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Obadiah 5

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 5 “If thieves would come to you, robbers by night,
  (How utterly you will be destroyed!)*
  
  Would they not steal only what they wanted?
  
  Or if it were grape gatherers who would come to you,
  Would they not leave some gleanings behind?+

Obadiah 5

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 5 “If thieves would come to you, robbers by night,
  (How utterly you will be destroyed!)*
  
  Would they not steal only what they wanted?
  
  Or if it were grape gatherers who would come to you,
  Would they not leave some gleanings behind?+

Obadiah 5

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 5 “If it were thieves that came in to you, if despoilers [came in] by night, to what extent* would you have been silenced?+ Would they not steal as much as they wanted? Or if it were grape gatherers that came in to you, would they not let some gleanings remain?+

Obadiah 5

The Bible in Living English
- 5 If thieves came to you, if night marauders—how you are blotted out!—would they not steal what they had occasion for? if grape-gatherers came to you would they not leave after-pickings?

Obadiah 5

American Standard Version
- 5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night (how art thou cut off!), would they not steal only till they had enough? if grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes?

Obadiah 5

The Emphasized Bible
- 5 If thieves had come to thee, If robbers by night—how ruined thou art! Would they not have stolen what sufficed them? If grape-gatherers had come to thee Would they not have left gleanings?

Obadiah

Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
- verse 5 w81 7/1 23-24; w77 443; w49 255; w36 201