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Daniel 11:17-19
New English Translation
Daniel 11:17-19
New English Translation
17 His intention[a] will be to come with the strength of his entire kingdom, and he will form alliances.[b] He will give the king of the south[c] a daughter[d] in marriage in order to destroy the kingdom, but it will not turn out to his advantage. 18 Then he will turn his attention[e] to the coastal regions and will capture many of them. But a commander[f] will bring his shameful conduct to a halt; in addition,[g] he will make him pay for his shameful conduct.[h] 19 He will then turn his attention to the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall, not to be found again.
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- Daniel 11:17 tn Heb “and he will set his face” (cf. vv. 18, 19).
- Daniel 11:17 tc The present translation reads מֵישָׁרִים (mesharim, “alliances”) for the MT וִישָׁרִים (viysharim, “uprightness”).
- Daniel 11:17 tn Heb “him”; the referent (the king of the south) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Daniel 11:17 tn Heb “the daughter of the women.”sn The daughter refers to Cleopatra, the daughter of Antiochus, who was given in marriage to Ptolemy V.
- Daniel 11:18 tn Heb “his face,” as also in v. 19.
- Daniel 11:18 sn The commander is probably the Roman commander, Lucius Cornelius Scipio.
- Daniel 11:18 tn The Hebrew here is difficult in that the negative בִּלְתִּי (bilti, “not”) is used in an unusual way. The sense is not entirely clear.
- Daniel 11:18 tn Heb “his shameful conduct he will return to him.”
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