Daniel 11:33
New International Version
“Those who are wise will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by the sword or be burned or captured or plundered.

New Living Translation
“Wise leaders will give instruction to many, but these teachers will die by fire and sword, or they will be jailed and robbed.

English Standard Version
And the wise among the people shall make many understand, though for some days they shall stumble by sword and flame, by captivity and plunder.

Berean Standard Bible
Those with insight will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by sword or flame, or be captured or plundered.

King James Bible
And 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.

New King James Version
And those of the people who understand shall instruct many; yet for many days they shall fall by sword and flame, by captivity and plundering.

New American Standard Bible
And those who have insight among the people will give understanding to the many; yet they will fall by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder for many days.

NASB 1995
“Those who have insight among the people will give understanding to the many; yet they will fall by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder for many days.

NASB 1977
“And those who have insight among the people will give understanding to the many; yet they will fall by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, for many days.

Legacy Standard Bible
And those who have insight among the people will give understanding to the many; yet they will fall by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder for many days.

Amplified Bible
They who are wise and have spiritual insight among the people will instruct many and help them understand; yet for many days some [of them and their followers] will fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder.

Christian Standard Bible
Those who have insight among the people will give understanding to many, yet they will fall by the sword and flame, and they will be captured and plundered for a time.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Those who are wise among the people will give understanding to many, yet they will die by sword and flame, and be captured and plundered for a time.

American Standard Version
And they that are wise among the people shall instruct many; yet they shall fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by spoil, many days.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the righteous ones of the people shall teach many, and they shall fall by the sword, and by fire, and by captivity and by plunder for a thousand days

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the intelligent of the people shall understand much: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, and by captivity, and by spoil of many days.

Contemporary English Version
Wise leaders will instruct many of the people. But for a while, some of these leaders will either be killed with swords or burned alive, or else robbed of their possessions and thrown into prison.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they that are learned among the people shall teach many: and they shall fall by the sword, and by fire, and by captivity, and by spoil for many days.

English Revised Version
And they that be wise among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by spoil, many days.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"People who are wise will help many to understand. But for some time they will be defeated by swords and flames. They will be captured and looted.

Good News Translation
Wise leaders of the people will share their wisdom with many others. But for a while some of them will be killed in battle or be burned to death, and some will be robbed and made prisoners.

International Standard Version
Insightful people will impart understanding to many, though they'll fall by sword, by fire, by captivity, and as war booty for a while.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And they that are wise among the people shall cause the many to understand; yet they shall stumble by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by spoil, many days.

Literal Standard Version
And the teachers of the people give understanding to many; and they have stumbled by sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil—days.

Majority Standard Bible
Those with insight will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by sword or flame, or be captured or plundered.

New American Bible
Those with insight among the people shall instruct the many; though for a time the sword, flames, exile, and plunder will cause them to stumble.

NET Bible
These who are wise among the people will teach the masses. However, they will fall by the sword and by the flame, and they will be imprisoned and plundered for some time.

New Revised Standard Version
The wise among the people shall give understanding to many; for some days, however, they shall fall by sword and flame, and suffer captivity and plunder.

New Heart English Bible
And those who are wise among the people shall instruct many; yet they shall fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder for some time.

Webster's Bible Translation
And 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.

World English Bible
“Those who are wise among the people will instruct many; yet they will fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, many days.

Young's Literal Translation
And the teachers of the people give understanding to many; and they have stumbled by sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil -- days.

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Context
Kings of the South and North
32With flattery he will corrupt those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him. 33Those with insight will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by sword or flame, or be captured or plundered. 34Now when they fall, they will be granted a little help, but many will join them insincerely.…

Cross References
Matthew 24:9
Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.

Hebrews 11:36
Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

Daniel 12:3
Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.

Daniel 12:4
But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase."

Malachi 2:7
For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.


Treasury of Scripture

And 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.

understand.

