Daniel 7:9 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 7:9

As I continued to watch, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze.

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ASV

I beheld till thrones were placed, and one that was ancient of days did sit: his raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and the wheels thereof burning fire.

KJV

I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.

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Commentary

2 voices

Ambrose of Milan

LETTER 63:6 (397)

Let him then be standing for you that you may not be afraid of him sitting; for when sitting he judges, as Daniel says, "the thrones were placed, and the books were opened, and the Ancient of Days did sit." But in Psalm 81 [82] it is written, "God stood in the congregation of gods and decides among the gods." So then when he sits he judges, when he stands he decides, and he judges concerning the imperfect but decides among the gods.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

I beheld till the thrones were cast down,.... On which the governors of the above monarchies sat; and those of the ten kings, signified by the ten horns; and also that of the little horn.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
חָזֵ֣ה	cha.Zeh	seeing	H2370 →
הֲוֵ֗ית	ha.Veit	I was	H1934 →
עַ֣ד	'ad	until	H5705 →
דִּ֤י	di	that	H1768 →
כָרְסָוָן֙	kha.re.sa.Van	thrones	H3764 →
רְמִ֔יו	re.Miv	they were placed	H7412 →
וְעַתִּ֥יק	ve.'a.Tik	and [one] ancient of	H6268 →
יוֹמִ֖ין	yo.Min	days	H3118 →
יְתִ֑ב	ye.Tiv	he sat	H3488 →
לְבוּשֵׁ֣הּ׀	le.vu.Sheh	clothing his	H3831 →
כִּתְלַ֣ג	kit.Lag	like snow	H8517 →
חִוָּ֗ר	chi.Var	[was] white	H2358 →
וּשְׂעַ֤ר	u.se.'Ar	and [the] hair of	H8177 →
רֵאשֵׁהּ֙	re.Sheh	head his	H7217 →
כַּעֲמַ֣ר	ka.'a.Mar	like wool	H6015 →
נְקֵ֔א	ne.Ke'	[was] pure	H5343 →
כָּרְסְיֵהּ֙	ka.re.se.Yeh	throne his	H3764 →
שְׁבִיבִ֣ין	she.vi.Vin	[was] flames	H7631 →
דִּי־	di-	of	H1768 →
נ֔וּר	Nur	fire	H5135 →
גַּלְגִּלּ֖וֹהִי	gal.gi.Lo.hi	wheels its	H1535 →
נ֥וּר	nur	[were] fire	H5135 →
דָּלִֽק׃	da.Lik	burning	H1815 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

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
Daniel 7:13
In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led…
leads to
- Matthew 26:64
  “You have said it yourself,” Jesus answered. “But I say to all of you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming on…
- Revelation 1:7
  Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.
- Luke 21:27
  At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
- Revelation 14:14
  And I looked and saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was One like the Son of Man, with a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.
- Matthew 24:30
  At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds…
Through
Matthew 17:2
There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
leads to
- Matthew 28:3
  His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Through
Revelation 1:14
The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire.
leads to
- Daniel 10:6
  His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of…
- Revelation 2:18
  To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze.

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The white-haired Judge on the fiery throne, imagery Revelation applies to the glorified Christ (Rev 1:14), folding the Son of Man and the Ancient of Days into one glory.

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