Daniel 12:7

And I heard the man, who was clothed in linen, who stood over the waters of the river, when he had lifted his right hand and his left hand up to heaven, and had sworn by He who lives forever, that it would be for a time, and times, and half a time. And when the dispersion of the hand of the holy people is completed, all these things will be completed.

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In The King James Version

And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.

In Context

6And I said to the man, who was clothed in linen, who stood over the waters of the river, “How long will it be until the end of these wonders?”

8And I heard and did not understand. And I said, “My lord, what will be after these things?”

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 26:19and so that he may cause you to be more exalted than all the nations which he has created, for the sake of his own praise and name and glory, in order that you may be a holy people for the Lord your God, just as he has spoken.”

Deuteronomy 32:40I will lift up my hand to heaven, and I will say: I live in eternity.

Isaiah 62:12And they will call them: The holy people, the redeemed of the Lord. Then you will be called: A city sought, and not forsaken.

Daniel 4:31Therefore, at the end of these days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my mind was restored to me. And I blessed the Most High, and I praised and glorified him who lives forever. For his power is an everlasting power, and his kingdom is from generation to generation.

Daniel 7:21I watched, and behold, that horn made war against the holy ones and prevailed over them,

Daniel 8:14And he said to him, “From evening until morning, two thousand three hundred days, and so the sanctuary will be cleansed.”

Matthew Henry on Daniel 12:6-13

Daniel's Solicitude to Know the Times; Period of Prophecy; Daniel Comforted. ( b. c. 534.) 5 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. 6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? 7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto… Read the whole commentary →

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