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.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd the vision of the evenings and mornings which hath been told is true: but shut thou up the vision; for it belongeth to many days to come.
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.”
And the appearance of the evening and of the morning, that is told, is true; and thou, hide thou the vision, for it is after many days.'
And the vision of the evening and the morning which hath been told is true; but close thou up the vision, for it is for many days [to come].
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