Daniel 12:8

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?"

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?

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?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y herde, and vndurstood not; and Y seide, My lord, what schal be aftir these thingis?

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 Then I, Daniel, noticed two other men. One man was standing on my side of the river, and the other was standing on the other side. ⁶ The man who was dressed in linen was standing over the water in the river. One of the two men said to him, "How long will it be before these amazing things come true?" ⁷ The man dressed in linen and standing over the water lifted his right and left hands toward heaven. And I heard him make a promise using the name of God who lives forever. He said, "It will be for three and one-half years. The power of the holy people will be broken, and then all these things will finally come true." ⁸ I heard the answer, but I really didn't understand. So I asked, "Sir, what will happen after all this comes true?" ⁹ He answered, "Go on about your life Daniel. The message is hidden. It will be a secret until the time of the end. ¹⁰ Many people will be made pure—they will make themselves clean. But evil people will continue to be evil. And those wicked people will not understand these things, but the wise people will understand them. ¹¹ "The daily sacrifice will be stopped. There will be 1290 days from that time until the time that the terrible thing that destroys is set up. ¹² The one who waits for and comes to the end of the 1335 days will be very happy. ¹³ "As for you, Daniel, go and live your life until the end. You will get your rest. At the end you will rise from death and receive your share of the promise."

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
Seth also had a son. He named him Enosh. At that time people began to pray to the Lord .

Genesis 12:12
When the Egyptian men see you, they will say, ‘This woman is his wife.' Then they will kill me and keep you alive because they want you.

Genesis 12:14
So when Abram went into Egypt, the Egyptian men saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman.

Genesis 12:15
Even some of Pharaoh's officials noticed her and told Pharaoh how beautiful she was. So they took her to Pharaoh's house.

Genesis 12:16
Pharaoh was kind to Abram because he thought Abram was Sarai's brother. He gave Abram sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and men and women servants.

Genesis 13:4
This was where Abram had built an altar earlier. So he worshiped the Lord there.

Genesis 21:33
Abraham planted a special tree at Beersheba and prayed to the Lord , the God who lives forever.

Genesis 28:19
The name of that place was Luz, but Jacob named it Bethel.

Genesis 35:3
We will leave here and go to Bethel. There I will build an altar to the God who has always helped me during times of trouble. He has been with me wherever I have gone."

Joshua 7:2
After they defeated Jericho, Joshua sent some men to Ai. Ai was near Beth Aven, east of Bethel. He told them, "Go to Ai and look for weaknesses in that area." So the men went to spy on that land.

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.