Daniel 12:8

And, I, heard, but could not understand,—so I said, O my lord! what shall be the issue of these things?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 clothed with linen who was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left unto the heavens, and sware by him that liveth unto times age-abiding,—For a set time and times and a half, and, when the dispersion of a part of the holy people, is brought to an end, then shall come to an end all these things.

9Then said he, Go thy way, Daniel; for closed up and sealed are the words, until the time of the end.

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Cross References

Daniel 10:14So then I am come to let thee understand that which shall befall thy people in the afterpart of the days,—for yet is the vision for [those] days.

Luke 18:34And, they, not one of these things, understood, and this saying was hidden from them, and the could not comprehend the things spoken.

Acts 1:7He said unto them—It is not yours to get to know times or seasons which the Father hath put in his own authority;

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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