Bible, Vol. 1. Old Testament -- Book 27. Daniel 12: 4 (Dan 12:4) [tr. KJV (1611)]

Dave — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 21:57:41 +0000

Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

יְשֹׁטְט֥וּ רַבִּ֖ים וְתִרְבֶּ֥ה הַדָּֽעַת׃

The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Book 27. Daniel 12: 4 (Dan 12:4) [tr. KJV (1611)]
(Source)

The Old Greek version of the Septuagint uses a word that translated as "evil" or "wickedness" or "injustice". Later versions, particularly Theodotion's favored translation, used "knowledge" (Hebrew הַדָּֽעַת or Greek γνῶσις) [notes 1, 2, 3, 4].

Quoted by Francis Bacon as an epigraph on the frontispiece of his Instauratio Magna [The Great Instauration] (1620), in both English (as the King James Version) and Latin: "Multi pertransibunt & augebitur scientia."

(Source (Hebrew)). Other translations:

Many will wander this way and that, and wickedness will go on increasing.
[JB (1966)]

Meanwhile, many people will waste their efforts trying to understand what is happening.
[GNT (1976)]

Many will roam about, this way and that, and wickedness will continue to increase.
[NJB (1985)]

Many will stray far, but knowledge will increase.
[CEB (2011)]

Many shall be running back and forth, and evil shall increase.
[NRSV (2021 ed.)]

Many will range far and wide and knowledge will increase.
[RJPS (2023 ed.)]

Keats, John -- “La Belle Dame sans Merci,” st. 1 (1819)

Dave — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 12:04:52 +0000

O, what can ail thee, knight-at-arms,
Alone and palely loitering?
The sedge has wither’d from the lake,
And no birds sing.

John Keats (1795–1821) English poet
“La Belle Dame sans Merci,” st. 1 (1819)
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Bible, Vol. 1. Old Testament -- Book 27. Daniel 12: 4 (Dan 12:4) [tr. KJV (1611)]

Keats, John -- “La Belle Dame sans Merci,” st. 1 (1819)