At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.
KJV
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAt 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.
At the appointed time he will invade the South again, but this time will not be like the first.
At the appointed time he turneth back, and hath come against the south, and it is not as the former, and as the latter.
At the set time he shall return, and come towards the south; but not as the former time shall be the latter;
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentDaniel — A Hebrew exile at Babylonian and Persian courts sees empires rise and fall, a Son of Man coming with clouds, and seventy weeks locating Messiah in time. The canon's densest apocalyptic text — and its most interpretively contested.
- Author
- Daniel (traditional — Jesus cites ‘Daniel the prophet’ in Matt 24:15); critical scholarship dates composition to the 2nd c. BC Maccabean period (§7.9 — both surfaced)
- Date
- Traditional: 6th c. BC. Critical: c. 165 BC. Site default: traditional; critical view surfaced at depth 2