Dan 11 | NASB1995 | STEP | “In the first year of Darius the Mede , I arose to be an encouragement and a protection for him.

‏ Daniel 11

Conflicts to Come

1 “In the ^afirst year of Darius the Mede, ^{▼▼ Lit my standing up was}I arose to be ^{▼▼ Lit for a strengthener}an encouragement and a protection for him. 2 “And now I will tell you the ^dtruth. Behold, three more kings are going to arise ^{▼▼ Lit for}in Persia. Then a fourth will gain far more riches than all of them; as soon as he becomes strong through his riches, ^{▼▼ Or they all will stir up the realm of Greece}he will arouse the whole empire against the realm of ^{▼▼ Heb Javan
,} ^hGreece. 3 “And a ⁱmighty king will arise, and he will rule with great authority and ^jdo as he pleases. 4 “But as soon as he has arisen, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out ^ktoward the ^lfour ^{▼▼ Lit winds of the heaven}points of the compass, though not to his own descendants, nor according to his authority which he wielded, for his sovereignty will be ⁿuprooted and given to others besides ^{▼▼ I.e. his descendants}them.

5 “Then the ^pking of the South will grow strong, ^{▼▼ Lit and}along with one of his princes ^{▼▼ Lit and he}who will gain ascendancy over him and obtain dominion; his domain will be a great dominion indeed. 6 “After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will come to the ^sking of the North to carry out ^{▼▼ Or an equitable agreement}a peaceful arrangement. But she will not retain her ^{▼▼ Lit strength of arm}position of power, nor will he remain with his ^{▼▼ Lit arm}power, but she will be given up, along with those who brought her in and the one who sired her as well as he who supported her in those times. 7 “But one of the ^{▼▼ Lit branch of her roots}descendants of her line will arise in his place, and he will come against their army and enter the ^xfortress of the king of the North, and he will deal with them and display great strength. 8 “Also their ^ygods with their ^{▼▼ Lit cast images}metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold he will take into captivity to Egypt, and he on his part will ^{▼▼ Or stand against the king}refrain from attacking the king of the North for some years. 9 “Then ^{▼▼ Lit he will, and so throughout the ch}the latter will enter the realm of the king of the South, but will return to his own land.

10 “His sons will ^{▼▼ Or wage war}mobilize and assemble a multitude of great forces; and one of them will keep on coming and ^adoverflow and pass through, that he may ^{▼▼ Or return and wage}again wage war up to his very fortress. 11 “The ^afking of the South will be enraged and go forth and fight ^{▼▼ Lit with him, with}with the king of the North. Then the latter will raise a great multitude, but that multitude will be given into ^{▼▼ Lit his hand}the hand of the former. 12 “When the multitude is carried away, his heart will be lifted up, and he will cause tens of thousands to fall; yet he will not prevail. 13 “For the king of the North will again raise a greater multitude than the former, and ^{▼▼ Lit at the end of the times, years}after an ^ajinterval of some years he will ^{▼▼ Or keep on coming}press on with a great army and much equipment.

14 “Now in those times many will rise up against the king of the South; the violent ones among your people will also lift themselves up in order to fulfill the vision, but they will ^{▼▼ Lit stumble, and so throughout the ch}fall down. 15 “Then the king of the North will come, cast up a ^amsiege ramp and capture a well-fortified city; and the forces of the South will not stand their ground, not even ^{▼▼ Lit the people of its choice ones}their choicest troops, for there will be no strength to make a stand. 16 “But he who comes against him will ^aodo as he pleases, and ^apno one will be able to withstand him; he will also stay for a time in the ^{▼▼ I.e. Palestine
,} ^arBeautiful Land, with destruction in his hand. 17 “He will ^asset his face to come with the power of his whole kingdom, ^{▼▼ Lit and}bringing with him ^{▼▼ Lit equitable things}a proposal of peace which he will put into effect; he will also give him the daughter of women to ruin it. But she will not take a stand for him or be ^{▼▼ Lit for him; i.e. for her father}on his side. 18 “Then he will turn his face to the ^awcoastlands and capture many. But a commander will put a stop to his scorn against him; moreover, he will ^axrepay him for his scorn. 19 “So he will turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will ^aystumble and fall and be ^azfound no more.

