· Translation: KJV

Daniel 8:19He said, Behold, I will make you know what shall be in the latter time of the indignation; for it belongs to the appointed time of the end.

The setting

Babylon (modern-day Iraq), ~550 BC. Gabriel reveals that this vision concerns the distant future, not Daniel's lifetime...

The emotion here: humbled by glimpsing God's sovereign timeline

The original word

qēts (קֵץ) — the appointed end, a predetermined terminus set by God

Why it matters

This vision accurately predicted the rise and fall of Greece 200 years before Alexander the Great was born

Read with care

What most readers miss in Daniel 8:19

God has an 'appointed time' for everything — history isn't random but follows His schedule

Common misconceptionPeople try to calculate exact dates from this, but Daniel himself was told to seal up these words because the timing belongs to God alone.

Bible Genome reading

Daniel 8:19 — Bible Genome reading

SpeakerGabriel
EraExile
Primary emotionworship
Literary typevision
MarkPromise of God
MarkProphecy

Emotional genome

Comfort power40%
Quotability70%
Memorability80%
Crisis relevance50%
Standalone50%
Themes:end timesdivine timingprophecy

In context

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Daniel 8:19 comes from the book of Daniel, written during the Exile period. These words are attributed to Gabriel. The dominant emotion in this verse is worship, with a comfort power of 40% and a tone that is prophetic. It belongs to the vision genre of biblical literature. Key themes include end times, divine timing, prophecy. Notable phrases: latter time; indignation; appointed time. This verse contains a promise of God. This verse contains prophecy.

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