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Daniel 7:21

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As I watched, this horn was waging war against the saints and prevailing against them,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

KJV

I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

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This verse in Daniel 7

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Cyril of Jerusalem

Catechetical Lecture 15:15 · Written before 386.

Paul says further, "who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called god or that is worshiped," that is, above every divinity, so that antichrist will be the bitter foe of the idolatrous cults. He continues, "so that he sits in the temple of God." What temple is that? Paul says it is the destroyed temple of the Jews. For God forbid that it should be that temple of God in which we are! Why should I suggest such a thing? Lest you should think me complacent about us Christians.

This site's exposition

diverse from all the others

on Daniel 7:19-22

Daniel presses further specifically on the fourth beast and its horn, and the angel's answer adds a detail the first telling did not give: the same horn made war with the saints and prevailed against them, until the Ancient of days came and judgment was given to the saints, who then possess the kingdom. Gill reads the horn's temporary success against the saints as the vision's honest acknowledgment that the kingdom's arrival does not mean the saints are spared conflict beforehand, only that the conflict does not have the last word. The until marks the turning point structurally the same way but if not marks chapter 3, a hinge on which the whole scene's outcome turns.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

13:7). prevailed--but not ultimately. The limit is marked by "until" (Da 7:22). The little horn continues, without intermission, to persecute up to Christ's second advent (Re 17:12, 14;

The words behind it

10 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • חָזֵ֣הseeing

    chazehH2370 →31 times

  • הֲוֵ֔יתI was

    haveitH1934 →71 times

  • וְקַרְנָ֣אand horn the

    vekarna'H7162 →14 times

  • דִכֵּ֔ןthis

    dikenH1797 →3 times

  • עָבְדָ֥ה[was] making

    ʾavedahH5648 →28 times

  • קְרָ֖בwar

    keravH7129 →

  • עִם־with

    ʾim-H5974 →22 times

  • קַדִּישִׁ֑ין[the] holy [ones]

    kadishinH6922 →13 times

  • וְיָכְלָ֖הand [it was] prevailing

    veyakhelahH3201 →

  • לְהֽוֹן׃to them

    lehon

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

12 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Revelation 13:7Then the beast was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.12 worksDaniel 12:7And 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, saying, “It will be for a time, and times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people has finally been shattered, all these things will be completed.”6 worksRevelation 13:5–18The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.5 worksRevelation 17:14They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen and faithful ones.”5 worksDaniel 8:24His power will be great, but it will not be his own. He will cause terrible destruction and succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy the mighty men along with the holy people.5 worksRevelation 12:3–4Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.3 works
The other 6 cross-references, with their words ▾
Revelation 17:6I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.3 worksRevelation 18:24And there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth.3 worksRevelation 11:7–9When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.2 worksRevelation 19:19Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies assembled to wage war against the One seated on the horse, and against His army.2 worksDaniel 8:12And in the rebellion, the host and the daily sacrifice were given over to the horn, and it flung truth to the ground and prospered in whatever it did.1 worksDaniel 11:31His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.0 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 17:14

    They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen…

    it leads to

    • Romans 8:30

      And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.

    • 1 Timothy 6:15

      which the blessed and only Sovereign One—the King of kings and Lord of lords—will bring about in His own time.

    • Matthew 22:14

      For many are called, but few are chosen.”

    • Revelation 3:21

      To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

    • Revelation 1:5

      and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by…

  • 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,…

    it leads to

    • 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…

    • 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,…

    • Daniel 8:24

      His power will be great, but it will not be his own. He will cause terrible destruction and succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy the mighty men along with the holy people.

Where this verse is studied

About Daniel

Daniel's Vision of the Four Beasts — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Daniel's Vision of the Four Beasts — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Daniel; Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lecture 15:15; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.

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