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Daniel 12:10

PurityTrials and adversityWisdomSuffering

8 I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”

9 “Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.

Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.

11 And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.

12 Blessed is he who waits and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.

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BSB
Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.
KJV
Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
WEB
Many will purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined, but the wicked will do wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.
ASV
Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but they that are wise shall understand.
DARBY
Many shall be purified, and be made white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
BLB
Many will be purified, be made white, and be refined, and the wicked will act wickedly; and not any of the wicked will understand, but the wise ones will understand.
ÅB
Mange skal bli renset og vasket og prøvd; men de ugudelige skal bli ved å være ugudelige, og ingen ugudelig skal forstå det; men de forstandige skal forstå det.
OTB
Mange skal bli renset, renset og lutret, men de ugudelige skal fortsette å handle ugudelig. Ingen av de ugudelige skal forstå, men de forstandige skal forstå.
B1930
Mange skal bli renset og tvettet og prøvd; men de ugudelige skal bli ved å være ugudelige, og ingen ugudelig skal forstå det; men de forstandige skal forstå det.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Revelation 22:11

    Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy.”

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  • Daniel 11:35

    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.

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  • Hosea 14:9

    Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.

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  • 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12

    and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.

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  • Revelation 9:20–21

    Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.

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  • John 8:47

    Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”

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  • Proverbs 2:1–5

    My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,

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  • Isaiah 32:6–7

    For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.

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