Daniel 11:3 “Then a mighty king will arise, who will rule with great authority and…”

Daniel 11:3

Then a mighty king will arise, who will rule with great authority and do as he pleases.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.

World English Bible

A mighty king will stand up, who will rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.

American Standard Version

And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.

Geneva Bible 1599

But a mightie King shall stand vp, that shall rule with great dominion, and doe according to his pleasure.

Darby Translation

And a mighty king shall stand up that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.

Young's Literal Translation

And a mighty king hath stood, and he hath ruled a great dominion, and hath done according to his will;

Bible in Basic English

And a strong king will come to power, ruling with great authority and doing whatever is his pleasure.

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Cross references

“a mighty”

Daniel 8:21 Daniel 7:6 Daniel 8:5–8

Daniel 8:21 · BSB

The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.

Daniel 7:6 · BSB

Next, as I watched, suddenly another beast appeared. It was like a leopard, and on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. The beast also had four heads, and it was given authority to rule.

Daniel 8:5–8 · BSB

As I was contemplating all this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between his eyes came out of the west, crossing the surface of the entire earth without touching the ground.

“do”

Daniel 11:16 Daniel 11:36 Daniel 5:19 Daniel 4:35 Daniel 8:4–14 Ephesians 1:11

Daniel 11:16 · BSB

The invader will do as he pleases, and no one will stand against him. He will establish himself in the Beautiful Land, with destruction in his hand.

Daniel 11:36 · BSB

Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has…

Daniel 5:19 · BSB

Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom he…

Daniel 4:35 · BSB

All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”

Daniel 8:4–14 · BSB

I saw the ram charging toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against him, and there was no deliverance from his power. He did as he pleased and became great.

Ephesians 1:11 · BSB

In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Now then, I will tell you the truth: Three more kings will arise in Persia, and then a fourth, who will be far richer than all the others. By the power of his wealth, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.

4But as soon as he is established, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out toward the four winds of heaven. It will not go to his descendants, nor will it have the authority with which he ruled, because his kingdom will be uprooted and given to others.

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