Revelation 10:5

And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, Lifted up his hand. So A, Vulgate; but B C 'Aleph ('), Syriac, Coptic, 'his right hand.' It was customary to lift up the hand toward heaven, appealing to the God of truth, in a solemn oath: an allusion to Daniel 12:1:Compare Revelation 10:4, end, with ; ; . But there the angel clothed in linen, standing upon the waters, sware 'a time, times, and a half' were to interpose before the consummation: here the angel with his left foot on the earth, and his right upon the sea, swears there shall be time no longer. There he lifted up both hands to heaven; here he has the little book now open (in Daniel the book is sealed) in his left hand (), and he lifts up only his right to heaven.