| NET Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1"At that time Michael, the great prince who watches over your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress unlike any other from the nation's beginning up to that time. But at that time your own people, all those whose names are found written in the book, will escape. | 1“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered. |
| 2Many of those who sleep in the dusty ground will awake--some to everlasting life, and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence. | 2And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt. |
| 3But the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavenly expanse. And those bringing many to righteousness will be like the stars forever and ever. | 3Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever. |
| 4"But you, Daniel, close up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will dash about, and knowledge will increase." | 4But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.” |
| 5I, Daniel, watched as two others stood there, one on each side of the river. | 5Then I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing there, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank. |
| 6One said to the man clothed in linen who was above the waters of the river, "When will the end of these wondrous events occur?" | 6One of them said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long until the fulfillment of these wonders?” |
| 7Then I heard the man clothed in linen who was over the waters of the river as he raised both his right and left hands to the sky and made an oath by the one who lives forever: "It is for a time, times, and half a time. Then, when the power of the one who shatters the holy people has been exhausted, all these things will be finished." | 7And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, and times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people has finally been shattered, all these things will be completed.” |
| 8I heard, but I did not understand. So I said, "Sir, what will happen after these things?" | 8I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?” |
| 9He said, "Go, Daniel. For these matters are closed and sealed until the time of the end. | 9“Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end. |
| 10Many 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. | 10Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand. |
| 11From the time that the daily sacrifice is removed and the abomination that causes desolation is set in place, there are 1,290 days. | 11And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days. |
| 12Blessed is the one who waits and attains to the 1,335 days. | 12Blessed is he who waits and reaches the end of the 1,335 days. |
| 13But you should go your way until the end. You will rest and then at the end of the days you will arise to receive what you have been allotted." | 13But as for you, go on your way until the end. You will rest, and will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days.” |
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