Daniel 11:29

11:29 At an appointed time he will again invade the south, but this latter visit will not turn out the way the former one did.

Daniel 11:40

11:40 “At the time of the end the king of the south will attack ¹  him. Then the king of the north will storm against him ²  with chariots, horsemen, and a large armada of ships. ³  He ⁴  will invade lands, passing through them like an overflowing river. ⁵ 

Daniel 8:17

8:17 So he approached the place where I was standing. As he came, I felt terrified and fell flat on the ground. ⁶  Then he said to me, “Understand, son of man, ⁷  that the vision pertains to the time of the end.”

Daniel 8:19

8:19 Then he said, “I am going to inform you about what will happen in the latter time of wrath, for the vision ⁸  pertains to the appointed time of the end.

Daniel 9:27--10:1

9:27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one week. ⁹ 

But in the middle of that week

he will bring sacrifices and offerings to a halt.

On the wing ¹⁰  of abominations will come ¹¹  one who destroys,

until the decreed end is poured out on the one who destroys.”

An Angel Appears to Daniel

10:1 ¹² In the third ¹³  year of King Cyrus of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel (who was also called Belteshazzar). This message was true and concerned a great war. ¹⁴  He understood the message and gained insight by the vision.

Daniel 12:4

12:4 “But you, Daniel, close up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will dash about, ¹⁵  and knowledge will increase.”

Daniel 12:11

12:11 From the time that the daily sacrifice is removed and the abomination that causes desolation is set in place, ¹⁶  there are 1,290 days.

Habakuk 2:3

2:3 For the message is a witness to what is decreed; ¹⁷ 

it gives reliable testimony about how matters will turn out. ¹⁸ 

Even if the message ¹⁹  is not fulfilled right away, wait patiently; ²⁰ 

for it will certainly come to pass – it will not arrive late.

Wahyu 14:15

14:15 Then ²¹  another angel came out of the temple, shouting in a loud voice to the one seated on the cloud, “Use ²²  your sickle and start to reap, ²³  because the time to reap has come, since the earth’s harvest is ripe!”

Wahyu 17:17

17:17 For God has put into their minds ²⁴  to carry out his purpose ²⁵  by making ²⁶  a decision ²⁷  to give their royal power ²⁸  to the beast until the words of God are fulfilled. ²⁹ 

[11:40]  ¹ tn Heb “engage in thrusting.”

[11:40]  ² tn The referent of the pronoun is most likely the king of the south, in which case the text describes the king of the north countering the attack of the king of the south.

[11:40]  ³ tn Heb “many ships.”

[11:40]  ⁴ tn This most likely refers to the king of the north who, in response to the aggression of the king of the south, launches an invasion of the southern regions.

[11:40]  ⁵ tn Heb “and will overflow and pass over.”

[8:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “on my face.”

[8:17]  ⁷ tn Or “human one.”

[8:19]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew text does not actually state the referent (the vision Daniel saw in vv. 8-12; cf. also v. 13), which has been specified in the translation for clarity. Some Greek witnesses add “the vision” here.

[9:27]  ⁹ tn Heb “one seven” (also later in this line).

[9:27]  ¹⁰ tn The referent of the Hebrew word כְּנַף (kÿnaf, “wing”) is unclear here. The LXX and Theodotion have “the temple.” Some English versions (e.g., NAB, NIV) take this to mean “a wing of the temple,” but this is not clear.

[9:27]  ¹¹ tn The Hebrew text does not have this verb, but it has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[10:1]  ¹² sn This chapter begins the final unit in the book of Daniel, consisting of chapters 10-12. The traditional chapter divisions to some extent obscure the relationship of these chapters.

[10:1]  ¹³ tc The LXX has “first.”

[10:1]  sn Cyrus’ third year would have been ca. 536 B.C. Daniel would have been approximately eighty-four years old at this time.

[10:1]  ¹⁴ tn The meaning of the Hebrew word צָבָא (tsava’) is uncertain in this context. The word most often refers to an army or warfare. It may also mean “hard service,” and many commentators take that to be the sense here (i.e., “the service was great”). The present translation assumes the reference to be to the spiritual conflicts described, for example, in 10:16–11:1.

[12:4]  ¹⁵ tn Or “will run back and forth”; KJV “shall run to and fro”; NIV “will go here and there”; CEV “will go everywhere.”

[12:4]  sn Many will dash about is probably an allusion to Amos 8:12.

[12:11]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “to give.”

[2:3]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “For the vision is still for the appointed time.” The Hebrew word עוֹד (’od, “still”) is better emended to עֵד (’ed, “witness”) in light of the parallelism (see the note on the word “turn out” in the following line). The “appointed time” refers to the time when the divine judgment anticipated in vv. 6-20 will be realized.

[2:3]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and a witness to the end and it does not lie.” The Hebrew term יָפֵחַ (yafeakh) has been traditionally understood as a verb form from the root פּוּחַ (puakh, “puff, blow”; cf. NEB “it will come in breathless haste”; NASB “it hastens toward the goal”) but recent scholarship has demonstrated that it is actually a noun meaning “witness” (cf. NIV “it speaks of the end / and will not prove false”; NRSV “it speaks of the end, and does not lie”). See J. J. M. Roberts, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah (OTL), 106. “The end” corresponds to “the appointed time” of the preceding line and refers to the time when the prophecy to follow will be fulfilled.

[2:3]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “it”; the referent (the message) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:3]  ²⁰ tn Heb “If it should delay, wait for it.” The Hebrew word חָזוֹן (khazon, “vision, message”) is the subject of the third person verbs in v. 3 and the antecedent of the pronominal suffix in the phrase “for it.”

[14:15]  ²¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[14:15]  ²² tn Grk “Send out.”

[14:15]  ²³ tn The aorist θέρισον (qerison) has been translated ingressively.

[17:17]  ²⁴ tn Grk “hearts.”

[17:17]  ²⁵ tn Or “his intent.”

[17:17]  ²⁶ tn The infinitive ποιῆσαι (poihsai) was translated here as giving the logical means by which God’s purpose was carried out.

[17:17]  ²⁷ tn On this term BDAG 203 s.v. γνώμη 4 states, “declaration, decision, resolution…of God Rv 17:17.”

[17:17]  ²⁸ tn For this translation see BDAG 168 s.v. βασιλεία 1.a, “kingship, royal power, royal rule.”

[17:17]  ²⁹ tn Or “completed.”