Verse Lens · Expanded explanation
Daniel 12:5 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 5. 5Then 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.
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Quick Meaning
Daniel 12:5 contributes this concrete line to the movement: “Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of…”.
Read It With
- Daniel 12:5–7
Read Daniel 12:5 with 12:5–7. Daniel 12:5 advances “How Long? Time, Times, and a Half” with the textual step “Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of…”. The complete unit establishes this movement: Heavenly figures ask how long, and the linen-clad speaker swears that the wonders end after a bounded period and shattered holy power.
Why This Verse Appears Here
This boundary keeps “How Long? Time, Times, and a Half” together inside the larger chapter movement and prevents the next scene or disclosure from being flattened into it. At Daniel 12:5, the wording “Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of…” supplies this verse's distinct step.
Follow the Context
- Read the opening words of Daniel 12:5-7 as the entry into “How Long? Time, Times, and a Half.”
- Heavenly figures ask how long, and the linen-clad speaker swears that the wonders end after a bounded period and shattered holy power.
- Let verse 7 complete this movement before moving to 12:8-12.
What This Verse Is Not Saying
The sealed book does not authorize secret-code claims or privileged modern decoding.
What Remains True
Violence and death do not receive the final word, and faithful hope can remain real without possessing the calendar. Daniel 12:5 contributes the concrete textual step “Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of…”.
How It Can Shape Life
- Accompany sufferers, honor the dead, resist coercion, and speak resurrection hope without denying grief or manufacturing dates. Keep Daniel 12:5 inside 12:5–7 and do not convert its wording into an unsupported modern identification.
Teach It Back
Explain Daniel 12:5's role in 12:5–7. Name the ancient setting, quote or paraphrase “Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of…”, state one material uncertainty, and name one conclusion the verse does not authorize.
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Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Daniel 12:5-7 — How Long? Time, Times, and a HalfSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
Daniel 12:5 must be read with this unit-level uncertainty: Scope of the many, relation to Isaiah 26, bodily and corporate dimensions, identity of the written group, meaning of sealing, and relation among 1,260-like, 1,290, and 1,335 durations remain debated.
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
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Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: Daniel 12:5-7, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew aramaic text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Daniel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew-Aramaic wording, morphology, language boundary, names, repeated roots, clauses, and lexical controls.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Dan.xml, 12:5-7; Hebrew 1:1–2:4a and 8:1–12:13, Aramaic 2:4b–7:28
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Daniel with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level Hebrew-Aramaic, textual, historical, translation, chronology, angelic-language, and duration notes.
Exact location: NET Bible Daniel PDF, printed pp. 1668, translation and translator notes on 12:5-7
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