King James Version

Numbers 24:19

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

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וְיֵ֖רְדְּveyeredeand have dominionרָדָהconjunction, verb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and have dominion”, a wish or indirect commandH7287to tread down, i.e. subjugate; specifically, to crumble off(come to, make to) have dominion, prevail against, reign, (bear, make to) rule,(-r, over), take.מִֽיַּעֲקֹ֑בmiyaaqovfrom Jacobיַעֲקֹבpreposition, noun, proper name — “from Jacob”H3290Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarchJacob.וְהֶֽאֱבִ֥ידveheevidand destroyאָבַדconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and destroy”, a completed action in a sequenceH6properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.שָׂרִ֖ידsaridleftשָׂרִידnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “left”, the ordinary formH8300a survivor[idiom] alive, left, remain(-ing), remnant, rest.מֵעִֽירmeirfrom cityעִירpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “from city”, the ordinary formH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Out of Jacob shall he come that shall rule, and shall destroy the remains of the city.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And one shall arise out of Jacob, and destroy out of the city him that escapes.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐξεγερθήσεται ἐξ Ἰακὼβ, καὶ ἀπολεῖ σωζόμενον ἐκ πόλεως.