Daniel 11

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Literal

Kings of the South and North

¹“And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up to strengthen and protect him.

¹“ And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, my standing is for a strengthener and for a stronghold to him.

²Now then, I will tell you the truth: Three more kings will arise in Persia, and then a fourth, who will be far richer than all the others. By the power of his wealth, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.^a

²And now I declare to you the truth: Behold, yet three kings will be rising up in Persia; and the fourth will be rich, with greater riches than all. And according to his strength by his riches, he will rouse everyone against the kingdom of Javan.

³Then a mighty king will arise, who will rule with great authority and do as he pleases.

³And a mighty king will arise, and he will rule with great dominion, and he will do according to his will.

⁴But as soon as he is established, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out toward the four winds of heaven. It will not go to his descendants, nor will it have the authority with which he ruled, because his kingdom will be uprooted and given to others.

⁴And according to his standing, his kingdom will be broken up and will be divided to the four winds of the heavens, not to his posterity, and not according to his dominion by which he ruled; for his kingdom will be uprooted, and unto others apart from these.

⁵The king of the South will grow strong, but one of his commanders will grow even stronger and will rule his own kingdom with great authority.

⁵And the king of the south will become strong, and one from his princes and will gain strength even over him, and he will rule; a great dominion is his dominion.

⁶After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. But his daughter will not retain her position of power, nor will his strength^a endure. At that time she will be given up, along with her royal escort and her father^b and the one who supported her.

⁶And at the end of years they will be united. And the daughter of the king of the south will come to the king of the north to make an agreement; she will not retain the strength of her arm, and neither will he stand, nor his arm. And she will be given up, and those who brought her, and the one who begat her, and the one who strengthened her in those times.

⁷But one from her family line will rise up^a in his place, come against the army of the king of the North, and enter his fortress, fighting and prevailing.

⁷And one will arise from a branch of her roots in his place. And he will come with an army, and he will come into the fortress of the king of the north, and he will deal with them and he will prevail.

⁸He will take even their gods captive to Egypt, with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold. For some years he will stay away from the king of the North,

⁸And even their gods, with their princes, with the vessels of their desiring, silver and gold, he will carry away into captivity to Egypt. And he will stand back some years from the king of the north,

⁹who will invade the realm of the king of the South and then return to his own land.

⁹and he will come into the kingdom of the king of the south, and he will return to his own land.

¹⁰But his sons will stir up strife and assemble a great army, which will advance forcefully, sweeping through like a flood, and will again carry the battle as far as his fortress.

¹⁰And his sons will stir up strife, and they will gather a multitude of great forces, and it will keep coming coming continually, and will flow over and pass through, and it will return and carry the war as far as his fortress.

¹¹In a rage, the king of the South will march out to fight the king of the North, who will raise a large army, but it will be delivered into the hand of his enemy.

¹¹And the king of the south will be enraged, and he will go out and fight with him, with the king of the north; and he will raise up a great multitude, and the multitude will be given into his hand.

¹²When the army is carried off, the king of the South will be proud in heart and will cast down tens of thousands, but he will not triumph.

¹²And he has taken away the multitude, and his heart will be lifted up; and thousands he will cause to fall, and he will not prevail.

¹³For the king of the North will raise another army, larger than the first, and after some years^a he will advance with a great army and many supplies.

¹³For the king of the north will return, and he will raise a multitude greater than the first; at the end of the times of years, he will come forcefully with a great army and with many supplies.

¹⁴In those times many will rise up against the king of the South. Violent ones among your own people will exalt themselves in fulfillment of the vision, but they will fail.

¹⁴And in those times, many will rise up against the king of the south; and sons of violence among your people will exalt themselves to fulfill the vision, and they will fall.

¹⁵Then the king of the North will come, build up a siege ramp, and capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will not stand; even their best troops will not be able to resist.

¹⁵And the king of the north will come, and he will build a siege mound, and he will capture a city of fortifications; and the forces of the south will not stand; even their best troops will have no strength to stand.

¹⁶The invader will do as he pleases, and no one will stand against him. He will establish himself in the Beautiful Land, with destruction in his hand.

¹⁶And the one coming against him will do according to his will, and no one will stand before his face; and he will stand in the land of glory, with destruction in his hand.

¹⁷He will resolve to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and will reach an agreement with the king of the South. He will give him a daughter in marriage in order to overthrow the kingdom, but his plan will not succeed or help him.^a

¹⁷And he will set his face to enter with the strength of all his kingdom, and upright ones with him; and he will act, and the daughter of women he will give to him, to corrupt her, and she will not stand and she will not be for him.

¹⁸Then he will turn his face to the coastlands and capture many of them. But a commander will put an end to his reproach and will turn it back upon him.

¹⁸And he will turn back his face to the coastlands, and he will capture many, and a prince will bring to an end the scorn unto him. Nevertheless his scorn he will cause to turn back to him.

¹⁹After this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and be no more.

¹⁹And he will turn his face toward the fortress of his own land, and he will stumble and fall, and he will not be found.

²⁰In his place one will arise who will send out a tax collector for the glory of the kingdom; but within a few days he will be destroyed, though not in anger or in battle.

²⁰And there will arise upon his station one making pass through a pressing for the splendor of the kingdom; and in a few days he will be broken, though not in anger and not in battle.

²¹In his place a despicable person will arise; royal honors will not be given to him, but he will come in a time of peace and seize the kingdom by intrigue.

²¹And will arise upon his station a despicable one, and they will not give upon him the splendor of royalty, and he will come in a time of ease and will seize the kingdom by flatteries.

