Daniel 8:23

Daniel 8:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
• New International Version (NIV)“In the latter part of their reign, when rebels have become completely wicked, a fierce-looking king, a master of intrigue, will arise.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And at the latter end of their kingdom, when the transgressors have reached their limit, a king of bold face, one who understands riddles, shall arise.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“And in the latter time of their kingdom, When the transgressors have reached their fullness, A king shall arise, Having fierce features, Who understands sinister schemes.

Context of Daniel 8:23

21The buck, the male goat, is the king of Greece; and the large horn between his eyes is the first king. 22The four horns that replaced the one that was broken represent four kingdoms that will arise from this nation, though not with its power. “‘Now toward the end of their reign, when the measure of transgressions is completed, a stern-faced king, a master of intrigue, will arise. 24His power will be mighty, but it will not be by his strength alone. He will cause extraordinary devastation, and succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy both the powerful and the holy people. 25By his cunning he will cause deceit to prosper under his hand and he will consider himself superior. He will destroy many, taking them unaware. He will even stand up against the Prince of princes, yet he will be broken, but not by human hands.

Daniel 8:23 word by word

וּֽבְאַחֲרִית֙ מַלְכוּתָ֔ם כְּהָתֵ֖ם הַפֹּשְׁעִ֑ים יַעֲמֹ֛ד מֶ֥לֶךְ עַז־פָּנִ֖ים וּמֵבִ֥ין חִידֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And in the latter timeאַחֲרִית'achărîyth · endH319
• of their kingdomמַלְכוּתmalkûth malkûth malkûyâh · royaltyH4438
• when the transgressorsפָּשַׁעpâsha‛ · to transgressH6586
• are come to the fullתָּמַםtâmam · to finishH8552
• a kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of fierceעַז‛az · strongH5794
• countenanceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• and understandingבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995
• dark sentencesחִידָהchîydâh · riddleH2420
• shall stand upעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: riseH5975

Cross-references for Daniel 8:23

• Daniel 10:14Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the future days. For the vision concerns days yet to come.’
• Numbers 24:24Ships will come from Kittim’s shore. They will afflict Asshur and Eber, but they too will come to destruction.”
• Ezekiel 38:8After many days you will be summoned. In the latter years, you will come against the land that has been brought back from the sword and regathered from many peoples on the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual waste. But they were brought out from the peoples. When all of them are dwelling securely,
• 1 Timothy 4:1Now the Ruach clearly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, following deceitful spirits and teachings of demons
• Genesis 15:16Then in the fourth generation they will return here—for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
• Matthew 23:32Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers!
• 1 Thessalonians 2:16hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they might be saved. As a result, they constantly fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them at last.
• Daniel 8:9“Out of one of them came forth a small horn, which grew extremely large to the south and the east, and toward the beautiful land.
• Daniel 7:8“While I was pondering the horns, behold, another horn, a small one, sprang up between them, and three of the first horns were uprooted from before it. And behold, this horn had eyes resembling human eyes and a mouth speaking boastfully.
• Deuteronomy 28:50a brazen-faced nation that will not respect the old or be gracious to the young.
• Daniel 8:25By his cunning he will cause deceit to prosper under his hand and he will consider himself superior. He will destroy many, taking them unaware. He will even stand up against the Prince of princes, yet he will be broken, but not by human hands.
• Daniel 11:21“Then in his place will arise a despicable person, on whom royal honor has not been conferred. He will come in a time of tranquility, and seize the kingdom through intrigue.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:9The coming of the lawless one is connected to the activity of satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,
• Revelation 13:11Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.
• Revelation 19:20Then the beast was captured, and along with him the false prophet who had performed the signs before him by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast, as well as those who had worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone.
• Daniel 8:6He came up to the two-horn ram that I had seen standing beside the canal, and charged it with raging strength.

Commentaries on Daniel 8:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23When the transgressors are come to the full - When the utmost degradation has taken place, by the buying and selling of the high priesthood; for Onias was ejected for a sum of money, to make room for wicked Jason; and Jason again was supplanted for a greater sum by a worse man, if possible, than himself, Menelaus; and the golden vessels of the temple were sold to pay for this sacrilegious purchase. Thus transgressions were come to the full, before the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23And in the latter time of their kingdom - When it shall be drawing to an end. All these powers were ultimately absorbed in the Roman power; and the meaning here is, that taking the time from the period of their formation - the division of the empire after the battle of Ipsus (see the notes at Daniel 8:8), until the time when all would be swallowed up in the Roman dominion, what is here stated - to wit, the rise of Antiochus - would be in the latter…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-27Verses 15-27 The eternal Son of God stood before the prophet in the appearance of a man, and directed the angel Gabriel to explain the vision. Daniel's fainting and astonishment at the prospect of evils he saw coming on his people and the church, confirm the opinion that long-continued calamities were foretold. The vision being ended, a charge was given to Daniel to keep it private for the present. He kept it to himself, and went on to do the duty of his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-25The little horn (Daniel 8:9) was a fierce king. This description fits Antiochus IV, who was a ruler from the Seleucid dynasty from 175 to 163 BC (compare Daniel 11:21–45). He called himself "Epiphanes," which means "The Manifest Presence [of God]." But many people, including Jews, mockingly called him "Epimanes," which means "Mad Man." By desecrating the temple and Jewish worship (Daniel 8:11–12), Antiochus tried to destroy Judaism and unify his kingdom…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. transgressors are come to the full--This does not hold good of the times of Antiochus, but of the closing times of the Christian era. Compare Lu 18:8, and 2Ti 3:1-9, as to the wickedness of the world in general just before Christ's second coming. Israel's guilt, too, shall then be at the full, when they who rejected Christ shall receive Antichrist; fulfilling Jesus words, "I am come in My Father's name, and ye receive Me not; if another shall come in…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Daniel 8

• 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