Daniel 12:8

Wycliffe Bible

And Y herde, and vndurstood not; and Y seide, My lord, what schal be aftir these thingis?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I heard but did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”

Hebrew Names Version
I heard, but I didn't understand: then said I, my lord, what shall be the issue of these things?

King James Version
And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?

English Standard Version
I heard, but I did not understand. Then I said, "O my lord, what shall be the outcome of these things?"

New American Standard Bible
But as for me, I heard but did not understand; so I said, "My lord, what will be the outcome of these events?"

New Century Version
I heard the answer, but I did not really understand, so I asked, "Master, what will happen after all these things come true?"

Amplified Bible
As for me, I heard, but I did not understand; so I said, "My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
The I heard it, but I vnderstood it not: the said I, O my Lord, what shalbe ye end of these things?

New American Standard Bible (1995)
As for me, I heard but could not understand; so I said, "My lord, what will be the outcome of these events?"

Berean Standard Bible
I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, "My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?"

Contemporary English Version
I heard what the angel said, but I didn't understand. So I asked, "Sir, how will it all end?" The angel in my vision then replied:

Complete Jewish Bible
I heard this, but I couldn't understand what it meant; so I asked, "Lord, what will be the outcome of all this?"

Darby Translation
And I heard, but I understood not. And I said, My lord, what shall be the end of these things?

Easy-to-Read Version
I heard the answer, but I really didn't understand. So I asked, "Sir, what will happen after all this comes true?"

George Lamsa Translation
And I, Daniel, heard something, but I did not understand; then I said, O my lord, what shall come after these things?

Good News Translation
I heard what he said, but I did not understand it. So I asked, "But, sir, how will it all end?"

Lexham English Bible
Now I myself heard, but I did not understand, and I said, "My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?"

Literal Translation
And I heard, but I did not understand. And I said, O my lord, what shall be the end of these things ?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I herde it well, but I vnderstode it not. Then sayde I: O my lorde, what shal happen after that?

American Standard Version
And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my lord, what shall be the issue of these things?

Bible in Basic English
And the words came to my ears, but the sense of them was not clear to me: then I said, O my lord, what is the sense of these things?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And I heard, but I understood not; then said I: 'O my Lord, what shall be the latter end of these things?'

King James Version (1611)
And I heard, but I vnderstood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shalbe the end of these things?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then I hearde it, but I vnderstoode it not: then sayde I, O my Lord, what shall be the ende of these thinges?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I heard, but I understood not: and I said, O Lord, what will be the end of these things?

English Revised Version
And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my lord, what shall be the issue of these things?

World English Bible
I heard, but I didn't understand: then said I, my lord, what shall be the issue of these things?

Update Bible Version
And I heard, but I didn't understand: then I said, O my lord, what shall be the issue of these things?

Webster's Bible Translation
And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what [shall be] the end of these [things]?

New English Translation
I heard, but I did not understand. So I said, "Sir, what will happen after these things?"

New King James Version
Although I heard, I did not understand. Then I said, "My lord, what shall be the end of these things?"

New Living Translation
I heard what he said, but I did not understand what he meant. So I asked, "How will all this finally end, my lord?"

New Life Bible
I heard, but I did not understand. So I said, "My lord, how will it all end?"

New Revised Standard
I heard but could not understand; so I said, "My lord, what shall be the outcome of these things?"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, I, heard, but could not understand, - so I said, O my lord! what shall be the issue of these things?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I heard, and understood not. And I said: O my lord, what shall be after these things?

Revised Standard Version
I heard, but I did not understand. Then I said, "O my lord, what shall be the issue of these things?"

Young's Literal Translation
And I have heard, and I do not understand, and I say, `O my lord, what [is] the latter end of these?'

THE MESSAGE
"I heard all this plainly enough, but I didn't understand it. So I asked, ‘Master, can you explain this to me?'

Contextual Overview

⁵ And Y, Danyel, siy, and lo! as tweyne othere men stood; oon stood on this side, on the brenk of the flood, and another on that side, on the tother part of the flood. ⁶ And Y seide to the man, that was clothid in lynnun clothis, that stood on the watris of the flood, Hou long schal be the ende of these merueils? ⁷ And Y herde the man, that was clothid in lynnun clothis, that stood on the watris of the flood, whanne he hadde reisid his riythond and lefthond to heuene, and hadde sworun by hym that lyueth with outen ende, For in to a tyme, and tymes, and the half of tyme. And whanne the scateryng of the hoond of the hooli puple is fillid, alle these thingis schulen be fillid. ⁸ And Y herde, and vndurstood not; and Y seide, My lord, what schal be aftir these thingis? ⁹ And he seide, Go thou, Danyel, for the wordis ben closid and aseelid, til to the tyme determyned. ¹⁰ Many men schulen be chosun, and schulen be maad whijt, and schulen be preued as fier, and wickid men schulen do wickidli, nether alle wickid men schulen vndurstonde; certis tauyt men schulen vndurstonde. ¹¹ And fro the tyme whanne contynuel sacrifice is takun awei, and abhomynacioun is set in to discoumfort, schulen be a thousynde daies two hundrid and nynti. ¹² He is blessid, that abideth, and cometh fulli, til a thousynde daies thre hundrid and fyue and thritti. ¹³ But go thou, Danyel, to the tyme determyned; and thou schalt reste, and stonde in thi part, in the ende of daies.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

