Daniel 12:5

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Then I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing there, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank.”

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BSBPD

“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 · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Daniel 12:5 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Daniel 10:4On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris,
  2. Daniel 10:10Suddenly, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees.
  3. Daniel 10:16And 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.

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