Daniel 7:11
in Daniel 7Then I kept watching because of the arrogant words the horn was speaking. As I continued to watch, the beast was slain, and its body was destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire.
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ASV
I beheld at that time because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake; I beheld even till the beast was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire.
KJV
I 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.
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This verse in Daniel 7
Commentary
10 notes on this verseVerse 11. "I looked on because of the sound of the lofty words which that horn was uttering." The judgment of God descends for the humbling of pride. Hence the Roman Empire also will be destroyed, because the horn was uttering the lofty words. "...And I saw that the beast was slain and its body perished." In the one empire of the Romans, all the kingdoms at once are to be destroyed, because of the blasphemy of the Antichrist.
This site's exposition
the beast was slain
on Daniel 7:11-12
The fourth beast is slain and its body destroyed, given to the burning flame, for the great words its horn spoke, while the other three beasts have their dominion taken away yet their lives are prolonged for a season and time. Barnes reads the distinction as a picture of how empires actually end in the historical record, absorbed into their successors rather than annihilated outright, Babylon's people and institutions surviving under Persia, Persia's under Greece, in a way the fourth kingdom's own destruction does not share. The fourth beast alone meets total judgment, which the traditional line reads as fitting a kingdom that will not simply be conquered by the next in a normal succession but be replaced by the kingdom of verse 14 and verse 27 directly.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers3 voices
A commentator
Hippolytus of RomeHippolytus Exegetical Fragments - Of the visions of Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar · Written before 235.
proposed
1. In speaking of a "lioness from the sea," he meant the rising of the kingdom of Babylon, and that this was the "golden head of the image." And in speaking of its "eagle wings," be meant that king Nebuchadnezzar was exalted and that his glory was lifted up against God. Then he says "its wings were plucked off," i.e., that his glory was destroyed; for he was driven out of his kingdom. And the words, "A man's heart was given it, and it was made stand upon the feet of a man," mean that he came to himself again, and recognised that he was but a man, and gave the glory to God. Then after the lioness he sees a second beast, "like a bear," which signified the Persians. For after the Babylonians the Persians obtained the power. And in saying that "it had three ribs in its mouth," he pointed to the three nations, Persians, Medes, and Babylonians, which were expressed in the image by the silver after the gold. Then comes the third beast, "a leopard," which means the Greeks; for after the Persians, Alexander of Macedon had the power, when Darius was overthrown, which was also indicated by the brass in the image. And in saying that the beast "had four wings of a fowl, and four heads," he showed most clearly how the kingdom of Alexander was parted into four divisions. For in speaking of four heads, he meant the four kings that arose out of it. For Alexander, when dying, divided his kingdom into four parts. Then he says, "The fourth beast (was) dreadful and terrible: it had iron teeth, and claws of brass." Who, then, are meant by this but the Romans, whose kingdom, the kingdom that still stands, is expressed by the iron? "for," says he, "its legs are of iron." 2. After this, then, what remains, beloved, but the toes of the feet of the image, in which "part shall be of iron and part of clay mixed together? […]
Because of the madness of that beast, he says that it was judged, and the fourth kingdom was destroyed, "and the body of the beast was given over for the fire to consume." We ought to take note that he did not simply say "the …
But if so great a power is shown to have followed and to be still following the dispensation of His suffering, how great shall that be which shall follow His glorious advent! For He shall come on the clouds as the Son of man, so Daniel foretold, and His angels shall come with Him. These are the words: [quotes Daniel 7:9-28]
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
He himself died of a miserable disease, his family was rooted out, the kingdom wasted by the Parthians and Armenians, and at length made a province of the Roman empire by Pompey. And the Roman empire itself (if we take that for the fourth beast), after it began to persecute Christianity, declined and wasted away, and the body of it was destroyed.
I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake,....
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The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Here is set forth the execution on earth of the judgment pronounced in the unseen heavenly court of judicature (Da 7:9, 10). body . . . given to . . . flame-- (Re 19:20).
