"And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the c…" — Daniel 11:22

Daniel 11:22 · KJV

“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.”

— Daniel 11:22

Verse 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. {estate: or, place}

Verse 23

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

Daniel 11 — Context

Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes {in} the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle. {estate: or, place} {a...: Heb. one that causeth an exacter to pass over} {anger: Heb. angers}

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. {estate: or, place}

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.

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

He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do {that} which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: {yea}, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time. {peaceably...: or, into the peaceable and fat, etc} {forecast...: Heb. think his thoughts}

Cross References

Daniel 9:26

And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof {shall be} with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. {but...: or, and shall have nothing} {desolations...: or, it shall be cut off by desolations}

Daniel 8:10-11

And it waxed great, {even} to the host of heaven; and it cast down {some} of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. {to the host: or, against the host}

Daniel 11:10

But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and {one} shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, {even} to his fortress. {shall be...: or, shall war} {return...: or, be stirred up again}

Daniel 8:25

And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify {himself} in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. {peace: or, prosperity}

Isaiah 8:7-8

Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, {even} the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:

Nahum 1:8

But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

Revelation 12:15-16

And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

Amos 9:5

And the Lord GOD of hosts {is} he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as {by} the flood of Egypt.