Daniel 7:19

19 Alors je voulus savoir la vérité touchant la quatrième bête, qui était différente de toutes les autres et extraordinairement terrible, dont les dents étaient de fer et les ongles d'airain, qui mangeait, brisait et foulait aux pieds ce qui restait;

Daniel 7:19 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 7:19

Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast;
&c.] What it represented, what kingdom or monarchy was meant by it; for, by the above answer of the angel, he understood the four beasts signified four kings or kingdoms; the three first he pretty well understood; at least he was not so solicitous about them as about the fourth; and this he was desirous of having a very particular and exact account of; it threatening, by its appearance, a great deal of trouble to the world, and especially to the church of God: which was diverse from all the others;
or, "from all them", or "those" {h}, the other three beasts: exceeding dreadful;
to other kingdoms and nations: whose teeth were of iron;
of these parts of its description, see on ( Daniel 7:7 ) , and his nails of brass;
this is a new circumstance, not before mentioned, and here added with great propriety: "nails" belonging to a beast of prey, and these said to be of "brass", to denote its strength, cruelty, and voraciousness in tearing its prey, to pieces; and, moreover, to show that this kingdom has somewhat of the nature of the third or Grecian monarchy, said to be of brass in Nebuchadnezzar's dream; some out of that kingdom being taken into the Roman militia, as, Theodoret observes; and soldiers are to a king what nails are to a beast: which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
some kingdoms and provinces were destroyed by it, and the rest were made subject to it; see ( Daniel 7:7 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 (Nyhlk Nm) "a cunctis ipse", Pagninus, Montanus; "ab omnibus illis", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Daniel 7:19 In-Context

17 Ces quatre grandes bêtes sont quatre rois qui s'élèveront de la terre.

18 Mais les saints du Souverain recevront le royaume éternellement, et jusqu'au siècle des siècles.

19 Alors je voulus savoir la vérité touchant la quatrième bête, qui était différente de toutes les autres et extraordinairement terrible, dont les dents étaient de fer et les ongles d'airain, qui mangeait, brisait et foulait aux pieds ce qui restait;

20 Et touchant les dix cornes qui étaient sur sa tête, et touchant l'autre corne qui était sortie et devant laquelle trois étaient tombées, cette corne qui avait des yeux et une bouche qui proférait de grandes choses, et qui avait une plus grande apparence que les autres.

21 Je regardais comment cette corne faisait la guerre aux saints, et prévalait sur eux;