in the slaughter.
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Edom's warriors from Teman will be terrified, and the whole people will be cut off by slaughter.
Overview
With her wisdom gone, Edom's military strength also collapses, her mighty men paralyzed by fear. Teman, a prominent Edomite center, stands for the nation's finest, all of whom face being cut off. The verse shows that neither wisdom nor might can deliver a people set against God; deliverance comes only from him.
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 63:1–3Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
- Amos 1:12So I will send fire upon Teman to consume the citadels of Bozrah.”
- Ezek 25:13therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword.
- Jer 49:22Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty men will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
- Gen 36:11The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
- Isa 34:5–8When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction.
- Job 2:11Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.
- Jer 49:7Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?
- Ps 76:5–6The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.
- Obad 1:21The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion to rule over the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will belong to the LORD.
- Amos 2:16Even the bravest of mighty men will flee naked on that day,” declares the LORD.
- Isa 19:16–17In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them.
- 1 Chr 1:45When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
- Jer 50:36–37A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.
- Jer 49:20Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
- Nah 3:13Look at your troops—they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.
- Deut 2:5Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.
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