Daniel 12:8

And I heard, and understood not. And I said: O my lord, what shall be after these things?

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

7And I heard the man that was clothed in linen, that stood upon the waters of the river: when he had lifted up his right hand, and his left hand to heaven, and had sworn, by him that liveth for ever, that it should be unto a time, and times, and half a time. And when the scattering of the band of the holy people shall be accomplished, all these things shall be finished.

9And he said: Go, Daniel, because the words are shut up, and sealed until the appointed time.

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Cross References

Daniel 10:14But I am come to teach thee what things shall befall thy people in the latter days, for as yet the vision is for days.

Luke 18:34And they understood none of these things, and this word was hid from them, and they understood not the things that were said.

Acts 1:7But he said to them: It is not for you to know the times or moments, which the Father hath put in his own power:

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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