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.
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4 additional translationsAnd 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.
With flattery he will corrupt those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him.
And those acting wickedly against the covenant, he defileth by flatteries; and the people knowing their God are strong, and have wrought.
And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he pervert by flatteries; but the people that know theirGod shall be strong, and shall act.
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About this book
Old TestamentDaniel — A Hebrew exile at Babylonian and Persian courts sees empires rise and fall, a Son of Man coming with clouds, and seventy weeks locating Messiah in time. The canon's densest apocalyptic text — and its most interpretively contested.
- Author
- Daniel (traditional — Jesus cites ‘Daniel the prophet’ in Matt 24:15); critical scholarship dates composition to the 2nd c. BC Maccabean period (§7.9 — both surfaced)
- Date
- Traditional: 6th c. BC. Critical: c. 165 BC. Site default: traditional; critical view surfaced at depth 2