Daniel 12:9

He replied, “Daniel, you must leave now. I cannot answer your question because what it means must ◄be kept secret/not be revealed► [DOU] until the time when everything ends.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.

In Context

8I heard what he said, but I did not understand it. So I asked, “Sir, what will be the result when these things end?”

10Many people will thoroughly purify their inner beings [DOU]. But wicked people will not understand these things. They will continue to be wicked. Only those who are wise will understand these things.

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Cross References

Isaiah 8:16So, I say to you who are my disciples, seal up this scroll on which I have written the messages that God has given to me, and give his instructions to others who have accompanied me.

Daniel 8:26What you saw in the vision about priests being prevented from making sacrifices in the morning and in the evening, which I explained to you, will surely happen. But for the present time, do not reveal the vision to others, because it will be many years before those things happen.”

Revelation 10:4When it thundered like that, I was about to write the words that I heard, but a voice from heaven said to me, “Keep secret what the thunder said! Do not write it down!”

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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