Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision concerns those days.”
Parallel translations
- WEB 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:
- KJV Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.
- NKJV Now I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision refers to many days yet to come.”
- NASB Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the latter days, because the vision pertains to the days still future.”
- NLT Now I am here to explain what will happen to your people in the future, for this vision concerns a time yet to come.”
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Quick answer
The messenger comes to make Daniel understand what will befall his people in the latter days. The vision concerns God's long-range plan for Israel, reaching into the distant future.
Overview
The revelation that follows in chapters 11 and 12 surveys centuries of history and points toward the end. God graciously discloses His purposes so His people can trust Him through coming turmoil. That the message concerns 'the latter days' ties Daniel's prophecy to the unfolding plan of redemption that culminates in Christ and His return.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- Dan 8:26The vision of the evenings and the mornings that has been spoken is true. Now you must seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.”
- Dan 2:28But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your mind as you lay on your bed were these:
- Dan 12:4But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”
- Hab 2:3For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.
- Dan 12:9“Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.
- Deut 4:30When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.
- Mic 4:1In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.
- Isa 2:2In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
- Gen 49:1Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:
- Hos 3:5Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
- 2 Tim 3:1But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.
- Heb 2:3how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
- Dan 9:22He instructed me and spoke with me, saying: “O Daniel, I have come now to give you insight and understanding.
- Deut 31:21And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”
- Dan 10:1In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar. The message was true, and it concerned a great conflict. And the understanding of the message was given to him in a vision.
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