Daniel 11:12

Daniel 11:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)When the army is carried off, the king of the South will be filled with pride and will slaughter many thousands, yet he will not remain triumphant.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when the multitude is taken away, his heart shall be exalted, and he shall cast down tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail.
• New King James Version (NKJV)When he has taken away the multitude, his heart will be lifted up; and he will cast down tens of thousands, but he will not prevail.

Context of Daniel 11:12

10“His sons will mobilize and assemble a multitude of great forces; and one of them will keep on coming and overflow and pass through, that he may again wage war up to his very fortress. 11The king of the South will be enraged and go forth and fight with the king of the North. Then the latter will raise a great multitude, but that multitude will be given into the hand of the former. When the multitude is carried away, his heart will be lifted up, and he will cause tens of thousands to fall; yet he will not prevail. 13For the king of the North will again raise a greater multitude than the former, and after an interval of some years he will press on with a great army and much equipment. 14“Now in those times many will rise up against the king of the South; the violent ones among your people will also lift themselves up in order to fulfill the vision, but they will fall down.

Daniel 11:12 word by word

וְנִשָּׂ֥א הֶהָמ֖וֹן וְרָ֣ם לְבָב֑וֹ וְהִפִּ֛יל רִבֹּא֖וֹת וְלֹ֥א יָעֽוֹז׃Read the interlinear

• When the multitudeהָמוֹןhâmôn hâmôn · crowdH1995
• is carriedנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• away, his heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• will be liftedרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311
• up, and he will cause tensרִבּוֹribbô ribbô' · ten thousandH7239
• to fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• yet he will not prevailעָזַז‛âzaz · be strongH5810

Cross-references for Daniel 11:12

• Daniel 5:19Because of the grandeur which He bestowed on him, all the peoples, nations and men of every language feared and trembled before him; whomever he wished he killed and whomever he wished he spared alive; and whomever he wished he elevated and whomever he wished he humbled.
• Daniel 8:25And through his shrewdness He will cause deceit to succeed by his influence; And he will magnify himself in his heart, And he will destroy many while they are at ease. He will even oppose the Prince of princes, But he will be broken without human agency.
• Deuteronomy 8:14then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
• 2 Kings 14:10You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Enjoy your glory and stay at home; for why should you provoke trouble so that you, even you, would fall, and Judah with you?”
• 2 Chronicles 25:19You said, ‘Behold, you have defeated Edom.’ And your heart has become proud in boasting. Now stay at home; for why should you provoke trouble so that you, even you, would fall and Judah with you?”
• 2 Chronicles 26:16But when he became strong, his heart was so proud that he acted corruptly, and he was unfaithful to the Lord his God, for he entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.
• 2 Chronicles 32:25But Hezekiah gave no return for the benefit he received, because his heart was proud; therefore wrath came on him and on Judah and Jerusalem.
• Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before stumbling.
• Isaiah 10:7Yet it does not so intend, Nor does it plan so in its heart, But rather it is its purpose to destroy And to cut off many nations.
• Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Because your heart is lifted up And you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of gods In the heart of the seas’; Yet you are a man and not God, Although you make your heart like the heart of God--
• Habakkuk 2:4“Behold, as for the proud one, His soul is not right within him; But the righteous will live by his faith.
• Acts 12:22The people kept crying out, “The voice of a god and not of a man!”
• 1 Timothy 3:6and not a new convert, so that he will not become conceited and fall into the condemnation incurred by the devil.
• 1 Peter 5:5You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

Commentaries on Daniel 11:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12His heart shall be lifted up - Had Ptolemy improved his victory, he might have dispossessed Antiochus of his whole empire; but giving way to pride, and a criminally sensual life, he made peace on dishonorable terms; and though he had gained a great victory, yet his kingdom was not strengthened by it, for his subjects were displeased, and rebelled against him, or at least became considerably disaffected.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12And when he hath takcn away the multitude - When he has subdued them. Lengerke, however, renders this, “And the multitude shall lift themselves up,” supposing it to refer to the fact that the people as well as the king would be excited. But the more natural interpretation is that in our common version, and the same sense of the word (נשׂא nâss'â' ) occurs in Ames Daniel 4:2. His heart shall be lifted up - That is, he will be proud and self-confident…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-13Ptolemy IV’s success did not last long. In 198 BC, Antiochus III, the king of the north, returned. Antiochus III had been conquering lands to the north and east. From these lands, he raised a fully equipped army that was much larger than before (compare 3 Maccabees 1:1–5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. when he hath taken away--that is, subdued "the multitude" of Antiochus. heart ... lifted up--instead of following up his victory by making himself master of the whole of Syria, as he might, he made peace with Antiochus, and gave himself up to licentiousness [Polybius, 87; Justin, 30.4], and profaned the temple of God by entering the holy place [Grotius]. not be strengthened by it--He shall lose the power gained by his victory through his luxurious…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Forecast
• Obtain
• Push
• Seal
• Alexandria
• Antiochus III
• Daniel, Book of
• Ptolemy
• Take
• Ptolemaeus, or 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