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Daniel 7:28
Thus ends the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts troubled me greatly, and my face turned pale. But I kept the matter to myself.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Daniel speaks as the recorder and participant, concluding the vision of the beasts and the judgment scene. He addresses the reader directly after the declaration that the saints will receive the everlasting kingdom.
The words — The phrase עַד־כָּה סוֹפָא דִּי מִלְתָּא ('ad-kah sofpā dî milləṯā) literally means "to here the end of the matter." The adjective שַׂגִּיא (saggîʾ) translates to "exceedingly," modifying the depth of Daniel's internal alarm.
The thread — The posture of silent retention mirrors Mary’s habit of treasuring and pondering events in her heart (Luke 2:19; Luke 2:51) and Daniel’s own prior state of perplexity before Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 4:19).
Why it lands — The text reports that Daniel’s face paled and he kept the vision to himself without explaining it. It requires the reader to sit with unexplained divine revelation, processing its weight internally before acting or speaking.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
Cross-references
- Luke 2:19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.
- Luke 2:51 Then He went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But His mother treasured up all these things in her heart.
- Daniel 4:19 For a time, Daniel, who was also known as Belteshazzar, was perplexed, and his thoughts alarmed him. So the king said, “Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its interpretation alarm you.” “My lord,” replied Belteshazzar, “may the dream apply to those who hate you, and its interpretation to your enemies!
- Daniel 7:15 I, Daniel, was grieved in my spirit, and the visions in my mind alarmed me.
- Genesis 37:10 He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”
- Daniel 5:6 his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
- Daniel 8:17 As he came near to where I stood, I was terrified and fell facedown. “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”
- Daniel 8:19 and said, “Behold, I will make known to you what will happen in the latter time of wrath, because it concerns the appointed time of the end.
- Daniel 8:27 I, Daniel, was exhausted and lay ill for days. Then I got up and went about the king’s business. I was confounded by the vision; it was beyond understanding.
- Daniel 10:8 So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.