What Does Daniel 11:28 Mean in the King James?
Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Two returns frame the verse, while the heart’s opposition exposes how arrival and allegiance can point in opposite directions.
THE MEANING
A person can carry great riches while the heart remains set against the set-apart covenant. The repeated return frames the action, but outward return does not settle the heart’s direction.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
A successful return and great wealth prove the heart is aligned with the covenant. The verse places prosperity beside opposition, separating visible success from inner allegiance.
THE ROOT
וְיָשֹׁב
wəyāšōḇ
GROWS FROM
שׁוּב
shuv
To turn back; to return.
“return” in this verse is wəyāšōḇ. The same root appears at both ends: first he returns to his land with great riches, then he returns again after his action. That repeated motion shows that coming home does not by itself mean restoration; the heart remains directed against the covenant.
ALSO GROWS
teshuvah: Return; turning back.
תְּשׁוּבָה
This branch keeps direction inside the idea of return: the verse’s two homecomings do not turn the heart toward the covenant.
yeshovev: He restores; brings back.
יְשׁוֹבֵב
This form appears in “He restoreth” (Psalm 23:3), linking the root with restoration; Daniel’s returns share the root, while the verse leaves the heart opposed.
THE PATTERN
Visible abundance, proximity, or speech can coexist with a heart turned in another direction.
But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.THE THREAD
O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.The same Hebrew root שׁוּב (shuv), “turn back; return,” appears here for a return directed toward the LORD. Daniel’s repeated returns are directed toward the ruler’s land while his heart opposes the covenant, so the root makes the direction of return the revealing detail.
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