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 fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. 11I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. 13I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. 14And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

Daniel 7:12 word by word

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

• 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 was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.
• Daniel 8:7And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.

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

• Ancient
• Contempt
• Diverse
• 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