Daniel 10:20 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 10:20

“Do you know why I have come to you?” he said. “I must return at once to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I have gone forth, behold, the prince of Greece will come.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I am come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I go forth, lo, the prince of Greece shall come.

KJV

Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Knowest thou wherefore I come - So high art thou in the favor of God, that he hath sent me unto thee to give thee farther satisfaction; though I was elsewhere employed upon a most important mission, and I must speedily return to accomplish it, viz.: - To fight with the king of Persia - To remove all the scruples of Cyrus, and to excite him to do all that God designs him to do for the restoration of my people, and the rebuilding of the city and temple of Jerusalem.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The Grecian monarchy, though favourable to the Jews at first, as the Persian was, will yet come to be vexatious to them. Such is the state of the church-militant; when it has got clear of one enemy it has another to encounter: and such a hydra's head is that of the old serpent; when one storm has blown over it is not long before another rises.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Rather, as the prince of Persia is an angel, representing the hostile world power, so the prince of Grecia is a fresh angelic adversary, representing Greece. When I am gone forth from conquering the Persian foe, a fresh one starts up, namely, the world power that succeeds Persia, Greece;

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
הֲיָדַ֙עְתָּ֙	ha.ya.Da'.ta	¿ do you know	H3045 →
לָמָּה־	la.mah-	<to> why?	H4100 →
בָּ֣אתִי	Ba.ti	have I come	H935 →
אֵלֶ֔יךָ	'e.Lei.kha	to you	H413 →
וְעַתָּ֣ה	ve.'a.Tah	and now	H6258 →
אָשׁ֔וּב	'a.Shuv	I will return	H7725 →
לְהִלָּחֵ֖ם	le.hi.la.Chem	to engage in battle	H3898 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5973 →
שַׂ֣ר	sar	[the] prince of	H8269 →
פָּרָ֑ס	pa.Ras	Persia	H6539 →
וַאֲנִ֣י	va.'a.Ni	and I	H589 →
יוֹצֵ֔א	yo.Tze'	[am] about to go forth	H3318 →
וְהִנֵּ֥ה	ve.hi.Neh	and there!	H2009 →
שַׂר־	sar-	[the] prince of	H8269 →
יָוָ֖ן	ya.Van	Greece	H3120 →
בָּֽא׃	Ba'	he will come	H935 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 12:23
Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
leads to
- Psalms 115:1
  Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.
- Acts 10:25–26
  As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:4
  He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
- Acts 14:14–15
  But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul found out about this, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,
Through
Isaiah 37:36
Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
leads to
- Isaiah 10:12
  So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud…
- 2 Kings 19:35
  And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the…
- 2 Samuel 24:16
  But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that…
- Isaiah 10:33–34
  Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled.