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Myles Coverdale Bible

Daniel 12:5

So I Daniel loked, and beholde, there stode other two: one vpon this shore of the water, the other vpon yonder syde.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Angel (a Spirit);   Church;   The Topic Concordance - Abomination;   Last Days;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Rivers;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - River;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Book;   Brook;   Daniel, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Daniel, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Apocrypha;   Brook;   Magi;   Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Michael ;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bel and the Dragon (2);   Brink;   Brook;   Daniel, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Nile;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then I, Daniel, looked, and two others were standing there, one on this bank of the river and one on the other.
Hebrew Names Version
Then I, Daniyel, looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on the brink of the river on this side, and the other on the brink of the river on that side.
King James Version
Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.
English Standard Version
Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, two others stood, one on this bank of the stream and one on that bank of the stream.
New American Standard Bible
Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, two others were standing, one on this bank of the stream and the other on that bank of the stream.
New Century Version
Then I, Daniel, looked, and saw two other men. One was standing on my side of the river, and the other was standing on the far side.
Amplified Bible
Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, there stood two others, the one [angel] on this bank of the river and the other [angel] on that bank of the river.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then I Daniel loked, & behold, there stood other two, ye one on this side of ye brinke of ye riuer, & the other on yt side of ye brinke of the riuer.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then I, Daniel, looked and behold, two others were standing, one on this bank of the river and the other on that bank of the river.
Berean Standard Bible
Then I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing there, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank.
Contemporary English Version
Daniel wrote: I looked around and saw two other people—one on this side of the river and one on the other side.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then I, Dani'el, looked; and I saw in front of me two others, one on this bank of the river and the other on its other bank.
Darby Translation
And I Daniel looked, and behold, there stood other two, the one on this side, on the bank of the river, and the other on that side, on the bank of the river.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then I, Daniel, noticed two other men. One man was standing on my side of the river, and the other was standing on the other side.
George Lamsa Translation
Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, two other angels stood one on this side of the bank of the river and the other on that side.
Good News Translation
Then I saw two men standing by a river, one on each bank.
Lexham English Bible
Then I looked, I myself, Daniel, and look, there were two others standing: one on this bank of the stream and one on the other.
Literal Translation
And I, Daniel, looked. And, behold! Another two stood there, the one on this side , and one on that side of the river's edge.
American Standard Version
Then I, Daniel, looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on the brink of the river on this side, and the other on the brink of the river on that side.
Bible in Basic English
Then I, Daniel, looking, saw two others, one at the edge of the river on this side and one at the edge of the river on that side.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on the bank of the river on this side, and the other on the bank of the river on that side.
King James Version (1611)
Then I Daniel looked, and behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the banke of the riuer, and the other on that side of the banke of the riuer.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then I Daniel looked, and beholde there stoode other two, the one on this side of the banke of the riuer, and the other on that side of the banke of the riuer.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I Daniel saw, and, behold, two others stood, on one side of the bank of the river, and the other on the other side of the bank of the river.
English Revised Version
Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on the brink of the river on this side, and the other on the brink of the river on that side.
World English Bible
Then I, Daniel, looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on the brink of the river on this side, and the other on the brink of the river on that side.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y, Danyel, siy, and lo! as tweyne othere men stood; oon stood on this side, on the brenk of the flood, and another on that side, on the tother part of the flood.
Update Bible Version
Then I, Daniel, looked, and noticed that there stood another two, the one on the brink of the river on this side, and the other on the brink of the river on that side.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then I Daniel looked, and behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.
New English Translation
I, Daniel, watched as two others stood there, one on each side of the river.
New King James Version
Then I, Daniel, looked; and there stood two others, one on this riverbank and the other on that riverbank.
New Living Translation
Then I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing on opposite banks of the river.
New Life Bible
Then I, Daniel, looked and saw two others. One was standing on this side of the river, and the other was standing on that side.
New Revised Standard
Then I, Daniel, looked, and two others appeared, one standing on this bank of the stream and one on the other.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then, I, Daniel, looked, and lo! two others, standing, - one on this side of the bank of the river, and one on that side of the bank of the river.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I, Daniel, looked, and behold as it were two others stood: one on this side upon the bank of the river, and another on that side, on the other bank of the river.
Revised Standard Version
Then I Daniel looked, and behold, two others stood, one on this bank of the stream and one on that bank of the stream.
Young's Literal Translation
And I have looked -- I, Daniel -- and lo, two others are standing, one here at the edge of the flood, and one there at the edge of the flood,
THE MESSAGE
"As I, Daniel, took all this in, two figures appeared, one standing on this bank of the river and one on the other bank. One of them asked a third man who was dressed in linen and who straddled the river, ‘How long is this astonishing story to go on?'

