Daniel 11:3

Daniel 11:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
• New International Version (NIV)Then a mighty king will arise, who will rule with great power and do as he pleases.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then a mighty king shall arise, who shall rule with great dominion and do as he wills.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then a mighty king shall arise, who shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.

Context of Daniel 11:3

1“In the first year of Darius the Mede, I arose to be of assistance and a protection for him. 2And now I will tell you the truth. Behold, three more kings are going to arise in Persia. Then a fourth will gain far more riches than all of them; as soon as he becomes strong through his riches, he will stir up the entire empire against the realm of Greece. And a mighty king will arise, and he will rule with great authority and do as he pleases. 4But as soon as he has arisen, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out toward the four points of the compass, though not to his own descendants, nor according to his authority which he wielded, because his sovereignty will be removed and given to others besides them. 5“Then the king of the South will grow strong, along with one of his princes who will gain ascendancy over him and rule; his domain will be a great realm indeed.

Daniel 11:3 word by word

וְעָמַ֖ד מֶ֣לֶךְ גִּבּ֑וֹר וּמָשַׁל֙ מִמְשָׁ֣ל רַ֔ב וְעָשָׂ֖ה כִּרְצוֹנֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• mightyגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• will ariseעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: riseH5975
• and he will ruleמָשַׁלmâshal · to ruleH4910
• with greatרַבrab · manyH7227
• authorityמִמְשָׁלmimshâl · dominionH4474
• doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• as he pleasesרָצוֹןrâtsôn râtsôn · acceptanceH7522

Cross-references for Daniel 11:3

• Daniel 7:6After this I kept looking, and behold, another one, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird; the beast also had four heads, and dominion was given to it.
• Daniel 8:5While I was observing, behold, a male goat was coming from the west over the surface of the entire earth without touching the ground; and the goat had a prominent horn between his eyes.
• Daniel 11:16But he who comes against him will do as he pleases, and no one will be able to withstand him; he will also stay for a time in the Beautiful Land, with destruction in his hand.
• Daniel 4:35All the inhabitants of the earth are of no account, But He does according to His will among the army of heaven And among the inhabitants of earth; And no one can fend off His hand Or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’
• Daniel 5:19Now because of the greatness which He granted him, all the peoples, nations, and populations of all languages trembled and feared in his presence; 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 8:4I saw the ram butting westward, northward, and southward, and no other beasts could stand against him nor was there anyone to rescue from his power, but he did as he pleased and made himself great.
• Ephesians 1:11In Him we also have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things in accordance with the plan of His will,
• Hebrews 2:4God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders, and by various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit according to His own will.
• James 1:18In the exercise of His will He gave us birth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures.

Commentaries on Daniel 11:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3A mighty king shall stand up - This was Alexander the great. It is not said that this mighty king shall stand up against Xerxes, for he was not born till one hundred years after that monarch; but simply that he should stand up, i.e., that he should reign in Greece.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3And a mighty king shall stand up - So far as the language here is concerned, it is not said whether this would be in Persia, as a successor of the “fourth king” Daniel 11:2, or whether it would be in some other part of the world. The next verse, however, shows that the reference is to Alexander the Great - for to no other one is it applicable. There were several monarchs of Persia, indeed, that succeeded Xerxes before the kingdom was invaded and subdued…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Alexander the Great was a powerful king (see study note on Daniel 8:21) who ruled from 336 to 323 BC. He conquered much of the known world in thirteen years, from Greece to India and from the north to Egypt in the south.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. mighty king ... do according to his will--answering to the he-goat's "notable horn" (Da 8:6, 7, 21). Alexander invaded Persia 334 B.C., to avenge the wrongs of Greece on Persia for Xerxes' past invasion (as Alexander said in a letter to Darius Codomanus, Arrian, Alexander. 2.14.7).Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 11:3

• Persia

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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