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International Version</a></span><br />&#8220Those who are wise will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by the sword or be burned or captured or plundered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/daniel/11.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Wise leaders will give instruction to many, but these teachers will die by fire and sword, or they will be jailed and robbed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/daniel/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/daniel/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Those with insight will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by sword or flame, or be captured or plundered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/daniel/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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, <i>many</i> days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/daniel/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And those of the people who understand shall instruct many; yet <i>for many</i> days they shall fall by sword and flame, by captivity and plundering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/daniel/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />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 <i>many</i> days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/daniel/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Those 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/daniel/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“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 <i>many</i> days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/daniel/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />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 <i>many</i> days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/daniel/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />They who are wise <i>and</i> have spiritual insight among the people will instruct many <i>and</i> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/daniel/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/daniel/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/daniel/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/daniel/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/daniel/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/daniel/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/daniel/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/daniel/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Insightful people will impart understanding to many, though they'll fall by sword, by fire, by captivity, and as war booty for a while.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/daniel/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Those with insight will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by sword or flame, or be captured or plundered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/daniel/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/daniel/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/daniel/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/daniel/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/daniel/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/daniel/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/daniel/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And those understanding of the people shall cause to understand to many: and they were weak by the sword, and by flame, and by captivity, and by plunder, days.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/daniel/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/daniel/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the teachers among the people will teach many, but they will be ruined by the sword, and by fire, and by captivity, and by assaults for many days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/daniel/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/daniel/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/daniel/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the righteous men among the people shall teach many; yet they shall fall by the sword and by fire, by captivity and by spoil, for a thousand days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/daniel/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />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<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/daniel/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/daniel/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />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 <i>many</i> days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/daniel/11-33.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/shUZJK-vYxI?start=4165" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/daniel/11.htm">Kings of the South and North</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">32</span>With flattery he will corrupt those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him. <span class="reftext">33</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7919.htm" title="7919: ū·maś·kî·lê (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To be, circumspect, intelligent. A primitive root; to be circumspect and hence, intelligent.">Those with insight</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘ām (N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock."></a> <a href="/hebrew/995.htm" title="995: yā·ḇî·nū (V-Hifil-Imperf-3mp) -- To discern. A primitive root; to separate mentally, i.e.(generally) understand.">will instruct</a> <a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: lā·rab·bîm (Prep-l, Art:: Adj-mp) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">many,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mîm (N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">though for a time</a> <a href="/hebrew/3782.htm" title="3782: wə·niḵ·šə·lū (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To stumble, stagger, totter. A primitive root; to totter or waver; by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall.">they will fall</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: bə·ḥe·reḇ (Prep-b:: N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">by sword</a> <a href="/hebrew/3852.htm" title="3852: ū·ḇə·le·hā·ḇāh (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-fs) -- Flame, blade. Or lahebeth; feminine of lahab, and meaning the same.">or flame,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7628.htm" title="7628: biš·ḇî (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Exiled, captured, exile, booty. From shbuw; exiled; captured; as noun, exile; by extension, booty.">or be captured</a> <a href="/hebrew/961.htm" title="961: ū·ḇə·ḇiz·zāh (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-fs) -- Spoil, booty. Feminine of baz; booty.">or plundered.</a> </span><span class="reftext">34</span>Now when they fall, they will be granted a little help, but many will join them insincerely.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-9.htm">Matthew 24:9-14</a></span><br />Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. / At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another, / and many false prophets will arise and deceive many. