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Lexicon :: Strong's H3782 - kāšal

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כָּשַׁל
Transliteration
kāšal
Pronunciation
kaw-shal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1050

Strong’s Definitions

כָּשַׁל kâshal, kaw-shal'; a primitive root; to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall:—bereave (from the margin), cast down, be decayed, (cause to) fail, (cause, make to) fall (down, -ing), feeble, be (the) ruin(-ed, of), (be) overthrown, (cause to) stumble, × utterly, be weak.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 65x

The KJV translates Strong's H3782 in the following manner: fall (27x), stumble (19x), cast down (4x), feeble (4x), overthrown (2x), ruin (2x), bereave (with H7921) (1x), decayed (1x), faileth (1x), utterly (1x), weak (1x), variant (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 65x
The KJV translates Strong's H3782 in the following manner: fall (27x), stumble (19x), cast down (4x), feeble (4x), overthrown (2x), ruin (2x), bereave (with H7921) (1x), decayed (1x), faileth (1x), utterly (1x), weak (1x), variant (2x).

  1. to stumble, stagger, totter

    1. (Qal)

      1. to stumble

      2. to totter

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to stumble

      2. to be tottering, be feeble

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to cause to stumble, bring injury or ruin to, overthrow

      2. to make feeble, make weak

    4. (Hophal) to be made to stumble

    5. (Piel) bereave

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּשַׁל kâshal, kaw-shal'; a primitive root; to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall:—bereave (from the margin), cast down, be decayed, (cause to) fail, (cause, make to) fall (down, -ing), feeble, be (the) ruin(-ed, of), (be) overthrown, (cause to) stumble, × utterly, be weak.
STRONGS H3782: Abbreviations
† כָּשַׁל verb stumble, stagger, totter (Late Hebrew id.; Syriac [bdb050502] give offence (occasion for stumbling), σκανδαλιζω, (chiefly Ethpe`el Aph`el), see PS Brock Schw; Arabic bdb050503 is be heavy, sluggish); —
Qal Perfect כ׳ Nehemiah 4:4 +, (Hosea 5:5b read יִכָּשֵׁל, compare We), כָּֽשְׁלָה Isaiah 3:8; Isaiah 59:14; כָּֽשְׁלוּ Jeremiah 46:6 +, כָּשַׁלְנוּ Isaiah 59:10, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יכשׁ֑ולו Proverbs 4:16 Kt (but read Hiph., whidh see, so Qr); יכשׁלו Nahum 3:3 Kt (but read Perfect וְכָֽשְׁלוּ so Qr); Infinitive absolute כָּשׁוֺל Isaiah 40:30 (with Niph. Imperfect); Participle active כּוֺשֵׁל Isaiah 5:27 + 2 times, כּשֵׁל 2 Chronicles 28:15; Psalm 105:37; feminine plural כּשְׁלוֺת Isaiah 35:3; —
1. stumble at, over, something, with ב (literally by means of), Nahum 3:3, גִּבּוֺר בְּגִבּוֺר כ׳ Jeremiah 46:13 (+ נָפַל), compare Leviticus 26:37; וּנְעָרִיס בָּעֵץ כ׳ Lamentations 5:13 i.e. stagger (of toil in captivity); absolute Isaiah 5:27 ׅ || (עָיֵף, כָּֽשְׁלוּ וְנָפָ֑לוּ Jeremiah 46:6, compare הִרְבָּה כּוֺשֵׁ֑ל גַּםנָֿפַל אישׁ וגו׳ Jeremiah 46:16 (strange; Gie following in part Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version, עֶרְבְּךָ כָּשַׁל וְנָפַל thy mixed people — compare Jeremiah 25:20, etc. — hath stumbled and hath fallen); often figurative of overthrow, throughdivine judgment, with בְּ at, (see above) Jeremiah 6:21, so Isaiah 8:15 (+ נָפַל etc.) according to Ges Hi Bhul Che Di; < בָּם = among them, — Israel and Judah, — as ב in Isaiah 8:16, so Ew De Du EV; Hosea 4:5 (twice in verse); Hosea 5:5; Hosea 14:2 (בַּעֲוֺנֶָֽךָ, בְּ probably instrumental); absolute of Babylon, under figure of זָדוֺן, ונפל כ׳ Jeremiah 50:32; ונפל כ׳ Paslm Jeremiah 27:2; Isaiah 3:8; Isaiah 31:3 (both || נפל); of אֱמֶת Isaiah 59:14; in metaphor of anxiety, distress Isaiah 59:10, Paslm Isa 107:12.
