Daniel 11 · Verse 42

Daniel 11:42

He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.

Daniel 11:42, King James Version

Daniel 11:42 in other translations

BSB	He will extend his power over many countries, and not even the land of Egypt will escape.
WEB	He will also stretch out his hand on the countries. The land of Egypt won’t escape.
ASV	He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries; and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
YLT	‘And he sendeth forth his hand upon the lands, and the land of Egypt is not for an escape;
DARBY	And he shall stretch forth his hand upon the countries; and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
BBE	And his hand will be stretched out on the countries: and the land of the south will not be safe from him.
Webster	He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.

What does Daniel 11:42 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 11:42-43

42-43. Egypt ... Libyans ... Ethiopians--The latter two, being the allies of the first, served under Antiochus when he conquered Egypt. Antitypically, Egypt, though it held out long under the Mamelukes, in A.D. 1517 fell under the Turks. Algiers, Tunis, and other parts of Africa, are still under them. at his steps--following him (Ex 11:8, Margin; Jud 4:10).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 42 He shall stretch forth his hand - He - the Ottoman emperors, have stretched forth the hand, not only on European, but also upon Asiatic and African countries. Egypt - has not escaped; it is a province of the Turkish government, as are also Fez, Morocco, Algiers, and many other African countries. And as the prophecy says they "got power over the silver and gold, and the precious things of Egypt," so it was; for when Selim conquered Egypt, a.d. 1517, he took all its spoils; and the immense sums drawn from it to the present day, and the wretchedness of the land in consequence, are almost incredible. The Libyans and the Ethiopians - The Cushim - unconquered Arabs, all sought their friendship; and many of them are tributary to the present time.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Daniel 11:31-45

The remainder of this prophecy is very difficult, and commentators differ much respecting it. From Antiochus the account seems to pass to antichrist. Reference seems to be made to the Roman empire, the fourth monarchy, in its pagan, early Christian, and papal states. The end of the Lord's anger against his people approaches, as well as the end of his patience towards his enemies. If we would escape the ruin of the…

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Daniel 11:42 in the original Hebrew

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וְיִשְׁלַ֥חve.yish.Lachso he may stretch outH7971

יָד֖וֹya.Dohand hisH3027

בַּאֲרָצ֑וֹתba.'a.ra.Tzoton landsH776

וְאֶ֣רֶץve.'E.retzand [the] land ofH776

מִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714

לֹ֥אlo'notH3808

תִהְיֶ֖הtih.Yehit will becomeH1961

לִפְלֵיטָֽה\׃lif.lei.Tah<into> an escaped remnantH6413

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Daniel 11:42

Ezekiel 29:14
And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom.
Revelation 11:8
And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
Zechariah 14:17
And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.
Zechariah 10:10-11
I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them. And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

stretch forth. Heb. send forth. and.
Eze 29:14; Zec 10:10,11; 14:17; Re 11:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Daniel 11:41
He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
Daniel 11:42
He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
Daniel 11:43
But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.

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Daniel 11:42 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Asimismo extenderá su mano á las otras tierras, y no escapará el país de Egipto.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et il étendra sa main sur les pays, et le pays d’Égypte n’ échappera pas.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und er wird seine Hand an die Länder legen, und das Land Ägypten wird nicht entrinnen;
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Et mittet manum suam in terras: et terra Ægypti non effugiet.