Daniel 12:10 (WEB)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

Daniel 12:8 I heard, but I didn’t understand. Then I said, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”

Daniel 12:9 He said, “Go your way, Daniel; for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end.

Daniel 12:10 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.

Daniel 12:11 “From the time that the continual burnt offering is taken away, and the abomination that makes desolate set up, there will be one thousand two hundred ninety days.

Daniel 12:12 Blessed is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand three hundred thirty-five days.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "purify", "themselves", "make", "white", "refined", "wicked", and "wickedly". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "purify" and "themselves", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "He said Go your way Daniel for..." into verse 11's "From the time that the continual burnt...", so "purify" and "themselves" 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 "purify" and "themselves" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.