Daniel 8:23 - The Scriptures 2009

²³ “And in the latter time of their rule, when the transgressors have filled up their measure, a sovereign, fierce of face and skilled at intrigues, shall stand up.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ And at the latter end of their kingdom, when the transgressors [the apostate Jews] have reached the fullness [of their wickedness, taxing the limits of God's mercy], a king of fierce countenance and understanding dark trickery and craftiness shall stand up.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.

Common English Bible

²³ When their kingship nears its end and their sins are almost complete, a king will step forward. He will be stern and a master of deception.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ And after their reign, when iniquities will be increased, there will arise a king of shameless face and understanding negotiations.

English Standard Version 2016

²³ And at the latter end of their kingdom, when the transgressors have reached their limit, a king of bold face, one who understands riddles, shall arise.

Daniel 8:23 Cross References

Genesis 15:16

“Then, in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the crookedness of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

Proverbs 1:6

For understanding a proverb and a figure, The words of the wise and their riddles.

Ezekiel 38:16

“And you shall come up against My people Yisra’ĕl like a cloud, to cover the land – in the latter days it shall be. And I shall bring you against My land, in order that the nations know Me, when I am set apart in you, O Goḡ, before their eyes.”

Ezekiel 38:8

“After many days you shall be called up. In the latter years you shall come into the land of those brought back from the sword and gathered from many people on the mountains of Yisra’ĕl, which had been a continual waste. But they were brought out of the peoples, and all of them shall dwell safely.

Daniel 10:14

“And I have come to make you understand what is to befall your people in the latter days. For the vision is yet for days to come.”

Daniel 11:21

“And in his place shall arise a despised one, to whom they shall not give the excellency of the rule. But he shall come in peaceably, and seize the rule by flatteries.

Daniel 11:24

“He shall enter peaceably, even into the richest places of the province, and do what his fathers have not done, nor his forefathers: distribute among them plunder and spoil and supplies, and devise his plots against the strongholds, but only for a time.

Daniel 7:11

“I was looking. Then, because of the sound of the great words which the horn was speaking, I was looking until the beast was killed, and its body destroyed and given to the burning fire,

Daniel 7:20

and concerning the ten horns that were on its head, and of the other horn that came up, before which three fell – this horn which had eyes and a mouth which spoke great words, whose appearance was greater than his fellows.

Daniel 7:25

and it speaks words against the Most High, and it wears out the set-apart ones of the Most High, and it intends to change appointed times and law, and they are given into its hand for a time and times and half a time.

Daniel 7:8

“I was thinking about the horns, then saw another horn, a little one, coming up among them, and three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots before it. And see, eyes like the eyes of a man were in this horn, and a mouth speaking great words.

Daniel 8:22

“And that it was broken and four stood up in its place: are four rulerships arising out of that nation, but not in its power.

Daniel 8:24

“And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power, and he shall destroy incredibly, and shall prosper and thrive, and destroy mighty men, and the set-apart people.

Daniel 8:25

“And through his skill he shall make deceit prosper in his hand, and hold himself to be great in his heart, and destroy many who are at ease, and even stand against the Prince of princes – yet without hand he shall be broken.

Numbers 24:24

And ships shall come from the coast of Kittim, and they shall afflict Asshur and afflict Ěḇer, and so shall Amalĕq, and he also perishes.”

Matthew 23:32

and you fill up the measure of your fathers!

Deuteronomy 28:50

a fierce-looking nation, which shall show no regard for the elderly nor show favour to the young,

1 Thessalonians 2:16

forbidding us to speak to the nations that they might be saved, so as to fill up their sins always. But the wrath has come upon them to the utmost.

1 Timothy 4:1

But the Spirit distinctly says that in latter times some shall fall away from the belief, paying attention to misleading spirits, and teachings of demons,

Revelation 19:20

And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he led astray those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshipped his image. The two were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with sulphur.