Daniel 9:22

Daniel 9:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.
• New International Version (NIV)He instructed me and said to me, “Daniel, I have now come to give you insight and understanding.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He made me understand, speaking with me and saying, "O Daniel, I have now come out to give you insight and understanding.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill to understand.

Context of Daniel 9:22

20While I was still speaking and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my plea before the Lord my God in behalf of the holy mountain of my God, 21while I was still speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision previously, came to me in my extreme weariness about the time of the evening offering. And he instructed me and talked with me and said, “Daniel, I have come now to give you insight with understanding. 23At the beginning of your pleas the command was issued, and I have come to tell you, because you are highly esteemed; so pay attention to the message and gain understanding of the vision. 24“Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the wrongdoing, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for guilt, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.

Daniel 9:22 word by word

וַיָּ֖בֶן וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר עִמִּ֑י וַיֹּאמַ֕ר דָּנִיֵּ֕אל עַתָּ֥ה יָצָ֖אתִי לְהַשְׂכִּילְךָ֥ בִינָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• And he instructedבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995
• and talkedדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• with me and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Danielדָּנִיֵּאל, דָּנִאֵלdânîyê'l dâni'êl · DanielH1840
• I have comeיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• nowעַתָּ֫ה‛attâh · nowH6258
• to giveשָׂכַלώâkal · be prudentH7919
• you insightשָׂכַלώâkal · be prudentH7919
• understandingבִּינָהbîynâh · understandingH998

Cross-references for Daniel 9:22

• Daniel 9:24“Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the wrongdoing, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for guilt, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
• Daniel 8:16And I heard the voice of a man between the banks of Ulai, and he called out and said, “Gabriel, explain the vision to this man.”
• Daniel 10:21However, I will tell you what is recorded in the writing of truth. Yet there is no one who stands firmly with me against these forces except Michael your prince.
• Zechariah 1:9Then I said, “What are these, my lord?” And the angel who was speaking with me said to me, “I will show you what these are.”
• Zechariah 6:4So I responded and said to the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”
• Revelation 4:1After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things.”

Commentaries on Daniel 9:22

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22And he informed me - Hebrew, Gave me intelligence or understanding. That is, about the design of his visit, and about what would be hereafter. And talked with me - Spake unto me. O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill - Margin, “make thee skillful of.” The Hebrew is, literally, “to make thee skillful, or wise, in understanding.” The design was to give him information as to what was to occur.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-27Verses 20-27 An answer was immediately sent to Daniel's prayer, and it is a very memorable one. We cannot now expect that God should send answers to our prayers by angels, but if we pray with fervency for that which God has promised, we may by faith take the promise as an immediate answer to the prayer; for He is faithful that has promised. Daniel had a far greater and more glorious redemption discovered to him, which God would work out for his church in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22In the book of Daniel, insight and understanding often refer to the meaning of God's revelation (compare Daniel 1:4; 9:13, 25; 11:33, 35). God did not promise Daniel answers to all his questions. Instead, God gave him a basic understanding of the issues. God controls history.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. to give thee ... understanding--Da 8:16; Da 8:26 shows that the symbolical vision had not been understood. God therefore now gives "information" directly, instead of by symbol, which required interpretation.Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 9:22

• Angel (a Spirit)
• Prayer
• Prophets

In the dictionaries

• Daniel
• Accomplish
• Belong
• Finish
• Gabriel
• Prince
• Reconciliation
• Restore
• Righteousness
• Seventy

Commentaries on Daniel 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings