Daniel 11:10

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“But his sons will stir up strife and assemble a great army, which will advance forcefully, sweeping through like a flood, and will again carry the battle as far as his fortress.”

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BSBPD

“But his sons will stir up strife and assemble a great army, which will advance forcefully, sweeping through like a flood, and will again carry the battle as far as his fortress.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And his sons shall war, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces, which shall come on, and overflow, and pass through; and they shall return and war, even to his fortress.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and his sons stir themselves up, and have gathered a multitude of great forces, and he hath certainly come in, and overflowed, and passed through, and he turneth back, and they stir themselves up unto his stronghold.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Daniel 11:10 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 8:7the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates— the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
  2. Isaiah 25:12The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.
  3. Jeremiah 46:7Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn?
  4. Jeremiah 51:42The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.
  5. Daniel 9:26Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.
  6. Daniel 11:7But one from her family line will rise up in his place, come against the army of the king of the North, and enter his fortress, fighting and prevailing.
  7. Daniel 11:22Then a flood of forces will be swept away before him and destroyed, along with a prince of the covenant.
  8. Daniel 11:26Those who eat from his provisions will seek to destroy him; his army will be swept away, and many will fall slain.
  9. Daniel 11:39He will attack the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god and will greatly honor those who acknowledge him, making them rulers over many and distributing the land for a price.

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