Daniel 12:5-12

12:5 I, Daniel, watched as two others stood there, one on each side of the river. ¹  12:6 One said to the man clothed in linen who was above the waters of the river, “When will the end of these wondrous events occur?” 12:7 Then I heard the man clothed in linen who was over the waters of the river as he raised both his right and left hands to the sky ²  and made an oath by the one who lives forever: “It is for a time, times, and half a time. Then, when the power of the one who shatters ³  the holy people has been exhausted, all these things will be finished.”

12:8 I heard, but I did not understand. So I said, “Sir, ⁴  what will happen after these things?” 12:9 He said, “Go, Daniel. For these matters are closed and sealed until the time of the end. 12:10 Many will be purified, made clean, and refined, but the wicked will go on being wicked. None of the wicked will understand, though the wise will understand. 12:11 From the time that the daily sacrifice is removed and the abomination that causes desolation is set in place, ⁵  there are 1,290 days. 12:12 Blessed is the one who waits and attains to the 1,335 days.

[12:5]  ¹ tn Heb “one to this edge of the river and one to that edge of the river.”

[12:7]  ² tn Or “to the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

[12:7]  ³ tc The present translation reads יַד־נֹפֵץ (yad-nofets, “hand of one who shatters”) rather than the MT נַפֵּץ־יַד (nappets-yad, “to shatter the hand”).

[12:8]  ³ tn Heb “my lord,” a title of polite address.

[12:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “to give.”