Daniel 12:8

And the words came to my ears, but the sense of them was not clear to me: then I said, O my lord, what is the sense of these things?

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In The King James Version

And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?

In Context

7Then in my hearing the man clothed in linen, who was over the river, lifting up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, took an oath by him who is living for ever that it would be a time, times, and a half; and when the power of the crusher of the holy people comes to an end, all these things will be ended.

9And he said, Go on your way, Daniel: for the words are secret and shut up till the time of the end;

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Cross References

Daniel 10:14Now I have come to give you knowledge of the fate of your people in the later days; for there is still a vision for the days.

Luke 18:34But they did not take in the sense of any of these words, and what he said was not clear to them, and their minds were not able to see it.

Acts 1:7And he said to them, It is not for you to have knowledge of the time and the order of events which the Father has kept in his control.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 12:6-13

Daniel's Solicitude to Know the Times; Period of Prophecy; Daniel Comforted. ( b. c. 534.) 5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river. 6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? 7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto… Read the whole commentary →

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