Daniel 11:4

Daniel 11:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
• New International Version (NIV)After he has arisen, his empire will be broken up and parceled out toward the four winds of heaven. It will not go to his descendants, nor will it have the power he exercised, because his empire will be uprooted and given to others.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And as soon as he has arisen, his kingdom shall be broken and divided toward the four winds of heaven, but not to his posterity, nor according to the authority with which he ruled, for his kingdom shall be plucked up and go to others besides these.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And when he has arisen, his kingdom shall be broken up and divided toward the four winds of heaven, but not among his posterity nor according to his dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom shall be uprooted, even for others besides these.

Context of Daniel 11:4

2“Now then, I will reveal the truth to you. Three more Persian kings will reign, to be succeeded by a fourth, far richer than the others. He will use his wealth to stir up everyone to fight against the kingdom of Greece. 3“Then a mighty king will rise to power who will rule with great authority and accomplish everything he sets out to do. But at the height of his power, his kingdom will be broken apart and divided into four parts. It will not be ruled by the king’s descendants, nor will the kingdom hold the authority it once had. For his empire will be uprooted and given to others. 5“The king of the south will increase in power, but one of his own officials will become more powerful than he and will rule his kingdom with great strength. 6“Some years later an alliance will be formed between the king of the north and the king of the south. The daughter of the king of the south will be given in marriage to the king of the north to secure the alliance, but she will lose her influence over him, and so will her father. She will be abandoned along with her supporters.

Daniel 11:4 word by word

וּכְעָמְדוֹ֙ תִּשָּׁבֵ֣ר מַלְכוּת֔וֹ וְתֵחָ֕ץ לְאַרְבַּ֖ע רוּח֣וֹת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְלֹ֣א לְאַחֲרִית֗וֹ וְלֹ֤א כְמָשְׁלוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר מָשָׁ֔ל כִּ֤י תִנָּתֵשׁ֙ מַלְכוּת֔וֹ וְלַאֲחֵרִ֖ים מִלְּבַד־אֵֽלֶּה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And when he shall stand upעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: riseH5975
• his kingdomמַלְכוּתmalkûth malkûth malkûyâh · royaltyH4438
• shall be brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• and shall be dividedחָצָהchâtsâh · to divideH2673
• toward the fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• windsרוּחַrûach · spirit: breathH7307
• of heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• and not to his posterityאַחֲרִית'achărîyth · endH319
• nor according to his dominionמֹ֫שֶׁלmôshel · dominionH4915
• which he ruledמָשַׁלmâshal · to ruleH4910
• shall be plucked upנָתַשׁnâthash · to uprootH5428
• even for othersאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312

Cross-references for Daniel 11:4

• Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been short lived and the joy of the godless has been only temporary?
• Psalms 37:35I have seen wicked and ruthless people flourishing like a tree in its native soil.
• Psalms 49:6They trust in their wealth and boast of great riches.
• Psalms 73:17Then I went into your sanctuary, O God, and I finally understood the destiny of the wicked.
• Luke 12:20“But God said to him, ‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?’
• Daniel 7:6Then the third of these strange beasts appeared, and it looked like a leopard. It had four bird’s wings on its back, and it had four heads. Great authority was given to this beast.
• Daniel 8:8The goat became very powerful. But at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off. In the large horn’s place grew four prominent horns pointing in the four directions of the earth.
• Psalms 39:6We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth, not knowing who will spend it.
• Ecclesiastes 2:18I came to hate all my hard work here on earth, for I must leave to others everything I have earned.
• Ecclesiastes 4:8This is the case of a man who is all alone, without a child or a brother, yet who works hard to gain as much wealth as he can. But then he asks himself, “Who am I working for? Why am I giving up so much pleasure now?” It is all so meaningless and depressing.
• Matthew 12:25Jesus knew their thoughts and replied, “Any kingdom divided by civil war is doomed. A town or family splintered by feuding will fall apart.
• Daniel 7:8As I was looking at the horns, suddenly another small horn appeared among them. Three of the first horns were torn out by the roots to make room for it. This little horn had eyes like human eyes and a mouth that was boasting arrogantly.
• Jeremiah 12:15But afterward I will return and have compassion on all of them. I will bring them home to their own lands again, each nation to its own possession.
• Jeremiah 18:7If I announce that a certain nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed,
• Jeremiah 31:40And the entire area—including the graveyard and ash dump in the valley, and all the fields out to the Kidron Valley on the east as far as the Horse Gate—will be holy to the Lord. The city will never again be captured or destroyed.”
• Jeremiah 45:4“Baruch, this is what the Lord says: ‘I will destroy this nation that I built. I will uproot what I planted.

Commentaries on Daniel 11:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4His kingdom shall be broken - Shall, after his death, be divided among his four chief generals, as we have seen before. See Daniel 8:22. And not to his posterity - The family of Alexander had a most tragical end: His wife Statira was murdered soon after his death by his other wife Roxana. His brother Aridaeus who succeeded him, was killed, together with his wife Euridice, by command of Olympias, Alexander's mother, after he had been king about six years…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4And when he shall stand up - In the might and power of his kingdom. When his power shall be fully established. I understand this, with Rosenmuller and Havernick, as meaning, when he shall be at the height of his authority and power, then his kingdom would be broken up. The reference is, undoubtedly, to the sudden death of Alexander; and the sense is, that his empire would not “gradually” diminish and decay, but that some event would occur, the effect of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Alexander died on June 10, 323 BC, in Babylon when he was 33 years old. He was at the height of his power and wanted to be worshiped as a god. Alexander's descendants could not govern, and his brother Philip was not capable. because his kingdom will be … given to others: Several of Alexander's generals divided his empire. By 301 BC, their conflicts had divided it into four parts (see Daniel 7:4–7; 8:8–12 and Daniel 7:7–7; 8:8–12). God guides history, and…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. kingdom ... divided toward ... four winds--the fourfold division of Alexander's kingdom at his death (Da 8:8, 22), after the battle of Ipsus, 301 B.C. not to his posterity--(See on Da 8:8; Da 8:22). nor according to his dominion--None of his successors had so wide a dominion as Alexander himself. others besides those--besides Alexander's sons, Hercules by Barsine, Darius' daughter, and Alexander by Roxana, who were both slain [Maurer]. Rather, besides…Read the comment

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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