12:4 “But you, Daniel, close up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will dash about, 1 and knowledge will increase.”
12:8 I heard, but I did not understand. So I said, “Sir, 2 what will happen after these things?” 12:9 He said, “Go, Daniel. For these matters are closed and sealed until the time of the end. 12:10 Many will be purified, made clean, and refined, but the wicked will go on being wicked. None of the wicked will understand, though the wise will understand.
1 tn Or “will run back and forth”; KJV “shall run to and fro”; NIV “will go here and there”; CEV “will go everywhere.”
sn Many will dash about is probably an allusion to Amos 8:12.
2 tn Heb “my lord,” a title of polite address.