Daniel 11:27

Daniel 11:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)The two kings, with their hearts bent on evil, will sit at the same table and lie to each other, but to no avail, because an end will still come at the appointed time.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And as for the two kings, their hearts shall be bent on doing evil. They shall speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for the end is yet to be at the time appointed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Both these kings’ hearts shall be bent on evil, and they shall speak lies at the same table; but it shall not prosper, for the end will still be at the appointed time.

Context of Daniel 11:27

25And he will stir up his strength and courage against the king of the South with a large army; so the king of the South will mobilize an extremely large and mighty army for war; but he will not stand, because schemes will be devised against him. 26Those who eat his choice food will destroy him, and his army will overflow, but many will fall down slain. As for both kings, their hearts will be intent on evil, and they will speak lies to each other at the same table; but it will not succeed, because the end is still to come at the appointed time. 28Then he will return to his land with much plunder; but his heart will be set against the holy covenant, and he will take action and then return to his own land. 29“At the appointed time he will return and come into the South, but this last time it will not turn out the way it did before.

Daniel 11:27 word by word

וּשְׁנֵיהֶ֤ם הַמְּלָכִים֙ לְבָבָ֣ם לְמֵרָ֔ע וְעַל־שֻׁלְחָ֥ן אֶחָ֖ד כָּזָ֣ב יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ וְלֹ֣א תִצְלָ֔ח כִּי־ע֥וֹד קֵ֖ץ לַמּוֹעֵֽד׃Read the interlinear

• As for bothשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• kingsמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• their heartsלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• evilרָעַעrâ‛a‛ · be evilH7489
• speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• liesכָּזָבkâzâb · lieH3577
• at the sameאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• tableשֻׁלְחָןshûlchân · tableH7979
• but it will not succeedצָלֵחַtsâlach tsâlêach · to prosperH6743
• becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
• endקֵץqêts · endH7093
• is stillעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
• at the appointedמוֹעֵדmô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh · meeting: time appointedH4150
• timeמוֹעֵדmô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh · meeting: time appointedH4150

Cross-references for Daniel 11:27

• 2 Samuel 13:26Then Absalom said, “If not, please have my brother Amnon go with us.” But the king said to him, “Why should he go with you?”
• Psalms 12:2They speak lies to one another; They speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
• Psalms 52:1Why do you boast in evil, you mighty man? The faithfulness of God endures all day long.
• Psalms 58:2No, in heart you practice injustice; On earth you clear a way for the violence of your hands.
• Psalms 64:6They devise injustices, saying, “We are ready with a well-conceived plot”; For the inward thought and the heart of a person are deep.
• Proverbs 12:20Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, But counselors of peace have joy.
• Proverbs 23:6Do not eat the bread of a selfish person; Or desire his delicacies;
• Proverbs 26:23Like an earthenware vessel overlaid with silver impurities Are burning lips and a wicked heart.
• Psalms 62:9People of low standing are only breath, and people of rank are a lie; In the balances they go up. Together they are lighter than breath.
• Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongues like their bows; Lies and not truth prevail in the land; For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me,” declares the Lord.
• Jeremiah 41:1Now in the seventh month Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family and one of the chief officers of the king, along with ten men, came to Mizpah to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. While they were eating bread together there in Mizpah,
• Proverbs 19:21Many plans are in a person’s heart, But the advice of the Lord will stand.
• Ezekiel 17:9Say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “Will it thrive? Will he not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, so that it withers--so that all its sprouting shoots wither? And neither by great strength nor by many people can it be raised from its roots again.
• Daniel 11:29“At the appointed time he will return and come into the South, but this last time it will not turn out the way it did before.
• Daniel 8:19And he said, “Behold, I am going to inform you of what will occur at the final period of the indignation, because it pertains to the appointed time of the end.
• Daniel 10:1In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar; and the message was true and it concerned great conflict, but he understood the message and had an understanding of the vision.

Commentaries on Daniel 11:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27And both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief - That is, Antiochus, and Ptolemy Philometer, who was nephew to the former, and whose interest he now pretended to have much at heart, since the Alexandrians had renounced their allegiance to him, and set his younger brother Euergetes upon the throne. When Antiochus came to Memphis, he and Philometer had frequent conferences at the same table; and at these times they spoke lies to each other, Antiochus…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27And both these kings‘ hearts shall be to do mischief - Margin, “their hearts.” The meaning is, that their hearts were set on some evil or unjust purpose. The reference here is, evidently, to Antiochus and Ptolemy Philometor, and the time alluded to is when Ptolemy was in the possession of Antiochus, and when they were together forming their plans. Antiochus invaded the country under pretenee of aiding Ptolemy and establishing him in the government, and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-27Ptolemy VI Philometor ruled from 181 to 146 BC. He was the king of the South. Antiochus IV attacked Egypt twice between 170 and 168 BC (1 Maccabees 1:17–19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. both ... to do mischief--each to the other. speak lies at one table--They shall, under the semblance of intimacy, at Memphis try to deceive one another (see on Da 11:3; Da 11:25). it shall not prosper--Neither of them shall carry his point at this time. yet the end shall be--"the end" of the contest between them is reserved for "the time appointed" (Da 11:29, 30).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• At One
• Antiochus
• Forecast
• Obtain
• Push
• Seal
• Alexandria
• Daniel, Book of
• Ptolemy
• 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