Daniel 7:18

Daniel 7:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
• New International Version (NIV)But the holy people of the Most High will receive the kingdom and will possess it forever—yes, for ever and ever.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, forever and ever.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.’

Context of Daniel 7:18

16I approached one of those who were standing by and began requesting of him the exact meaning of all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of these things: 17‘These great beasts, which are four in number, are four kings who will arise from the earth. But the saints of the Highest One will receive the kingdom and take possession of the kingdom forever, for all ages to come.’ 19“Then I desired to know the exact meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others, exceedingly dreadful, with its teeth of iron and its claws of bronze, and which devoured, crushed, and trampled down the remainder with its feet, 20and the meaning of the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn which came up, and before which three of the horns fell, namely, that horn which had eyes and a mouth uttering great boasts, and which was larger in appearance than its associates.

Daniel 7:18 word by word

וִֽיקַבְּלוּן֙ מַלְכוּתָ֔א קַדִּישֵׁ֖י עֶלְיוֹנִ֑ין וְיַחְסְנ֤וּן מַלְכוּתָא֙ עַֽד־עָ֣לְמָ֔א וְעַ֖ד עָלַ֥ם עָלְמַיָּֽא׃Read the interlinear

• saintsקַדִּישׁqaddîysh · holyH6922
• of the Highestעֶלְיוֹן‛elyôn · Most HighH5946
• receiveקַבֵּלqebal · to receiveH6902
• the kingdomמַלְכוּmalkû · kingdomH4437
• and takeחֲסַןchăsan · to possessH2631
• foreverעָלַם‛âlam · perpetuityH5957

Cross-references for Daniel 7:18

• Daniel 7:22until the Ancient of Days came and judgment was passed in favor of the saints of the Highest One, and the time arrived when the saints took possession of the kingdom.
• Psalms 45:16In place of your fathers will be your sons; You shall make them princes in all the earth.
• Psalms 149:5The godly ones shall be jubilant in glory; They shall sing for joy on their beds.
• Isaiah 60:12For the nation and the kingdom which will not serve you will perish, And the nations will be utterly ruined.
• 2 Timothy 2:11The statement is trustworthy: For if we died with Him, we will also live with Him;
• Revelation 2:26The one who overcomes, and the one who keeps My deeds until the end, I will give him authority over the nations;
• Revelation 3:21The one who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat with My Father on His throne.
• Revelation 5:10You have made them into a kingdom and priests to our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
• Revelation 20:4Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their foreheads and on their hands; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
• Ephesians 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
• Ephesians 6:12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Commentaries on Daniel 7:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18But the saints of the Most High shall take the kingdom - I doubt whether this be the true sense of the original Chaldee, עליונון קדשי מלכותא ויקבלון vikabbelun malcutha kaddishey elyonin, "But the supreme holy ones shall receive the kingdom;" or, "they shall receive the kingdom of the supreme saints." Properly translated by Montanus, Et suscipient regnum sanctorum altissimorum. Whatever we may think of the patriarchs and the Jews in their best times…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18But the saints of the Most High shall take the kingdom - That is, they shall ultimately take possession of the rule over all the world, and shall control it from that time onward to the end. This is the grand thing which the vision is designed to disclose, and on this it was evidently the intention to fix the mind. Everything before was preparatory and subordinate to this, and to this all things tended. The phrase rendered the Most High - in the margin…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-28Verses 15-28 It is desirable to obtain the right and full sense of what we see and hear from God; and those that would know, must ask by faithful and fervent prayer. The angel told Daniel plainly. He especially desired to know respecting the little horn, which made war with the saints, and prevailed against them. Here is foretold the rage of papal Rome against true Christians. St. John, in his visions and prophecies, which point in the first place at…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18The holy people (also in Daniel 7:21–22, 25, 27) are those who belong only to God and share his character. In Daniel’s time, this referred to the people of Israel. Only the Most High God can declare how history will end. Other ancient writers spoke of the ages or eras of earthly history, but none knew how it would end.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. the Most High--the emphatic title of God in this prophecy, who delegates His power first to Israel; then to the Gentiles (Da 2:37, 38) when Israel fails to realize the idea of the theocracy; lastly, to Messiah, who shall rule truly for God, taking it from the Gentile world powers, whose history is one of continual degeneracy culminating in the last of the kings, Antichrist. Here, in the interpretation, "the saints," but in the vision (Da 7:13, 14)…Read the comment

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• Most High
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• Prophecy
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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