Daniel 11:34
32 With flattery he will corrupt those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him.
33 Those with insight will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by sword or flame, or be captured or plundered.
Now when they fall, they will be granted a little help, but many will join them insincerely.
35 Some of the wise will fall, so that they may be refined, purified, and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.
36 Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Now when they fall, they will be granted a little help, but many will join them insincerely.
- KJV
- Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
- WEB
- Now when they fall, they will be helped with a little help; but many will join themselves to them with flatteries.
- ASV
- Now when they shall fall, they shall be helped with a little help; but many shall join themselves unto them with flatteries.
- DARBY
- And when they fall, they shall be helped with a little help; but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
- BLB
- And in their falling, they will be helped with a little help. And many will be joined to them with flatteries,
- ÅB
- Men mens de holder på å ligge under, skal de få en liten hjelp, og mange skal slå seg i lag med dem på skrømt.
- OTB
- Når de faller, vil de få litt hjelp, og mange som ikke er oppriktige vil slutte seg til dem.
- B1930
- Men mens de holder på å ligge under, skal de få en liten hjelp, og mange skal slå sig i lag med dem på skrømt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 7:15
Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
Read in contextRomans 16:18
For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
Read in contextActs 20:29–30
I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
Read in context1 John 4:1
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Read in context2 Peter 2:18–19
With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
Read in context2 Peter 2:1–3
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
Read in context1 John 2:18–19
Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.
Read in context2 John 1:7
For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.
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