Daniel Chapter 12 verse 8 Holy Bible
And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my lord, what shall be the issue of these things?
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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?
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And I heard, but I understood not. And I said, My lord, what shall be the end of these things?
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And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
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I heard, but I didn't understand: then said I, my lord, what shall be the issue of these things?
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And I have heard, and I do not understand, and I say, `O my lord, what `is' the latter end of these?'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? The Septuagint rendering differs in a somewhat singular way from the above, "And I heard and understood not, especially about this time; and I said, Lord, what is the solution of this word, and what are those parables?" These variations seem due to glosses and paraphrase. Theodotion is in complete agreement with the Massoretic text. The Peshitta differs only by inserting "Daniel." The Vulgate renders the last clause, Quid erit post haec? "What will be after these things?" Daniel understood the words, but by hypothesis he did not understand the meaning of them. This exhibits the relation of the prophet always to the revelations given - his faculty of understanding was totally independent of the receptive faculty by which he received the revelation. If we assume this as representing a fact, then all arguments which are grounded on the meanings which the prophet himself might see in his words are beside the question. Since he does not understand, he appeals to the angelic messenger, who had declared so much.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) I understood not.--He did not understand the answer given in Daniel 12:7. The question did not seem to have had any reply. It had been asked how long the end should continue, and the answer had been only the obscure words, "time, times, and an half."What shall be the end?--Daniel refers to the "wonderful things" mentioned in Daniel 12:6, and using a different word for "end," asks which of these wonders is to be the last--i.e., which of them is to come immediately before the end of all things.