KJV King James Version
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.
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Daniel 12:10
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
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 those who are wise shall understand.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Purify themselves, yea, make themselves white, yea, refined are many: and the wicked have done wickedly, and none of the wicked understand, and those acting wisely do understand;
Surrounding context — Daniel 12
7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which [was] upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that [it shall be] for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these [things] shall be finished.
8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what [shall be] the end of these [things]?
9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words [are] closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
10 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.
11 And from the time [that] the daily [sacrifice] shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, [there shall be] a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
12 Blessed [is] he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
13 But go thou thy way till the end [be]: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
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יִ֠תְבָּֽרֲרוּH1305 · ba.rarto purifyוְיִֽתְלַבְּנ֤וּH3835 · la.vento whitenוְיִצָּֽרְפוּ֙H6884 · tsa.raphto refineרַבִּ֔יםH7227 · ravmanyוְהִרְשִׁ֣יעוּH7561 · ra.sahbe wickedרְשָׁעִ֔יםH7563 · ra.sahwickedוְלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotיָבִ֖ינוּH995 · binto understandכָּל־H3605 · kolallרְשָׁעִ֑יםH7563 · ra.sahwickedוְהַמַּשְׂכִּלִ֖יםH7919 · sa.khalbe prudentיָבִֽינוּ׃H995 · binto understand
Cross-references
Revelation 22:11He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.Daniel 11:35And [some] of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make [them] white, [even] to the time of the end: because [it is] yet for a time appointed.Hosea 14:9Who [is] wise, and he shall understand these [things]? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD [are] right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.2 Thessalonians 2:10-12And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.John 8:47He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear [them] not, because ye are not of God.Revelation 9:20-21And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.Isaiah 32:6-7For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.Proverbs 2:1-5My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;Luke 24:25Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:John 7:17If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or [whether] I speak of myself.Proverbs 1:5A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:Revelation 3:18I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and [that] the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.Ezekiel 47:11But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.1 Peter 1:7That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:Daniel 11:33And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, [many] days.Romans 11:8-10(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.Psalm 107:43Whoso [is] wise, and will observe these [things], even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
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