Bible Strands
Daniel 12:5
Then I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing there, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Daniel is the observer, looking at a river scene immediately after the command to seal the book in Daniel 12:4. He notices two figures positioned on opposite banks of the water.
The words — The text uses עֹמְדִ֑ים (o.me.Dim), literally "were standing," to describe the posture of the figures. It also employs שְׁנַ֥יִם אֲחֵרִ֖ים (she.Na.yim 'a.che.Rim), meaning "two others," to distinguish them from previous heavenly visitors.
The thread — Daniel previously stood on the bank of the Tigris in Daniel 10:4 and later received a physical touch from a manly figure in Daniel 10:16. The current vision introduces additional figures without yet attributing speech to them.
Why it lands — The passage records a visual transition from a sealed prophecy to an active river scene. It requires the reader to track the spatial arrangement of the figures before any dialogue begins.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- Daniel 10:4 On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris,
- Daniel 10:10 Suddenly, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees.
- Daniel 10:16 And suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome with anguish, and I have no strength.