Daniel 12:4 BSB — MannaFest

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.”

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER TWELVE (420)

Verse 4. "But Thou, O Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, even to the time appointed. Many shall pass over, and knowledge shall be manifold." He who had revealed manifold truth to Daniel now signifies that the things he has said are matters of secrecy, and he orders him to roll up the scroll containing his words and set a seal upon the book, with the result that many shall read it and inquire as to its fulfilment in history, differing in their opinions because of its great obscurity.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Seal the book - The book was command to be sealed, because it would be long before the words would be fulfilled, whereas those that were shortly to be fulfilled, were forbidden to be sealed. Shall run - Shall diligently search these prophecies; and they shall know the signs of the times, and wait upon God in the way of his judgments: he means chiefly in gospel-times.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Shut up the words, and seal the book - When a prophet received a prediction concerning what was at a considerable distance of time, he shut his book, did not communicate his revelation for some time after. This Daniel was commanded to do, Dan 8:26. See also Isa 29:10, Isa 29:11; Rev 22:10. Among the ancients, those were said to seal, who in the course of their reading stamped the places of which they were yet doubtful, in order to keep them in memory, that they might refer to then; again, as not yet fully understood.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאַתָּ֣ה	ve.'a.Tah	and you	H859 →
דָֽנִיֵּ֗אל	da.ni.Yel	O Daniel	H1840 →
סְתֹ֧ם	se.Tom	keep secret	H5640 →
הַדְּבָרִ֛ים	ha.de.va.Rim	the words	H1697 →
וַחֲתֹ֥ם	va.cha.Tom	and seal up	H2856 →
הַסֵּ֖פֶר	ha.Se.fer	the scroll	H5612 →
עַד־	'ad-	until	H5704 →
עֵ֣ת	'et	[the] time of	H6256 →
קֵ֑ץ	Ketz	[the] end	H7093 →
יְשֹׁטְט֥וּ	ye.sho.te.Tu	they will rove about	H7751 →
רַבִּ֖ים	ra.Bim	many [people]	H7227 →
וְתִרְבֶּ֥ה	ve.tir.Beh	so it may increase	H7235 →
הַדָּֽעַת׃	ha.Da.'at	<the> knowledge	H1847 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 22:10
Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of prophecy in this book, because the time is near.
leads to
- 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.”
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 10:4
  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…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 1:3
  Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.
- 1 Peter 4:7
  The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
Through
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.”
leads to
- Daniel 12:9
  “Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 22:10
  Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of prophecy in this book, because the time is near.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Daniel 10:1
  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…
Through
Daniel 12:9
“Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.
leads to
- Isaiah 8:16
  Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Daniel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Daniel