but: Luke 18:34, John 12:16, Acts 1:7, 1 Peter 1:11

what: Daniel 12:6, Daniel 10:14

Reciprocal: Isaiah 48:6 - showed Daniel 8:15 - sought Daniel 8:19 - the last Daniel 10:16 - my Lord Zechariah 4:4 - What Mark 13:4 - General Luke 21:7 - when John 13:7 - What Revelation 5:4 - because Revelation 17:9 - here

Cross-References

Genesis 4:26
But also a sone was borun to Seth, which sone he clepide Enos; this Enos bigan to clepe inwardli the name of the Lord.

Genesis 12:12
and that whanne Egipcians schulen se thee, thei schulen seie, it is his wijf, and thei schulen sle me, and `schulen reserue thee.

Genesis 12:14
And so whanne Abram hadde entrid in to Egipt, Egipcians sien the womman that sche was ful fair; and the prynces telden to Farao, and preiseden hir anentis him;

Genesis 12:15
and the womman was takun vp in to the hous of Farao.

Genesis 12:16
Forsothe thei vsiden wel Abram for hir; and scheep, and oxun, and assis, and seruauntis, and seruauntessis, and sche assis, and camels weren to hym.

Genesis 13:4
in the place of the auter which he made bifore, and inwardli clepide there the name of the Lord.

Genesis 21:33
Forsothe Abymelech roos, and Ficol, prince of his chyualrie, and thei turneden ayen in to the lond of Palestyns. Sotheli Abraham plauntide a wode in Bersabee, and inwardli clepide there the name of euerlastinge God;

Genesis 28:19
And he clepide the name of that citee Bethel, which was clepid Lusa bifore.

Genesis 35:3
rise ye, and stie we into Bethel, that we make there an auter to the Lord, which herde me in the dai of my tribulacioun, and was felowe of my weie.

Joshua 7:2
And whanne Josue sente men fro Jerico ayens Hai, which is bisidis Bethauen, at the eest coost of the citee Bethel, he seide to hem, Stie ye, and aspie ye the lond. Whiche filliden `the comaundementis, and aspieden Hay;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I heard, but understood not,.... Daniel heard what Christ said, in answer to the angel, but he did not understand the meaning of it, which he ingenuously confesses; he did not understand what was meant by "time", and "times", and "half a time"; what kind of time this was, and when and how it would end, and which he was very desirous of knowing:

then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? he applied not to the angel that put the above question, but to the man clothed with linen; to Christ, whom he perceived to be a divine Person, a Person of dominion, power, and authority, superior to angels, and his Lord and God; and who only could resolve the question he puts, which is somewhat different from that of the angel's, Daniel 12:6, that respects the length of time, to the accomplishment of these things; this the quality at the end of them, what kind of end they should have; or what the signs, symptoms, and evidences of the end of them, by which the true end of them might be known. Mr. Mede renders it, "what are these latter times?" perhaps it might be rendered better, "what is the last of these things?" o what is the last thing that will be done, that so it may be known when all is over?

o מה אחרית אלה "quid erit novissimum horum?" Munster; "postremum horum?" Calvin.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And I heard, but I understood not - He understood not the full significance of the language employed - “a time, and times, and an half.” This would make it probable that there was something more intended than merely three years and a half as the period of the continuation of these troubles. Daniel saw, apparently from the manner of the angel, as well as from the terms which he used, that there was something mystical and unusual in those terms, and he says, therefore, that he could not understand their full import.

Then said I, O my Lord - A term of civil address. The language is such as would be used by an inferior when respectfully addressing one of superior rank. It is not a term that is peculiarly appropriate to God, or that implies a Divine nature, but is here given to the angel as an appellation of respect, or as denoting one of superior rank.

What shall be the end of these things? - Indicating great anxiety to know what was to be the termination of these wonders. The “end” had been often referred to in the communication of the angel, and now he had used an enigmatical expression as referring to it, and Daniel asks, with great emphasis, when the end was to be.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Daniel 12:8. I heard, but I understand not — Could not comprehend what the time, times, and half time should refer to. These make three years and a half of prophetic time, answering to one thousand two hundred and sixty years.