Parallel Verses
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?
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?
American Standard Version
And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my lord, what shall be the issue 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 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 on the waters of the river, when he held up his right and his left hand to Heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever that it shall be for a time, times, and a half. And when they have made an end of scattering the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. 8 And I heard, but I did not understand. Then I said, O my lord, what shall be the end of these things? 9 And He said, Go, Daniel! For the words are closed up and sealed until the end-time.
Cross References
Daniel 10:14
Now I have come to make you understand what shall happen to your 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 on the waters of the river: Until when shall be the end of these wonders?
Luke 18:34
And they did not understand any of these things. And this saying was hidden from them, nor did they know the things which were spoken.
John 12:16
But His disciples did not know these things at the first. But when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things to Him.
Acts 1:7
And He said to them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father has put in His own authority.
1 Peter 1:11
searching for what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ made clear within them, testifying beforehand of the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow.