DAN 11:16 Parallel Verse View

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ULT But he who comes against him will act according to his desires; no one will stand before him. He will stand in the Beautiful Land, with destruction in his hand.

UST So the King of Syria will do whatever he wants to, and no one will be able to oppose him. His army will occupy the glorious land of Israel and completely control it.

BSB The invader will do as he pleases, and no one will stand against him. He will establish himself in the Beautiful Land, with destruction in his hand.

OEB But he who will come against him, will do as he desires, and none will withstand him; and he will stand in the glorious land, and in his hand will be destruction.

WEBBE But he who comes against him will do according to his own will, and no one will stand before him. He will stand in the glorious land, and destruction will be in his hand.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The one advancing against him will do as he pleases, and no one will be able to stand before him. He will prevail in the beautiful land, and its annihilation will be within his power.

LSV And he who is coming to him does according to his will, and there is none standing before him; and he stands in the desirable land, and [it is] wholly in his hand.

FBV The invader will do whatever he wants;[fn] no one will be able to oppose him. He will stand in the Beautiful Land[fn] with the power to destroy it.

11:16 “Do whatever he wants”: see 8:4 and 11:3 and 11:36

11:16 Israel.

T4T So the King of Syria will do whatever he wants to, and no one will be able to oppose him. His army will occupy the glorious land of Israel and completely control/subdue it.

LEB And the one coming to him will act according to[fn] his pleasure, and there is no one who will stand[fn] before him,[fn] and he will stand in the beautiful land[fn] and complete destruction will be in his power.

11:16 Literally “as”

11:16 Literally “standing”

11:16 Literally “to the face of him”

11:16 Literally “in the land of the beauty”

BBE And he who comes against him will do his pleasure, and no one will be able to keep his place before him: he will take up his position in the beautiful land and in his hand there will be destruction.

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JPS But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him; and he shall stand in the beauteous land, and in his hand shall be extermination.

ASV But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him; and he shall stand in the glorious land, and in his hand shall be destruction.

DRA And he shall come upon him and do according to his pleasure, and there shall be none to stand against his face: and he shall stand in the glorious land, and it shall be consumed by his hand.

YLT And he who is coming unto him doth according to his will, and there is none standing before him; and he standeth in the desirable land, and [it is] wholly in his hand.

Drby And he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him; and he shall stand in the land of beauty, and destruction shall be in his hand.

RV But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, and in his hand shall be destruction.

Wbstr But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.

KJB-1769 But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.[fn]
(But he that cometh/comes against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed. )

11.16 glorious…: or, goodly, etc.: Heb. land of ornament

KJB-1611 [fn]But he that commeth against him, shall doe according to his owne will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

11:16 Or, goodly land. Heb. The land of ornament.

Bshps And when he commeth, he shall handle him as he list, and no man shal stand against him: he shall stande in the pleasaunt lande, whiche by his hande shalbe consumed.
(And when he cometh/comes, he shall handle him as he list, and no man shall stand against him: he shall stand in the pleasaunt land, which by his hand shall be consumed.)

Gnva But he that shall come, shall doe vnto him as he list, and none shall stand against him: and he shall stand in the pleasant land, which by his hand shalbe consumed.
(But he that shall come, shall do unto him as he list, and none shall stand against him: and he shall stand in the pleasant land, which by his hand shall be consumed. )

Cvdl Shortly, when he commeth, he shall handle him as he list, & no man shalbe so hardy as to stonde agaynst him. He shal stode in the pleasaunt countre, which thorow him shalbe destroyed.
(Shortly, when he cometh/comes, he shall handle him as he list, and no man shall be so hardy as to stand against him. He shall stood in the pleasaunt country, which through him shall be destroyed.)

Wycl And he schal come on hym, and schal do bi his wille; and noon schal be, that schal stonde ayens his face. And he schal stonde in the noble lond, and it schal be wastid in his hond.
(And he shall come on him, and shall do by his wille; and noon shall be, that shall stand against his face. And he shall stand in the noble land, and it shall be wastid in his hand.)

Luth sondern er wird, wenn er an ihn kommt, seinen Willen schaffen; und niemand wird ihm widerstehen mögen. Er wird auch in das werte Land kommen und wird‘s vollenden durch seine Hand.
(rather he wird, when he at him/it kommt, his Willen schaffen; and no_one becomes him widerstehen mögen. He becomes also in the werte Land coming and wird‘s vollenden through his Hand.)

ClVg Et faciet veniens super eum juxta placitum suum, et non erit qui stet contra faciem ejus: et stabit in terra inclyta, et consumetur in manu ejus.
(And faciet veniens over him next_to placitum his_own, and not/no will_be who stet on_the_contrary face his: and stabit in earth/land inclyta, and consumetur in by_hand his. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

וְ⁠יַ֨עַשׂ הַ⁠בָּ֤א אֵלָי⁠ו֙ כִּ⁠רְצוֹנ֔⁠וֹ

and,do the,comes to=him/it as,pleases,he

Alternate translation: “But the invading king will do whatever he wants against the other king”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ⁠יַעֲמֹ֥ד

and,establish

Here standing represents ruling. Alternate translation: “The king will begin to rule”

בְּ⁠אֶֽרֶץ־הַ⁠צְּבִ֖י

in=land_of the,beautiful

This refers to the land of Israel. See how you translated this in Daniel 8:9.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠כָלָ֥ה בְ⁠יָדֽ⁠וֹ

and,destruction in/on/at/with,hand,his

Here destruction represents the power to destroy. Also, the power to destroy is spoken of as if it were something that someone could hold in his hand. Alternate translation: “and he will have power to destroy anything”

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