Daniel 11:20-22

New International Version

²⁰“His successor will send out a tax collector to maintain the royal splendor.^(A) In a few years, however, he will be destroyed, yet not in anger or in battle.

²¹“He will be succeeded by a contemptible^(B) person who has not been given the honor of royalty.^(C) He will invade the kingdom when its people feel secure, and he will seize it through intrigue. ²²Then an overwhelming army will be swept away^(D) before him; both it and a prince of the covenant will be destroyed.^(E)

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Daniel 11:20-22

New King James Version

²⁰“There shall arise in his place one who imposes taxes on the glorious kingdom; but within a few days he shall be destroyed, but not in anger or in battle. ²¹And in his place ^(A)shall arise a vile person, to whom they will not give the honor of royalty; but he shall come in peaceably, and seize the kingdom by intrigue. ²²With the ^[a]force of a ^(B)flood they shall be swept away from before him and be broken, ^(C)and also the prince of the covenant.

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Daniel 11:22 Lit. arms

Daniel 11:20-22

English Standard Version

²⁰“Then shall arise in his place one who shall send an ^(A)exactor of tribute for the glory of the kingdom. But within a few days he shall be broken, neither in anger nor in battle. ²¹In his place shall arise a contemptible person to whom royal majesty has not been given. ^(B)He shall come in without warning and obtain the kingdom ^(C)by flatteries. ²²Armies shall be ^(D)utterly swept away before him and broken, even the prince of the covenant.