Daniel 8:26
What does Daniel 8:26 mean?
A plain-English look at Daniel 8:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the vision of evenings and mornings which has been talked of is true: and keep the vision secret; for it has to do with the far-off future.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the appearance of the evening and of the morning, that is told, is true; and thou, hide thou the vision, for <FI>it is<Fi> after many days.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the vision of the evening and the morning, which was told, is true: thou, therefore, seal up the vision, because it shall come to pass after many days.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And 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].
Context
v.25And through his policy he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and in their security shall he destroy many: he shall also stand up against the prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
v.26This passage
v.27And I, Daniel, fainted, and was sick certain days; then I rose up, and did the king’s business: and I wondered at the vision, but none understood it.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Daniel 8:11
Yea, it magnified itself, even to the prince of the host; and it took away from him the continual burnt-offering, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
- Revelation 10:4
And when the seven thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying, Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
- Ezekiel 12:27
Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of times that are far off.
- Daniel 12:4
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.
- Hosea 3:3
and I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be any man’s wife: so will I also be toward thee.
- Daniel 12:9
And he said, Go thy way, Daniel; for the words are shut up and sealed till the time of the end.
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