Revised Version 1895

Daniel 7:9-27

9I beheld tillthronesכָרְסָוָן֙kha.re.sa.VanH3764were placed, and one that wasancientוְעַתִּ֥יקve.'a.TikH6268ofdaysיוֹמִ֖יןyo.MinH3118didsitיְתִ֑בye.TivH3488: his raiment waswhiteחִוָּ֗רchi.VarH2358assnowכִּתְלַ֣גkit.LagH8517, and thehairוּשְׂעַ֤רu.se.'ArH8177of hisheadרֵאשֵׁהּ֙re.ShehH7217likepureנְקֵ֔אne.Ke'H5343woolכַּעֲמַ֣רka.'a.MarH6015; histhroneכָּרְסְיֵהּ֙ka.re.se.YehH3764was fieryflamesשְׁבִיבִ֣יןshe.vi.VinH7631, and thewheelsגַּלְגִּלּ֖וֹהִיgal.gi.Lo.hiH1535thereofburningדָּלִֽק׃da.LikH1815fireH5135.

10A fiery stream issued andcameH5312forthH5312frombeforeקֳדָמ֔וֹהִיko.da.Mo.hiH6925him:thousandH506thousandsH506ministered unto him, and tenthousandH506times tenthousandH506stoodיְקוּמ֑וּןye.ku.MunH6966beforeקָֽדָמ֣וֹהִיka.da.Mo.hiH6925him: thejudgmentדִּינָ֥אdi.Na'H1780wassetH6966, and thebooksוְסִפְרִ֥יןve.sif.RinH5609wereopenedפְּתִֽיחוּ׃pe.Ti.chuH6606.

11I beheld at that timebecauseמִן־min-H4481of thevoiceקָל֙kalH7032of thegreatרַבְרְבָתָ֔אrav.re.va.Ta'H7260wordsמִלַּיָּ֣אmi.lai.Ya'H4406whichדִּ֥יdiH1768thehornקַרְנָ֖אkar.Na'H7162spake; I beheldevenדִּ֨יdiH1768till thebeastחֵֽיוְתָא֙chei.ve.Ta'H2423wasslainקְטִילַ֤תke.ti.LatH6992, and hisbodyגִּשְׁמַ֔הּgish.MahH1655destroyedוְהוּבַ֣דve.hu.VadH7, and he wasgivenוִיהִיבַ֖תvi.hi.VatH3052to be burned withfireאֶשָּֽׁא׃'e.Sha'H785.

12And as for therestוּשְׁאָר֙u.she.'ArH7606of thebeastsחֵֽיוָתָ֔אchei.va.Ta'H2423, theirdominionשָׁלְטָנְה֑וֹןshal.ta.ne.HonH7985wastakenH5709awayH5709: yet theirlivesבְחַיִּ֛יןve.chai.YinH2417wereprolongedוְאַרְכָ֧הve.'ar.KhahH754for a season and a time.

13Isawחָזֵ֤הcha.ZehH2370in thenightלֵֽילְיָ֔אleil.Ya'H3916visionsבְּחֶזְוֵ֣יbe.chez.VeiH2376, and,beholdוַאֲרוּ֙va.'a.RuH718, therecameH858with thecloudsעֲנָנֵ֣י'a.na.NeiH6050ofheavenשְׁמַיָּ֔אshe.mai.Ya'H8065one like unto asonכְּבַ֥רke.VarH1247ofmanאֱנָ֖שׁ'e.NashH606, and hecameH858even to theancientעַתִּ֤יק'a.TikH6268ofdaysיֽוֹמַיָּא֙yo.mai.Ya'H3118, and theybroughtH858himnearהַקְרְבֽוּהִי׃hak.re.Vu.hiH7127beforeוּקְדָמ֖וֹהִיu.ke.da.Mo.hiH6925him.

14And there wasgivenיְהִ֤יבye.HivH3052himdominionשָׁלְטָן֙shal.TanH7985, andgloryוִיקָ֣רvi.KarH3367, and akingdomוּמַלְכ֔וּu.mal.KhuH4437, thatallוְכֹ֣לve.KholH3606thepeoplesעַֽמְמַיָּ֗א'a.mai.Ya'H5972,nationsאֻמַיָּ֛א'u.mai.Ya'H524, and languages shouldserveיִפְלְח֑וּןyif.le.ChunH6399him: hisdominionשָׁלְטָנֵ֞הּshal.ta.NehH7985is aneverlastingעָלַם֙'a.LamH5957dominionשָׁלְטָ֤ןshal.TanH7985,whichדִּֽי־di-H1768shallnotלָ֣אla'H3809passיֶעְדֵּ֔הye'.DehH5709awayH5709, and hiskingdomוּמַלְכוּתֵ֖הּu.mal.khu.TehH4437thatwhichדִּי־di-H1768shallnotלָ֥אla'H3809bedestroyedתִתְחַבַּֽל׃ פtit.cha.BalH2255.

