Daniel 12:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהַ֨מַּשְׂכִּלִ֔ים יַזְהִ֖רוּ כְּזֹ֣הַר הָרָקִ֑יעַ וּמַצְדִּיקֵי֙ הָֽרַבִּ֔ים כַּכּוֹכָבִ֖ים לְעוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד׃

Transliteration

And the maśkîlîm yazhîrû like zōhar the rāqîaʿ and maṣdîqê the rabbîm like the kôkābîm to ʿôlām wāʿed.

Grammar Details

• *wə-*: conjunction - and
• *ha-maśkîlîm*: definite participle Hiphil, masculine plural - the wise/understanding ones
• *yazhîrû*: imperfect Hiphil, 3rd plural - will shine/will enlighten
• *kə-zōhar*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - like brightness of
• *hā-rāqîaʿ*: definite noun, masculine singular - the firmament/expanse
• *û-maṣdîqê*: conjunction + participle Hiphil construct, masculine plural - and those causing righteousness of
• *hā-rabbîm*: definite adjective, masculine plural - the many
• *ka-kôkābîm*: preposition + definite noun, masculine plural - like the stars
• *lə-ʿôlām*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - to forever
• *wā-ʿed*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and eternity

Word Meanings

• *maśkîlîm*: wise ones/those having insight/those who instruct
• *yazhîrû*: will shine/will give light/will enlighten
• *zōhar*: brightness/radiance/splendor
• *rāqîaʿ*: firmament/expanse/visible arch of sky
• *maṣdîqê*: those who make righteous/those who justify/those who lead to righteousness
• *rabbîm*: many/numerous/multitude
• *kôkābîm*: stars/celestial bodies
• *ʿôlām wāʿed*: forever and ever/eternity and beyond/perpetuity

Referenced Verses

• Dan 11:33 : 33 And they that are wise among the people shall instruct many; yet they shall fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by spoil, [many] days.
• Matt 13:43 : 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear.
• Dan 11:35 : 35 And some of them that are wise shall fall, to refine them, and to purify, and to make them white, even to the time of the end; because it is yet for the time appointed.
• Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
• Prov 11:30 : 30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; And he that is wise winneth souls.
• Jer 23:22 : 22 But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
• Matt 19:28 : 28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that ye who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
• Matt 24:45 : 45 Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
• Luke 1:16-17 : 16 And many of the children of Israel shall be turn unto the Lord their God. 17 And he shall go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient [to] [walk] in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared [for him].
• John 4:36 : 36 He that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal; that he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
• John 5:35 : 35 He was the lamp that burneth and shineth; and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his light.
• 1 Cor 3:10 : 10 According to the grace of God which was given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder I laid a foundation; and another buildeth thereon. But let each man take heed how he buildeth thereon.
• 1 Cor 15:40-42 : 40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the [glory] of the terrestrial is another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
• Eph 4:11 : 11 And he gave some [to be] apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
• Phil 2:16-17 : 16 holding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain. 17 Yea, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all:
• 1 Thess 2:19-20 : 19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Are not even ye, before our Lord Jesus {G5547} at his coming? 20 For ye are our glory and our joy.
• Heb 5:12 : 12 For {G1063} when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.
• Jas 5:19-20 : 19 My brethren, if any among you err from the truth, and one convert him; 20 let him know, that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.
• 2 Pet 3:15 : 15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote unto you;
• Rev 1:20 : 20 the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks {G3739} {G1492} are seven churches.
• Acts 13:1 : 1 Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was [there], {G5100} prophets and teachers, {G5037} Barnabas, and Symeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.