2. totter, of knees, literal מִצּוֺם בִּרְכַּי כ׳ Paslm Isa 109:24 my knees totter from fasting; figurative Isaiah 35:3 (|| יָדַיִם רָפוֺת) כּוֺשֵׁל tottering one, literal Job 4:4; 2 Chronicles 28:15; Paslm 2 Chron 105:37; hence figurative, fail, of strength (כֹּחַ) Nehemiah 4:4; Paslm Neh 31:11; — Infinitive absolute כָּשׁוֺל, see below Niph.
Niph. Perfect consecutive וְנִכְשַׁל Daniel 11:9, וְנִכְשְׁלוּ Daniel 11:33, וְנִכְשָׁ֑לוּ Daniel 11:14; Imperfect יִכָּשֵׁל Ezekiel 33:12 + Hosea 5:5b (Greek Version of the LXX. as Hosea 5:5a, so We; MT כָּשַׁל), 2nd person masculine singular תִּכָּשֵׁל Proverbs 4:12, בִּכָּֽשְׁלוּ Proverbs 24:17 (yet see Ges§ 51, R. 1), בְּהִכָּֽשְׁלָם Daniel 11:34; Participle נִכְשָׁל Zechariah 12:8; plural נִכְשָׁלִים 1 Samuel 2:4; —
1. stumble (= Qal) Nahum 2:6; Isaiah 63:13; Jeremiah 31:9; usually figurative:
a. of misfortune Proverbs 24:17 (|| נפל), negative Proverbs 4:12.
b. of divine judgement (with בְּ at) Proverbs 4:19; Proverbs 24:16, negative Ezekiel 33:12; see also Hosea 14:10 (בְ location), Jeremiah 20:11; Daniel 11:14, 35, מִפָּנֶיךָ וְיאֹבְדו יִכָּֽשְׁלוּ Psalm 9:4; especially = be overthrown, of nations, armies, etc., Hosea 5:5 (with בַּעֲוֺנָם, compare Hosea 14:2 Qal), Jeremiah 6:15 || נפל, compare Jeremiah 8:12 (|| id.), Daniel 11:19 (+ נפל), Daniel 11:33 (בְ instrumental), Daniel 11:34; Daniel 11:41.
2. be tottering, feeble, כָּשׁוֺל יִכָּשֵׁ֑לוּ Isaiah 40:30 (opposed to יַחֲלִיפוּ כֹחַ Isaiah 40:31); so participle 1 Samuel 2:4; Zechariah 12:8.
Pi. only apparent, תְּכַשְּׁלִי Ezekiel 36:14, read תְּשַׁכְּלִי with Qr Vrss EV Sm Co Da (see also Hiph. near the end).
Hiph. Perfect הִכְשִׁיל Lamentations 1:14 הִכְשַׁלְתֶּם Malachi 2:8; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix יַכְשִׁילְךָ 2 Chronicles 25:8; 2nd person feminine singular תַּכְשִׁלִי Ezekiel 36:15 (but strike out Greek Version of the LXX Co; read תשׁכלי, as Ezekiel 36:14 other Vrss Sm Da); 3rd person masculine plural יַכְשִׁילוּ Proverbs 4:16 Qr (Kt see below Qal), וַיַּכְשִׁילֻהוּ Psalm 64:9, וַיַּכְשִׁלוּם Jeremiah 18:15 (so Targum; Gie, after Greek Version of the LXX. Syriac Version, וַיִּכְשְׁלוּ, [< וַיִּכָּֽשִׁלוּ]); Infinitive construct הַכְשִׁיל 2 Chronicles 25:8, sf הַכְשִׁילוֺ 2 Chronicles 28:23; —
1..cause to stumble, figurative:
a. = bring injury or ruin to, abs Proverbs 4:16; of punishment Psalm 64:9 (indefinite subject; si vera lectio; text probably corrupt, see Che Bae).
b. = overthrow, of nation, army, etc., 2 Chronicles 25:8 (followed by לִפְנֵי אוֺיֵב) compare 2 Chronicles 25:8 (opposed to עזר); cause overthrow 2 Chronicles 28:23. — On Ezekiel 36:15 see above.
c. morally, Jeremiah 18:15 (בְּ local), Malachi 2:8 (בְּ instrumental).
2. make feeble, weak, הִכְשִׁיל כֹּחִי Lamentations 1:14 (of God's dealing with Jerusalem)
Hoph. only Participle והיו מֻכְשָׁלִים לְפָנֶיךָ Jeremiah 18:23 either and let them be ones who have stumbled before thee, i.e. regard them as such (Hi Gf VB), or and let them be ones overthrown before thee (Gie; so Qr according to Gf). So also in Ezekiel 21:20 according to Co, compare Sm Da (MT מִכְשֹׁלִים, see H4383 מִכְשׁוֺל).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

26:37

1 Samuel

2:4; 2:4

2 Chronicles

25:8; 25:8; 25:8; 25:8; 28:15; 28:15; 28:23; 28:23

Nehemiah

4:4; 4:4

Job

4:4

Psalms

9:4; 64:9; 64:9; 105:37

Proverbs

4:12; 4:12; 4:16; 4:16; 4:16; 4:19; 24:16; 24:17; 24:17

Isaiah

3:8; 3:8; 5:27; 5:27; 8:15; 8:16; 31:3; 35:3; 35:3; 40:30; 40:30; 40:31; 59:10; 59:10; 59:14; 59:14; 63:13

Jeremiah

6:15; 6:21; 8:12; 18:15; 18:15; 18:23; 20:11; 25:20; 27:2; 31:9; 46:6; 46:6; 46:13; 46:16; 50:32