15As for meDanielדָנִיֵּ֖אלda.ni.YelH1841, myspiritרוּחִ֛יru.ChiH7308was grieved in themidstבְּג֣וֹאbe.Go'H1459of my body, and thevisionsוְחֶזְוֵ֥יve.chez.VeiH2376of myheadרֵאשִׁ֖יre.ShiH7217troubledיְבַהֲלֻנַּֽנִי׃ye.va.ha.lu.Na.niH927me.

16IcameH7127nearH7127unto one of them thatstoodקָ֣אֲמַיָּ֔אka.'a.mai.Ya'H6966by, andaskedH560him the truth concerningallכָּל־kol-H3606this.SoH4481hetoldH560me, andmadeH3046meknowH3046theinterpretationוּפְשַׁ֥רu.fe.SharH6591of the things.

17Theseאִלֵּין֙'i.LeinH459greatרַבְרְבָתָ֔אrav.re.va.Ta'H7260beastsחֵיוָתָ֣אchei.va.Ta'H2423,whichH1768arefourאַרְבַּ֑ע'ar.Ba'H703, arefourאַרְבְּעָ֥ה'ar.be.'AhH703kingsמַלְכִ֖יןmal.KhinH4430,whichH1768shallariseיְקוּמ֥וּןye.ku.MunH6966out of theearthאַרְעָֽא׃'ar.'A'H772.

18But thesaintsקַדִּישֵׁ֖יka.di.SheiH6922of the Most High shallreceiveוִֽיקַבְּלוּן֙vi.ka.be.LunH6902thekingdomמַלְכוּתָ֔אmal.khu.Ta'H4437, andpossessוְיַחְסְנ֤וּןve.yach.se.NunH2631thekingdomמַלְכוּתָא֙mal.khu.Ta'H4437foreverעָ֣לְמָ֔א'al.Ma'H5957, even foreverעָלַ֥ם'a.LamH5957andeverעָלְמַיָּֽא׃'al.mai.Ya'H5957.

19Then Idesiredצְבִית֙tze.VitH6634toknowלְיַצָּבָ֔אle.ya.tza.Va'H3321the truth concerning thefourthרְבִיעָ֣יְתָ֔אre.vi.'A.ye.Ta'H7244beastחֵֽיוְתָא֙chei.ve.Ta'H2423,whichדִּֽי־di-H1768was diverse fromallH3605of them, exceeding terrible,whoseדִּֽי־di-H1768teethשִׁנַּ֤הּshi.nai.yahH8128were ofironפַרְזֶל֙far.ZelH6523, and hisnailsוְטִפְרַ֣יהּve.tif.RaihH2953of brass;whichדִּֽי־di-H1768devouredאָֽכְלָ֣ה'a.khe.LahH399, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with hisfeetבְּרַגְלַ֥יהּbe.rag.LaihH7271;

20and concerning thetenעֲשַׂר֙'a.SarH6236hornsקַרְנַיָּ֤אkar.nai.Ya'H7162that were on hisheadבְרֵאשַׁ֔הּve.re.ShahH7217, and the otherhornוְקַרְנָ֨אve.kar.Na'H7162whichH1768cameH5308upH6925, andbeforeH6925whichH1768threeתְּלָ֑תte.LatH8532fellH5308;evenH1768thathornH7162that hadeyesוְעַיְנִ֣יןve.'ay.NinH5870, and amouthוְפֻם֙ve.FumH6433that spakegreatרַ֥בravH7229things,whoseH1768look wasmoreמִן־min-H4481stoutthanמִן־min-H4481his fellows.

21I beheld, and the samehornוְקַרְנָ֣אve.kar.Na'H7162madeעָבְדָ֥ה'a.ve.DahH5648warקְרָ֖בke.RavH7129with thesaintsקַדִּישִׁ֑יןka.di.ShinH6922, and prevailedagainstעִם־'im-H5974them;

22untilעַ֣ד'adH5705theancientעַתִּיק֙'a.TikH6268ofdaysיֽוֹמַיָּ֔אyo.mai.Ya'H3118cameH858, andjudgmentוְדִינָ֣אve.di.Na'H1780wasgivenיְהִ֔בye.HivH3052to thesaintsלְקַדִּישֵׁ֖יle.ka.di.SheiH6922of the Most High; and the timecameH858that thesaintsקַדִּישִֽׁין׃ka.di.ShinH6922possessed thekingdomוּמַלְכוּתָ֖אu.mal.khu.Ta'H4437.

