Daniel 12:7

And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was over the water of the river, and he lifted up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by him that lives for ever, that it should be for a time of times and half a time: when the dispersion is ended they shall know all these things.

LXX2012 (British)

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 one said to the man clothed in linen, who was over the water of the river, When will be the end of the wonders which you have mentioned?

8And I heard, but I understood not: and I said, O Lord, what will be the end of these things?

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 26:19and that you should be above all nations, as he has made you renowned, and a boast, and glorious, that you should be a holy people to the Lord your God, as he has spoken.

Deuteronomy 32:40For I will lift up my hand to heaven, and swear by my right hand, and I will say, I live for ever.

Isaiah 62:12And one shall call them the holy people, the redeemed of the Lord: and you shall be called a city sought out, and not forsaken.

Daniel 4:31And at the end of the time I Nabuchodonosor lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised him that lives for ever, and gave him glory; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom lasts to all generations:

Daniel 7:21I saw, and that horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

Daniel 8:14And he said to him, Evening and morning there shall be two thousand and four hundred days; and then the sanctuary shall 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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