11:14 “In those times many will oppose 2 the king of the south. 3 Those who are violent 4 among your own people will rise up in confirmation of 5 the vision, but they will falter.
1 tn Heb “truth.”
2 tn Heb “stand against.”
3 sn This was Ptolemy V Epiphanes (ca. 203-181
4 tn Heb “sons of violence.” “Son(s) is sometimes used idiomatically in Hebrew to indicate that someone is characterized by a certain quality. So the expression “sons of violence” means that these individuals will be characterized by violent deeds.
5 tn Heb “to cause to stand.”
6 tn Heb “his face.” See v. 19 as well.
7 sn The commander is probably the Roman commander, Lucius Cornelius Scipio.
8 tn The Hebrew here is difficult in that the negative בִּלְתִּי (biltiy, “not”) is used in an unusual way. The sense is not entirely clear.
9 tn Heb “his shameful conduct he will return to him.”
10 tn Heb “act against.”
11 tn Heb “with.”
12 tn Or perhaps “for a reward.”