Daniel 12:3,4,10
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever…

Isaiah 32:3,4
And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken…

Zechariah 8:20-23
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: …

yet.

Matthew 10:21
And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

Matthew 20:23
And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.

Matthew 24:9
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

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Daniel 11
1. The overthrow of Persia by the king of Grecia.
5. Leagues and conflicts between the kings of the south and of the north.
30. The invasion and tyranny of the Romans.














(33) They that understand.--This is the name by which those are called who were spoken of in the last verse as "knowing their God." (Comp. Daniel 12:10; Psalm 111:10.)

Shall instruct many.--That is, their example shall give instruction to "the many" who yield to the flatteries mentioned in the last verse. They show them whither they are drifting. For illustration, see 1 Maccabees 2:1, &c.; 2 Maccabees 6:18. Others may be found in the history of any religious persecution.

Yet they shall fall.--The prophecy obviously refers to martyrdom, but whether to the sufferings of "those who understand" or of "those who are instructed" is not clear. Probably both are intended, as appears from Daniel 11:35. The deaths mentioned in 1 Maccabees 1:57, &c., 3:41, 5:13, may be taken as typical of the sufferings of the Church in the last times. . . .

Verse 33. - And 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. The LXX. rendering is, "The prudent of the people shall understand in multitudes (εἰς πολλούς), and they shall push against them with the sword, and shall grow old with it (παλαιωθήσονται ἐν αὐτῇ)." We should feel inclined to read ἐπάλαισαν, had Paulus Tellensis not read as the text, "And by bondage and by plunder of days they shall be disgraced." The mysterious clause, "shall grow old with it," is due to the translation of שְׁבִי (shevee), "captivity," as if it had been שִׂיבָה (seebah),"oldage." Theodotion is obscure also, "The understanding of the people shall understand in regard to many things, and they shall suffer (ἀσθενήσουσιν) by the sword, and with fire, and by captivity, and in plunder of days." The Peshitta renders, "The dispersed of the people shall instruct many, and they shall fall by the sword, and by fire, by captivity, and by spoil, a thousand days." The Vulgate does not supply any point worthy of remark. And they that understand among the people shall instruct many. In 1 Macc. 2:27 we have an account of a multitude instructed in the Law and determined to keep it, who, with their wives, children, and cattle, retired into the desert. Yet they shall fall by the sword, etc. After the multitude pursued the army of King Antiochus, which was at Jerusalem, and overtook them, the fugitives would not submit to sacrifice to idols. The army assailed them on the sabbath day; from a superstitious reverence for the clay of rest, they did not even defend themselves, and therefore fell an easy prey to their enemies (1 Macc. 2:38, "They slew them with their wives, and children, and their cattle to the number of a thousand people"). While we would not be held as regarding as literally historical the sufferings of Eleazar and the seven brethren and their mother, as related in 2 Marc. 6. and 7, and more fully in 4 Maccabees, yet it can only have been an exaggeration of what must have actually occurred.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Those with insight
וּמַשְׂכִּ֣ילֵי (ū·maś·kî·lê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 7919: To be, circumspect, intelligent

will instruct
יָבִ֖ינוּ (yā·ḇî·nū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 995: To separate mentally, understand

many,
לָֽרַבִּ֑ים (lā·rab·bîm)
Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7227: Much, many, great

though for a time
יָמִֽים׃ (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3117: A day

they will fall
וְנִכְשְׁל֞וּ (wə·niḵ·šə·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3782: To totter, waver, to falter, stumble, faint, fall

by sword
בְּחֶ֧רֶב (bə·ḥe·reḇ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

and flame
וּבְלֶהָבָ֛ה (ū·ḇə·le·hā·ḇāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3852: A flash, a sharply polished blade, point of a, weapon

or be captured
בִּשְׁבִ֥י (biš·ḇî)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7628: Exiled, captured, exile, booty

or plundered.
וּבְבִזָּ֖ה (ū·ḇə·ḇiz·zāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 961: Spoil, booty


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