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None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/daniel/12.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Many will be purified, cleansed, and refined by these trials. But the wicked will continue in their wickedness, and none of them will understand. Only those who are wise will know what it means.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/daniel/12.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/daniel/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/daniel/12.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/daniel/12.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/daniel/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Many will be purged, cleansed, and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/daniel/12.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Many will be purged, purified and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/daniel/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Many will be purged, purified and refined; but the wicked will act wickedly, and none of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/daniel/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Many will be purged, purified, and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/daniel/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Many will be purged, purified (made white) and refined, but the wicked will behave wickedly. None of the wicked shall understand, but those who are [spiritually] wise will understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/daniel/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Many will be purified, cleansed, and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; none of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/daniel/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Many will be purified, cleansed, and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; none of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/daniel/12.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/daniel/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Many people will have their hearts and lives made pure and clean, but those who are evil will keep on being evil and never understand. Only the wise will understand. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/daniel/12.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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 be wise shall understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/daniel/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Many will be purified, made white, and refined. But wicked people will do wicked things, and none of them will understand. Only wise people will understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/daniel/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Many people will be purified. Those who are wicked will not understand but will go on being wicked; only those who are wise will understand. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/daniel/12.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Many will be purified, cleansed, and refined, though the wicked will continue to act wickedly, and none of the wicked will understand. Nevertheless, the insightful will understand. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/daniel/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/daniel/12.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Many will be purified, made clean, and refined, but the wicked will go on being wicked. None of the wicked will understand, though the wise will understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/daniel/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Many shall be purified, cleansed and refined; but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/daniel/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/daniel/12.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/daniel/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Purify themselves, indeed, make themselves white, indeed, many are refined: and the wicked have done wickedly, and none of the wicked understand, and those acting wisely understand;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/daniel/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/daniel/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And many shall be separated and become white, and be tried; and the unjust did evil: and all the unjust shall not understand; and the intelligent shall understand.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/daniel/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Many shall be chosen, and made white, and shall be tried as fire: and the wicked shall deal wickedly, and none of the wicked shall understand, but the learned shall understand. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/daniel/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Many will be chosen and purified, and, as if by fire, they will be tested, and the impious will act impiously, and none of the impious will understand, yet the teachers will understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/daniel/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Many shall be refined, purified, and tested, but the wicked shall prove wicked; the wicked shall have no understanding, but those with insight shall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/daniel/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Many shall be purified, cleansed, and refined, but the wicked shall continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/daniel/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Many shall be chosen and made white and tried; but the sinners shall continue to sin; and none of the wicked shall understand; but those who have done good works shall understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/daniel/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Many shall be chosen and shall be washed white and shall be proven, and sinners shall sin and no sinners shall understand, but the doers of good shall understand<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/daniel/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/daniel/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Many must be tested, and thoroughly whitened, and tried with fire, and sanctified; but the transgressors shall transgress: and none of the transgressors shall understand; but the wise shall understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/daniel/12-10.