KJV ORIGINAL
At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
When the time comes that was already planned out, he'll head south again. But this time? It's going to be completely different from how things went before — nothing like his previous attempts.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Same plan, different outcome — timing changes everything.
📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?
The book of Daniel, written by an anonymous Jewish author during the Maccabean period (mid-2nd century BCE), addressed a Jewish audience. It was composed to offer encouragement and hope to the Jewish people facing intense persecution and cultural assimilation under the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes.
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