Daniel 12:4 (DBY)

Passage

And thou, Daniel, close the words, and seal the book, till the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

Nearby Context

Daniel 12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame, to everlasting contempt.

Daniel 12:3 And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and they that turn the many to righteousness as the stars, for ever and ever.

Daniel 12:4 And thou, Daniel, close the words, and seal the book, till the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

Daniel 12:5 And I Daniel looked, and behold, there stood other two, the one on this side, on the bank of the river, and the other on that side, on the bank of the river.

Daniel 12:6 And he said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, How long [is it to] the end of these wonders?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "daniel", "close", "words", "seal", "book", "till", and "time". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "daniel", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "And they that are wise shall shine..." into verse 5's "And I Daniel looked and behold there...", so "thou" and "daniel" belong inside that flow. In Daniel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thou" and "daniel" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.