Daniel 7:9-19

The Ancient of Days Reigns

9 "I kept looking Until * ¹thrones were set up, And the Ancient of Days took His seat; His ²vesture was like white snow And the ³hair of His head like pure wool. His ⁴throne was ablaze with flames, Its ⁵wheels were a burning fire.

10 "A river of ⁶fire was flowing And coming out from before Him; ⁷Thousands upon thousands were attending Him, And myriads upon myriads were standing before Him; The ⁸court sat, And ⁹the books were opened.

11 "Then I kept looking because of the sound of the boastful words which the horn was speaking; I kept looking until * the beast was slain, and its body was destroyed and given to the ¹⁰burning fire.

12 "As 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.

The Son of Man Presented

13 "I kept looking in the night visions, And behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a ¹¹Son of Man was coming, And He came up to the Ancient of Days And was presented before Him.

14 "And to Him was given ¹²dominion, Glory and ¹³a kingdom, ¹⁴That all the peoples, nations and men of every language Might serve Him. ¹⁵His dominion is an everlasting dominion Which will not pass away; ¹⁶And His kingdom is one Which will not be destroyed.

The Vision Interpreted

15 "As for me, Daniel, my spirit was distressed within me, and the ¹⁷visions in my mind kept ¹⁸alarming me.

16 "I approached one of those who were ¹⁹standing by and began asking him the exact meaning of all this. So he ²⁰told 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.

18 'But the ²¹saints of the Highest One will ²²receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, for all ages to come.'

19 "Then I desired to know the exact meaning of the ²³fourth 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,

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Daniel 7:9-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DANIEL 7

This chapter contains Daniel's vision of the four beasts, The time, place, manner, writing, and declaration of the vision, Da 7:1, the rise of the beasts, and the description of them, Da 7:2-8, the judgment of God upon them, especially the last, and the delivery of universal monarchy to his Son, Da 7:9-14, the interpretation of the vision at the request of Daniel, being greatly affected with it, Da 7:15-18, a particular inquiry of his about the fourth beast, concerning which a full account is given, Da 7:19-27, all which caused in him many thoughts of heart, and reflections of mind, Da 7:28.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 23

1. Revelation 20:4
2. Mark 9:3
3. Revelation 1:14
4. Ezekiel 1:13, 26
5. Ezekiel 10:2, 6
6. Psalms 18:8; Psalms 50:3; Psalms 97:3; Isaiah 30:27, 33
7. Deuteronomy 33:2; 1 Kings 22:19; Revelation 5:11
8. Psalms 96:11-13; Daniel 7:22, 26
9. Daniel 12:1; Revelation 20:11-15
10. Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:10
11. Matthew 24:30; Matthew 26:64; Mark 13:26; Mark 14:62; Luke 21:27; Revelation 1:7, 13; Revelation 14:14
12. Daniel 7:27; John 3:35; 1 Corinthians 15:27; Ephesians 1:20-22; Philippians 2:9-11; Revelation 1:6; Revelation 11:15
13. Daniel 2:37
14. Psalms 72:11; Psalms 102:22
15. Micah 4:7; Luke 1:33
16. Hebrews 12:28
17. Daniel 7:1
18. Daniel 4:19; Daniel 7:28
19. Zechariah 1:9, 19; Revelation 5:5; Revelation 7:13, 14
20. Daniel 8:16, 17; Daniel 9:22
21. Dan 7:22, 25, 27
22. Psalms 149:5-9; Isaiah 60:12-14; Daniel 7:14; Revelation 2:26, 27; Revelation 20:4; Revelation 22:5
23. Daniel 7:7, 8

Footnotes 12

[a]. Lit "flames of fire"
[b]. Lit "great"
[c]. Lit "of the fire"
[d]. Or "sovereignty"
[e]. Lit "tongue"
[f]. Lit "in the midst of" its "sheath"
[g]. Lit "of my head"
[h]. Lit "truth concerning"
[i]. Lit "holy ones"
[j]. Lit "and unto the age of the ages"
[k]. Lit "truth concerning"
[l]. Lit "of them"