Lamentations

1:14; 1:14; 5:13

Ezekiel

21:20; 33:12; 33:12; 36:14; 36:14; 36:15; 36:15

Daniel

11:9; 11:14; 11:14; 11:19; 11:33; 11:33; 11:34; 11:34; 11:35; 11:41

Hosea

4:5; 5:5; 5:5; 5:5; 5:5; 5:5; 14:2; 14:2

Nahum

2:6; 3:3; 3:3

Zechariah

12:8; 12:8

Malachi

2:8; 2:8

H3782

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Strong's Number H3782 matches the Hebrew כָּשַׁל (kāšal),
which occurs 65 times in 59 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Lev 26:37–Dan 11:35)

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:37 - They will stumble over one another as though fleeing from the sword, even though no one is pursuing them. So you will not be able to stand before your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:4 - “The bows of the warriors are broken, but those who stumbled are armed with strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:8 - Even if you go and fight courageously in battle, God will overthrow you before the enemy, for God has the power to help or to overthrow.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:15 - The men designated by name took the prisoners, and from the plunder they clothed all who were naked. They provided them with clothes and sandals, food and drink, and healing balm. All those who were weak they put on donkeys. So they took them back to their fellow Israelites at Jericho, the City of Palms, and returned to Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:23 - He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus, who had defeated him; for he thought, “Since the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them so they will help me.” But they were his downfall and the downfall of all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:10 - Meanwhile, the people in Judah said, “The strength of the laborers is giving out, and there is so much rubble that we cannot rebuild the wall.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:4 - Your words have supported those who stumbled; you have strengthened faltering knees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:3 - My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:2 - When the wicked advance against me to devour[fn] me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:10 - My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning; my strength fails because of my affliction,[fn] and my bones grow weak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 64:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:8 - He will turn their own tongues against them and bring them to ruin; all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:37

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:37 - He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold, and from among their tribes no one faltered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:12 - So he subjected them to bitter labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:24 - My knees give way from fasting; my body is thin and gaunt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:12 - When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:16 - For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:19 - But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:16 - for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:17 - Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:8 - Jerusalem staggers, Judah is falling; their words and deeds are against the LORD, defying his glorious presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27 - Not one of them grows tired or stumbles, not one slumbers or sleeps; not a belt is loosened at the waist, not a sandal strap is broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:15 - Many of them will stumble; they will fall and be broken, they will be snared and captured.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:13 - So then, the word of the LORD to them will become: Do this, do that, a rule for this, a rule for that; a little here, a little there— so that as they go they will fall backward; they will be injured and snared and captured.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:3 - But the Egyptians are mere mortals and not God; their horses are flesh and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out his hand, those who help will stumble, those who are helped will fall; all will perish together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:3 - Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:30 - Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:10 - Like the blind we grope along the wall, feeling our way like people without eyes. At midday we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:14 - So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:13 - who led them through the depths? Like a horse in open country, they did not stumble;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:15 - Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when I punish them,”

says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:21 - Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I will put obstacles before this people. Parents and children alike will stumble over them; neighbors and friends will perish.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:12 - Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when they are punished,

says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:15 - Yet my people have forgotten me; they burn incense to worthless idols, which made them stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths. They made them walk in byways, on roads not built up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:23 - But you, LORD, know all their plots to kill me. Do not forgive their crimes or blot out their sins from your sight. Let them be overthrown before you; deal with them in the time of your anger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:11 - But the LORD is with me like a mighty warrior; so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced; their dishonor will never be forgotten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:9 - They will come with weeping; they will pray as I bring them back. I will lead them beside streams of water on a level path where they will not stumble, because I am Israel’s father, and Ephraim is my firstborn son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:6 - “The swift cannot flee nor the strong escape. In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:12 - The nations will hear of your shame; your cries will fill the earth. One warrior will stumble over another; both will fall down together.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:16 - They will stumble repeatedly; they will fall over each other. They will say, ‘Get up, let us go back to our own people and our native lands, away from the sword of the oppressor.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:32 - The arrogant one will stumble and fall and no one will help her up; I will kindle a fire in her towns that will consume all who are around her.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:14 - “My sins have been bound into a yoke[fn]; by his hands they were woven together. They have been hung on my neck, and the Lord has sapped my strength. He has given me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:13 - Young men toil at the millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:12 - “Therefore, son of man, say to your people, ‘If someone who is righteous disobeys, that person’s former righteousness will count for nothing. And if someone who is wicked repents, that person’s former wickedness will not bring condemnation. The righteous person who sins will not be allowed to live even though they were formerly righteous.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:14 - therefore you will no longer devour people or make your nation childless, declares the Sovereign LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:15 - No longer will I make you hear the taunts of the nations, and no longer will you suffer the scorn of the peoples or cause your nation to fall, declares the Sovereign LORD.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:14 - “In those times many will rise against the king of the South. Those who are violent among your own people will rebel in fulfillment of the vision, but without success.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:19 - After this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own country but will stumble and fall, to be seen no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:33 - “Those who are wise will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by the sword or be burned or captured or plundered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:34 - When they fall, they will receive a little help, and many who are not sincere will join them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:35 - Some of the wise will stumble, so that they may be refined, purified and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.

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