Contextual Overview

5 So I Daniel loked, and beholde, there stode other two: one vpon this shore of the water, the other vpon yonder syde. 6 And one of the sayde vnto him, which was clothed in lynnynge, and stode aboue vpon the waters of the floude: How longe shall it be to the ende of these wonderous workes? 7 Then herde I the man with the lynnynge clothes, which stode aboue vpon the waters of the floude: when he helde vp his right and left honde vnto heauen, & sware by him which lyueth for euer: that it shal tary for a tyme, two tymes & half a tyme: & when the power of the holy people is clene scatred abrode, the shal all these thinges be fulfilled. 8 I herde it well, but I vnderstode it not. Then sayde I: O my lorde, what shal happen after that? 9 He answered: Go thy waye Daniel, for these wordes shal be closed vp & sealed, till the last tyme: 10 & many shalbe purified, clensed & tried. But the vngodly shall lyue wickedly, and those wicked (as many of the as they be) shal haue no vnderstondinge. As for soch as haue vnderstondinge, they shal regarde it. 11 And from ye tyme forth that the daylie offerynge shalbe put downe & the abhominable desolacion set vp, there shalbe a thousande two hudreth & xc.dayes. 12 O well is him, that waiteth, & commeth to the thousande iij.C. & xxxv.dayes. 13 Go thou thy waye now, till it be ended: take thy rest, and byde in thy lot, till the dayes haue an ende.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

other two: Daniel 10:5, Daniel 10:6, Daniel 10:10, Daniel 10:16

bank: Heb. lip

of the river: Daniel 10:4

Reciprocal: Daniel 7:16 - one Daniel 8:13 - one saint Daniel 8:16 - between 1 Peter 1:12 - which things Revelation 14:1 - I looked

Cross-References

Genesis 10:19
And ye Coastes of ye Cananites were fro Sido forth thorow Gerar vnto Gasa, tyll thou comest vnto Sodoma, Gomorra, Adama, Zeboim, & vnto Lasa.
Genesis 11:31
Then toke Terah Abra his sonne, & Lot his sonne Harans sonne, & Sarai his doughter in lawe, his sonne Abrams wife, & caried them wt him from Vr in Chaldea, to go in to the lande of Canaan. And they came to Haran, & dwelt there.
Genesis 12:5
So Abram toke Sarai his wife, and Lot his brothers sonne, wt all their goodes which they had gotten, and soules which they begat in Hara, and departed to go in to ye londe of Canaan.
Genesis 12:8
The brake he vp fro thece, vnto a mountayne yt laye on ye east syde of the cite of Bethel, & pitched his tent: so yt he had Bethel on the west side, and Ay on ye east syde: & there buylded he an altare also vnto the LORDE, & called vpon the name of the LORDE.
Genesis 12:9
Afterwarde departed Abram farther, & toke his iourneye southwarde.
Genesis 14:14
Now whan Abram herde yt his brother was taken, he harnessed his bonde seruauntes borne in his owne house, thre hundreth & eightene, & folowed after them vntill Dan,
Genesis 14:21
Then sayde the kynge of Sodome vnto Abram: Geue me the soules, and take ye goodes vnto thy self.
Acts 7:4
The wente he out of the lande of the Caldees, and dwelt in Haran. And from thece, whan his father was deed, he brought him ouer in to this londe (where ye dwell now)

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two,.... Other two angels, besides the man clothed with linen, Daniel 12:6 or rather besides the angel who had given Daniel the long account of things that were to come to pass, in the preceding chapter, and the beginning of this; whom Daniel, being attentive to that account, had not observed before; but now, that being finished, he looks about him, and takes notice of those other two who were standing, being ministering spirits to Christ, and ready to execute his orders:

the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river; Hiddekel or Tigris, as appears from

Daniel 10:4. The reason of this position was chiefly on account of Christ, the man clothed with linen, who stood upon or above the water of the river, in the midst of it; and to show that they were waiting upon him, and ready to go every way he should send them to do his will; and also on account of Daniel, that he might hear what was said, whether to Christ, or to one another; since, being at such a distance, their voice must be loud; and indeed the design of all that follows to the end of the chapter is to inform him, and by him the church and people of God in all future ages, of the time and end of all these things before delivered in the prophecy.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then I Daniel looked - My attention was attracted in a new direction. Hitherto, it would seem, it had been fixed on the angel, and on what he was saying. The angel now informed him that he had closed his communication, and Daniel was now attracted by a new heavenly vision.

And, behold, there stood other two - Two other angels. The connection requires us to understand this of angels, though they are not expressly called so.

The one on this side of the bank of the river - Margin, as in Hebrew, “lip.” The word is used to denote the bank of the river from its resemblance to a lip. The river referred to here is the Hiddekel or Tigris, the notes at Daniel 10:4. These angels stood on each side of the river, though it does not appear that there was any special significancy in that fact. It perhaps contributed merely to the majesty and solemnity of the vision. The names of these angels are not mentioned, and their appearing is merely an indication of the interest which they take in the affairs of men, and in the Divine purposes and doings. They came heine as if they had been deeply interested listeners to what the angel had been saying, and for the purpose of making inquiry as to the final result of all these wonderful events. The angel which had been addressing Daniel stood over the river, Daniel 12:6.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Daniel 12:5. Behold there stood other two — Probably two angels. We know no more of them, unless they be the same as those called saints, Daniel 8:13, which see. The river was most likely the Tigris.


 
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