“Because ¹  you violently slaughtered ²  your relatives, ³  the people of Jacob, ⁴  shame will cover you, and you will be destroyed ⁵  forever.

biblegateway Oba 1:10

"Because of violence to your brother Jacob, You will be covered with shame, And you will be cut off forever.

You will be covered with shame and destroyed forever because of violence done to your brother Jacob.

"Because of the violence you did to Jacob, your relative, you will be covered with shame. You will be destroyed forever.

biblegateway Oba 1:10

Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame; you will be destroyed for ever.

Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off forever.

bibleoremus Oba 1:10

For the slaughter and violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off forever.

For the violence done to your brother Jacob you will be covered with shame and cut off for ever.

biblegateway Oba 1:10

"For violence against your brother Jacob, Shame shall cover you, And you shall be cut off forever.

For [thy] violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

biblegateway Oba 1:10

“Because ¹  you violently slaughtered ²  your relatives, ³  the people of Jacob, ⁴  shame will cover you, and you will be destroyed ⁵  forever.

¹ tn Heb “from.” The preposition is used here with a causal sense.

² tn Heb “because of the slaughter and because of the violence.” These two expressions form a hendiadys meaning “because of the violent slaughter.” Traditional understanding connects the first phrase “because of the slaughter” with the end of v. 9 (cf. KJV, NASB, NIV, NLT). It is preferable, however, to regard it as parallel to the reference to violence at the beginning of v. 11. Both the parallel linguistic structure of the two phrases and the metrical structure of the verse favor connecting this phrase with the beginning of v. 10 (cf. NRSV, TEV).

³ tn Heb “the violence of your brother.” The genitive construction is to be understood as an objective genitive. The meaning is not that Jacob has perpetrated violence (= subjective genitive), but that violence has been committed against him (= objective genitive).

⁴ tn Heb “your brother Jacob” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NCV “your relatives, the Israelites.”

⁵ tn Heb “be cut off” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV).