And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And he said, Go thy way, Daniel; for the words are shut up and sealed till the time of the end.
WEB
“Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.
YLT
And he saith, `Go, Daniel; for hidden and sealed are the things till the time of the end;
DBT
And he said, Go thy way, Daniel; for these words are closed and sealed till the time of the end.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentDaniel — A Hebrew exile at Babylonian and Persian courts sees empires rise and fall, a Son of Man coming with clouds, and seventy weeks locating Messiah in time. The canon's densest apocalyptic text — and its most interpretively contested.
- Author
- Daniel (traditional — Jesus cites ‘Daniel the prophet’ in Matt 24:15); critical scholarship dates composition to the 2nd c. BC Maccabean period (§7.9 — both surfaced)
- Date
- Traditional: 6th c. BC. Critical: c. 165 BC. Site default: traditional; critical view surfaced at depth 2