Translations
In a time of ease and prosperity he will move into the wealthiest regions of the province, doing what no father before him ever did — lavishly distributing plunder, spoil, and wealth. He will plot his schemes against fortresses, but only for a season.
In a time of ease he will enter the richest parts of the province and do what his fathers and his fathers' fathers never did — scattering plunder, spoil, and wealth among them; and he will devise his schemes against strongholds, but only until the appointed time.
He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
In a time of peace, he will invade the richest provinces and do what his fathers and forefathers never did. He will lavish plunder, loot, and wealth on his followers, and he will plot against the strongholds—but only for a time.

