Daniel 9:25

Daniel 9:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
• New International Version (NIV)“Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Know therefore and understand that from the going out of the word to restore and build Jerusalem to the coming of an anointed one, a prince, there shall be seven weeks. Then for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again with squares and moat, but in a troubled time.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Know therefore and understand, That from the going forth of the command To restore and build Jerusalem Until Messiah the Prince, There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; The street shall be built again, and the wall, Even in troublesome times.

Context of Daniel 9:25

23As soon as you started to pray, God sent his message. I have come to tell you the message, because you are very important to God. Listen carefully, so that you understand the meaning of your vision. 24God has decided the time of punishment for your people and your holy city. It will continue for 70 weeks. That will finish the punishment for their sins. The people will no longer turn against God. They will have paid the price for their sins. God will cause them to live for ever in a way that is right. God will show that the visions and messages of the prophets are true. The Most Holy Place will belong to God again. I want you, Daniel, to understand this properly. There will be a command to build Jerusalem again. Then 7 weeks will pass, and 62 weeks will also pass. After that, a ruler that God has chosen will arrive. People will build the city of Jerusalem again. It will have streets and a strong wall around it. But there will be a lot of trouble at that time. 26After the 62 weeks have passed, people will kill the ruler that God had chosen. He will have nothing. Then a foreign ruler and his army will attack the city and the temple. He will destroy them quickly, like a flood of water. War and terrible trouble will continue until the end that God has decided. 27The foreign ruler will make an agreement with many people. That agreement will continue for one week. In the middle of that week, he will stop the sacrifices and offerings in the temple. Instead, he will put a disgusting thing there that causes trouble. It will remain there until God finally destroys the ruler who destroys. His end will happen at the time that God has decided.’

Daniel 9:25 word by word

וְתֵדַ֨ע וְתַשְׂכֵּ֜ל מִן־מֹצָ֣א דָבָ֗ר לְהָשִׁיב֙ וְלִבְנ֤וֹת יְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ עַד־מָשִׁ֣יחַ נָגִ֔יד שָׁבֻעִ֖ים שִׁבְעָ֑ה וְשָׁבֻעִ֞ים שִׁשִּׁ֣ים וּשְׁנַ֗יִם תָּשׁוּב֙ וְנִבְנְתָה֙ רְח֣וֹב וְחָר֔וּץ וּבְצ֖וֹק הָעִתִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• therefore and understandשָׂכַלώâkal · be prudentH7919
• from the going forthמוֹצָאmôtsâ' môtsâ' · exitH4161
• of the commandmentדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• to restoreשׁוּבshûb · to return: rescueH7725
• and to buildבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• unto the Messiahמָשִׁיחַmâshîyach · anointedH4899
• the Princeנָגִידnâgîyd nâgid · leaderH5057
• sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• weeksשָׁבוּעַshâbûa‛ shâbûa‛ shebû‛âh · weekH7620
• and threescoreשִׁשִּׁיםshishshîym · sixtyH8346
• and twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• the streetרְחוֹבrechôb rechôb · street/plazaH7339
• againשׁוּבshûb · to return: againH7725
• and the wallחָרוּץchârûts chârûts · trenchH2742
• even in troublousצוֹקtsôq tsûqâh · distressH6695
• timesעֵת‛êth · timeH6256

