A mighty king shall stand up, who shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
Parallel translations
- KJV And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
- BSB Then a mighty king will arise, who will rule with great authority and do as he pleases.
- ESV Then a mighty king shall arise, who shall rule with great dominion and do as he wills.
- NKJV Then a mighty king shall arise, who shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
- NASB And a mighty king will arise, and he will rule with great authority and do as he pleases.
- NLT “Then a mighty king will rise to power who will rule with great authority and accomplish everything he sets out to do.
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- Dan 11:16But he who comes against him shall do according to his own will, and no one shall stand before him; and he shall stand in the glorious land, and in his hand shall be destruction.
- Dan 11:36The king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvelous things against the God of gods; and he shall prosper until the indignation be accomplished; for that which is determined shall be done.
- Dan 8:21The rough male goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
- Dan 7:6After this I saw, and behold, another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird; the animal had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
- Dan 5:19and because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he killed, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he raised up, and whom he would he put down.
- Heb 2:4God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders, by various works of power, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will?
- Dan 4:35All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stop his hand, or ask him, What are you doing?
- Eph 1:11in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will;
- Jas 1:18Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
- Dan 8:4–14I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; and no animals could stand before him, neither was there any who could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and magnified himself.
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