The Meaning of Daniel 11:32 Explained

Daniel 11:32

KJV: And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.

YLT: And those acting wickedly against the covenant, he defileth by flatteries; and the people knowing their God are strong, and have wrought.

Darby: And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he pervert by flatteries; but the people that know their God shall be strong, and shall act.

ASV: And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he pervert by flatteries; but the people that know their God shall be strong, and do exploits .

Discover Daniel 11:32

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Daniel 11:32?

MEANING: What does Daniel 11:32 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Daniel 11:32 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Daniel 11:32?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And such as do wickedly  against the covenant  shall he corrupt  by flatteries:  but the people  that do know  their God  shall be strong,  and do  [exploits]. 

What does Daniel 11:32 Mean?

Study Notes

strong
e.g. the Maccabees. B.C. 168 and following.

Verse Meaning

Antiochus deceived many Jews with his flattery and promises (cf. 1 Maccabees 1:11-15). They participated in the worship of Zeus.
"This tyrant was a past master in manipulating Jewish leaders who were divided in their loyalties, winning them over to his cause by glowing promises of preferment and reward. As a matter of fact, Antiochus already had as partisans for his cause a considerable number of influential leaders in Jerusalem society and politics who were convinced of the expediency of a Proverbs -Hellenic policy....
"In some ways this defection of the would-be "progressives" among the Jews themselves was an even more serious threat to the survival of Israel as a nation than the tyrannical measures of Antiochus. For it was the same kind of large-scale betrayal of their covenant obligations toward the Lord that had made inevitable the former destruction of Jerusalem and the Babylonian captivity in the days of Jeremiah." [1]
This most repulsive of all insults to the Jews precipitated the Maccabean revolt, in which thousands of Jews rebelled against Antiochus. Initiated by a priest named Mattathias from the town of Modein in Ephraim, and led by three of his sons, Judas, Jonathan, and Simon (cf. 1 Maccabees 2:23-28), this nationalistic movement eventually overthrew the Seleucids in Palestine. The word "Maccabee" is the Greek form of the surname of Judas ben Mattathias ( 1 Maccabees 2:4). The Jews applied this name to the whole family of Mattathias and to the party within Israel that his sons led. The word itself also meant "hammer" or "eradicator" as in "the terminator." Judas Maccabeus slew Antiochus" general, Apollonius, in battle, and later he and his brothers achieved many important victories that freed the Jews.

Context Summary

Daniel 11:30-45 - Arrogance Overthrown
The career of Antiochus Epiphanes, in persecuting the people of God and plotting against Jehovah and His sanctuary, is so described as to suggest that it also includes further fulfillments, and especially that last Antichrist, of whom Antiochus was the pre-figurement. So accurate is the correspondence between this prophecy and its historical fulfillment that Porphyry, the opponent of Christianity, maintained that this description was written after the event. The abomination of Daniel 11:31 refers to the idolatrous image or emblem, which in succession has been erected on Mount Zion under the auspices of Antiochus, of the Romans, the Moslems, and shall be set up yet once more by Antichrist. The last clause of Daniel 11:32 was marvelously realized in Judas Maccabaeus and his brethren; but it represents the perennial source of strength for all who suffer or serve. The anguish of those who fail under trial has often tended to their greater purification, Daniel 11:35, and the white robe is the mark of final victory, Revelation 7:9. God will not allow His people to suffer beyond the determined time, Daniel 11:36; Matthew 24:22. [source]

Chapter Summary: 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

What do the individual words in Daniel 11:32 mean?

And Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with the flattering [lip] but the people who know their God shall be strong and carry out [great exploits]
וּמַרְשִׁיעֵ֣י בְרִ֔ית יַחֲנִ֖יף בַּחֲלַקּ֑וֹת וְעַ֛ם יֹדְעֵ֥י אֱלֹהָ֖יו יַחֲזִ֥קוּ וְעָשֽׂוּ

וּמַרְשִׁיעֵ֣י  And  Those  who  do  wickedly  against 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: רָשַׁע  
Sense: to be wicked, act wickedly.
בְרִ֔ית  the  covenant 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: בְּרִית  
Sense: covenant, alliance, pledge.
יַחֲנִ֖יף  he  shall  corrupt 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָנֵף  
Sense: to be profaned, be defiled, be polluted, be corrupt.
בַּחֲלַקּ֑וֹת  with  the  flattering  [lip] 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Adjective, feminine plural
Root: חֲלַקָּה  
Sense: flattery, smoothness, fine promises.
וְעַ֛ם  but  the  people 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
יֹדְעֵ֥י  who  know 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
אֱלֹהָ֖יו  their  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
יַחֲזִ֥קוּ  shall  be  strong 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: חָזַק  
Sense: to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore.
וְעָשֽׂוּ  and  carry  out  [great  exploits] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.

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