Revelation 10:5

And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth ,.... His right foot being on the one, and his left foot upon the other, as described in Revelation 10:2 ;

lifted up his hand to heaven ; the Oriental versions read, "his right hand"; and so some copies, and the Complutensian edition: the man clothed in linen, Daniel 12:6 , who is the same with the angel here, held up both his hands; the lifting up of the hand was a gesture used in swearing: see Genesis 14:22 ; so the Jews say F15 T. Bab. Nazir, fol. 3. 2. Yalkut Simeoni, par. 2. fol. 58. 1. , "the right hand", or by the right hand, זו יבועה , "this is an oath", according to Daniel 12:7 ; or whether the right hand or the left, is an oath, according to Isaiah 62:8 .