Cross-references for Daniel 9:25

• Daniel 9:23As soon as you started to pray, God sent his message. I have come to tell you the message, because you are very important to God. Listen carefully, so that you understand the meaning of your vision.
• Matthew 13:23But some seeds fell on good soil. This is like other people who hear the message from God and they understand it. These people are like good plants that grow well. From one seed, some good plants make 100 new seeds. Other good plants make 60 new seeds, and some good plants make 30 new seeds.’
• Matthew 24:15Long ago, God's prophet Daniel wrote in the Bible about something that would happen. He said that one day people would put a disgusting thing that causes trouble in the temple. You will see it in the holy place. (When you read this, you must understand what it means.)
• Mark 13:14There will be a time when you will see in the temple a disgusting thing that causes trouble. You will see it in a place where it should not be. (When you read this, you must understand what it means.) At that time, people in Judea must run away to the hills to hide.
• Acts 8:30So Philip ran to the cart as it went along. The officer was reading aloud from the prophet Isaiah's book and Philip heard him. So Philip asked the man, ‘Do you understand the things that you are reading about?’
• Ezra 4:24So the people did no more work on God's temple in Jerusalem. The work stopped until the second year that King Darius ruled Persia.
• Ezra 6:1King Darius told his officers to look in the books in the royal library. That was in Babylon, in the place where they stored important things.
• Ezra 7:1After these things, Ezra came to Jerusalem from Babylon. This happened while Artaxerxes was king of Persia. This is the list of Ezra's ancestors: He was the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah.
• Nehemiah 2:1It was the month of Nisan, when King Artaxerxes had ruled Babylon for 20 years. I had the king's wine ready for him to drink. I took it to give to him. He saw that I was sad. I had not been sad in front of the king before.
• Nehemiah 3:1The leader of the priests, Eliashib, and the other priests built the Sheep Gate. They fixed the doors in it again. They built the wall as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel. They dedicated it all to God.
• 2 Samuel 15:25Then the king said to Zadok, ‘Take the Covenant Box back into the city. If the Lord is pleased with me, he will bring me back here again. The Lord will let me see the Covenant Box again, as well as his home.
• Psalms 71:10For my enemies say things against me. They think of ways that they can kill me.
• John 1:41The first thing that Andrew did was to find his brother, Simon. Andrew said to Simon, ‘We have found the Messiah.’ (‘Messiah’ and ‘Christ’ mean the same.)
• John 4:25The woman said to Jesus, ‘I know that the Messiah will come. He is called Christ. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.’
• Daniel 8:11It boasted that it was more powerful than the Captain of heaven's army. It stopped people from offering their sacrifices to God each day. It destroyed God's temple.
• Isaiah 9:6Yes, your people are happy! A child has been born for us. We now have a son with the authority to rule. His names will be: Wonderful Advisor, Mighty God, Father for Ever, Ruler who brings Peace.

Commentaries on Daniel 9:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25From the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem - The foregoing events being all accomplished by Jesus Christ, they of course determine the prophecy to him. And if we reckon back four hundred and ninety years, we shall find the time of the going forth of this command. Most learned men agree that the death of Christ happened at the passover in the month Nisan, in the four thousand seven hundred and forty-sixth year of the Julian…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Know, therefore, and understand - Hengstenberg renders this, “and thou wilt know and understand;” and supposes that the design of Gabriel is to awaken the attention and interest of Daniel by the assurance that, if he would give attention, he would understand the subject by the explanation which he was about to give. So also Theodotion renders it in the future tense. The Hebrew is in the future tense, and would probably convey the idea that he might, or…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-27Verses 20-27 An answer was immediately sent to Daniel's prayer, and it is a very memorable one. We cannot now expect that God should send answers to our prayers by angels, but if we pray with fervency for that which God has promised, we may by faith take the promise as an immediate answer to the prayer; for He is faithful that has promised. Daniel had a far greater and more glorious redemption discovered to him, which God would work out for his church in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25The command to rebuild Jerusalem and its temple starts the seventy sets of seven. The event that best matches this is Cyrus the Great's decree in 538 BC, which allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem and start rebuilding (see Daniel 5:31; 9:1; Ezra 1:2–4). Less likely are the decrees of Artaxerxes I in 458 BC (see Ezra 7:12–26) and 445 BC (see Nehemiah 2:5–8). the Messiah, the Prince: Many interpreters believe Christ fulfills this prophecy, viewing this…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. from the going forth of the commandment--namely the command from God, whence originated the command of the Persian king (Ezr 6:14). Auberlen remarks, there is but one Apocalypse in each Testament. Its purpose in each is to sum up all the preceding prophecies, previous to the "troublous times" of the Gentiles, in which there was to be no revelation. Daniel sums up all the previous Messianic prophecy, separating into its individual phases what the…Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 9:25

• Angel (a Spirit)
• Atonement
• Day
• Jerusalem
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Seven

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Accomplish
• Anoint
• Belong
• Daniel
• Finish
• Gabriel
• Governor
• Messiah
• Nativity of Christ

Commentaries on Daniel 9

• 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