He instructed me and spoke with me, saying: “O Daniel, I have come now to give you insight and understanding.
Parallel translations
- WEB He instructed me, and talked with me, and said, Daniel, I have now come to give you wisdom and understanding.
- KJV And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.
- NKJV And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill to understand.
- NASB And he instructed me and talked with me and said, “Daniel, I have come now to give you insight with understanding.
- NLT He explained to me, “Daniel, I have come here to give you insight and understanding.
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Quick answer
Gabriel comes to give Daniel insight and understanding. God responds to humble prayer with revelation and wisdom.
Overview
Gabriel announces he has come to give Daniel wisdom and understanding regarding the matters he has prayed about. The answer to Daniel's prayer is not merely comfort but profound revelation of God's plan. This shows that God delights to instruct those who seek Him, opening His purposes to the humble and prayerful.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Dan 9:24–27Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
- Dan 10:21But first I will tell you what is inscribed in the Book of Truth. Yet no one has the courage to support me against these, except Michael your prince.
- Dan 8:16And I heard the voice of a man calling from between the banks of the Ulai: “Gabriel, explain the vision to this man.”
- Zech 1:9“What are these, my lord?” I asked. And the angel who was speaking with me replied, “I will show you what they are.”
- Zech 6:4–5So I inquired of the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”
- Zech 1:14Then the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,
- Rev 4:1After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”
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