²²Then a flood of forces will be swept away before him and destroyed, along with a prince of the covenant.

²²And the arms of the flood will be swept away from before him, and they will be broken, and also the prince of the covenant.

²³After an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully; for he will rise to power with only a few people.

²³And after they join with him, he will act with deceit, for he will come up and become strong with a small number of people.

²⁴In a time of peace, he will invade the richest provinces and do what his fathers and forefathers never did. He will lavish plunder, loot, and wealth on his followers, and he will plot against the strongholds—but only for a time.

²⁴In a time of ease, he will enter the richest provinces, and he will do what his fathers have not done, nor the fathers of his fathers: Plunder and spoils and riches he will disperse unto them. And against the fortifications he will devise his plans, and only for a time.

²⁵And with a large army he will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South, who will mobilize a very large and powerful army but will not withstand the plots devised against him.

²⁵And he will rouse his power and his heart against the king of the south with a great army. And the king of the south will be stirred up to battle, even exceedingly with a great and mighty army, and he will not stand, for they will devise plans against him.

²⁶Those who eat from his provisions will seek to destroy him; his army will be swept away, and many will fall slain.

²⁶And those eating of of his choice portion will destroy him, and his army will be swept away, and many will fall slain.

²⁷And the two kings, with their hearts bent on evil, will speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for still the end will come at the appointed time.

²⁷And the two, kings, their heart is on evil. At a common table they speak lies, and it will not prosper, for still the end is at the appointed time.

²⁸The king of the North will return to his land with great wealth, but his heart will be set against the holy covenant; so he will do damage and return to his own land.

²⁸And he will return to his land with great riches, and his heart will be against the covenant of holiness; and he will act, and he will return to his own land.

²⁹At the appointed time he will invade the South again, but this time will not be like the first.

²⁹At the appointed time he will return, and he will come into the south; and this last time will not be like the first.

³⁰Ships of Kittim^a will come against him, and he will lose heart. Then he will turn back and rage against the holy covenant and do damage. So he will return and show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant.

³⁰For the ships of Kittim will come against him, and he will be disheartened, and he will return, being angered against the covenant of holiness. And he will act, and he will turn back, and he will pay attention to those forsaking the holy covenant.

³¹His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.

³¹And forces from him will stand, and they will profane the sanctuary and the fortress, and they will turn away the daily sacrifice, and they will set up the abomination of desolation.

³²With flattery he will corrupt those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him.

³²And those acting wickedly toward the covenant he will corrupt by flatteries; and the people who know their God will remain strong, and will take action.

³³Those with insight will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by sword or flame, or be captured or plundered.

³³And those acting prudently among the people will bring understanding to many; and they will fall by sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by plunder, for days.

³⁴Now when they fall, they will be granted a little help, but many will join them insincerely.

³⁴And in their falling, they will be helped with a little help. And many will be joined to them with flatteries,

³⁵Some of the wise will fall so that they may be refined, purified, and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.

³⁵and some of understanding will fall, in order to refine them and to purify, and to make them white, until the time of the end. For it is yet for the appointed time.

The King Who Exalts Himself

³⁶Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished.

³⁶And the king will act according to his desires, and he will exalt and magnify himself over every god, and he will speak blasphemies against the God of gods. And he will prosper until the wrath is accomplished, for what is decreed will be done.

³⁷He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers, nor for the one desired by women, nor for any other god, because he will magnify himself above them all.

³⁷And to the God of his fathers he will not pay attention, or to for the one desired by women. And he will not pay attention to any god, for he will magnify himself above them all.

³⁸And in their place, he will honor a god of fortresses—a god his fathers did not know—with gold, silver, precious stones, and riches.

³⁸And he will show honor to a god of fortresses in their place, and he will show honor to a god that his fathers did not know, with gold, and with silver, and with precious stones, and with desirable things.

³⁹He will attack the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god and will greatly honor those who acknowledge him, making them rulers over many and distributing the land for a price.^a

³⁹And he will act against the fortifications of strongholds with a foreign god. On those who acknowledge him, he will increase glory and make them to rule over many; and the land he will divide at a price.

⁴⁰At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle,^a but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them like a flood.

⁴⁰And at the time of the end, the king of the south will thrust against him, and the king of the North will storm against him with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he will come into the lands, and will flow over and pass through.

⁴¹He will also invade the Beautiful Land, and many countries will fall. But these will be delivered from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the leaders of the Ammonites.

⁴¹And he will come into the land of glory; and many will be overthrown, and these will escape from his hand: Edom, and Moab, and the first part of the sons of Ammon.

⁴²He will extend his power over many countries, and not even the land of Egypt will escape.

⁴²And he will stretch out his hand against the countries, and the land of Egypt will not be for an escape.

⁴³He will gain control of the treasures of gold and silver and over all the riches of Egypt, and the Libyans and Cushites^a will also submit to him.

⁴³And he will rule over the treasures of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; and the Libyans and Cushites will be in his steps.

⁴⁴But news from the east and the north will alarm him, and he will go out with great fury to destroy many and devote them to destruction.^a

⁴⁴And news will disturb him from the east and from the north, and he will go forth with great fury to destroy and to devote to destruction many.

⁴⁵He will pitch his royal tents between the sea and the beautiful holy mountain, but he will meet his end with no one to help him.

⁴⁵And he will plant the tents of his palace between the seas, to the mountain of the beauty of holiness; and he will come to his end, and no one will help him.