Daniel 11:8 “He will take even their gods captive to Egypt, with their metal images…”

Daniel 11:8

He will take even their gods captive to Egypt, with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold. For some years he will stay away from the king of the North,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.

World English Bible

He will also carry their gods with their molten images, and with their goodly vessels of silver and of gold, captive into Egypt. He will refrain some years from the king of the north.

American Standard Version

And also their gods, with their molten images, and with their goodly vessels of silver and of gold, shall he carry captive into Egypt; and he shall refrain some years from the king of the north.

Geneva Bible 1599

And shall also carie captiues into Egypt their gods with their molten images, and with their precious vessels of siluer and of golde, and he shall continue more yeeres then the King of the North.

Darby Translation

He shall also carry captive into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall subsist for more years than the king of the north;

Young's Literal Translation

and also their gods, with their princes, with their desirable vessels of silver and gold, into captivity he bringeth [into] Egypt; and he doth stand more years than the king of the north.

Bible in Basic English

And their gods and their metal images and their fair vessels of silver and gold he will take away into the south; and for some years he will keep away from the king of the north.

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Cross references

“their gods”

Isaiah 37:19 Genesis 31:30 Exodus 12:12 Numbers 33:4 Deuteronomy 12:3 Judges 18:24

Isaiah 37:19 · BSB

They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.

Genesis 31:30 · BSB

Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”

Exodus 12:12 · BSB

On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.

Numbers 33:4 · BSB

who were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them; for the LORD had executed judgment against their gods.

Deuteronomy 12:3 · BSB

Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.

Judges 18:24 · BSB

He replied, “You took the gods I had made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you say to me, ‘What is the matter with you?’”

“their precious vessels”

Daniel 10:3 Isaiah 2:16 Hosea 13:15 Daniel 1:2 Daniel 1:3

Daniel 10:3 · BSB

I ate no rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I did not anoint myself with oil until the three weeks were completed.

Isaiah 2:16 · BSB

against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.

Hosea 13:15 · BSB

Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come— a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious…

Daniel 1:2 · BSB

And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury…

Daniel 1:3 · BSB

Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his court officials, to bring in some Israelites from the royal family and the nobility—

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

In context

7But one from her family line will rise up in his place, come against the army of the king of the North, and enter his fortress, fighting and prevailing.

9who will invade the realm of the king of the South and then return to his own land.

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