Obadiah 1:5
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“If thieves came to you, if robbers by night— oh, how you will be ruined— would they not steal only what they wanted? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings?

Young's Literal Translation
If thieves have come in to thee, If spoilers of the night, How hast thou been cut off! Do they not steal their sufficiency? If gatherers have come in to thee, Do they not leave gleanings?

King James Bible
If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off! ) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave [some] grapes?

Hebrew
“If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

thieves
גַּנָּבִ֤ים (gan·nā·ḇîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1590: A stealer

came
בָּאֽוּ־ (bā·’ū-)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to you,
לְךָ֙ (lə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

if
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

robbers
שׁ֣וֹדְדֵי (šō·wḏ·ḏê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 7703: To deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin

by night—
לַ֔יְלָה (lay·lāh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity

oh, how
אֵ֣יךְ (’êḵ)
Interjection
Strong's 349: How?, how!, where

you will be ruined—
נִדְמֵ֔יתָה (niḏ·mê·ṯāh)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 1820: To be dumb, silent, to fail, perish, trans, to destroy

would they not
הֲל֥וֹא (hă·lō·w)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

steal
יִגְנְב֖וּ (yiḡ·nə·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1589: To thieve, to deceive

[only] what they wanted?
דַּיָּ֑ם (day·yām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1767: Sufficiency, enough

If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

grape pickers
בֹּֽצְרִים֙ (bō·ṣə·rîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 1219: To cut off, make inaccessible, enclose

came
בָּ֣אוּ (bā·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to you,
לָ֔ךְ (lāḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

would they not
הֲל֖וֹא (hă·lō·w)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

leave
יַשְׁאִ֥ירוּ (yaš·’î·rū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7604: To swell up, be, redundant

[some] gleanings?
עֹלֵלֽוֹת׃ (‘ō·lê·lō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 5955: Gleanings, gleaning-time

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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