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Daniel 11:19
19Then he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land [of Syria], but he will stumble and fall and not be found.
Daniel 11:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
- New International Version (NIV)After this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own country but will stumble and fall, to be seen no more.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then he shall turn his face back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then he shall turn his face toward the fortress of his own land; but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
Context of Daniel 11:19
17He will be determined to come with the power of his entire kingdom, and propose equitable conditions and terms of peace, which he will put into effect [by making an agreement with the king of the South]. He will also give him his daughter (Cleopatra I), in an attempt to overthrow the kingdom, but it will not succeed or be to his advantage. 18After this, he (Antiochus III the Great, King of Syria) will turn his attention to the islands and coastlands and capture many [of them]. But a commander (Lucius Scipio Asiaticus of Rome) will put an end to his aggression [toward Rome’s territorial interests]; in fact, he will repay his insolence and turn his audacity back upon him. Then he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land [of Syria], but he will stumble and fall and not be found. 20“Then in his place one (his eldest son, Seleucus IV Philopator) will arise who will send an oppressor through the Jewel of his kingdom; yet within a few days he will be shattered, though not in anger nor in battle. 21And in his place [in Syria] will arise a despicable and despised person, to whom royal majesty and the honor of kingship have not been conferred, but he will come [without warning] in a time of tranquility and seize the kingdom by intrigue.
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וְיָשֵׁ֣ב פָּנָ֔יו לְמָעוּזֵּ֖י אַרְצ֑וֹ וְנִכְשַׁ֥ל וְנָפַ֖ל וְלֹ֥א יִמָּצֵֽא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Then he shall turnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
- his faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
- toward the fortמָעוֹזmâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz mâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz · securityH4581
- of his own landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- but he shall stumbleכָּשַׁלkâshal · to stumbleH3782
- and fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: killH5307
- and not be foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
Cross-references for Daniel 11:19
- Job 20:8He flies away like a dream and cannot be found; Yes, he is chased away like a vision of the night.
- Psalms 27:2When the wicked came against me to eat up my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.
- Psalms 37:36Yet he passed away, and lo, he was no more; I sought him, but he could not be found.
- Jeremiah 46:6Do not let the swift man run, Nor the mighty man escape; In the north by the river Euphrates They have stumbled and fallen.
- Ezekiel 26:21I will bring terrors on you and you will be no more. Though you will be sought, yet you will never be found again,” says the Lord God.
Commentaries on Daniel 11:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Be shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land - After this shameful defeat, Antiochus fled to Sardis, thence to Apamea, and the next day got into Syria, and to Antioch, his own fort, whence he sent ambassadors to treat for peace; and was obliged to engage to pay the immense sum of money mentioned above. But he shall stumble and fall - Being under the greatest difficulties how to raise the stipulated sums, he marched into his eastern provinces to…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land - The strong fortifications of his own land - for the Hebrew word is in the plural. This he would do, of course, for protection. He would cease his attempts at conquest, and endeavor to find security in his own fortresses. As a matter of fact, after this defeat, Antiochus, in order to replenish his exhausted coffers, and to find the means of meeting the claims of the Romans, went into certain…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19After this, Antiochus III stayed within his own fortresses. He was killed there in 187 BC by local people rebelling against him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. Then he shall turn ... toward ... his own land--Compelled by Rome to relinquish all his territory west of the Taurus, and defray the expenses of the war, he garrisoned the cities left to him. stumble ... not be found--Attempting to plunder the temple of Jupiter at Elymais by night, whether through avarice, or the want of money to pay the tribute imposed by Rome (a thousand talents), he was slain with his soldiers in an insurrection of the inhabitants…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Daniel 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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