Daniel 11
1 Also I in the
first year of
Darius the
Mede, even I,
stood to
confirm and to
strengthen him.
2 And now will I
shew thee the
truth. Behold, there shall stand
up yet
three kings in
Persia; and the
fourth shall be
far richer than they
all: and by his
strength through his
riches he shall stir
up all against the
realm of
Grecia. 3 And a
mighty king shall stand
up, that shall
rule with
great dominion, and
do according to his
will. 4 And when he shall stand
up, his
kingdom shall be
broken, and shall be
divided toward the
four winds of
heaven; and not to his
posterity, nor according to his
dominion which he
ruled: for his
kingdom shall be plucked
up, even for
others beside those.
5 And the
king of the
south shall be
strong, and one of his
princes; and he shall be
strong above him, and have
dominion; his
dominion shall be a
great dominion. 6 And in the
end of
years they shall join themselves
together; for the
king's daughter of the
south shall
come to the
king of the
north to
make an
agreement: but she shall not
retain the
power of the
arm; neither shall he
stand, nor his
arm: but she shall be given
up, and they that
brought her, and he that
begat her, and he that
strengthened her in these
times. 7 But out of a
branch of her
roots shall one stand
up in his
estate, which shall
come with an
army, and shall
enter into the
fortress of the
king of the
north, and shall
deal against them, and shall
prevail:
8 And shall also
carry captives into
Egypt their
gods, with their
princes, and with their
precious vessels of
silver and of
gold; and he shall
continue more
years than the
king of the
north. 9 So the
king of the
south shall
come into his
kingdom, and shall
return into his own
land. 10 But his
sons shall be stirred
up, and shall
assemble a
multitude of
great forces: and one shall
certainly come, and
overflow, and pass
through: then shall he
return, and be stirred
up, even to his
fortress. 11 And the
king of the
south shall be moved with
choler, and shall come
forth and
fight with him, even with the
king of the
north: and he shall set
forth a
great multitude; but the
multitude shall be
given into his
hand. 12 And when he hath taken
away the
multitude, his
heart shall be lifted
up; and he shall cast
down many ten
thousands: but he shall not be
strengthened by it.
13 For the
king of the
north shall
return, and shall set
forth a
multitude greater than the
former, and shall
certainly come after certain years with a
great army and with
much riches. 14 And in those
times there shall
many stand
up against the
king of the
south: also the
robbers of thy
people shall
exalt themselves to
establish the
vision; but they shall
fall.
15 So the
king of the
north shall
come, and cast
up a
mount, and
take the most
fenced cities: and the
arms of the
south shall not
withstand, neither his
chosen people, neither shall there be any
strength to
withstand.
16 But he that
cometh against him shall
do according to his own
will, and none shall
stand before him: and he shall
stand in the
glorious land, which by his
hand shall be
consumed. 17 He shall also
set his
face to
enter with the
strength of his whole
kingdom, and upright
ones with him; thus shall he
do: and he shall
give him the
daughter of
women, corrupting her: but she shall not
stand on his side, neither be for him.
18 After this shall he
turn his
face unto the
isles, and shall
take many: but a
prince for his own behalf shall cause the
reproach offered by him to
cease;
without his own
reproach he shall cause it to
turn upon him.
19 Then he shall
turn his
face toward the
fort of his own
land: but he shall
stumble and
fall, and not be
found.
20 Then shall stand
up in his
estate a
raiser of
taxes in the
glory of the
kingdom: but within
few days he shall be
destroyed, neither in
anger, nor in
battle. 21 And in his
estate shall stand
up a vile
person, to whom they shall not
give the
honour of the
kingdom: but he shall
come in
peaceably, and
obtain the
kingdom by
flatteries. 22 And with the
arms of a
flood shall they be
overflown from
before him, and shall be
broken; yea, also the
prince of the
covenant. 23 And after the
league made with him he shall
work deceitfully: for he shall come
up, and shall become
strong with a
small people. 24 He shall
enter peaceably even upon the fattest
places of the
province; and he shall
do that which his
fathers have not
done, nor his
fathers' fathers; he shall
scatter among them the
prey, and
spoil, and
riches: yea, and he shall
forecast his
devices against the strong
holds, even for a
time. 25 And he shall stir
up his
power and his
courage against the
king of the
south with a
great army; and the
king of the
south shall be stirred
up to
battle with a
very great and
mighty army; but he shall not
stand: for they shall
forecast devices against him.
26 Yea, they that
feed of the portion of his
meat shall
destroy him, and his
army shall
overflow: and
many shall
fall down
slain. 27 And
both these
kings' hearts shall be to do
mischief, and they shall
speak lies at
one table; but it shall not
prosper: for yet the
end shall be at the time
appointed. 28 Then shall he
return into his
land with
great riches; and his
heart shall be against the
holy covenant; and he shall
do exploits, and
return to his own
land. 29 At the time
appointed he shall
return, and
come toward the
south; but it shall not be as the
former, or as the
latter. 30 For the
ships of
Chittim shall
come against him: therefore he shall be
grieved, and
return, and have
indignation against the
holy covenant: so shall he
do; he shall even
return, and have
intelligence with them that
forsake the
holy covenant. 31 And
arms shall
stand on his part, and they shall
pollute the
sanctuary of
strength, and shall take
away the
daily sacrifice, and they shall
place the
abomination that maketh
desolate.
32 And such as do
wickedly against the
covenant shall he
corrupt by
flatteries: but the
people that do
know their
God shall be
strong, and
do exploits.
33 And they that
understand among the
people shall
instruct many: yet they shall
fall by the
sword, and by
flame, by
captivity, and by
spoil, many
days. 34 Now when they shall
fall, they shall be
holpen with a
little help: but
many shall
cleave to them with
flatteries. 35 And some of them of
understanding shall
fall, to
try them, and to
purge, and to make them
white, even to the
time of the
end: because it is yet for a time
appointed. 36 And the
king shall
do according to his
will; and he shall
exalt himself, and
magnify himself above every
god, and shall
speak marvellous
things against the
God of
gods, and shall
prosper till the
indignation be
accomplished: for that that is
determined shall be
done.
37 Neither shall he
regard the
God of his
fathers, nor the
desire of
women, nor
regard any
god: for he shall
magnify himself above all.
38 But in his
estate shall he
honour the
God of
forces: and a
god whom his
fathers knew not shall he
honour with
gold, and
silver, and with
precious stones, and pleasant
things. 39 Thus shall he
do in the most
strong holds with a
strange god, whom he shall
acknowledge and
increase with
glory: and he shall cause them to
rule over
many, and shall
divide the
land for
gain. 40 And at the
time of the
end shall the
king of the
south push at him: and the
king of the
north shall come against him like a
whirlwind, with
chariots, and with
horsemen, and with
many ships; and he shall
enter into the
countries, and shall
overflow and pass
over.
41 He shall
enter also into the
glorious land, and
many countries shall be
overthrown: but these shall
escape out of his
hand, even
Edom, and
Moab, and the
chief of the
children of
Ammon. 42 He shall stretch
forth his
hand also upon the
countries: and the
land of
Egypt shall not
escape. 43 But he shall have
power over the
treasures of
gold and of
silver, and over all the
precious things of
Egypt: and the
Libyans and the
Ethiopians shall be at his
steps. 44 But
tidings out of the
east and out of the
north shall
trouble him: therefore he shall go
forth with
great fury to
destroy, and utterly to make
away many. 45 And he shall
plant the
tabernacles of his
palace between the
seas in the
glorious holy mountain; yet he shall
come to his
end, and none shall
help him.