The Meaning of Daniel 11:19 Explained

Daniel 11:19

KJV: Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.

YLT: And he turneth back his face to the strongholds of his land, and hath stumbled and fallen, and is not found.

Darby: And he shall turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land; and he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.

ASV: Then he shall turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land; but he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then he shall turn  his face  toward the fort  of his own land:  but he shall stumble  and fall,  and not be found. 

What does Daniel 11:19 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Antiochus III returned to Antioch were he died a year later in187 B.C. He had tried to reunite Alexander the Great"s empire under his own authority, but he failed largely because he underestimated the power of the rising Roman Empire. Nevertheless Antiochus III, "the Great," was a brilliant and successful military leader.

Context Summary

Daniel 11:15-29 - The Despoiler Triumphs For A Time
What a picture is presented in this paragraph of the tangled web of earthly politics. They have been too much, and for too long, in the hands of those who sought only their own aggrandizement to attain which they have been willing to sacrifice their honor, their families, their daughters, their people. The time has arrived when the people themselves, at first hand, must determine their destinies. These intrigues between the kings of Syria on the north and the kings of Egypt on the south have little interest for us, and are recorded here only as affecting the history of the Chosen People. This enables us to realize that the events of the present hour are being overruled by divine Providence in the interests of the Church of Christ. This alone abides; all else is of secondary importance and is rapidly passing away. The eternal purpose stands forever sure-that the Father has committed the empire of the world to our Lord, and is about to sum all things up in Him, who is the Head. [source]

Chapter Summary: Daniel 11

1  The overthrow of Persia by the king of Grecia
5  Leagues and conflicts between the kings of the south and of the north
30  The invasion and tyranny of the Romans

What do the individual words in Daniel 11:19 mean?

And he shall turn his face toward the fortress of his own land but he shall stumble and fall and not be found
וְיָשֵׁ֣ב פָּנָ֔יו לְמָעוּזֵּ֖י אַרְצ֑וֹ וְנִכְשַׁ֥ל וְנָפַ֖ל וְלֹ֥א יִמָּצֵֽא

וְיָשֵׁ֣ב  And  he  shall  turn 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive imperfect Jussive, third person masculine singular
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.
פָּנָ֔יו  his  face 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
לְמָעוּזֵּ֖י  toward  the  fortress 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: מָעֹוז 
Sense: place or means of safety, protection, refuge, stronghold.
אַרְצ֑וֹ  of  his  own  land 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
וְנִכְשַׁ֥ל  but  he  shall  stumble 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: כָּשַׁל  
Sense: to stumble, stagger, totter.
וְנָפַ֖ל  and  fall 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
וְלֹ֥א  and  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יִמָּצֵֽא  be  found 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָצָא  
Sense: to find, attain to.

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