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Daniel 12:5

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.

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.
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.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So I Daniel loked, and beholde, there stode other two: one vpon this shore of the water, the other vpon yonder syde.
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 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. 6 The man who was dressed in linen was standing over the water in the river. One of the two men spoke to him and asked, "How long will it be before these amazing things come true?" 7 The man dressed in linen, who stood over the water, raised his hands toward heaven. And I heard him swear by the name of God who lives forever, "It will be for three and one-half years. The power of the holy people will finally be broken, and then all these things will come true." 8 I heard the answer, but I did not really understand, so I asked, "Master, what will happen after all these things come true?" 9 He answered, "Go your way, Daniel. The message is closed up and sealed until the time of the end. 10 Many people will be made clean, pure, and spotless, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. Those wicked people will not understand these things, but the wise will understand them. 11 "The daily sacrifice will be stopped. Then, after 1,290 days from that time, a blasphemous object that brings destruction will be set up. 12 Those who wait for the end of the 1,335 days will be happy. 13 "As for you, Daniel, go your way until the end. You will get your rest, and at the end you will rise to receive your reward."

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
Their land reached from Sidon to Gerar as far as Gaza, and then to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
Genesis 11:31
Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran's son), and his daughter-in-law Sarai (Abram's wife) and moved out of Ur of Babylonia. They had planned to go to the land of Canaan, but when they reached the city of Haran, they settled there.
Genesis 12:5
He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and everything they owned, as well as all the servants they had gotten in Haran. They set out from Haran, planning to go to the land of Canaan, and in time they arrived there.
Genesis 12:8
Then he traveled from Shechem to the mountain east of Bethel and set up his tent there. Bethel was to the west, and Ai was to the east. There Abram built another altar to the Lord and worshiped him.
Genesis 12:9
After this, he traveled on toward southern Canaan.
Genesis 14:14
When Abram learned that Lot had been captured, he called out his 318 trained men who had been born in his camp. He led the men and chased the enemy all the way to the town of Dan.
Genesis 14:21
The king of Sodom said to Abram, "You may keep all these things for yourself. Just give me my people who were captured."
Acts 7:4
So Abraham left the country of Chaldea and went to live in Haran. After Abraham's father died, God sent him to this place where you now live.

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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