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=4444" 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/12.htm">Michael's Deliverance and the End Times</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>“Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: rab·bîm (Adj-mp) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">Many</a> <a href="/hebrew/1305.htm" title="1305: yiṯ·bā·ră·rū (V-Hitpael-Imperf-3mp) -- To purify, select. A primitive root; to clarify, examine, select.">will be purified,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3835.htm" title="3835: wə·yiṯ·lab·bə·nū (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-ConjImperf-3mp) -- To be, white, to make bricks. A primitive root; to be white; also to make bricks.">made spotless,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6884.htm" title="6884: wə·yiṣ·ṣā·rə·p̄ū (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjImperf-3mp) -- To smelt, refine, test. A primitive root; to fuse, i.e. Refine.">and refined,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7563.htm" title="7563: rə·šā·‘îm (Adj-mp) -- Wicked, criminal. From rasha'; morally wrong; concretely, an bad person.">but the wicked</a> <a href="/hebrew/7561.htm" title="7561: wə·hir·šî·‘ū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To be wicked, act wickedly. A primitive root; to be wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate.">will continue to act wickedly.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">None</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7563.htm" title="7563: rə·šā·‘îm (Adj-mp) -- Wicked, criminal. From rasha'; morally wrong; concretely, an bad person.">of the wicked</a> <a href="/hebrew/995.htm" title="995: yā·ḇî·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To discern. A primitive root; to separate mentally, i.e.(generally) understand.">will understand,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7919.htm" title="7919: wə·ham·maś·ki·lîm (Conj-w, Art:: V-Hifil-Prtcpl-mp) -- To be, circumspect, intelligent. A primitive root; to be circumspect and hence, intelligent.">but the wise</a> <a href="/hebrew/995.htm" title="995: yā·ḇî·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To discern. A primitive root; to separate mentally, i.e.(generally) understand.">will understand.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.…<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="/revelation/22-11.htm">Revelation 22:11</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-41.htm">Matthew 13:41-43</a></span><br />The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness. / And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. / Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/7-14.htm">Revelation 7:14</a></span><br />“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-3.htm">Malachi 3:3</a></span><br />And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/13-9.htm">Zechariah 13:9</a></span><br />This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-7.htm">1 Peter 1:7</a></span><br />so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-18.htm">Isaiah 29:18-19</a></span><br />On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see. / The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/32-6.htm">Isaiah 32:6</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/14-9.htm">Hosea 14:9</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/4-18.htm">Proverbs 4:18-19</a></span><br />The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday. / But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-13.htm">2 Timothy 3:13</a></span><br />while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-3.htm">1 John 3:3</a></span><br />And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/92-6.htm">Psalm 92:6-7</a></span><br />A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand, / that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-7.htm">Jeremiah 9:7</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/44-10.htm">Ezekiel 44:10</a></span><br />Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">shall be.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/11-35.htm">Daniel 11:35</a></b></br> And <i>some</i> of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make <i>them</i> white, <i>even</i> to the time of the end: because <i>it is</i> yet for a time appointed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/51-7.htm">Psalm 51:7</a></b></br> Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18</a></b></br> Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.</p><p class="hdg">but the wicked.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/24-13.htm">1 Samuel 24:13</a></b></br> As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/32-6.htm">Isaiah 32:6,7</a></b></br> For 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/47-11.htm">Ezekiel 47:11</a></b></br> But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.</p><p class="hdg">but the wise.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/11-33.htm">Daniel 11:33,35</a></b></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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/107-43.htm">Psalm 107:43</a></b></br> Whoso <i>is</i> wise, and will observe these <i>things</i>, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/1-5.htm">Proverbs 1:5</a></b></br> A wise <i>man</i> will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/daniel/11-32.htm">Act</a> <a href="/daniel/8-14.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/daniel/11-8.htm">Continue</a> <a href="/daniel/11-32.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-29.htm">Evil-Doers</a> <a href="/daniel/12-3.htm">Insight</a> <a href="/daniel/2-5.htm">Make</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-22.htm">Purged</a> <a href="/daniel/11-35.htm">Purified</a> <a href="/daniel/11-35.htm">Purify</a> <a href="/daniel/11-35.htm">Refined</a> <a href="/daniel/11-35.htm">Spotless</a> <a href="/daniel/1-14.htm">Tested</a> <a href="/daniel/11-34.