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New American Standard Bible 2020

Daniel 7:9-27

9“I kept looking Until 1thrones were set up, And the Ancient of Days took His seat; His 2garment was white as snow, And the 3hair of His head like pure wool. His 4throne was 5ablaze with flames, Its 6wheels were a burning fire.10A river of 7fire was flowing And coming out from before Him; 8Thousands upon thousands were serving Him, And myriads upon myriads were standing before Him; The 9court 10convened, And 11the books were opened. 11Then I kept looking because of the sound of the 12boastful words which the horn was speaking; I kept looking until the beast was killed, and its body was destroyed and given to the 13burning 14fire. 12As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but an extension of life was granted to them for an appointed period of time.

13“I kept looking in the night visions, And behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a son of man was coming, And He came up to the Ancient of Days And was presented before Him.14And to Him was given 15dominion, Honor, and 1617a kingdom, 18So that all the peoples, nations, and populations of all 19languages Might serve Him. 20His dominion is an everlasting dominion Which will not pass away; 21And His kingdom is one Which will not be destroyed.

15“As for me, Daniel, my spirit was distressed within 22me, and the 23visions 24in my mind kept 25alarming me. 16I approached one of those who were 26standing by and began requesting of him the 27exact meaning of all this. So he 28told 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. 18But the 2930saints of the Highest One will 31receive the kingdom and take possession of the kingdom forever, 32for all ages to come.’

19“Then I desired to know the 33exact meaning of the 34fourth beast, which was different from all 35the 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 36which was larger in appearance than its associates. 21I kept looking, and that horn was 37waging war with the 38saints and prevailing against them, 22until the Ancient of Days came and 39judgment was 40passed in favor of the 41saints of the Highest One, and the time arrived when the 42saints took possession of the kingdom.

23“This is what he said: ‘The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth which will be different from all the other kingdoms, and will devour the whole earth and trample it down and crush it. 24As for the 43ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings will arise; and another will arise after them, and he will be different from the previous ones and will 44humble three kings. 25And he will 4546speak against the 47Most High and 48wear down the 49saints of the Highest One, and he will intend to make 50alterations in times and in law; and 51they will be handed over to him for a 5253time, 54times, and half a 55time. 26But the court will 56convene for judgment, and his dominion will be 57taken away, 58annihilated and destroyed 59forever. 27Then the 6061sovereignty, the dominion, and the greatness of all the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be given to the people of the 62saints of the Highest One; His kingdom will be an 63everlasting kingdom, and all the empires will 64serve and obey Him.’

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Notes

  1. 1. Daniel 7:9 Rev 20:4 ↩
  2. 2. Daniel 7:9 Mark 9:3 ↩
  3. 3. Daniel 7:9 Rev 1:14 ↩
  4. 4. Daniel 7:9 Ezek 1:13, 26 ↩
  5. 5. Daniel 7:9 Lit flames of fire ↩
  6. 6. Daniel 7:9 Ezek 10:2, 6 ↩
  7. 7. Daniel 7:10 Ps 18:8; 50:3; 97:3; Is 30:27, 33 ↩
  8. 8. Daniel 7:10 Deut 33:2; 1 Kin 22:19; Rev 5:11 ↩
  9. 9. Daniel 7:10 Ps 96:11-13; Dan 7:22, 26 ↩
  10. 10. Daniel 7:10 Lit took its place ↩
  11. 11. Daniel 7:10 Dan 12:1; Rev 20:11-15 ↩
  12. 12. Daniel 7:11 Lit great ↩
  13. 13. Daniel 7:11 Rev 19:20; 20:10 ↩
  14. 14. Daniel 7:11 Lit of the fire ↩
  15. 15. Daniel 7:14 Dan 7:27; John 3:35; 1 Cor 15:27; Eph 1:20-22; Phil 2:9-11; Rev 1:6; 11:15 ↩
  16. 16. Daniel 7:14 Or sovereignty ↩
  17. 17. Daniel 7:14 Dan 2:37 ↩
  18. 18. Daniel 7:14 Ps 72:11; 102:22 ↩
  19. 19. Daniel 7:14 Lit tongues ↩
  20. 20. Daniel 7:14 Mic 4:7; Luke 1:33 ↩
  21. 21. Daniel 7:14 Heb 12:28 ↩
  22. 22. Daniel 7:15 Lit its sheath ↩
  23. 23. Daniel 7:15 Dan 7:1 ↩
  24. 24. Daniel 7:15 Lit of my head ↩
  25. 25. Daniel 7:15 Dan 4:19; 7:28 ↩
  26. 26. Daniel 7:16 Zech 1:9, 19; Rev 5:5; 7:13, 14 ↩
  27. 27. Daniel 7:16 Lit what was certain ↩
  28. 28. Daniel 7:16 Dan 8:16, 17; 9:22 ↩
  29. 29. Daniel 7:18 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
  30. 30. Daniel 7:18 Dan 7:22, 25, 27 ↩
  31. 31. Daniel 7:18 Ps 149:5-9; Is 60:12-14; Dan 7:14; Rev 2:26, 27; 20:4; 22:5 ↩
  32. 32. Daniel 7:18 Lit and unto the age of the ages ↩
  33. 33. Daniel 7:19 Lit truth concerning ↩
  34. 34. Daniel 7:19 Dan 7:7, 8 ↩
  35. 35. Daniel 7:19 Lit of them ↩
  36. 36. Daniel 7:20 Lit its appearance was larger ↩
  37. 37. Daniel 7:21 Rev 11:7; 13:7 ↩
  38. 38. Daniel 7:21 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
  39. 39. Daniel 7:22 Dan 7:10; 1 Cor 6:2, 3 ↩
  40. 40. Daniel 7:22 Lit given for ↩
  41. 41. Daniel 7:22 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
  42. 42. Daniel 7:22 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
  43. 43. Daniel 7:24 Dan 7:7; Rev 17:12 ↩
  44. 44. Daniel 7:24 Or humiliate ↩
  45. 45. Daniel 7:25 Lit speak words ↩
  46. 46. Daniel 7:25 Dan 11:36; Rev 13:6 ↩
  47. 47. Daniel 7:25 Dan 3:26; 4:2, 17, 34 ↩
  48. 48. Daniel 7:25 Rev 13:7; 18:24 ↩
  49. 49. Daniel 7:25 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
  50. 50. Daniel 7:25 Dan 2:21 ↩
  51. 51. Daniel 7:25 I.e., the saints ↩
  52. 52. Daniel 7:25 I.e., year(s) ↩
  53. 53. Daniel 7:25 Dan 12:7; Rev 12:14 ↩
  54. 54. Daniel 7:25 I.e., year(s) ↩
  55. 55. Daniel 7:25 I.e., year(s) ↩
  56. 56. Daniel 7:26 Lit take its place ↩
  57. 57. Daniel 7:26 Rev 17:14; 19:2 ↩
  58. 58. Daniel 7:26 Lit to annihilate and to destroy ↩
  59. 59. Daniel 7:26 Lit to the end ↩
  60. 60. Daniel 7:27 Or kingdom ↩
  61. 61. Daniel 7:27 Is 54:3; Dan 7:14, 18, 22; Rev 20:4 ↩
  62. 62. Daniel 7:27 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
  63. 63. Daniel 7:27 Ps 145:13; Is 9:7; Dan 2:44; 4:34; 7:14; Luke 1:33; Rev 11:15; 22:5 ↩
  64. 64. Daniel 7:27 Ps 2:6-12; 22:27; 72:11; 86:9; Is 60:12; Rev 11:1 ↩

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