In those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the children of the violent among your people shall lift themselves up to establish the vision; but they shall fall.
Parallel translations
- KJV And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.
- BSB In those times many will rise up against the king of the South. Violent ones among your own people will exalt themselves in fulfillment of the vision, but they will fail.
- NKJV “Now in those times many shall rise up against the king of the South. Also, violent men of your people shall exalt themselves in fulfillment of the vision, but they shall fall.
- NASB “Now in those times many will rise up against the king of the South; the violent ones among your people will also raise themselves up to fulfill the vision, but they will fall down.
- NLT At that time there will be a general uprising against the king of the south. Violent men among your own people will join them in fulfillment of this vision, but they will not succeed.
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Quick answer
Many rise against the southern king, including violent men among Daniel's own people who try to fulfill the vision but fall. Even within Israel, misguided zeal can lead to ruin.
Overview
Amid the wider wars, some among the Jews join the uprising, perhaps thinking to hasten prophetic fulfillment by force, yet they fail. The verse soberly notes that human attempts to force God's purposes by violence do not succeed. God's plan advances in His way and time, not by the rashness of the 'violent,' a lesson the New Testament reaffirms regarding Christ's peaceable kingdom.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 2
- Rev 17:17For God has put in their hearts to do what he has in mind, and to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God should be accomplished.
- Acts 4:25–28who by the mouth of your servant, David, said, ‘Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?
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