Daniel 9:22 (WEB)

Passage

He instructed me, and talked with me, and said, Daniel, “I have now come to give you wisdom and understanding.

Nearby Context

Daniel 9:20 While I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before Yahweh my God for the holy mountain of my God;

Daniel 9:21 yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening offering.

Daniel 9:22 He instructed me, and talked with me, and said, Daniel, “I have now come to give you wisdom and understanding.

Daniel 9:23 At the beginning of your petitions the commandment went out, and I have come to tell you; for you are greatly beloved. Therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision.

Daniel 9:24 “Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your holy city, to finish disobedience, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "instructed", "talked", "said", "daniel", "come", "give", "wisdom", and "understanding". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "instructed" and "talked", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "yes while I was speaking in prayer..." into verse 23's "At the beginning of your petitions the...", so "instructed" and "talked" 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 "instructed" and "talked" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.