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/daniel/1-14.htm">Tried</a> <a href="/daniel/12-8.htm">Understand</a> <a href="/daniel/11-35.htm">White</a> <a href="/daniel/9-15.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/daniel/11-32.htm">Wickedly</a> <a href="/daniel/12-3.htm">Wise</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/amos/3-10.htm">Act</a> <a href="/joel/1-7.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/hosea/4-18.htm">Continue</a> <a href="/hosea/4-9.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/hosea/6-8.htm">Evil-Doers</a> <a href="/mark/6-52.htm">Insight</a> <a href="/hosea/2-18.htm">Make</a> <a href="/joel/3-21.htm">Purged</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-9.htm">Purified</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-9.htm">Purify</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-9.htm">Refined</a> <a href="/philippians/2-15.htm">Spotless</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-9.htm">Tested</a> <a href="/hosea/1-11.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-9.htm">Tried</a> <a href="/hosea/4-14.htm">Understand</a> <a href="/joel/1-7.htm">White</a> <a href="/hosea/6-8.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">Wickedly</a> <a href="/hosea/1-6.htm">Wise</a><div class="vheading2">Daniel 12</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/12-1.htm">Michael shall deliver Israel from their troubles.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/12-5.htm">Daniel is informed of the times.</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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The Hebrew root for "purified" is "barar," which means to cleanse or make bright. This purification is not merely external but signifies an internal cleansing of the heart and spirit. Historically, purification rituals were common in ancient Israel, symbolizing a readiness to approach God. In a spiritual sense, this purification is achieved through faith in Christ, who cleanses believers from sin, preparing them for eternal life.<p><b>made spotless</b><br />The term "made spotless" further emphasizes the complete removal of sin and impurity. The Hebrew word "laban" means to make white or to purify. This imagery of being made spotless is reminiscent of the sacrificial system where offerings had to be without blemish. In the New Testament, this concept is fulfilled in Christ, the Lamb without blemish, whose sacrifice makes believers spotless before God.<p><b>and refined</b><br />"Refined" comes from the Hebrew "tsaraph," which means to smelt or test by fire. This process of refinement involves trials and tribulations that test and strengthen faith. Just as metals are purified by fire, believers are refined through life's challenges, emerging stronger and more faithful. This refining process is a testament to God's work in the believer's life, shaping them into His image.<p><b>But the wicked will act wickedly</b><br />This phrase highlights the contrast between the righteous and the wicked. The Hebrew word for "wicked" is "rasha," indicating those who are morally wrong or guilty. Despite the opportunities for purification and refinement, the wicked choose to continue in their ways. This reflects the biblical theme of free will, where individuals have the choice to follow God or reject Him.<p><b>none of the wicked will understand</b><br />The lack of understanding among the wicked is not due to intellectual deficiency but a spiritual blindness. The Hebrew word "biyn" means to discern or perceive. This spiritual insight is granted by God to those who seek Him. The wicked, by rejecting God, remain in darkness, unable to comprehend spiritual truths.<p><b>but the wise will understand</b><br />In contrast, "the wise" are those who fear the Lord and seek His wisdom. The Hebrew word "sakal" means to be prudent or to have insight. This wisdom is not merely human intelligence but a divine gift that enables believers to understand God's purposes and plans. The wise are those who, through faith and obedience, gain insight into the mysteries of God's kingdom.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/daniel/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">Many shall be purified.--</span>See Notes on <a href="/revelation/22-11.htm" title="He 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.">Revelation 22:11</a>, and comp. <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 words imply that all shall be fulfilled, the time of persecution shall certainly arise, the righteous will be purified, while the wicked will become apostates. The wise (see <a href="/daniel/11-33.htm" title="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.">Daniel 11:33</a>), and they only, will understand the true meaning and profit of tribulation as it is set forth in this prophecy.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/daniel/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">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.</span> As before observed, the Septuagint takes the first words of this verse and joins them to the verse preceding, omitting, however, one of the three stages of the process. The rest of the verse is, "And the sinners shall sin, and none of the sinners shall understand, and the wise shall attend." The version of Theodotion is longer than the Massoretic, "Many shall be chosen and made white, and tested, and sanctified; and none of the transgressors shall understand, and the wise shall understand." The additional stage is probably due to a "doublet." The Peshitta rendering is, "Many shall be chosen, and made white, and tried; and the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the sinners shall understand; but those that then do good shall understand." The Vulgate rendering is, "And many shall be chosen, and made white, and tried as by fire; and the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the learned shall understand." It is to be observed that all the versions take the hithpael of <span class="hebrew">בָרַר</span> and <span class="hebrew">לָבַן</span> as if they were the passives of the kal - a view that shows the grammatical influence of the Aramaic dialects. This verse as a whole is paraphrased in <a href="/revelation/22-11.htm">Revelation 22:11</a>, "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he that 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." <span class="accented">Many shall be purified</span>, <span class="accented">and made tchite.