KJV King James Version
But out of a branch of her roots shall [one] stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:
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Daniel 11:7
But out of a branch of her roots shall [one] stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But 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.
WEB World English Bible
But out of a shoot from her roots shall one stand up in his place, who shall come to the army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail.
ASV American Standard Version
But out of a shoot from her roots shall one stand up in his place, who shall come unto the army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And one hath stood up from a branch of her roots, in his station, and he cometh in unto the bulwark, yea, he cometh into a stronghold of the king of the south, and hath wrought against them, and hath done mightily;
Surrounding context — Daniel 11
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.
5 And the king of the south shall be strong, and [one] of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion [shall be] a great dominion.
6 And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king’s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in [these] times.
7 But out of a branch of her roots shall [one] stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:
8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, [and] with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue [more] years than the king of the north.
9 So the king of the south shall come into [his] kingdom, and shall return into his own land.
10 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.
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְעָמַ֛דH5975 · a.madto stand: standמִנֵּ֥צֶרH5342 · ne.tserbranchשָׁרָשֶׁ֖יהָH8328 · she.reshrootכַּנּ֑וֹH3653 · kenstandוְיָבֹ֣אH935 · boto come (in): comeאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַחַ֗יִלH2428 · cha.yilstrength: soldiersוְיָבֹא֙H935 · boto come (in): comeבְּמָעוֹז֙H4581 · ma.ozsecurityמֶ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingהַצָּפ֔וֹןH6828 · tsa.phonnorthוְעָשָׂ֥הH6213 · a.sahto make: doבָהֶ֖םH9038 · hemthemוְהֶחֱזִֽיק׃H2388 · cha.zaqto strengthen: strengthen
Cross-references
Psalm 109:8Let his days be few; [and] let another take his office.Malachi 4:1For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.Luke 12:20But God said unto him, [Thou] fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?Ezekiel 17:18Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these [things], he shall not escape.Jeremiah 12:2Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou [art] near in their mouth, and far from their reins.Isaiah 11:1And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:Daniel 11:19-20Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.Job 14:7For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.Isaiah 9:14Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.Psalm 49:10-13For he seeth [that] wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.Psalm 55:23But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.Daniel 11:38-39But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
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