Daniel 12:12 (DRB)

Passage

Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh unto a thousand three hundred thirty-five days.

Nearby Context

Daniel 12:10 Many shall be chosen, and made white, and shall be tried as fire: and the wicked shall deal wickedly, and none of the wicked shall understand, but the learned shall understand.

Daniel 12:11 And from the time when the continual sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination unto desolation shall be set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred ninety days.

Daniel 12:12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh unto a thousand three hundred thirty-five days.

Daniel 12:13 But go thou thy ways until the time appointed: and thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot unto the end of the days.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "blessed", "waiteth", "cometh", "thousand", "three", "hundred", "thirty-five", and "days". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "blessed" and "waiteth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "And from the time when the continual..." into verse 13's "But go thou thy ways until the...", so "blessed" and "waiteth" belong inside that flow. In Daniel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "blessed" and "waiteth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.