King James Version

Daniel 11:9

So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land.

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וּבָ֗אuvaand to comeבּוֹאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and to come”, a completed action in a sequenceH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…בְּמַלְכוּת֙bemalkhutin empireמַלְכוּתpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in empire”, the ordinary formH4438a rule; concretely, a dominionempire, kingdom, realm, reign, royal.מֶ֣לֶךְmelekhkingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “king”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4428a kingking, royal.הַנֶּ֔גֶבhanegevthe southנֶגֶבdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the south”, the ordinary formH5045the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)south (country, side, -ward).וְשָׁ֖בveshavand againשׁוּבconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and again”, a completed action in a sequenceH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).אַדְמָתֽוֹadmatvocountryאֲדָמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “country”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH127soil (from its general redness)country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he shall come into the kingdom of the king of the south, but he shall return into his own land.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he shall come into the realm of the king of the south, but he shall return into his own land.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And the king of the south hath come into the kingdom, and turned back unto his own land;

World English Bible

He will come into the realm of the king of the south, but he will return into his own land.

Darby Translation

and [the same] shall come into the realm of the king of the south, but shall return into his own land.

Douay-Rheims

And the king of the south shall enter into the kingdom, and shall return to his own land.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he shall come into the kingdom of the king of the south, but he shall return into his own land.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he shall enter into the kingdom of the king of the south, and shall return to his own land.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ βασιλέως τοῦ Νότου, καὶ ἀναστρέψει εἰς τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ.