Obadiah 1:14 - Good News Bible (Catholic edition in Septuagint order)

You should not have stood at the crossroads to catch those trying to escape. You should not have handed them over to the enemy on the day of their distress.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And you should not have stood at the crossway to cut off those of Judah who escaped, neither should you have delivered up those [of Judah] who remained in the day of distress.

American Standard Version (1901)

And stand thou not in the crossway, to cut off those of his that escape; and deliver not up those of his that remain in the day of distress.

Common English Bible

You shouldn’t have waited on the roads to destroy his escapees; you shouldn’t have handed over his survivors on the day of defeat.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Neither shall you stand at the exits to execute those who will flee. And you shall not enclose their remnant in the day of tribulation.