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, ¹  and knowledge will increase.”

Habakuk 2:2

The Lord Assures Habakkuk

2:2 The Lord responded: ² 

“Write down this message! ³  Record it legibly on tablets,

so the one who announces ⁴  it may read it easily. ⁵ 

[12:4]  ¹ 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.

[2:2]  ² tn Heb “the Lord answered and said.” The redundant expression “answered and said” has been simplified in the translation as “responded.”

[2:2]  ³ tn Heb “[the] vision.”

[2:2]  ⁴ tn Or “reads from.”

[2:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “might run,” which here probably means “run [through it quickly with one’s eyes],” that is, read it easily.