Daniel 11:29
in Daniel 11At the appointed time he will invade the South again, but this time will not be like the first.
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ASV
At the time appointed he shall return, and come into the south; but it shall not be in the latter time as it was in the former.
KJV
At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.
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This verse in Daniel 11
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Or, making this the third expedition, the sense is "not as the first or as the second" expeditions [PISCATOR]. Rather "not as the former, so shall be this latter" expedition [GROTIUS].
This site's exposition
not be as the former
on Daniel 11:29-35
The ships of Chittim turn him back, the Roman ultimatum at Alexandria in the common identification the bench carries, and his grief becomes indignation against the holy covenant. Verse 31 is the chapter's crux: the sanctuary polluted, the daily sacrifice taken away, and the ABOMINATION THAT MAKETH DESOLATE set up, the thread that runs 9:27, here, and 12:11, and which the Lord cites at Matt 24:15 as spoken of by Daniel the prophet, still future in his mouth: the readings on near and far fulfilment, Antiochus and a fulfilment beyond him, are named with holders and no date is set. The people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits, and they that understand shall instruct many though they fall by sword and flame: the Maccabean generation is the bench's near reading, and the refining purpose, to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end, is the text's own.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
"And he will return at his appointed time," that is, he will not conquer and prevail in the same manner as before, but he will return in defeat. The phrase "at his appointed time" indicates the time suitable for warfare.
"At the time appointed he shall return and shall come to the South; but the latter time shall not be like the former." And then two years later he gathered an army against Ptolemy and came to the South.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south,....
The kingdom of Syria, which was set up by Seleucus Nicanor, or the conqueror; he was one of Alexander's princes, and became stronger than the other, and had the greatest dominion of all, was the most powerful of all Alexander's successors. It was said that he had no fewer than seven-two kingdoms under him.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
At the time appointed he shall return - Finding that his treachery was detected, and that the two brothers had united their counsel and strength for their mutual support, he threw off the mask; and having collected a great army early in the spring, he passed through Coelesyria; entered Egypt; and the inhabitants of Memphis having submitted to him, he came by easy marches to Alexandria. But, says the prophet, “it shall not be as the former or as the latter:” he had not the same success as the former, when he overthrew the Egyptian army at Pelusium; nor as the latter, when he took Memphis, and subdued all Egypt, except Alexandria. See the reason.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
At the time appointed - In the purposes of God. See the notes at Dan 11:27. That is, at the time when God shall design to accomplish his own purposes in regard to him. The idea is, that there was a definite period in the Divine Mind in which all this was to be done, and that when this should occur Antiochus would return again to invade Egypt. He shall return, and come toward the south - With an intention of invading Egypt.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לַמּוֹעֵ֥ד | lamoed | to the appointed time | H4150 → | 223 times |
| יָשׁ֖וּב | yashuv | he will return | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| וּבָ֣א | uva' | and he will come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| בַנֶּ֑גֶב | vanegev | in the south | H5045 → | 112 times |
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תִהְיֶ֥ה | tihyeh | it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כָרִאשֹׁנָ֖ה | kharishonah | as the former [time] | H7223 → | 182 times |
| וְכָאַחֲרֹנָֽה׃ | vekhaacharonah | and as the latter [time] | H314 → |
לַמּוֹעֵ֥דto the appointed time
lamoedH4150 →223 times
יָשׁ֖וּבhe will return
yashuvH7725 →1056 times
וּבָ֣אand he will come
uva'H935 →2568 times
בַנֶּ֑גֶבin the south
vanegevH5045 →112 times
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
תִהְיֶ֥הit will be
tihyehH1961 →3559 times
כָרִאשֹׁנָ֖הas the former [time]
kharishonahH7223 →182 times
וְכָאַחֲרֹנָֽה׃and as the latter [time]
vekhaacharonahH314 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Acts 17:26From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:7–8
Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.
- Genesis 3:20
And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.
- Malachi 2:10
Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?
- Romans 5:12–19
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
- 1 Corinthians 15:22
For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
- Deuteronomy 32:7–8
Through
Daniel 10:1In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar. The message was true, and it concerned a great conflict. And the understanding of the…
it leads to
- Daniel 8:26
The vision of the evenings and the mornings that has been spoken is true. Now you must seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.”
- Daniel 6:28
So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
- Daniel 8:26
Through
Daniel 8:19and said, “Behold, I will make known to you what will happen in the latter time of wrath, because it concerns the appointed time of the end.
it leads to
- Habakkuk 2:3
For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.
- Habakkuk 2:3
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Daniel; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Book of Daniel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER ELEVEN; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON DANIEL 11:29.