</span> If we keep strictly to the meaning of the hithpael, we ought to render, "Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white," as the Revised renders. When men make a sincere effort after purity, then the Lord is ready to help them. <a href="/john/7-17.htm">John 7:17</a>, "If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine." Then, when men were thus striving after purity, would the meaning of Daniel's prophecy be made known. An age in which there is great religious fervour is never one in which men are conscious of prevailing goodness; on the contrary, it is one when men are conscious of prevailing evil in themselves and others. Hence the Book of Daniel could not have been written in the age of the Maccabees; by their very earnestness they would be conscious of moral and spiritual defects in themselves and others, and would not reckon their age one in which special revelations could be expected. <span class="accented">Tried.</span> The reference implied in the word used is trying by fire - after these saints have purified themselves they are tested by fire. <span class="accented">But the wicked shall do wickedly.</span> No amount of affliction will of itself produce purity. The northern tribes were oppressed by Hazael, but that did not work any change in them. The most striking example of this in all history is the siege of Jerusalem, The sufferings of the siege made the besieged more utterly lawless than before. Our Lord interprets a portion of this passage as referring to this siege. <span class="accented">None</span> <span class="accented">of the wicked shall understand</span>; <span class="accented">but the wise shall understand.</span> This again repeats the doctrine that effort after holiness is necessary to understanding God's ways. The historical instance above cited proves the truth of the statement here. The Christians, who were the wise in the sense of those that considered and sought after God, understood the signs of the times, and left Jerusalem; but none of the wicked understood, and so perished in the fall of the city. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/daniel/12-10.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">Many</span><br /><span class="heb">רַבִּ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(rab·bîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">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">will be purified,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִ֠תְבָּֽרֲרוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yiṯ·bā·ră·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1305.htm">Strong's 1305: </a> </span><span class="str2">To clarify, examine, select</span><br /><br /><span class="word">made spotless,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיִֽתְלַבְּנ֤וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yiṯ·lab·bə·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3835.htm">Strong's 3835: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be, white, to make bricks</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and refined,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיִצָּֽרְפוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yiṣ·ṣā·rə·p̄ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6884.htm">Strong's 6884: </a> </span><span class="str2">To smelt, refine, test</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but the wicked</span><br /><span class="heb">רְשָׁעִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(rə·šā·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7563.htm">Strong's 7563: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wrong, an, bad person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will continue to act wickedly.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִרְשִׁ֣יעוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hir·šî·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7561.htm">Strong's 7561: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be, wrong, to disturb, violate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">None</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the wicked</span><br /><span class="heb">רְשָׁעִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(rə·šā·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7563.htm">Strong's 7563: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wrong, an, bad person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will understand,</span><br /><span class="heb">יָבִ֖ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḇî·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - 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">but the wise</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַמַּשְׂכִּלִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ham·maś·ki·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural<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 understand.</span><br /><span class="heb">יָבִֽינוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḇî·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - 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 /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/daniel/12-10.htm">Daniel 12:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/daniel/12-10.htm">Daniel 12:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/daniel/12-10.htm">Daniel 12:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/daniel/12-10.htm">Daniel 12:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/daniel/12-10.htm">Daniel 12:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/daniel/12-10.htm">Daniel 12:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/daniel/12-10.htm">Daniel 12:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/daniel/12-10.htm">Daniel 12:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/daniel/12-10.htm">Daniel 12:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/daniel/12-10.htm">Daniel 12:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/daniel/12-10.htm">OT Prophets: Daniel 12:10 Many shall purify themselves and make themselves (Dan. 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