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Daniel 12:3-5
Contemporary English Version
Daniel 12:3-5
Contemporary English Version
3 (A) Everyone who has been wise will shine as bright as the sky above, and everyone who has led others to please God will shine forever like the stars.
4 (B) Daniel, I now command you to keep the message of this book secret until the end of time, even though many people will go everywhere, searching for the knowledge to be found in it.[a]
The End of Time
5 Daniel wrote:
I looked around and saw two other people—one on this side of the river and one on the other side.
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- 12.4 even though … in it: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
Daniel 12:3-5
New International Version
Daniel 12:3-5
New International Version
3 Those who are wise[a](A) will shine(B) like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness,(C) like the stars for ever and ever.(D) 4 But you, Daniel, roll up and seal(E) the words of the scroll until the time of the end.(F) Many will go here and there(G) to increase knowledge.”
5 Then I, Daniel, looked, and there before me stood two others, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank.(H)
Footnotes
- Daniel 12:3 Or who impart wisdom
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