King James Version

Daniel 12:5

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.

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וְרָאִ֨יתִי֙veraitiand seeרָאָהconjunction, verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and see”, a completed actionH7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), m…אֲנִ֣יanimineאֲנִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.דָנִיֵּ֔אלdaniyelDanielדָנִיֵּאלnoun, proper name — “Daniel”H1840Daniel or Danijel, the name of two IsraelitesDaniel.וְהִנֵּ֛הvehinehand loהִנֵּהconjunction, particle, demonstrative — “and lo”H2009lo!behold, lo, see.שְׁנַ֥יִםshenayimtwoשְׁנַיִםadjective, cardinal, masculine, dual, absolute — “two”, the ordinary formH8147two; also (as ordinal) twofoldboth, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.אֲחֵרִ֖יםacherimother manאַחֵרadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “other man”, the ordinary formH312properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.(an-) other man, following, next, strange.עֹמְדִ֑יםomedimstandעָמַדverb, qal, participle, absolute — “stand”, a verb used as a describing wordH5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, [phrase] serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, m…אֶחָ֥דechadfirstאֶחָדadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “first”, the ordinary formH259properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) firsta, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,הֵ֨נָּה֙henahhitherהֵנָּהadverb — “hither”H2008hither or thither (but used both of place and time)here, hither(-to), now, on this (that) side, [phrase] since, this (that) way, thitherward, [phrase] thus far, to...fro, [phrase] yet.לִשְׂפַ֣תlisfatto languageשָׂפָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “to language”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.הַיְאֹ֔רhayorthe riverיְאֹרdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the river”, the ordinary formH2975a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river of Assyriabrook, flood, river, stream.וְאֶחָ֥דveechadand firstאֶחָדconjunction, adjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “and first”, the ordinary formH259properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) firsta, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,הֵ֖נָּהhenahhitherהֵנָּהadverb — “hither”H2008hither or thither (but used both of place and time)here, hither(-to), now, on this (that) side, [phrase] since, this (that) way, thitherward, [phrase] thus far, to...fro, [phrase] yet.לִשְׂפַ֥תlisfatto languageשָׂפָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “to language”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.הַיְאֹֽרhayorthe riverיְאֹרdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the river”, the ordinary formH2975a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river of Assyriabrook, flood, river, stream.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on the bank of the river on this side, and the other on the bank of the river on that side.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Young’s Literal Translation

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,

World English Bible

Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, two others stood, one on the river bank on this side, and the other on the river bank on that side.

Darby Translation

And I Daniel looked, and behold, there stood other two, the one on this side, on the bank of the river, and the other on that side, on the bank of the river.

Douay-Rheims

And I Daniel looked, and behold as it were two others stood: one on this side upon the bank of the river, and another on that side, on the other bank of the river.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on the bank of the river on this side, and the other on the bank of the river on that side.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I Daniel saw, and, behold, two others stood, one on one side of the bank of the river, and the other on the other side of the bank of the river.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἴδον ἐγὼ Δανιὴλ, καὶ ἰδοὺ δύο ἕτεροι εἱστήκεισαν, εἷς ἐντεῦθεν τοῦ χειλους τοῦ ποταμοῦ, καὶ εἷς ἐντεῦθεν τοῦ χείλους τοῦ ποταμοῦ.