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Daniel 11:32
With flattery he will corrupt those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — An angel delivers this to Daniel within the vision of chapters 10–12, naming a future king who has just desecrated the temple and set up the abomination (v. 31). The verse marks the fork in the road between those who yield and those who do not.
The words — בַ/חֲלַקּ֑וֹת (ba./cha.la.Kot, "with smoothness/flattery," H2514) is the instrument of corruption; יַחֲזִ֥קוּ (ya.cha.Zi.ku, "they will hold fast," H2388) is the counter-response. The verse pits smoothness against strength.
The thread — "Knowing God" as the basis for endurance recurs in 1 Chronicles 28:9, Psalm 9:10, and Zechariah 10:12, where knowledge of God is bound to trust and divine strengthening.
Why it lands — The verse identifies flattery, not force, as the mechanism of compromise, and locates resistance in knowing God rather than in willpower alone. It asks the reader to name which side of the divide they occupy.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 1 Chronicles 28:9 As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
- Psalms 9:10 Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
- Zechariah 10:12 I will strengthen them in the LORD, and in His name they will walk,” declares the LORD.
- John 17:3 Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
- Micah 5:7 Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.
- 2 Timothy 2:1 You therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
- 1 John 2:3 By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
- Zechariah 9:13 For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece. I will make you like the sword of a mighty man.
- Zechariah 12:3 On that day, when all the nations of the earth gather against her, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who would heave it away will be severely injured.
- Zechariah 10:3 “My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders. For the LORD of Hosts attends to His flock, the house of Judah; He will make them like His royal steed in battle.