Genesis 49:10

New English Translation

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; the nations will obey him.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:13

He will build a house for my name, and I will make his dynasty permanent.

2 Samuel 7:16

Your house and your kingdom will stand before me permanently; your dynasty will be permanent.’”

1 Chronicles 12:24

From Judah came 6,800 trained warriors carrying shields and spears.

1 Chronicles 12:39

They spent three days feasting there with David, for their relatives had given them provisions.

Psalm 108:8

Gilead belongs to me, as does Manasseh! Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my royal scepter.

Psalm 60:7

Gilead belongs to me, as does Manasseh! Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my royal scepter.

Psalm 60:9

Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will bring me to Edom?

Psalm 78:68

He chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loves.

Isaiah 11:10

At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic.

Isaiah 2:2

In the future the mountain of the Lord’s temple will endure as the most important of mountains, and will be the most prominent of hills. All the nations will stream to it,

Isaiah 33:22

For the Lord, our ruler, the Lord, our commander, the Lord, our king – he will deliver us.

Isaiah 42:1

“Here is my servant whom I support, my chosen one in whom I take pleasure. I have placed my spirit on him; he will make just decrees for the nations.

Isaiah 55:3

Pay attention and come to me! Listen, so you can live! Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to you, just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David.

Isaiah 60:1

“Arise! Shine! For your light arrives! The splendor of the Lord shines on you!

Isaiah 62:11

Look, the Lord announces to the entire earth: “Say to Daughter Zion, ‘Look, your deliverer comes! Look, his reward is with him and his reward goes before him!’”

Isaiah 9:6

For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Extraordinary Strategist, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Jeremiah 30:21

One of their own people will be their leader. Their ruler will come from their own number. I will invite him to approach me, and he will do so. For no one would dare approach me on his own. I, the Lord, affirm it!

Jeremiah 33:26

Just as surely as I have done this, so surely will I never reject the descendants of Jacob. Nor will I ever refuse to choose one of my servant David’s descendants to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Indeed, I will restore them and show mercy to them.”

Ezekiel 19:11

Its boughs were strong, fit for rulers’ scepters; it reached up into the clouds. It stood out because of its height and its many branches.

Ezekiel 19:14

A fire has gone out from its branch; it has consumed its shoot and its fruit. No strong branch was left in it, nor a scepter to rule.’ This is a lament song, and has become a lament song.”

Ezekiel 21:27

A total ruin I will make it! It will come to an end when the one arrives to whom I have assigned judgment.’

Ezekiel 21:32

You will become fuel for the fire – your blood will stain the middle of the land; you will no longer be remembered, for I, the Lord, have spoken.’”

Daniel 9:25

So know and understand: From the issuing of the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until an anointed one, a prince arrives, there will be a period of seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will again be built, with plaza and moat, but in distressful times.

Hosea 11:12

(12:1) Ephraim has surrounded me with lies; the house of Israel has surrounded me with deceit. But Judah still roams about with God; he remains faithful to the Holy One.

Micah 5:1

(4:14) But now slash yourself, daughter surrounded by soldiers! We are besieged! With a scepter they strike Israel’s ruler on the side of his face.

Haggai 2:7

I will also shake up all the nations, and they will offer their treasures; then I will fill this temple with glory,’ says the Lord who rules over all.

Zechariah 10:11

The Lord will cross the sea of storms and will calm its turbulence. The depths of the Nile will dry up, the pride of Assyria will be humbled, and the domination of Egypt will be no more.

Zechariah 2:11

“Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on the day of salvation, and they will also be my people. Indeed, I will settle in the midst of you all.” Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you.

Numbers 21:18

The well which the princes dug, which the leaders of the people opened with their scepters and their staffs.” And from the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah;

Numbers 24:17

‘I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not close at hand. A star will march forth out of Jacob, and a scepter will rise out of Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab, and the heads of all the sons of Sheth.

Numbers 24:19

A ruler will be established from Jacob; he will destroy the remains of the city.’”

Matthew 1:21

She will give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

Matthew 17:5

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my one dear Son, in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!”

Matthew 21:9

The crowds that went ahead of him and those following kept shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

Matthew 25:32

All the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

John 12:32

And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”

John 18:31

Pilate told them, “Take him yourselves and pass judgment on him according to your own law!” The Jewish leaders replied, “We cannot legally put anyone to death.”

John 19:12

From this point on, Pilate tried to release him. But the Jewish leaders shouted out, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar! Everyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar!”

John 19:15

Then they shouted out, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate asked, “Shall I crucify your king?” The high priests replied, “We have no king except Caesar!”

John 9:7

and said to him, “Go wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated “sent”). So the blind man went away and washed, and came back seeing.

Romans 15:12

And again Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse will come, and the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles, in him will the Gentiles hope.”

2 Corinthians 5:10

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be paid back according to what he has done while in the body, whether good or evil.

Deuteronomy 28:57

and will secretly eat her afterbirth and her newborn children (since she has nothing else), because of the severity of the siege by which your enemy will constrict you in your villages.

Hebrews 7:14

For it is clear that our Lord is descended from Judah, yet Moses said nothing about priests in connection with that tribe.

Revelation 11:15

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.”