Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my lord, what shall be the issue of these things?
New American Standard Bible
As for me, I heard but could not understand; so I said, “My lord, what will be the
King James Version
And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
Holman Bible
I heard but did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”
International Standard Version
"I heard, but I didn't understand. So I asked, "Sir, what happens next?'
A Conservative Version
And I heard, but I did not understand. Then I said, O my lord, what shall be the outcome of these things?
Amplified
As for me, I heard, but I did not understand; so I said, “My lord, what will be the outcome 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?
Darby Translation
And I heard, but I understood not. And I said, My lord, what shall be the end of these things?
Julia Smith Translation
And I heard, and I shall not understand: and saying, O my lord, what the last of these things?
King James 2000
And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now I myself heard, but I [did] not understand, and I said, "My lord, what [will be the] outcome [of] these [things]?"
Modern King James verseion
And I heard, but I did not understand. Then I said, O my lord, what shall be the end of these things?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I heard it well, but I understood it not. Then said I, "O my Lord, what shall happen after that?"
NET Bible
I heard, but I did not understand. So I said, "Sir, what will happen after these things?"
New Heart English Bible
And I heard, but I did not understand. Then I said, "My lord, what shall be the outcome of these things?"
The Emphasized Bible
And, I, heard, but could not understand, - so I said, O my lord! what shall be the issue of these things?
Webster
And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
World English Bible
I heard, but I didn't understand: then I said, my lord, what shall be the issue of these things?
Youngs Literal Translation
And I have heard, and I do not understand, and I say, 'O my lord, what is the latter end of these?'
Interlinear
Shama`
Word Count of 20 Translations in Daniel 12:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Daniel Seeks Additional Insights
7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and a half; and when they have made an end of breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. 8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my lord, what shall be the issue of these things? 9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel; for the words are shut up and sealed till the time of the end.
Names
Cross References
Daniel 10:14
Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days; for the vision is yet for many days:
Daniel 12:6
And one said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
Luke 18:34
And they understood none of these things; and this saying was hid from them, and they perceived not the things that were said.
John 12:16
These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.
Acts 1:7
And he said unto them, It is not for you to know times or seasons, which the Father hath set within His own authority.
1 Peter 1:11
searching what time or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did point unto, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow them.