Daniel 11:18

Daniel 11:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him.
• New International Version (NIV)Then he will turn his attention to the coastlands and will take many of them, but a commander will put an end to his insolence and will turn his insolence back on him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Afterward he shall turn his face to the coastlands and shall capture many of them, but a commander shall put an end to his insolence. Indeed, he shall turn his insolence back upon him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)After this he shall turn his face to the coastlands, and shall take many. But a ruler shall bring the reproach against them to an end; and with the reproach removed, he shall turn back on him.

Context of Daniel 11:18

16“The king of the north will march onward unopposed; none will be able to stop him. He will pause in the glorious land of Israel, intent on destroying it. 17He will make plans to come with the might of his entire kingdom and will form an alliance with the king of the south. He will give him a daughter in marriage in order to overthrow the kingdom from within, but his plan will fail. “After this, he will turn his attention to the coastland and conquer many cities. But a commander from another land will put an end to his insolence and cause him to retreat in shame. 19He will take refuge in his own fortresses but will stumble and fall and be seen no more. 20“His successor will send out a tax collector to maintain the royal splendor. But after a very brief reign, he will die, though not from anger or in battle.

Daniel 11:18 word by word

וְיָשֵׂ֧ם פָּנָ֛יו לְאִיִּ֖ים וְלָכַ֣ד רַבִּ֑ים וְהִשְׁבִּ֨ית קָצִ֤ין חֶרְפָּתוֹ֙ ל֔וֹ בִּלְתִּ֥י חֶרְפָּת֖וֹ יָשִׁ֥יב לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• After this shall he turnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• After this shall he turnשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• his faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• unto the islesאִי'îy · coastlandH339
• and shall takeלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• but a princeקָצִיןqâtsîyn · chiefH7101
• for his own behalf shall cause the reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpâh · reproachH2781
• offered by him to ceaseשָׁבַתshâbath · to ceaseH7673
• withoutבִּלְתִּיbiltîy · lestH1115
• to turnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725

Cross-references for Daniel 11:18

• Genesis 10:4The descendants of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
• Jeremiah 2:10“Go west and look in the land of Cyprus; go east and search through the land of Kedar. Has anyone ever heard of anything as strange as this?
• Jeremiah 31:10“Listen to this message from the Lord, you nations of the world; proclaim it in distant coastlands: The Lord, who scattered his people, will gather them and watch over them as a shepherd does his flock.
• Ezekiel 27:6They carved your oars from the oaks of Bashan. Your deck of pine from the coasts of Cyprus was inlaid with ivory.
• Zephaniah 2:11The Lord will terrify them as he destroys all the gods in the land. Then nations around the world will worship the Lord, each in their own land.
• Judges 1:7Adoni-bezek said, “I once had seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off, eating scraps from under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them.” They took him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
• Hosea 12:14But the people of Israel have bitterly provoked the Lord, so their Lord will now sentence them to death in payment for their sins.
• Matthew 7:2For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.

Commentaries on Daniel 11:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Shall he turn his face unto the isles - Antiochus had fitted out a great fleet of one hundred large ships and two hundred smaller, and with this fleet subdued most of the maritime places on the coast of the Mediterranean, and took many of the isles, Rhodes, Samos, Euboea, Colophon, and others. But a prince for his own behalf - Or, a captain. The consul Acilius Glabrio caused the reproach to cease; beat and routed his army at the straits of Thermopylae…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18After this shall he turn his face unto the isles - The islands of the Mediterranean, particularly those in the neighborhood of and constituting a part of Greece. This he did in his wars with the Romans, for the Roman power then comprehended that part of the world, and it was the design of Antiochus, as already remarked, to extend the limits of his empire as far as it was at the time of Seleucus Nicator. This occurred after the defeat of Scopas, for…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18Antiochus III expanded his territory to include the coastlands of Anatolia, Macedonia, and Greece. However, the Romans defeated him in 191 and 190 BC. The prince was the well-known Roman general Scipio. He stopped the expansion of Antiochus III and forced him to give up the lands he had taken in the west and return in shame.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. isles--He "took many" of the isles in the Ægean in his war with the Romans, and crossed the Hellespont. prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach ... to cease--Lucius Scipio Asiaticus, the Roman general, by routing Antiochus at Magnesia (190 B.C.), caused the reproach which he offered Rome by inflicting injuries on Rome's allies, to cease. He did it for his own glory. without his own reproach--with untarnished reputation.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Antiochus
• Captain
• Forecast
• Island
• Obtain
• Push
• Seal
• Alexandria
• Antiochus III
• Coast

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