DAN 11:15 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Then the king of the North will come, heap up siege ramps, and capture a city with fortifications. The forces of the South will not stand, not even his choicest troops, for there will be no strength to stand.

UST Then the King of Syria will come south with his army and pile up dirt against the walls of a city that is well protected, and they will break through those walls and they will capture the city. The soldiers from Egypt who have come to defend that city, even the best troops, will not be strong enough to continue to fight.

BSB § Then the king of the North will come, build up a siege ramp, and capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will not stand; even their best troops will not be able to resist.

OEB ‘“So the king of the north will come, and cast up a mound, and take a well-fortified city; and the forces of the south will not stand, nor his chosen men, and there will be no strength to stand.

WEBBE So the king of the north will come and cast up a mound, and take a well-fortified city. The forces of the south won’t stand, neither will his select troops, neither will there be any strength to stand.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Then the king of the north will advance and will build siege mounds and capture a well-fortified city. The forces of the south will not prevail, not even his finest contingents. They will have no strength to prevail.

LSV And the king of the north comes in, and pours out a mound, and has captured fortified cities; and the arms of the south do not stand, nor the people of his choice, indeed, there is no power to stand.

FBV Then the king of the north will come and build siege ramps and he will capture a city with strong defenses. The forces of the south will not be able to prevent it—even his best troops won't be able to resist the attack.

T4T Then the King of Syria will come south with his army and pile up dirt against the walls of a city that is well protected, and they will break through those walls and they will capture the city. The soldiers from Egypt who have come to defend that city, even the best troops, will not be strong enough to continue to fight.

LEB And the king of the north will come, and he will throw up siege ramps[fn] and capture a city of fortifications and the military forces of the south and his choice troops[fn] will not stand, for[fn] there is no strength left to resist.

11:15 Hebrew “ramp”

11:15 Literally “the army of his chosen troops”

11:15 Hebrew “and”

BBE So the king of the north will come, and put up earthworks and take a well-armed town: and the forces of the king of the south will make an attempt to keep their position, even the best of his army, but they will not have strength to do so.

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JPS And the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mound, and take a well-fortified city; and the arms of the south shall not withstand; and as for his chosen people, there shall be no strength in them to withstand.

ASV So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mound, and take a well-fortified city: and the forces of the south shall not stand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to stand.

DRA And the king of the north shall come, and shall cast up a mount, and shall take the best fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, and his chosen ones shall rise up to resist, and they shall not have strength.

YLT 'And the king of the north cometh in, and poureth out a mount, and hath captured fenced cities; and the arms of the south do not stand, nor the people of his choice, yea, there is no power to stand.

Drby And the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mound, and take the well-fenced city; and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, for there shall be no strength to withstand.

RV So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take a well fenced city: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.

Wbstr So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fortified cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.

KJB-1769 So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.[fn][fn]

11.15 the most…: Heb. the city of munitions

11.15 his…: Heb. the people of his choices

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]So the King of the North shall come, and cast vp a mount, and take the most fenced cities, and the armes of the South shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

11:15 Heb. the citie of munitions.

11:15 Heb. the people of his choices.

Bshps So the kyng of the north shal come & cast vp amount, & take the strong cities: and the armes of the south shall not resist, neither his chosen people, neither shal there be any strength to withstand.
(So the king of the north shall come and cast up amount, and take the strong cities: and the arms of the south shall not resist, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.)

Gnva So the King of the North shall come, and cast vp a mount, and take the strong citie: and the armes of the South shall not resist, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.
(So the King of the North shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the strong city: and the arms of the South shall not resist, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand. )

Cvdl So the kinge of the north shall come to laye sege, and to take the stroge fensed cities: And the power of the of ye south shal not be able to abyde him, & the best men of the people shall not be so stronge, as to resist him.
(So the king of the north shall come to lay sege, and to take the stroge fensed cities: And the power of the of ye/you_all south shall not be able to abide him, and the best men of the people shall not be so stronge, as to resist him.)

Wycl And the kyng of the north schal come, and schal bere togidere erthe, he schal take strongeste citees; and the armes of the south schulen not susteyne. And the chosun men therof schulen rise togidere, to ayenstonde, and strengthe schal not be.
(And the king of the north shall come, and shall bear together earth, he shall take strongeste cities; and the arms of the south should not susteyne. And the chosen men thereof should rise together, to againsttonde, and strengthe shall not be.)

Luth Also wird der König gegen Mitternacht daherziehen und Schütte machen und feste Städte gewinnen; und die Mittagsarme werden‘s nicht können wehren, und sein bestes Volk werden nicht können widerstehen,
(So becomes the/of_the king gegen Mitternacht daherziehen and Schütte make and feste cities gewinnen; and the Mittagsarme become‘s not können wehren, and his bestes people become not können widerstehen,)

ClVg Et venit rex aquilonis, et comportabit aggerem, et capiet urbes munitissimas: et brachia austri non sustinebunt, et consurgent electi ejus ad resistendum, et non erit fortitudo.
(And he_came king aquilonis, and comportabit aggerem, and capiet urbes munitissimas: and brachia austri not/no sustinebunt, and consurgent electi his to resistendum, and not/no will_be fortitudo. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וְ⁠יָבֹא֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ הַ⁠צָּפ֔וֹן

and,come king the,north

Here king of the North includes his army also. Alternate translation: “Then the army of the king of the North will come”

וְ⁠יִשְׁפֹּךְ֙ סֽוֹלֲלָ֔ה

and,throw_up siege_ramps

This refers to the piling up of earth in order for soldiers to reach the height of city walls in order to attack them. Soldiers and slaves would put loose earth in baskets, carry them to the right place, and pour it out in order to raise the mounds.

מִבְצָר֑וֹת

well-fortified

This refers to the walls and other things built to defend a city or fort from enemy soldiers.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ⁠אֵ֥ין כֹּ֖חַ לַ⁠עֲמֹֽד

and,not ability to=stand

Here standing represents the ability to fight. Alternate translation: “will be able to keep fighting against them”

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