DAN 11:17 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) He’ll make the decision to use the strength of his entire kingdom to invade. He’ll forge an agreement, yet he’ll give him a daughter as a wife in order to ruin it, but it won’t work or be to his advantage.

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT He will set his face to come with the strength of his entire kingdom, and with him will be an agreement that he will make. He will give him the daughter of women to ruin it. But it will not stand or be to his advantage.

UST Then he will decide to march south with all the soldiers from his kingdom. He will make an alliance with the King of Egypt and in order that his daughter will help him to destroy the kingdom of Egypt, he will give her to the King of Egypt to become his wife. But that plan will fail.

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WEBBE He will set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and with him equitable conditions. He will perform them. He will give him the daughter of women, to destroy the kingdom, but she will not stand, and won’t be for him.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET His intention will be to come with the strength of his entire kingdom, and he will form alliances. He will give the king of the south a daughter in marriage in order to destroy the kingdom, but it will not turn out to his advantage.

LSV And he sets his face to go in with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; and he has worked, and the daughter of women he gives to him, to corrupt her; and she does not stand, nor is for him.

FBV He will be determined to come with all the power of his kingdom and will make a peace treaty with the king of the south. To secure this he will give him a daughter of women to marry in order to destroy the kingdom. But she will not be successful and will not support him.

T4T Then he will decide to march south with all the soldiers from his kingdom. He will make an alliance with the King of Egypt and in order that his own daughter will help him to destroy the kingdom of Egypt, he will give her to the King of Egypt to become his wife. But that plan will fail.

LEB And he will set his face to come with the authority of his whole kingdom and will form an agreement;[fn] and he will _⌊act_⌋,[fn] and the daughter of women he will give to him to destroy it,[fn] but the ploy will not succeed _⌊and she will not support him_⌋.[fn]

11:17 Or “treaty,” or “peace proposal”; the Hebrew is difficult

11:17 Literally “do, perform”

11:17 Or “her”

11:17 Literally “and not for him will she be”

BBE And it will be his purpose to come with the strength of all his kingdom, but in place of this he will make an agreement with him; and he will give him the daughter of women to send destruction on it; but this will not take place or come about.

Moff and then plan to advance against Egypt with the entire strength of his army. But he must come to terms, and attempt to master Egypt by marrying the princess of Egypt; the plan will fail, and he shall not succeed.

JPS And he shall set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, but shall make an agreement with him; and he shall give him the daughter of women, to destroy it; but it shall not stand, neither be for him.

ASV And he shall set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and with him equitable conditions; and he shall perform them: and he shall give him the daughter of women, to corrupt her; but she shall not stand, neither be for him.

DRA And he shall set his face to come to possess all his kingdom, and he shall make upright conditions with him: and he shall give him a daughter of women, to overthrow it: and she shall not stand, neither shall she be for him.

YLT And he setteth his face to go in with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; and he hath wrought, and the daughter of women he giveth to him, to corrupt her; and she doth not stand, nor is for him.

Drby And he shall set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; and he shall practise; and he shall give him the daughter of women, to corrupt her; but she shall not stand, neither shall she be for him.

RV And he shall set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; and he shall do his pleasure: and he shall give him the daughter of women, to corrupt her; but she shall not stand, neither be for him.

SLT And he shall set up his face to come with the power of all his kingdom, and the upright with him; and he did: and he will give to him the daughter of women, to corrupt her: and she shall not stand, and shall not be for him.

Wbstr He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side , neither be for him.

KJB-1769 He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him.[fn][fn]

11.17 upright…: or, much uprightness: or, equal conditions

11.17 corrupting: Heb. to corrupt

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdome and vpright ones with him: thus shall he doe, and he shall giue him the daughter of women corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

11:17 Or, much vprightnes: Or equall conditions.

11:17 Heb. to corrupt.

Bshps Agayne, he shall set his face to enter with the power of his whole kyngdome, and his confederates with hym, thus shall he do: and he shall geue hym the daughter of women to destroy her, but she shall not stande on his side neither before hym.
(Again, he shall set his face to enter with the power of his whole kingdom, and his confederates with him, thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women to destroy her, but she shall not stand on his side neither before him.)

Gnva Againe he shall set his face to enter with the power of his whole kingdome, and his confederates with him: thus shall he doe, and he shall giue him the daughter of women, to destroy her: but she shall not stande on his side, neither bee for him.
(Again he shall set his face to enter with the power of his whole kingdom, and his confederates with him: thus shall he do, and he shall give him the daughter of women, to destroy her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him. )

Cvdl He shal set his face wt all his power to optayne his kingdome, & to be like it. Yee that shal he do, & geue him vnto the doughters amoge women, to destroye him. But he shal fayle, nether shal he optayne his purpose.
(He shall set his face with all his power to obtain his kingdom, and to be like it. Ye/You_all that shall he do, and give him unto the daughters among women, to destroy him. But he shall fail, neither shall he obtain his purpose.)

