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Numbers 24:17-19
New International Version
Numbers 24:17-19
New International Version
17 “I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not near.(A)
A star will come out of Jacob;(B)
a scepter will rise out of Israel.(C)
He will crush the foreheads of Moab,(D)
the skulls[a](E) of[b] all the people of Sheth.[c]
18 Edom(F) will be conquered;
Seir,(G) his enemy, will be conquered,(H)
but Israel(I) will grow strong.
19 A ruler will come out of Jacob(J)
and destroy the survivors of the city.”
Footnotes
- Numbers 24:17 Samaritan Pentateuch (see also Jer. 48:45); the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.
- Numbers 24:17 Or possibly Moab, / batter
- Numbers 24:17 Or all the noisy boasters
Numbers 24:17-19
King James Version
Numbers 24:17-19
King James Version
17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
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