Daniel 10:14
12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
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.
15 And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.
16 And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained 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
And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
Read in contextDaniel 2:28
But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
Read in contextDaniel 12:4
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Read in contextHabakkuk 2:3
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Read in contextDaniel 12:9
And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
Read in contextIsaiah 2:2
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:30
When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
Read in contextGenesis 49:1
And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
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