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/13-7.htm">Revelation 13:7-10</a></span><br />Then the beast was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation. / And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain. / He who has an ear, let him hear: ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-35.htm">Hebrews 11:35-38</a></span><br />Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection. / Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. / They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/14-22.htm">Acts 14:22</a></span><br />strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-12.htm">2 Timothy 3:12</a></span><br />Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/12-11.htm">Revelation 12:11</a></span><br />They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-16.htm">Matthew 10:16-22</a></span><br />Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. / But beware of men, for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues. / On My account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/16-1.htm">John 16:1-4</a></span><br />“I have told you these things so that you will not fall away. / 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. / They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/4-12.htm">1 Peter 4:12-14</a></span><br />Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you. / But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory. / If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-12.htm">Luke 21:12-19</a></span><br />But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors. / This will be your opportunity to serve as witnesses. / So make up your mind not to worry beforehand how to defend yourselves. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-9.htm">Revelation 6:9-11</a></span><br />And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld. / And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who dwell upon the earth and avenge our blood?” / Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-9.htm">Mark 13:9-13</a></span><br />So be on your guard. You will be delivered over to the councils and beaten in the synagogues. On My account you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them. / And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all the nations. / But when they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand what to say. Instead, speak whatever you are given at that time, for it will not be you speaking, but the Holy Spirit. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-8.htm">2 Corinthians 4:8-12</a></span><br />We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; / persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. / We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-35.htm">Romans 8:35-37</a></span><br />Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? / As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” / No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-7.htm">Isaiah 53:7-12</a></span><br />He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth. / By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people. / He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">understand.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/12-3.htm">Daniel 12:3,4,10</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/32-3.htm">Isaiah 32:3,4</a></b></br> And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/8-20.htm">Zechariah 8:20-23</a></b></br> Thus saith the LORD of hosts; <i>It shall</i> yet <i>come to pass</i>, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: … </p><p class="hdg">yet.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/10-21.htm">Matthew 10:21</a></b></br> And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against <i>their</i> parents, and cause them to be put to death.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/20-23.htm">Matthew 20:23</a></b></br> 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 <i>it shall be given to them</i> for whom it is prepared of my Father.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/24-9.htm">Matthew 24:9</a></b></br> 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.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/daniel/8-11.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/daniel/11-8.htm">Captivity</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-23.htm">Captured</a> <a href="/daniel/11-26.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/daniel/11-26.htm">Downfall</a> <a href="/daniel/11-26.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/daniel/7-11.htm">Flame</a> <a href="/daniel/9-22.htm">Insight</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-13.htm">Instruct</a> <a href="/daniel/6-2.htm">Loss</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-9.htm">Mass</a> <a href="/daniel/11-28.htm">Plunder</a> <a href="/daniel/5-13.htm">Prisoners</a> <a href="/daniel/11-24.htm">Spoil</a> <a href="/daniel/11-19.htm">Stumble</a> <a href="/daniel/11-19.htm">Stumbled</a> <a href="/daniel/11-26.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-27.htm">Teachers</a> <a href="/daniel/11-29.htm">Time</a> <a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Undergoing</a> <a href="/daniel/10-20.htm">Understand</a> <a href="/daniel/10-14.htm">Understanding</a> <a href="/daniel/5-15.htm">Wise</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hosea/2-13.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/hosea/6-11.htm">Captivity</a> <a href="/amos/3-4.htm">Captured</a> <a href="/daniel/11-39.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/daniel/11-34.htm">Downfall</a> <a href="/daniel/11-34.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/joel/1-19.htm">Flame</a> <a href="/daniel/11-35.htm">Insight</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/2-16.htm">Instruct</a> <a href="/matthew/5-29.htm">Loss</a> <a href="/daniel/11-39.htm">Mass</a> <a href="/hosea/13-15.htm">Plunder</a> <a href="/amos/1-6.htm">Prisoners</a> <a href="/hosea/10-2.htm">Spoil</a> <a href="/daniel/11-34.htm">Stumble</a> <a href="/hosea/4-5.htm">Stumbled</a> <a href="/hosea/1-7.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/matthew/2-4.htm">Teachers</a> <a href="/daniel/11-34.htm">Time</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/4-3.htm">Undergoing</a> <a href="/daniel/12-8.htm">Understand</a> <a href="/daniel/11-35.htm">Understanding</a> <a href="/daniel/11-35.htm">Wise</a><div class="vheading2">Daniel 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/11-1.htm">The overthrow of Persia by the king of Grecia.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/11-5.htm">Leagues and conflicts between the kings of the south and of the north.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/11-30.htm">The invasion and tyranny of the Romans.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In Hebrew, the word for "wise" is "maskilim," which implies not just intellectual knowledge but a deep, God-given wisdom. This wisdom is often linked to a fear of the Lord, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/9-10.htm">Proverbs 9:10</a>, "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom." Historically, these wise individuals are seen as leaders or teachers who guide others in truth, especially during times of persecution or trial.<p><b>will instruct many</b><br />The role of the wise is to "instruct many," indicating a responsibility to teach and guide others. The Hebrew root "sakal" suggests imparting understanding or making others wise. This instruction is not merely academic but deeply spiritual, aimed at strengthening the faith of others. In the context of Daniel, this could refer to the Maccabean period, where leaders like the Maccabees instructed the Jewish people in the ways of God amidst Hellenistic oppression.<p><b>though for a time they will fall</b><br />The phrase "though for a time they will fall" acknowledges the temporary nature of their suffering. The Hebrew word "kashal" means to stumble or fall, often used metaphorically for experiencing hardship or persecution. This suggests that the wise will face trials, but these are limited in duration. Historically, this reflects the periods of intense persecution faced by the Jewish people, such as under Antiochus IV Epiphanes, where many faithful suffered but ultimately prevailed.