Numbers 24:17

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]

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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 in all English translations

Jeremiah 23:5

New International Version

⁵“The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“when I will raise up for David^[a] a righteous Branch,^(A)
a King^(B) who will reign^(C) wisely
and do what is just and right^(D) in the land.

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Jeremiah 23:5 Or up from David’s line

Jeremiah 23:5 in all English translations

Zechariah 9:9

New International Version

The Coming of Zion’s King

⁹Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!^(A)
    Shout,^(B) Daughter Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you,^(C)
    righteous and victorious,^(D)
lowly and riding on a donkey,^(E)
    on a colt, the foal of a donkey.^(F)