Daniel Chapter 11 verse 34 Holy Bible
Now when they shall fall, they shall be helped with a little help; but many shall join themselves unto them with flatteries.
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Now at the time of their downfall they will have a little help, but numbers will be joined to them in the town, and in their separate heritages.
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And when they fall, they shall be helped with a little help; but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
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Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
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Now when they shall fall, they shall be helped with a little help; but many shall join themselves to them with flatteries.
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And in their stumbling, they are helped -- a little help, and joined to them have been many with flatteries.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 34. - Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries. The Septuagint rendering is, "And when they are crushed many shall be gathered to them in (ἐπί) the city, even many as in distribution by lot (κληροδοσία)." This phrase is rendered by Paulus Tellensis (poolog pesa), "the division of the lots;" wrongly rendered by Bugati, in hereditate. The reading here is due to dropping of the reduplication in heltqluqoth. The Peshitta generally agrees with the Massoretic, only it renders the last clause, "Many shall add themselves to them in division, (palgootha)," which, however, Castelli renders in this one case as simulatio. When success crowned the arms of Judas and his brethren, many of the Sadducean party joined themselves to them, although formerly they belonged to the Hellenizers. This association rendered the Assidaeans dissatisfied, and resulted in disaster. Probably the reference is to nothing so far down history. When Judas began to be successful, many would join him, hoping, by a limited amount of treachery to Judas, to secure safety if the king ultimately prevailed, while at the same time, their presence with the Maccabees would save them from the vengeance of their own countrymen if Judas were successful and the Syrian yoke thrown off.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(34) Now when they shall fall.--Referring to those who suffer during this persecution, to whichever class they belong. (See last Note). These will not be entirely without help, but there will be some small assistance given them. It will be small, either compared with their present needs, or contrasted with the great help which will be given them when the tribulation attains its greatest severity. In the Maccabee persecutions help was given to the sufferers by Judas and his brethren (1 Maccabees 3:11, &c., 1 Maccabees 4:14, &c.). This prevented the faithful from disappearing entirely.Many shall cleave. . . .--Dissimulation will cause some to declare themselves upon the side of "those that understand." This is a feature which will be noticed in religious persecutions; according as one party or the other gains in power, as its prospects brighten, it gains fresh adherents. This held true in the days of Antiochus. (See 1 Maccabees 6:21, &c., 9:23.)