Daniel 10:14
12 “Do not be afraid, Daniel,” he said, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.
13 However, the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia.
Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision concerns those days.”
15 While he was speaking these words to me, I set my face toward the ground and became speechless.
16 And suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome with anguish, and I have no strength.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision concerns those days.”
- KJV
- Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.
- WEB
- Now I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision is yet for many days.”
- ASV
- Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days; for the vision is yet for [many] days:
- DARBY
- And I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people at the end of the days: for the vision is yet for [many] days.
- BLB
- And I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for yet the vision [is] for those days.”
- ÅB
- Og nå er jeg kommet for å opplyse deg om hva som skal vederfares ditt folk i de siste dager[^4]; for dette er enda et syn som sikter til de dager.
- OTB
- Jeg har kommet for å forklare deg hva som vil skje med ditt folk i de kommende dager, for synet gjelder en fremtidig tid.”
- B1930
- Og nu er jeg kommet for å oplyse dig om hvad som skal vederfares ditt folk i de siste dager; for dette er atter et syn som sikter til de dager. / < 1MO 49, 1.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Daniel 8:26
The vision of the evenings and the mornings that has been spoken is true. Now you must seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.”
Read in contextDaniel 2:28
But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your mind as you lay on your bed were these:
Read in contextDaniel 12:4
But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”
Read in contextHabakkuk 2:3
For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.
Read in contextDaniel 12:9
“Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.
Read in contextIsaiah 2:2
In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:30
When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.
Read in contextGenesis 49:1
Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:
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