Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
'Fear not, daughter of Sion, lo, thy king doth come, sitting on an ass' colt.'
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.
Holman Bible
Fear no more,
International Standard Version
"Stop being afraid, people of Zion. Look, your king is coming, sitting upon a donkey's colt!"
A Conservative Version
Fear not, daughter of Zion. Behold, thy King comes, sitting on a donkey's colt.
American Standard Version
Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.
Amplified
“Do not fear, Daughter of Zion; Behold, Your King is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt.”
An Understandable Version
"Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion [i.e., people of Jerusalem]. Look, the King is coming [to you]; He [will be] riding on a donkey's colt."
Anderson New Testament
Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king comes, sitting on the colt of an ass.
Bible in Basic English
Have no fear, daughter of Zion: see your King is coming, seated on a young ass.
Common New Testament
"Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your King is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt."
Daniel Mace New Testament
"fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy king comes sitting on an ass's colt."
Darby Translation
Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.
Godbey New Testament
Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting upon the colt of a donkey.
Goodspeed New Testament
"Do not be afraid, Daughter of Zion! See, your king is coming mounted on an ass's colt!"
John Wesley New Testament
rode thereon, as it is written, Fear not, daughter of Sion; behold thy king cometh, sitting on an asses colt.
Julia Smith Translation
Fear not, O daughter of Sion: behold, thy King comes, sitting upon the foal of an ass.
King James 2000
Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, your King comes, sitting on a donkey's colt.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion! Behold, your king is coming, seated on the foal of a donkey!"
Modern King James verseion
"Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your King comes sitting on the foal of an ass."
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Fear not, daughter of Zion: Behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt."
Moffatt New Testament
Fear not, daughter of Sion; here is your king coming, seated on an ass's colt.
Montgomery New Testament
Fear not, daughter of Zion, Behold thy King cometh seated upon an ass's colt.
NET Bible
"Do not be afraid, people of Zion; look, your king is coming, seated on a donkey's colt!"
New Heart English Bible
"Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion. Look, your King comes, sitting on a donkey's colt."
Noyes New Testament
"Fear not, daughter of Zion! lo! thy king cometh, sitting on an asss colt."
Sawyer New Testament
Fear not, Daughter of Zion; behold, your King comes sitting on the colt of an ass.
The Emphasized Bible
Do not fear, O daughter of Zion! Lo! thy king, cometh, sitting upon the colt of an ass.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
"Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on the foal of an ass."
Twentieth Century New Testament
'Fear not, Daughter of Zion; Behold, thy King is coming to thee, Sitting on the foal of an ass.'
Webster
Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.
Weymouth New Testament
"Fear not, Daughter of Zion! See, thy King is coming riding on an ass's colt."
Williams New Testament
"Cease from fearing, Daughter of Zion; See, your King is coming mounted on an ass's colt!"
World English Bible
"Don't be afraid, daughter of Zion. Behold, your King comes, sitting on a donkey's colt."
Worrell New Testament
"Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your King is coming upon an ass colt."
Worsley New Testament
as it is written, "Fear not, O daughter of Sion, behold thy king cometh sitting on an ass's colt."
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Word Count of 37 Translations in John 12:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Triumphal Entry
14 and Jesus having found a young ass did sit upon it, according as it is written, 15 'Fear not, daughter of Sion, lo, thy king doth come, sitting on an ass' colt.' 16 And these things his disciples did not know at the first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were having been written about him, and these things they did to him.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:16
'Only, he doth not multiply to himself horses, nor cause the people to turn back to Egypt, so as to multiply horses, seeing Jehovah hath said to you, Ye do not add to turn back in this way any more.
Judges 5:10
Riders on white asses -- Sitters on a long robe -- And walkers by the way -- meditate!
Judges 12:14
and he hath forty sons, and thirty grandsons, riding on seventy ass-colts, and he judgeth Israel eight years.
2 Samuel 15:1
And it cometh to pass afterwards, that Absalom prepareth for himself a chariot, and horses, and fifty men are running before him;
2 Samuel 16:2
And the king saith unto Ziba, 'What -- these to thee?' and Ziba saith, 'The asses for the household of the king to ride on, and the bread and the summer-fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for the wearied to drink in the wilderness.'
1 Kings 1:33
And the king saith to them, 'Take with you the servants of your lord, and ye have caused Solomon my son to ride on mine own mule, and caused him to go down unto Gihon,
Isaiah 35:4-5
Say to the hastened of heart, 'Be strong, Fear not, lo, your God; vengeance cometh, The recompence of God, He Himself doth come and save you.'
Isaiah 40:9-10
On a high mountain get thee up, O Zion, Proclaiming tidings, Lift up with power thy voice, O Jerusalem, proclaiming tidings, Lift up, fear not, say to cities of Judah, 'Lo, your God.'
Isaiah 41:14
Fear not, O worm Jacob, ye men of Israel, I helped thee, an affirmation of Jehovah, Even thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 62:11
Lo, Jehovah hath proclaimed unto the end of the earth: 'Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Lo, thy salvation hath come,' Lo, his hire is with him, and his wage before him.
Micah 4:8
And thou, O tower of Eder, Fort of the daughter of Zion, unto thee it cometh, Yea, come in hath the former rule, The kingdom to the daughter of Jerusalem.
Zephaniah 3:16-17
In that day it is said to Jerusalem, 'Fear not, O Zion, let not thy hands be feeble.
Zechariah 2:9-11
For lo, I am waving my hand against them, And they have been a spoil to their servants. And ye have known that Jehovah of Hosts hath sent me.
Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice exceedingly, O daughter of Zion, Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem, Lo, thy King doth come to thee, Righteous -- and saved is He, Afflicted -- and riding on an ass, And on a colt -- a son of she-asses.
Matthew 2:2-6
saying, 'Where is he who was born king of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and we came to bow to him.'