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36 “Then the king will do as he pleases,[a] and he will exalt himself and will consider himself above any god, and he will speak horrendous things against[b] the God of gods, yet he will succeed until the period of anger is finished, for what is determined will be done. 37 He will not pay respect to the gods of his ancestors,[c] or to the darling of women, and not to any god will he pay respect, for he will consider himself great over all gods. 38 But instead[d] he will honor the god of fortresses, a god whom his ancestors[e] did not know. He will honor him with gold, and with silver, and with precious stones[f] and with costly gifts.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 11:36 Literally “as his pleasure”
  2. Daniel 11:36 Literally “over”
  3. Daniel 11:37 Or “fathers”
  4. Daniel 11:38 Literally “in his place”
  5. Daniel 11:38 Or “fathers”
  6. Daniel 11:38 Hebrew “precious stone”