And now will I show you the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia. Treasury of Scripture will I. Daniel 8:26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: why shut you up the vision; for it shall be for many days. Daniel 10:1,21 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true... Proverbs 22:21 That I might make you know the certainty of the words of truth; that you might answer the words of truth to them that send to you? Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets. John 10:35 If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; John 18:37,38 Pilate therefore said to him, Are you a king then? Jesus answered, You say that I am a king. To this end was I born... Revelation 21:5 And he that sat on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said to me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. three. These were, Cambyses, son of Cyrus; Smerdis the Magian imposter; and Darius Hystaspes. Ezra 4:5,6 And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia... far. Psalm 73:6,7 Therefore pride compasses them about as a chain; violence covers them as a garment... stir. Herodotus says the army of Xerxes consisted of 5,283,220 men, besides the Carthaginians, consisting of 300,000 men, and 200 ships. Daniel 11:25 And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army... Daniel 7:5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side... Daniel 8:4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him...
Context The Overthrow of Persia
1Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. 2And now will I show you the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia. 3And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. 4And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
And now will I show thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and when he is waxed strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And now I will shew thee the truth. Behold there shall stand yet three kings in Persia, and the fourth shall be enriched exceedingly above them all: and when he shall be grown mighty by his riches, he shall stir up all against the kingdom of Greece.
Darby Bible Translation
And now will I declare unto thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall enrich himself with great riches more than all; and when he hath become strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece.
King James Bible
And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
Young's Literal Translation
and, now, truth I declare to thee, Lo, yet three kings are standing for Persia, and the fourth doth become far richer than all, and according to his strength by his riches he stirreth up the whole, with the kingdom of Javan.
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