Daniel 11:23

Daniel 11:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
• New International Version (NIV)After coming to an agreement with him, he will act deceitfully, and with only a few people he will rise to power.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And after the league is made with him he shall act deceitfully, for he shall come up and become strong with a small number of people.
• New Living Translation (NLT)With deceitful promises, he will make various alliances. He will become strong despite having only a handful of followers.

Context of Daniel 11:23

21In his place shall arise a contemptible person to whom royal majesty has not been given. He shall come in without warning and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. 22Armies shall be utterly swept away before him and broken, even the prince of the covenant. And from the time that an alliance is made with him he shall act deceitfully, and he shall become strong with a small people. 24Without warning he shall come into the richest parts of the province, and he shall do what neither his fathers nor his fathers' fathers have done, scattering among them plunder, spoil, and goods. He shall devise plans against strongholds, but only for a time. 25And he shall stir up his power and his heart against the king of the south with a great army. And the king of the south shall wage war with an exceedingly great and mighty army, but he shall not stand, for plots shall be devised against him.

Daniel 11:23 word by word

וּמִן־הִֽתְחַבְּר֥וּת אֵלָ֖יו יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה מִרְמָ֑ה וְעָלָ֥ה וְעָצַ֖ם בִּמְעַט־גּֽוֹי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And after the leagueחָבַרchâbar · to uniteH2266
• with him he shall workעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• deceitfullyמִרְמָהmirmâh · deceitH4820
• for he shall come upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• and shall become strongעָצֹם‛âtsam · be vastH6105
• with a smallמְעַטme‛aţ me‛âţ · littleH4592
• peopleגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471

Cross-references for Daniel 11:23

• Daniel 8:25By his cunning he shall make deceit prosper under his hand, and in his own mind he shall become great. Without warning he shall destroy many. And he shall even rise up against the Prince of princes, and he shall be broken—but by no human hand.
• Genesis 34:13The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully, because he had defiled their sister Dinah.
• Psalms 52:2Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.
• Proverbs 11:18The wicked earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.
• Ezekiel 17:13And he took one of the royal offspring and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath (the chief men of the land he had taken away),
• Romans 1:29They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips,
• 2 Corinthians 11:3But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:9The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders,

Commentaries on Daniel 11:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23He shall come up - From Rome, where he had been a hostage for the payment of the tax laid on his father. Shall become strong with a small people - At first he had but few to espouse his cause when he arrived at Antioch, the people having been greatly divided by the many claimants of the crown; but being supported by Eumenes and Attalus, his few people increased, and he became strong.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23And after the league made with him - A treaty of peace and concord. The great subject of contention between the kings of Syria and Egypt was the possession of Coelo-Syria and Palestine. This they often endeavored to settle by conquest as each of them claimed that in the original partition of the empire of Alexander this portion of the empire fell to himself; and often they endeavored to settle it by treaty. Consequently this region was constantly passing…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23he will act deceitfully: Antiochus IV made false promises to introduce Greek religion into Judea. Lawless followers supported his policies (see 1 Maccabees 1:11–15).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. Tregelles notes three divisions in the history of the "vile person," which is continued to the end of the chapter: (1) His rise (Da 11:21, 22). (2) The time from his making the covenant to the taking away of the daily sacrifice and setting up of the abomination of desolation (Da 11:23-31). (3) His career of blasphemy, to his destruction (Da 11:32-45); the latter two periods answering to the "week" of years of his "covenant with many" (namely, in…Read the comment

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• Daniel, Book of
• Ptolemy

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