Wycl And he schal sette his face, that he come to holde al the rewme of him, and he schal do riytful thingis with hym. And he schal yyue to hym the douyter of wymmen, to distrie hym; and it schal not stonde, and it schal not be his.
(And he shall set his face, that he come to hold all the realm of him, and he shall do rightful things with him. And he shall give to him the daughter of women, to destroy him; and it shall not stand, and it shall not be his.)

Luth Und wird sein Angesicht richten, daß er mit Macht seines ganzen Königreichs komme. Aber er wird sich mit ihm vertragen und wird ihm seine Tochter zum Weibe geben, daß er ihn verderbe; aber es wird ihm nicht geraten, und wird nichts daraus werden.
(And becomes be face direct, that he with power(n) his entire kingdom come. But he becomes itself/yourself/themselves with him vertragen and becomes him his daughter for_the woman give, that he him/it spoil/ruin(v); but it becomes him not advised, and becomes nothing from_it become.)

ClVg Et ponet faciem suam ut veniat ad tenendum universum regnum ejus, et recta faciet cum eo: et filiam feminarum dabit ei, ut evertat illud: et non stabit, nec illius erit.
(And will_put face his_own as let_him_come to tenendum whole kingdom his, and straight will_do when/with by_him: and daughter women's will_give to_him, as evertat it/this/that: and not/no will_stand, but_not of_that will_be. )

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 10:1–12:13: Daniel saw a vision of an angelic man and the end of the age

In this long final vision, Daniel was told of events leading up to the end of the age.

Paragraph 11:16–19

This paragraph tells of the conquests and finally the death of the king of the North.

11:17a

He will resolve to come with the strength of his whole kingdom,

Then the king of the north will set out with the might/forces of his entire kingdom.
He will advance with all of his powerful army toward the kingdom of the south

He will resolve to come with the strength of his whole kingdom: The Hebrew phrase that the BSB translates as He will resolve is literally “and he will set his face.” This means that the king of the North would make a firm decision. He decided to advance with all his forces toward the kingdom of the South. Here are some other ways to translate this:

He will resolve to advance with the full might of his kingdom (REB)

His intention will be to come with the strength of his entire kingdom (NET)

Then the northern king will decide to invade with the power of his entire kingdom

11:17b

and will reach an agreement with the king of the South.

He will make a peace treaty with the king of the south.
to make an alliance with the king of the south, and the king of the north will conclude a peace agreement.

and will reach an agreement with the king of the South: There is a textual problem here. The majority of MT manuscripts say “and upright ones/things with him and he will do.” This is not clear, and some scholars suggest the text should read “he will make a treaty/alliance with him.” This is the reading of some ancient versions and some Hebrew manuscripts. However, since “upright things” can be understood as referring to a peace agreement,11:17 The KJV and the GW are alone among major English versions in keeping the reference to upright people. the translation of the two options may be very similar. Apparently, instead of attacking the king of the South, the king of the north decided to make a peace treaty. Here is another way to translate this:

but will then make a treaty with him (NJB)

an agreement: In this context the word that the BSB translates as an agreement refers to an agreement between two kings or countries to not go to war with one another. Other ways to translate it include:

terms of an agreement (ESV)

terms of peace (NRSV)

peace proposal

In some languages it may be more natural to translate this with a descriptive phrase, as the CEV has done:

he will attempt to make peace (CEV)

11:17c

He will give him a daughter in marriage in order to overthrow the kingdom,

He will give his daughter in marriage to the king of the south in order to overthrow his kingdom.
He will give the king of the south one of his daughters as a wife. His plan will be to destroy the southern king’s kingdom.

He will give him a daughter in marriage: The pronouns He and him may be confusing here. The meaning is that the king of the North gave his daughter (the first Cleopatra) to the king of the South (Ptolemy V). It may be helpful to make the referent of one or both pronouns explicit. For example:

He will give the king of the south a daughter in marriage (NET)

The king of the North will give one of his daughters as a wife to the king of the South (NCV)

in order to overthrow the kingdom: The kingdom that the king of the North wished to overthrow was the southern kingdom, that is, Egypt. It may be necessary to make that clear in some way. For example:

to destroy his enemy’s kingdom (GNT)

in order to destroy the southern kingdom (GW)

11:17d

but his plan will not succeed or help him.

But his plan will not succeed or help him.
But it will not succeed nor will it give him an advantage over the king of the south.

but his plan will not succeed or help him: The Hebrew text that the BSB translates as but his plan will not succeed or help him is more literally “but not it [or she] will stand and not it will happen to him.” This verse part indicates that the northern king’s plan to gain more power by marrying his daughter to the Egyptian Pharaoh did not benefit him. His daughter eventually chose to be loyal to her new husband and to Egypt rather than to her father. Here are some other ways to translate this:

but it shall not succeed or be to his advantage (NRSV)

but it will not turn out to his advantage (NET)

but his plans will fail

In some languages it may be natural to translate this as a separate sentence. For example: