Obadiah 1:14
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Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.Nor should you stand at the crossroads to cut off their fugitives, nor deliver up their survivors in the day of their distress.
In other translations
Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.Nor should you stand at the crossroads to cut off their fugitives, nor deliver up their survivors in the day of their distress.
Hebrew words
וְאַל־ve'al-and may notH408תַּעֲמֹדta'amodyou standH5975עַל־'al-atH5921הַפֶּרֶקhaperekthe parting of waysH6563לְהַכְרִיתlehakhritto cut offH3772אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853פְּלִיטָיוpelitavfugitives hisH6412וְאַל־ve'al-and may notH408תַּסְגֵּרtasgeryou deliver upH5462שְׂרִידָיוseridavsurvivors hisH8300בְּיוֹםbeyomon [the] day ofH3117צָרָה׃tzarahtroubleH6869
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