23Thusכֵּן֮kenH3652hesaidאֲמַר֒'a.MarH560, Thefourthרְבִיעָ֣יְתָ֔אre.vi.'A.ye.Ta'H7244beastחֵֽיוְתָא֙chei.ve.Ta'H2423shall be afourthרְבִיעָאָה֙re.vi.'a.ya'H7244kingdomמַלְכ֤וּmal.KhuH4437uponearthבְאַרְעָ֔אve.'ar.'A'H772,whichדִּ֥יdiH1768shall be diverse fromallכָּל־kol-H3606thekingdomsמַלְכְוָתָ֑אmal.khe.va.Ta'H4437, and shalldevourוְתֵאכֻל֙ve.te.KhulH399thewholeכָּל־kol-H3606earthאַרְעָ֔א'ar.'A'H772, and shalltreadH1759itdownH1759, and break it in pieces.

24And as for thetenעֲשַׂ֔ר'a.SarH6236hornsוְקַרְנַיָּ֣אve.kar.nai.Ya'H7162, out of thiskingdomמַלְכוּתָ֔הmal.khu.Tah'H4437shalltenעַשְׂרָ֥ה'as.RahH6236kingsמַלְכִ֖יןmal.KhinH4430ariseיְקֻמ֑וּןye.ku.MunH6966: andanotherוְאָחֳרָ֞ןve.'o.cho.RanH321shallariseיְק֣וּםye.KumH6966afterאַחֲרֵיה֗וֹן'a.cha.rei.HonH311them; and he shall be diverse from the former, and he shall put downthreeוּתְלָתָ֥הu.te.la.TahH8532kingsמַלְכִ֖יןmal.KhinH4430.

25And he shallspeakיְמַלִּ֔לye.ma.LilH4449wordsוּמִלִּ֗יןu.mi.LinH4406againstלְצַ֤דle.TzadH6655theMostעִלָּאָה֙i.la.ya'H5943HighH5943, and shallwearיְבַלֵּ֑אye.va.Le'H1080out thesaintsוּלְקַדִּישֵׁ֥יu.le.ka.di.SheiH6922of theMostH5943HighH5943: and he shall think tochangeלְהַשְׁנָיָה֙le.hash.na.YahH8133thetimesH2166and thelawוְדָ֔תve.DatH1882; and they shall begivenוְיִתְיַהֲב֣וּןve.yit.ya.ha.VunH3052into hishandבִּידֵ֔הּbi.DehH3028untilעַד־'ad-H5705a time andtimesH2166andhalfוּפְלַ֥גu.fe.LagH6387a time.

26But thejudgmentוְדִינָ֖אve.di.Na'H1780shallsitיִתִּ֑בyi.TivH3488, and they shall takeawayיְהַעְדּ֔וֹןye.ha'.DonH5709hisdominionוְשָׁלְטָנֵ֣הּve.shal.ta.NehH7985, to consume and todestroyוּלְהוֹבָדָ֖הu.le.hoa.DahH7it unto theendסוֹפָֽא׃so.Fa'H5491.

27And thekingdomוּמַלְכוּתָ֨הu.mal.khu.Tah'H4437and thedominionוְשָׁלְטָנָ֜אve.shal.ta.Na'H7985, and thegreatnessוּרְבוּתָ֗אu.re.vu.Ta'H7238of thekingdomsמַלְכְוָת֙mal.khe.VatH4437underתְּח֣וֹתte.ChotH8460thewholeכָּל־kol-H3606heavenשְׁמַיָּ֔אshe.mai.Ya'H8065, shall begivenיְהִיבַ֕תye.hi.VatH3052to thepeopleלְעַ֖םle.'AmH5972of thesaintsקַדִּישֵׁ֣יka.di.SheiH6922of the Most High: hiskingdomמַלְכוּתֵהּ֙mal.khu.TehH4437is aneverlastingעָלַ֔ם'a.LamH5957kingdomמַלְכ֣וּתmal.KhutH4437, andallוְכֹל֙ve.KholH3606dominionsשָׁלְטָ֣נַיָּ֔אshal.Ta.nai.Ya'H7985shallserveיִפְלְח֖וּןyif.le.ChunH6399andobeyוְיִֽשְׁתַּמְּעֽוּן׃ve.Yish.ta.me.'UnH8086him.

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