King James Version
Numbers 24:19 in the King James Version says “Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.”
Numbers 24:19 · KJV
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 . smite: or, smite through the princes of
And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever. the nations: the nations that warred against Israel that: or, even to destruction
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“shall come he that shall have dominion”
H7287to tread down, i.e., subjugate; specifically, to crumble off
“and shall destroy”
H6properly, to wander away, i.e., lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
“of the city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
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