Then said Avshalom, If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us. The king said to him, Why should he go with you?
Daniel 11:27 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) As for both these kings, their hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table: but it shall not prosper; for yet the end shall be at the time appointed. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And as for both of these kings, their hearts and minds shall be set on doing mischief; they shall speak lies over the same table, but it will not succeed, for the end is yet to be at the time appointed. American Standard Version (1901) And as for both these kings, their hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table: but it shall not prosper; for yet the end shall be at the time appointed. Common English Bible “These two kings, with their minds set on evil, will sit at one table, telling lies, but with no success because the end will come at the set time. Catholic Public Domain Version And the heart of two kings will be similar, to do harm, and they will speak lies at one table, but they will not succeed, because as yet the end is for another time. English Standard Version 2016 And as for the two kings, their hearts shall be bent on doing evil. They shall speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for the end is yet to be at the time appointed. |
Then said Avshalom, If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us. The king said to him, Why should he go with you?
Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.
Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.
They plot injustice, saying, *We have made a perfect plan!* Surely man's mind and heart are cunning.
Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of shalom.
There are many plans in a man's heart, but the LORD's counsel will prevail.
Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.
Say you, Thus says the Lord GOD: Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots of it, and cut off the fruit of it, that it may wither; that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? and not by a strong arm or much people can it be raised from the roots of it.
In the third year of Koresh king of Paras a thing was revealed to Daniyel, whose name was called Belteshatzar; and the thing was true, even a great warfare: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
Then shall he return into his land with great substance; and his heart [shall be] against the holy covenant; and he shall do [his pleasure], and return to his own land.
At the time appointed he shall return, and come into the south; but it shall not be in the latter time as it was in the former.
Some of those who are wise shall fall, to refine them, and to purify, and to make them white, even to the time of the end; because it is yet for the time appointed.
At the time of the end shall the king of the south contend with him; and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass through.
So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was frightened, and fell on my face: but he said to me, Understand, son of man; for the vision belongs to the time of the end.
He said, Behold, I will make you know what shall be in the latter time of the indignation; for it belongs to the appointed time of the end.
For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won't prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won't delay.
He said to them, *It isn't for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within His own authority.
because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.*
But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you.