Daniel 12:4 “But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time…”

Daniel 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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, even to the time of the end. Many will run back and forth, and knowledge will be increased.”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

But thou, O Daniel, shut vp the words, and seale the boke til the end of the time: many shall run to and from, and knowledge shall be increased.

Darby Translation

And thou, Daniel, close the words, and seal the book, till the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

Young's Literal Translation

And thou, O Daniel, hide the things, and seal the book till the time of the end, many do go to and fro, and knowledge is multiplied.'

Bible in Basic English

But as for you, O Daniel, let the words be kept secret and the book rolled up and kept shut till the time of the end: numbers will be going out of the way and troubles will be increased.

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Cross references

“shut”

Revelation 22:10 Daniel 8:26 Revelation 10:4

Revelation 22:10 · BSB

Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of prophecy in this book, because the time is near.

Daniel 8:26 · BSB

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.”

Revelation 10:4 · BSB

When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”

“to the”

Daniel 12:9 Daniel 8:17 Daniel 11:40 Daniel 10:1

Daniel 12:9 · BSB

“Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.

Daniel 8:17 · BSB

As he came near to where I stood, I was terrified and fell facedown. “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”

Daniel 11:40 · BSB

At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them lik…

Daniel 10:1 · BSB

In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar. The message was true, and it concerned a great conflict. And the understanding of the message was given to him in…

“many”

Isaiah 32:3 Isaiah 11:9 Zechariah 14:6–10 Matthew 24:14 Daniel 11:33 Isaiah 30:26

Isaiah 32:3 · BSB

Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.

Isaiah 11:9 · BSB

They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.

Zechariah 14:6–10 · BSB

On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost.

Matthew 24:14 · BSB

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

Daniel 11:33 · BSB

Those with insight will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by sword or flame, or be captured or plundered.

Isaiah 30:26 · BSB

The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds H…

Also

Isaiah 8:16 Daniel 12:13

Isaiah 8:16 · BSB

Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.

Daniel 12:13 · BSB

But as for you, go on your way until the end. You will rest, and then you will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.

5Then I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing there, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank.

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