King James Version

Obadiah 1:6

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

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אֵ֚יךְeykhhowאֵיךְparticle, interrogative — “how”H349how? or how!; also wherehow, what.נֶחְפְּשׂ֣וּnechpesvchangeחָפַשׂverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “change”, a completed actionH2664to seek; causatively, to conceal oneself (i.e. let be sought), or maskchange, (make) diligent (search), disquise self, hide, search (for, out).עֵשָׂ֔וesavEsauעֵשָׂוnoun, proper name — “Esau”H6215Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterityEsau.נִבְע֖וּnivvswell outבָּעָהverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “swell out”, a completed actionH1158to gush over, i.e. to swell; (figuratively) to desire earnestly; by implication to askcause, inquire, seek up, swell out.מַצְפֻּנָֽיוmatspunayvhidden thingמִצְפֻּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “hidden thing”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4710a secret (place or thing, perhaps, treasure)hidden thing.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

How is Esau searched out! How are his hidden places sought out!

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

How hath Esau been searched out! Flowed out have his hidden things,

World English Bible

How Esau will be ransacked! How his hidden treasures are sought out!

Darby Translation

How is Esau searched! his hidden things sought out!

Douay-Rheims

How have they searched Esau, how have they sought out his hidden things?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

How is Esau searched out! How are his hidden places sought out!

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

How has Esau been searched out, and how have his hidden things been detected?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πῶς ἐξηρευνήθη Ἡσαῦ, καὶ κατελήφθη τὰ κεκρυμμένα αὐτοῦ;