I beheld then because of the voice (or, the beast will be destroyed because) of the great words which the horn spake - his body destroyed - When the dominion was taken from the rest of the beasts, their bodies were not destroyed, but suffered to continue still in being; but when the dominion shall be taken away from this beast, his body shall be totally destroyed; because other kingdoms succeeded to those, but no other earthly kingdom shall succeed to this. - Bishop Newton.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
I beheld then, because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake - I was attracted by these words - by their arrogance, and haughtiness, and pride; and I saw that it was on account of these mainly that the solemn judgment proceeded against the beast. The attitude of the seer here is this - he heard arrogant and proud words uttered by the “horn,” and he waited in deep attention, and in earnest expectation, to learn what judgment would be pronounced.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
from the sound of the arrogant words From the sound of the haughty words that the horn was speaking, the wrath of the Ancient of Days was aroused.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
But as for the other beasts, their dominion was removed And from the other kingdoms, their dominion was removed by Heaven.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
21 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| חָזֵ֣ה | chazeh | seeing | H2370 → | 31 times |
| הֲוֵ֔ית | haveit | I was | H1934 → | 71 times |
| בֵּאדַ֗יִן | bedayin | <in> then | H116 → | 57 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4481 → | 109 times |
| קָל֙ | kal | [the] sound of | H7032 → | 7 times |
| מִלַּיָּ֣א | milaiya' | words the | H4406 → | 24 times |
| רַבְרְבָתָ֔א | ravrevata' | <the> great | H7260 → | 8 times |
| דִּ֥י | di | which | H1768 → | 345 times |
| קַרְנָ֖א | karna' | horn the | H7162 → | 14 times |
| מְמַלֱּלָ֑ה | memalelah | [was] speaking | H4449 → | 5 times |
| חָזֵ֣ה | chazeh | seeing | H2370 → | 31 times |
| הֲוֵ֡ית | haveit | I was | H1934 → | 71 times |
| עַד֩ | ʾad | until | H5705 → | 35 times |
| דִּ֨י | di | that | H1768 → | 345 times |
| קְטִילַ֤ת | ketilat | it was killed | H6992 → | 7 times |
| חֵֽיוְתָא֙ | cheiveta' | beast the | H2423 → | 20 times |
| וְהוּבַ֣ד | vehuvad | and it was destroyed | H7 → | 7 times |
| גִּשְׁמַ֔הּ | gishmah | body its | H1655 → | 5 times |
| וִיהִיבַ֖ת | vihivat | and it was given | H3052 → | 28 times |
| לִיקֵדַ֥ת | likedat | to [the] burning of | H3346 → | |
| אֶשָּֽׁא׃ | ʾesha' | fire | H785 → |
חָזֵ֣הseeing
chazehH2370 →31 times
הֲוֵ֔יתI was
haveitH1934 →71 times
בֵּאדַ֗יִן<in> then
bedayinH116 →57 times
מִן־from
min-H4481 →109 times
קָל֙[the] sound of
kalH7032 →7 times
מִלַּיָּ֣אwords the
milaiya'H4406 →24 times
רַבְרְבָתָ֔א<the> great
ravrevata'H7260 →8 times
דִּ֥יwhich
diH1768 →345 times
קַרְנָ֖אhorn the
karna'H7162 →14 times
מְמַלֱּלָ֑ה[was] speaking
memalelahH4449 →5 times
חָזֵ֣הseeing
chazehH2370 →31 times
הֲוֵ֡יתI was
haveitH1934 →71 times
עַד֩until
ʾadH5705 →35 times
דִּ֨יthat
diH1768 →345 times
קְטִילַ֤תit was killed
ketilatH6992 →7 times
חֵֽיוְתָא֙beast the
cheiveta'H2423 →20 times
וְהוּבַ֣דand it was destroyed
vehuvadH7 →7 times
גִּשְׁמַ֔הּbody its
gishmahH1655 →5 times
וִיהִיבַ֖תand it was given
vihivatH3052 →28 times
לִיקֵדַ֥תto [the] burning of
likedatH3346 →
אֶשָּֽׁא׃fire
ʾesha'H785 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Revelation 19:20But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and…
it leads to
- Revelation 20:10
And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Revelation 20:14–15
Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Revelation 21:8
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This…
- Revelation 20:10
Through
Revelation 20:10And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day…
it leads to
- Matthew 25:41
Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
- Revelation 19:20
But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and…
- Matthew 25:41
Through
2 Thessalonians 2:8And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.
it leads to
- Revelation 19:20–21
But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and…
- 2 Thessalonians 2:3
Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.
- Isaiah 11:4
but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the…
- Revelation 19:20–21
Where this verse is studied
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- The Son of Man in 1 Enoch
- Angelology
- Antichrist (the Word and the Figure)
- Apocalyptic Literature
- The Beast and the False Prophet
- The Major Prophets
- Revelation, the Canon's Closing Scroll
- Fire
- Jesus: Titles & Roles
- John on Patmos, Revelation 1
- Rome
- The Fourth Man in the Fire: Daniel 3
- The Ascension: Acts 1:1-11 · Luke 24:50-53
- The Horn
- The Throne
- The Throne Room
About Daniel
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Daniel; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Hippolytus of Rome, Hippolytus Exegetical Fragments - Of the visions of Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER SEVEN; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho, Chapter XXXI; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON DANIEL 7:11.