<p><b>by sword or flame</b><br />"By sword or flame" indicates the forms of persecution and martyrdom that the wise may endure. The sword represents violent death, while flame suggests being burned, a method of execution used historically. This imagery evokes the severe trials faced by the faithful, reminiscent of the fiery furnace in <a href="/daniel/3.htm">Daniel 3</a>, where Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were tested but preserved by God.<p><b>or be captured or plundered</b><br />The phrase "or be captured or plundered" highlights additional forms of suffering, including imprisonment and loss of possessions. "Captured" suggests being taken as prisoners, while "plundered" indicates the confiscation of property. These trials serve to test the faith of the wise, as seen in <a href="/hebrews/10-34.htm">Hebrews 10:34</a>, where early Christians joyfully accepted the confiscation of their property, knowing they had better and lasting possessions in heaven.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/daniel/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(33) <span class= "bld">They that understand.--</span>This is the name by which those are called who were spoken of in the last verse as "knowing their God." (Comp. <a href="/daniel/12-10.htm" title="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.">Daniel 12:10</a>; <a href="/psalms/111-10.htm" title="The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endures for ever.">Psalm 111:10</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">Shall instruct many.--</span>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 <a href="//apocrypha.org/1_maccabees/2-1.htm" title="In those days arose Mattathias the son of John, the son of Simeon, a priest of the sons of Joarib, from Jerusalem, and dwelt in Modin.">1 Maccabees 2:1</a>, &c.; <a href="//apocrypha.org/2_maccabees/6-18.htm" title="Eleazar, one of the principal scribes, an aged man, and of a well favoured countenance, was constrained to open his mouth, and to eat swine's flesh.">2 Maccabees 6:18</a>. Others may be found in the history of any religious persecution.<p><span class= "bld">Yet they shall fall.--</span>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 <a href="/daniel/11-35.htm" title="And 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.">Daniel 11:35</a>. The deaths mentioned in <a href="//apocrypha.org/1_maccabees/1-57.htm" title="And whosoever was found with any the book of the testament, or if any committed to the law, the king's commandment was, that they should put him to death.">1 Maccabees 1:57</a>, &c., 3:41, 5:13, may be taken as typical of the sufferings of the Church in the last times. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/daniel/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 33.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">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.</span> The LXX. rendering is, "The prudent of the people shall understand in multitudes (<span class="greek">εἰς</span> <span class="greek">πολλούς</span>), and they shall push against them with the sword, and shall grow old with it (<span class="greek">παλαιωθήσονται ἐν αὐτῇ</span>)." We should feel inclined to read <span class="greek">ἐπάλαισαν</span>, 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 <span class="hebrew">שְׁבִי</span> (<span class="accented">shevee</span>), "captivity," as if it had been <span class="hebrew">שִׂיבָה</span> (<span class="accented">seebah</span>),"<span class="accented">oldage."</span> Theodotion is obscure also, "The understanding of the people shall understand in regard to many things, and they shall suffer (<span class="greek">ἀσθενήσουσιν</span>) 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. <span class="accented">And they that understand among</span> <span class="accented">the people shall instruct many.</span> 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. <span class="accented">Yet they shall fall by the sword</span>, <span class="accented">etc.</span> 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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/daniel/11-33.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Those with insight</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמַשְׂכִּ֣ילֵי</span> <span class="translit">(ū·maś·kî·lê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7919.htm">Strong's 7919: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be, circumspect, intelligent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will instruct</span><br /><span class="heb">יָבִ֖ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḇî·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_995.htm">Strong's 995: </a> </span><span class="str2">To separate mentally, understand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">many,</span><br /><span class="heb">לָֽרַבִּ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(lā·rab·bîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7227.htm">Strong's 7227: </a> </span><span class="str2">Much, many, great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">though for a time</span><br /><span class="heb">יָמִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(yā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they will fall</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנִכְשְׁל֞וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·niḵ·šə·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3782.htm">Strong's 3782: </a> </span><span class="str2">To totter, waver, to falter, stumble, faint, fall</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by sword</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּחֶ֧רֶב</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḥe·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> </span><span class="str2">Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and flame</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְלֶהָבָ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·le·hā·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3852.htm">Strong's 3852: </a> </span><span class="str2">A flash, a sharply polished blade, point of a, weapon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or be captured</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּשְׁבִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(biš·ḇî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7628.htm">Strong's 7628: </a> </span><span class="str2">Exiled, captured, exile, booty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or plundered.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְבִזָּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·ḇiz·zāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_961.htm">Strong's 961: </a> </span><span class="str2">Spoil, booty</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/daniel/11-33.htm">Daniel 11:33 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/daniel/11-33.htm">Daniel 11:33 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/daniel/11-33.htm">Daniel 11:33 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/daniel/11-33.htm">Daniel 11:33 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/daniel/11-33.htm">Daniel 11:33 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/daniel/11-33.htm">Daniel 11:33 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/daniel/11-33.htm">Daniel 11:33 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/daniel/11-33.htm">Daniel 11:33 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/daniel/11-33.htm">Daniel 11:33 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/daniel/11-33.htm">Daniel 11:33 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/daniel/11-33.htm">OT Prophets: Daniel 11:33 Those who are wise among the people (Dan. 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