Daniel 11:31

Daniel 11:31 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)“His armed forces will rise up to desecrate the temple fortress and will abolish the daily sacrifice. Then they will set up the abomination that causes desolation.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Forces from him shall appear and profane the temple and fortress, and shall take away the regular burnt offering. And they shall set up the abomination that makes desolate.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And forces shall be mustered by him, and they shall defile the sanctuary fortress; then they shall take away the daily sacrifices, and place there the abomination of desolation.

Context of Daniel 11:31

29At the time that God chooses, the king will attack the south again. This time the result will be different from the first time. 30People will come in ships from the west to attack him. He will be afraid and he will turn back. He will be angry as he travels home. So he will cause more trouble for the people who obey God's covenant. He will give honour to those people who turn away from the holy covenant. He will send his soldiers to attack Jerusalem's strong place. They will go into the holy place of the temple and they will make it unclean. They will stop people from offering the sacrifices each day. They will put a disgusting thing that causes trouble in the holy place. 32The king will deceive the people who are no longer faithful to God. He will make them help him. But the people who are still faithful to God will work hard to stop him. 33Wise Israelite leaders will teach many other people. But these teachers will suffer for some time. People will kill them in battle, or with fire. People will rob them. People will put some of them in prison.

Daniel 11:31 word by word

וּזְרֹעִ֖ים מִמֶּ֣נּוּ יַעֲמֹ֑דוּ וְחִלְּל֞וּ הַמִּקְדָּ֤שׁ הַמָּעוֹז֙ וְהֵסִ֣ירוּ הַתָּמִ֔יד וְנָתְנ֖וּ הַשִּׁקּ֥וּץ מְשׁוֹמֵֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And armsזְרוֹעַzerôa‛ zerôa‛ zerô‛âh zerô‛âh · armH2220
• shall standעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: riseH5975
• on his part, and they shall polluteחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: profaneH2490
• the sanctuaryמִקְדָּשׁmiqdâsh miqqedâsh · sanctuaryH4720
• of strengthמָעוֹזmâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz mâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz · securityH4581
• and shall take awayסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• the dailyתָּמִידtâmîyd · continuallyH8548
• and they shall placeנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• the abominationשִׁקּוּץshiqqûts shiqqûts · abominationH8251
• that maketh desolateשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: destroyedH8074

Cross-references for Daniel 11:31

• Daniel 8:24He will become very strong, but this will not be a result of his own power. He will completely destroy many things. He will be successful in everything that he does. He will destroy powerful leaders and the holy people who belong to God.
• Revelation 17:12The ten horns that you saw are a picture of ten more kings. They have not yet begun to rule anywhere. But they will receive authority to rule as kings for one hour. They will rule people together with the wild animal.
• Daniel 8:11It boasted that it was more powerful than the Captain of heaven's army. It stopped people from offering their sacrifices to God each day. It destroyed God's temple.
• Daniel 12:11People will suffer for 1,290 days during that time of trouble. It will start from the time when people can no longer offer their sacrifices each day in the temple. That is when the enemy will put a disgusting thing that causes trouble in the holy place.
• Lamentations 1:10The enemies have taken away all Jerusalem's valuable things. Foreign people have walked into God's holy house. But God had said that people like that must not go in there. They are not his people.
• Lamentations 2:7His holy house and his altar there no longer give pleasure to the Lord. He has given Zion's most beautiful houses to the enemy. They shout in the holy house of the Lord as people shout on a special holy day.
• Ezekiel 7:20They were proud of their beautiful jewels. They used them to make disgusting idols and images. That is why I, the Lord, have made them hate their valuable things.
• Ezekiel 9:7The Lord said to them, ‘Fill the yards of the temple with dead bodies! Make the temple an unclean place! Go and do it now!’ So they went out and they started to kill people everywhere in the city.
• Ezekiel 24:21Say to Israel's people, “This is what the Almighty Lord says: Listen! I will now make my holy place become unclean. It is the place that makes you very proud. You love it because it is so beautiful. But now enemy soldiers will kill your sons and daughters that you left in Jerusalem.
• Daniel 8:12God's people accepted the rule of the horn, because they had turned against God. They offered their sacrifices to the horn, instead of to God. The horn stopped people from believing the truth. It was able to do everything that it wanted to do.
• Daniel 9:27The foreign ruler will make an agreement with many people. That agreement will continue for one week. In the middle of that week, he will stop the sacrifices and offerings in the temple. Instead, he will put a disgusting thing there that causes trouble. It will remain there until God finally destroys the ruler who destroys. His end will happen at the time that God has decided.’
• Daniel 8:13Then I heard two angels as they talked to each other. One angel asked, ‘How long will the things in this vision continue to happen? How long will this disgusting thing stop the sacrifices each day? How long will it stand against God and stamp on his temple and his army?’
• Matthew 24:15Long ago, God's prophet Daniel wrote in the Bible about something that would happen. He said that one day people would put a disgusting thing that causes trouble in the temple. You will see it in the holy place. (When you read this, you must understand what it means.)
• Mark 13:14There will be a time when you will see in the temple a disgusting thing that causes trouble. You will see it in a place where it should not be. (When you read this, you must understand what it means.) At that time, people in Judea must run away to the hills to hide.
• Luke 21:20One day you will see Jerusalem with armies all around it. Then you will know that enemies will soon destroy that city.
• Acts 13:40Be careful then! Remember what God's prophets spoke about long ago. Do not let that happen to you. This is what one of them wrote:

Commentaries on Daniel 11:31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 31And arms shall stand on his part - After Antiochus, arms, that is, the Romans, shall stand up: for arms in this prophecy every where denote military potter, and standing up, the power in activity and conquering. Both Sir Isaac Newton and Bp. Newton agree, that what follows is spoken of the Romans. Hitherto Daniel has described the actions of the kings of the north and of the south, that of the kings of Syria and Egypt; but, upon the conquest of Macedon by…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 31And arms shall stand on his part - Up to this verse there is a general agreement among commentators, that the reference is to Antiochus Epiphanes. From this verse, however, to the end of the chapter, there is no little diversity of opinion. One portion suppose that the description of Antiochus and his deeds continues still to be the design of the prophet; another, that the Romans are here introduced, and that a part of the predictions in the remainder of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-45Verses 31-45 The remainder of this prophecy is very difficult, and commentators differ much respecting it. From Antiochus the account seems to pass to antichrist. Reference seems to be made to the Roman empire, the fourth monarchy, in its pagan, early Christian, and papal states. The end of the Lord's anger against his people approaches, as well as the end of his patience towards his enemies. If we would escape the ruin of the infidel, the idolater, the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31the abomination of desolation: See study note on Daniel 9:27.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3131. arms--namely, of the human body; not weapons; human forces. they--Antiochus' hosts confederate with the apostate Israelites; these latter attain the climax of guilt, when they not only, as before, "forsake the covenant" (Da 11:30), but "do wickedly against" it (Da 11:32), turning complete heathens. Here Antiochus' actings are described in language which reach beyond him the type to Antichrist the antitype [Jerome] (just as in Psa 72:1-20 many things…Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 11:31

• Church
• Daily Offering
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Offerings
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Daily sacrifice
• Antiochus
• Forecast
• Obtain
• Push
• Seal
• Abomination of Desolation
• Alexandria
• Bacchus
• Daniel, Book of

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