20 “Then in his place one will arise who will ^basend an ^{▼▼ Or exactor of tribute}oppressor through the ^{▼▼ Lit adornment; i.e. probably Jerusalem and its temple}Jewel of his kingdom; yet within a few days he will be shattered, though not in anger nor in battle. 21 “In his place a despicable person will arise, on whom the honor of kingship has not been conferred, but he will come in a time of tranquility and ^bdseize the kingdom by intrigue. 22 “The overflowing ^beforces will be flooded away before him and shattered, and also the prince of the covenant. 23 “After an alliance is made with him he will practice deception, and he will go up and gain power with a small force of people. 24 ^{▼▼ Lit Into tranquility and the richest...he will enter}“In a time of tranquility he will enter the ^bgrichest parts of the ^{▼▼ Or province}realm, and he will accomplish what his fathers never did, nor his ^{▼▼ Lit fathers’ fathers}ancestors; he will distribute plunder, booty and possessions among them, and he will devise his schemes against strongholds, but only for a time. 25 “He will stir up his strength and ^{▼▼ Lit heart}courage against the ^bkking of the South with a large army; so the king of the South will mobilize an extremely large and mighty army for war; but he will not stand, for schemes will be devised against him. 26 “Those who eat his choice food will ^{▼▼ Lit break}destroy him, and his army will ^{▼▼ Or be swept away, and many
,} ^bnoverflow, but many will fall down slain. 27 “As for both kings, their hearts will be intent on ^boevil, and they will ^bpspeak lies to each other at the same table; but it will not succeed, for the ^bqend is still to come at the appointed time. 28 “Then he will return to his land with much ^{▼▼ Lit possessions}plunder; but his heart will be set against the holy covenant, and he will take action and then return to his own land.

29 “At the appointed time he will return and come into the South, but ^{▼▼ Lit it will not happen as the first and as the last}this last time it will not turn out the way it did before. 30 “For ships of ^{▼▼ I.e. Cyprus
,} ^buKittim will come against him; therefore he will be disheartened and will return and become enraged at the holy covenant and take action; so he will come back and show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant. 31 “Forces from him will arise, ^bvdesecrate the sanctuary fortress, and do away with the regular sacrifice. And they will set up the ^bwabomination ^{▼▼ Lit that makes desolate; or that causes horror}of desolation. 32 “By ^bysmooth words he will ^{▼▼ Or pollute those}turn to godlessness those who act wickedly toward the covenant, but the people who know their God will display ^castrength and take action. 33 ^{▼▼ Or Instructors of the people
,} ^cc“Those who have insight among the people will give understanding to the many; yet they will ^cdfall by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder for many days. 34 “Now when they fall they will be granted a little help, and many will ^cejoin with them in ^cfhypocrisy. 35 “Some of ^{▼▼ Or the instructors}those who have insight will fall, in order to ^chrefine, ^cipurge and make them ^{▼▼ Lit white
,} ^ckpure until the ^clend time; because it is still to come at the appointed time.

36 “Then the king will ^cmdo as he pleases, and he will exalt and ^cnmagnify himself above every god and will ^cospeak ^{▼▼ Lit extraordinary}monstrous things against the ^cqGod of gods; and he will prosper until the ^crindignation is finished, for that which is ^csdecreed will be done. 37 “He will show no regard for the ^{▼▼ Or God}gods of his fathers or for the desire of women, nor will he show regard for any other god; for he will magnify himself above them all. 38 “But ^{▼▼ Lit in his place}instead he will honor a god of fortresses, a god whom his fathers did not know; he will honor him with gold, silver, costly stones and treasures. 39 “He will take action against the strongest of fortresses with the help of a foreign god; he will give great honor to ^{▼▼ Lit the one who acknowledges}those who acknowledge him and will cause them to rule over the many, and will parcel out land for a price.

40 “At the ^cwend time the ^cxking of the South will collide with him, and the ^cyking of the North will ^czstorm against him with chariots, with horsemen and with many ships; and he will enter countries, ^daoverflow them and pass through. 41 “He will also enter the ^{▼▼ I.e. Palestine
,} ^dcBeautiful Land, and many countries will fall; but these will be rescued out of his hand: Edom, ^ddMoab and the foremost of the sons of ^deAmmon. 42 “Then he will stretch out his hand against other countries, and the land of Egypt will not escape. 43 “But he will ^{▼▼ Or rule over}gain control over the hidden treasures of gold and silver and over all the precious things of Egypt; and ^dgLibyans and ^dhEthiopians will follow at his ^{▼▼ Lit footsteps}heels. 44 “But rumors from the East and from the North will disturb him, and he will go forth with great wrath to destroy and ^{▼▼ Lit devote to destruction}annihilate many. 45 “He will pitch the tents of his royal pavilion between the seas and the beautiful ^dkHoly Mountain; yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him.