Obadiah 6

 Obadiah 6

How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!

a. NASB 1995: “O how Esau will be ransacked, And his hidden treasures searched out!  [New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.]

b. NKJV: “Oh, how Esau shall be searched out! How his hidden treasures shall be sought after!  [Scripture quotations marked "NKJV" are taken from the New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.]

c. Classic Amplified: How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!  [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]

d. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: How has esau been searched, his hoards revealed?  [The Artscroll Series/Stone Edition, THE TANACH--STUDENT SIZE EDITION Copyright 1996, 1998 by Mesorah Publications, Ltd.]

e. ESV: How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!  [Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001, 2007, 2011, 2016 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.]

f. Unless otherwise stated, all Greek and Hebrew definitions are from Blue Letter Bible

1. “How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!”

a. How [Strong: 349 ʼêyk, ake; also אֵיכָה ʼêykâh ; and אֵיכָכָה ʼêykâkâh ; prolonged from H335; how? or how!; also where:—how, what.]

b. [are the things of] Esau [Strong: 6215 ʻÊsâv, ay-sawv'; apparently a form of the passive participle of H6213 in the original sense of handling; rough (i.e. sensibly felt); Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity:—Esau.]

c. searched out [Strong: 2664 ʻÊsâv, ay-sawv'; apparently a form of the passive participle of H6213 in the original sense of handling; rough (i.e. sensibly felt); Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity:—Esau.]

d. [how are his] hidden things [Strong: 4710 mitspun, mits-poon'; from H6845; a secret (place or thing, perhaps, treasure):—hidden thing.]

e. sought up [Strong: 1158 bâʻâh, baw-aw'; a primitive root; to gush over, i.e. to swell; (figuratively) to desire earnestly; by implication to ask:—cause, inquire, seek up, swell out.]