Daniel 7:25 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 7:25

He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for a time, and times, and half a time.

BSB

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ASV

And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High; and he shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time.

KJV

And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

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Commentary

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Jerome

St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER SEVEN (420)

Verse 25. "And he shall utter (variant: "he utters") speeches against the Lofty One." Or else, as Symmachus has rendered it: "He utters speeches like God," so that one who assumes the authority of God will also arrogate to himself the words of divine majesty. "...And he shall crush the saints of the Most High, and will suppose himself to be able to alter times and laws."

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He shall speak great words against the Most High - Sermones quasi Deus loquetur; “He shall speak as if he were God.” So St. Jerome quotes from Symmachus. To none can this apply so well or so fully as to the popes of Rome. They have assumed infallibility, which belongs only to God. They profess to forgive sins, which belongs only to God. They profess to open and shut heaven, which belongs only to God. They profess to be higher than all the kings of the earth, which belongs only to God.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The original word for "time" denotes a stated period or set feast; or the interval from one set feast to its recurrence, that is, a year [TREGELLES]; Le 23:44, "feasts." The passages in favor of the year-day theory are Eze 4:6, where each day of the forty during which Ezekiel lay on his right side is defined by God as meaning a year.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּמִלִּ֗ין	u.mi.Lin	and words	H4406 →
לְצַ֤ד	le.Tzad	to [the] side of	H6655 →
עִלָּאָה֙	i.la.ya'	Most High the	H5943 →
יְמַלִּ֔ל	ye.ma.Lil	he will speak	H4449 →
וּלְקַדִּישֵׁ֥י	u.le.ka.di.Shei	and <obj.> [the] holy [ones] of	H6922 →
עֶלְיוֹנִ֖ין	el.yo.Nin	[the] Most High	H5946 →
יְבַלֵּ֑א	ye.va.Le'	he will wear out	H1080 →
וְיִסְבַּ֗ר	ve.yis.Bar	so he may think	H5452 →
לְהַשְׁנָיָה֙	le.hash.na.Yah	to change	H8133 →
זִמְנִ֣ין	zim.Nin	appointed times	H2166 →
וְדָ֔ת	ve.Dat	and law	H1882 →
וְיִתְיַהֲב֣וּן	ve.yit.ya.ha.Vun	so they may be given	H3052 →
בִּידֵ֔הּ	bi.Deh	in hand his	H3028 →
עַד־	'ad-	until	H5705 →
עִדָּ֥ן	'i.Dan	a time	H5732 →
וְעִדָּנִ֖ין	ve.'i.da.Nin	and times	H5732 →
וּפְלַ֥ג	u.fe.Lag	and half of	H6387 →
עִדָּֽן׃	'i.Dan	a time	H5732 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 12:6
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.
leads to
- Revelation 13:5
  The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 11:2–3
  But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
Through
Daniel 12:7
And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever,…
leads to
- Revelation 12:14
  But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times,…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Revelation 12:14
But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times,…
leads to
- Exodus 19:4
  ‘You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.
- Isaiah 40:31
  But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
- Revelation 12:6
  And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.
Through
2 Thessalonians 2:4
He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
leads to
- Ezekiel 28:2
  “Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of…
- Isaiah 14:13–14
  You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of…