King James Version

Daniel 11:22

And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.

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וּזְרֹע֥וֹתuzerootand armזְרוֹעַconjunction, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “and arm”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2220the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, forcearm, [phrase] help, mighty, power, shoulder, strength.הַשֶּׁ֛טֶףhashetefthe floodשֶׁטֶףdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the flood”, the ordinary formH7858a deluge (literally or figuratively)flood, outrageous, overflowing.יִשָּׁטְפ֥וּyishatefvdrownשָׁטַףverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “drown”, an unfinished actionH7857to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquerdrown, (over-) flow(-whelm, rinse, run, rush, (throughly) wash (away).מִלְּפָנָ֖יוmilfanayvfrom to a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, preposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “from to a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…וְיִשָּׁבֵ֑רוּveyishavervand breakשָׁבַרconjunction, verb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and break”, an unfinished actionH7665to burst (literally or figuratively)break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for H7663 (שָׂבַר)).וְגַ֖םvegamand alsoגַּםconjunction, particle, affirmation — “and also”H1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...andagain, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.נְגִ֥ידnegidcaptainנָגִידnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “captain”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5057a commander (as occupying the front), civil, military or religious; generally (abstractly, plural), honorable themescaptain, chief, excellent thing, (chief) governor, leader, noble, prince, (chief) ruler.בְּרִֽיתberitconfederacyבְּרִיתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “confederacy”, the ordinary formH1285a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the arms of the flood shall be swept away from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the overwhelming forces shall be overwhelmed from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the arms of the flood are overflowed from before him, and are broken; and also the leader of the covenant.

World English Bible

The overwhelming forces will be overwhelmed from before him, and will be broken. Yes, also the prince of the covenant.

Darby Translation

And the overflowing forces shall be overflowed from before him, and shall be broken: yea, also the prince of the covenant.

Douay-Rheims

And the arms of the fighter shall be overcome before his face, and shall be broken; yea also the prince of the covenant.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the arms of the flood shall be swept away from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the arms of him that overflows shall be washed away as with a flood from before him, and shall be broken, and so shall be the head of the covenant.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ βραχίονες τοῦ κατακλύζοντος κατακλυσθήσονται ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ, καὶ συντριβήσονται, καὶ ἡγούμενος διαθήκης·