Numbers 24:19 “A ruler will come from Jacob and destroy the survivors of the city.””

Numbers 24:19

A ruler will come from Jacob and destroy the survivors of the city.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.

World English Bible

Out of Jacob shall one have dominion, and shall destroy the remnant from the city.”

American Standard Version

And out of Jacob shall one have dominion, And shall destroy the remnant from the city.

Geneva Bible 1599

He also that shall haue dominion shall bee of Iaakob, and shall destroy the remnant of the citie.

Darby Translation

And one out of Jacob shall have dominion, and will destroy out of the city what remaineth.

Young's Literal Translation

And [one] doth rule out of Jacob, And hath destroyed a remnant from Ar.'

Bible in Basic English

And Israel will go on in strength, and Jacob will have rule over his haters.

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Cross references

“Of Jacob”

Genesis 49:10 Psalm 2:1–12 Micah 5:2 Matthew 28:18 Isaiah 11:10 Micah 5:4

Genesis 49:10 · BSB

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.

Psalm 2:1–12 · BSB

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

Micah 5:2 · BSB

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel — One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.

Matthew 28:18 · BSB

Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.

Isaiah 11:10 · BSB

On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.

Micah 5:4 · BSB

He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.

“shall destroy”

Psalm 21:7–10 Matthew 25:46 Luke 19:27 Luke 19:12

Psalm 21:7–10 · BSB

For the king trusts in the LORD; through the loving devotion of the Most High, he will not be shaken.

Matthew 25:46 · BSB

And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Luke 19:27 · BSB

And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”

Luke 19:12 · BSB

So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18Edom will become a possession, as will Seir, his enemy; but Israel will perform with valor.

20Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”

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