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.
Parallel translations
- 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.
- BSB At the appointed time he will invade the South again, but this time will not be like the first.
- NKJV “At the appointed time he shall return and go toward the south; but it shall not be like the former or the latter.
- NASB “At the appointed time he will return and come into the South, but this last time it will not turn out the way it did before.
- NLT “Then at the appointed time he will once again invade the south, but this time the result will be different.
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Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 14:31Howl, gate! Cry, city! You are melted away, Philistia, all of you; for smoke comes out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.
- Dan 10:1In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, even a great warfare: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
- Dan 8:19He said, Behold, I will make you know what shall be in the latter time of the indignation; for it belongs to the appointed time of the end.
- Dan 11:25He shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall war in battle with an exceeding great and mighty army; but he shall not stand; for they shall devise devices against him.
- Dan 11:23After the treaty made with him he shall work deceitfully; for he shall come up, and shall become strong, with a small people.
- Acts 17:26He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,
- Gal 4:2but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed by the father.
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