Parallel Verses
NET Bible
"Do not be afraid, people of Zion; look, your king is coming, seated on a donkey's 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.
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."
Youngs Literal Translation
'Fear not, daughter of Sion, lo, thy king doth come, sitting on an ass' colt.'
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Word Count of 37 Translations in John 12:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Triumphal Entry
14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written, 15 "Do not be afraid, people of Zion; look, your king is coming, seated on a donkey's colt!" 16 (His disciples did not understand these things when they first happened, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him and that these things had happened to him.)
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:16
Moreover, he must not accumulate horses for himself or allow the people to return to Egypt to do so, for the Lord has said you must never again return that way.
Judges 5:10
You who ride on light-colored female donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, you who walk on the road, pay attention!
Judges 12:14
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys. He led Israel for eight years.
2 Samuel 15:1
Some time later Absalom managed to acquire a chariot and horses, as well as fifty men to serve as his royal guard.
2 Samuel 16:2
The king asked Ziba, "Why did you bring these things?" Ziba replied, "The donkeys are for the king's family to ride on, the loaves of bread and the summer fruit are for the attendants to eat, and the wine is for those who get exhausted in the desert."
1 Kings 1:33
and he told them, "Take your master's servants with you, put my son Solomon on my mule, and lead him down to Gihon.
Isaiah 35:4-5
Tell those who panic, "Be strong! Do not fear! Look, your God comes to avenge! With divine retribution he comes to deliver you."
Isaiah 40:9-10
Go up on a high mountain, O herald Zion! Shout out loudly, O herald Jerusalem! Shout, don't be afraid! Say to the towns of Judah, "Here is your God!"
Isaiah 41:14
Don't be afraid, despised insignificant Jacob, men of Israel. I am helping you," says the Lord, your protector, the Holy One of Israel.
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!'"
Micah 4:8
As for you, watchtower for the flock, fortress of Daughter Zion -- your former dominion will be restored, the sovereignty that belongs to Daughter Jerusalem.
Zephaniah 3:16-17
On that day they will say to Jerusalem, "Don't be afraid, Zion! Your hands must not be paralyzed from panic!
Zechariah 2:9-11
"I am about to punish them in such a way," he says, "that they will be looted by their own slaves." Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me.
Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Look! Your king is coming to you: he is legitimate and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey -- on a young donkey, the foal of a female donkey.
Matthew 2:2-6
saying, "Where is the one who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him."