Daniel 12:10 (DRB)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

Daniel 12:8 And I heard, and understood not. And I said: O my lord, what shall be after these things?

Daniel 12:9 And he said: Go, Daniel, because the words are shut up, and sealed until the appointed time.

Daniel 12:10 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.

Daniel 12:11 And from the time when the continual sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination unto desolation shall be set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred ninety days.

Daniel 12:12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh unto a thousand three hundred thirty-five days.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "chosen", "white", "tried", "fire", and "wicked". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "chosen", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "And he said Go Daniel because the..." into verse 11's "And from the time when the continual...", so "shall" and "chosen" belong inside that flow. In Daniel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "chosen" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.