Daniel 11:4 Cross References - NSB

⁴ »After he appears his kingdom will be broken. It will be divided toward the four winds of heaven, but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion as he ruled. His kingdom will be plucked up, even for others besides these.

⁷ he will perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him will say: Where is he?

⁵ »The success of the wicked is brief and the joy of the godless lasts but a moment. ⁶ »Though his pride reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds,

⁶ They trust their riches and brag about their abundant wealth. ⁷ No one can ever redeem (buy back) his brother or pay God a ransom for his life. ⁸ The price to be paid for him is so costly it can never be paid ⁹ so they should live forever and never see the grave (pit) (destruction). ¹⁰ One can see that wise people die, that foolish and stupid people meet the same end. They leave their wealth to others. ¹¹ Inwardly they think their houses are forever, their dwelling place to all generations. So they named their lands after themselves. ¹² But mortals will not continue here with what they treasure. They are like animals that die.

¹⁷ I understood their end when I went into the sanctuary of God. ¹⁸ Surely you set them in slippery places. You threw them down into destruction. ¹⁹ How are they destroyed, suddenly! They are utterly consumed with terrors. ²⁰ It is like waking up from a dream, O Jehovah. When you awake you will despise everything they represent.

³⁵ I have seen a wicked, violent man spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil. ³⁶ Then he passed away, and lo, he was no more. I searched for him, but he could not be found.

⁶ »Every man walks about like a vain illusion. He makes a lot of noise over nothing. He hoards riches and does not know who will receive them.

¹⁸ I hated all the work I had done under the sun, because I would leave it behind for the man who comes after me. ¹⁹ Who knows if he will be a wise man or a fool? But he will have power over all the work that I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This too is vanity.

⁸ There is a man who is by himself, without a companion. He is without son or brother. There is no end to all his work. He never has enough wealth. Nor is his eye satisfied with riches. He never asks: »For whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure?« This too is vanity and a terrible problem.

¹⁵ »But after I have taken them away I will have mercy on them. I will bring each nation back to its own land and to its own country.

¹⁷ »However if any nation will not obey I will completely uproot it and destroy it.« I, Jehovah, have spoken.

⁷ »At one time I may threaten to tear up, break down, and destroy a nation or a kingdom.

⁴⁰ »The whole valley is filled with its dead bodies and ashes. The entire area to the Kidron Valley, as far as the corner of Horse Gate in the east, will be holy to Jehovah. It will never be uprooted or torn down again.«

⁴ »Say this to Baruch: ‘This is what Jehovah says: »I will tear down what I have built. I will uproot what I have planted throughout the earth.

² Daniel said: »I saw in my vision by night, the four winds of heaven blew upon the great sea.

⁶ »I saw another beast. It was like a LEOPARD. It had four wings as a bird on its back. The beast also had four heads. Dominion (ruling authority) was given to it.

⁸ »I looked at the horns and another one, a little horn came. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a man. It had a mouth that spoke great (domineering) (boastful) things. The three first horns were plucked up roots and all.

⁸ The he-goat promoted (boasted about) himself exceedingly. He was strong. The great horn was broken and instead of it there came up four notable horns toward the four winds of heaven.

²² »As for that which was broken, in the place where four stood up, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not with his power.

²⁵ Knowing their thoughts, he said to them: »Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed. Every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

²⁰ »But God said to him: ‘You fool this night you will give up your life. Then who will have all these things you accumulated?’