And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words [are] closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
Ver. 9. And he said, Go thy way, Daniel.] Quiesce, tibi satis esto - q.d., Though dearly beloved, yet of some things thou must be content to be ignorant. It should suffice thee to be of God's court, though not altogether of his council. See Daniel 12:13. There is a laudable and learned ignorance, as of unnecessaries, of impossibles, or of unprofitables; such as are the term of our lives, the end of the world, the reprobation of others, &c.
For the words are closed up,] viz., Till future ages, which are more concerned in them, and till which these things shall be concealed.