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Daniel 12:9
“Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — An angelic figure responds to Daniel immediately after Daniel asks about the outcome of the preceding visions. The exchange occurs within a prophetic dialogue concerning events that extend to the end of time.
The words — The text employs סְתֻמִים (se.tu.Mim), meaning [are] kept secret, and חֲתֻמִים (cha.tu.Mim), meaning sealed up, to describe the status of הַדְּבָרִים (ha.de.va.Rim), the things or words.
The thread — The directive to seal prophetic content until a future time appears in Daniel 12:4 and Daniel 8:26. Isaiah 8:16 similarly commands binding and sealing testimony, though its context addresses preservation among disciples rather than end-time unveiling.
Why it lands — The text states that revelation remains concealed until a specified future point, requiring the reader to wait rather than force understanding. It demands patient obedience to the present instruction while acknowledging that full comprehension belongs to a later time.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
Cross-references
- Daniel 12:4 But 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.”
- Daniel 8:26 The 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.”
- Isaiah 8:16 Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.
- Isaiah 29:11 And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”
- Revelation 10:4 When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”