KJV King James Version
Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, [even] I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Daniel 11:1
Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, [even] I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
“And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up to strengthen and protect him.
WEB World English Bible
“As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.
ASV American Standard Version
And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, my standing is for a strengthener, and for a stronghold to him;
Surrounding context — Daniel 11
1 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, [even] I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
2 And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than [they] all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
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Daniel 9:1In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;Daniel 5:31And Darius the Median took the kingdom, [being] about threescore and two years old.Acts 14:22Confirming the souls of the disciples, [and] exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.Daniel 10:18Then there came again and touched me [one] like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
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