Daniel 7:12

Daniel 7:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
• New International Version (NIV)(The other beasts had been stripped of their authority, but were allowed to live for a period of time.)
• English Standard Version (ESV)As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.
• New King James Version (NKJV)As for the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away, yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.

Context of Daniel 7:12

10A river of fire poured out from the place where he was sitting. Thousands of servants were ready to do whatever he wanted. Many more thousands stood around, ready to serve him. Then the meeting of the court began. Someone opened the books to see what was in them. 11I continued to watch as the little horn was speaking proud words. While I watched, someone killed the fourth animal. They threw its body into the fire. The fire destroyed it. The other animals also lost their power to rule, but they could continue to live for a certain time. 13I continued to watch in my vision at night and this is what I saw: I saw someone who seemed like a son of man. He was coming towards me, with the clouds of the sky around him. He came near to the God who has ruled for ever. People took him to stand in front of God. 14God gave him great honour and authority to rule as king. The people of all nations and those who spoke every language agreed to serve him. He has authority to rule for ever. He will never stop being king. Nobody will be able to destroy his kingdom.

Daniel 7:12 word by word

וּשְׁאָר֙ חֵֽיוָתָ֔א הֶעְדִּ֖יו שָׁלְטָנְה֑וֹן וְאַרְכָ֧ה בְחַיִּ֛ין יְהִ֥יבַת לְה֖וֹן עַד־זְמַ֥ן וְעִדָּֽן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• As concerning the restשְׁאָרshe'âr · remainderH7606
• of the beastsחֵיוָאchêyvâ' · beastH2423
• they had their dominionשׇׁלְטָןsholţân · dominionH7985
• taken awayעֲדָה‛ădâ' ‛ădâh · to pass on/over/awayH5709
• yet their livesחַיchay · livingH2417
• were prolongedיְהַבyehab · to giveH3052
• forעַד‛ad · tillH5705
• a seasonזְמַןzemân · timeH2166
• and timeעִדָּן‛iddân · timeH5732

Cross-references for Daniel 7:12

• Daniel 7:4The first animal seemed like a lion, but it had the wings of an eagle. As I watched, someone pulled its wings off. They lifted it up and it stood on two feet like a man. They gave a man's mind to it.
• Daniel 8:7I saw it as it attacked the sheep. It was so angry that it hit the sheep very hard. It broke off the sheep's two horns. The sheep had no power to stop the goat. The goat knocked the sheep down to the ground and it stamped on the sheep. Nobody could save the sheep from the power of the goat.

Commentaries on Daniel 7:12

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12As concerning the rest of the beasts - They had been superseded, but not destroyed. It would seem that they were still represented in vision to Daniel, as retaining their existence, though their power was taken away, and their fierceness subdued, or that they still seemed to remain alive for a time, or while the vision was passing. They were not cut down, destroyed, and consumed as the fourth beast was. They had their dominion taken away - They were…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-14Verses 9-14 These verses are for the comfort and support of the people of God, in reference to the persecutions that would come upon them. Many New Testament predictions of the judgment to come, have plain allusion to this vision; especially Rev. 20:11,12. The Messiah is here called the Son of man; he was made in the likeness of sinful flesh, and was found in fashion as a man, but he is the Son of God. The great event foretold in this passage, is Christ's…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12a season and a time: God, the Judge of the nations, can extend the lives of nations and individuals (compare Daniel 4:27). Defeated nations that have lost their political and military dominance can continue to exist culturally and ethnically, maintaining their national identities. This occurred with the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Persians, and the Greeks.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. the rest of the beasts--that is, the three first, had passed away not by direct destroying judgments, such as consumed the little horn, as being the finally matured evil of the fourth beast. They had continued to exist but their "dominion was was taken away"; whereas the fourth beast shall cease utterly, superseded by Messiah's kingdom. for a season ... time--Not only the triumph of the beasts over the godly, but their very existence is limited to a…Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 7:12

• Horn
• Jesus, the Christ
• Lion
• Nation
• Vision

In the dictionaries

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• Obey
• Wear
• Antichrist
• Aramaic; Aramaic Language
• Bible, the
• Christ, Offices of
• Daniel, Book of

Commentaries on Daniel 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings