Daniel 11:23

And from the time when they make an agreement with him, he will be working falsely: for he will take up arms suddenly with a small force,

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.

In Context

22And his forces will be completely taken away from before him and broken; and even the ruler of the agreement will have the same fate.

24Against fertile places, and will make waste a part of the country; and he will do what his fathers have not done, or his fathers' fathers; he will make distribution among them of goods taken in war and by force, and of property: he will even make designs against the strong places for a time.

Read all of Daniel 11

Cross References

Genesis 34:13But the sons of Jacob gave a false answer to Shechem and Hamor his father, because of what had been done to Dinah their sister.

Proverbs 11:18The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

Daniel 8:24And his power will be great, and he will be purposing strange things. And all will go well for him and he will do his pleasure; and he will send destruction on the strong ones.

Romans 1:29Being full of all wrongdoing, evil, desire for the goods of others, hate, envy, putting to death, fighting, deceit, cruel ways, evil talk, and false statements about others;

2 Thessalonians 2:9Even the one whose coming is marked by the working of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,

Matthew Henry on Daniel 11:22-45

The Reign of Antiochus Epiphanes; Cruelty and Impiety of Antiochus; The Death of Antiochus. ( b. c. 534.) 21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. 22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant. 23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Daniel 11:23