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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 7:9

I beheld - “I continued looking on these strange sights, and contemplating these transformations.” This implies that some time elapsed before all these things had occurred. He looked on until he saw a solemn judgment passed on this fourth beast particularly, as if God had come forth in his majesty and glory to pronounce that judgment, and to bring the power and arrogance of the beast to an end.Till the thrones were cast down - The Chaldee word (כרסון kâresâvân) means, properly, thrones -... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 7:7

Daniel 7:7. Behold a fourth beast This fourth kingdom can be no other than the Roman empire, which answers this emphatical description better than any of the former kingdoms. Dreadful, and terrible, and strong exceedingly And therefore compared to iron, Daniel 2:40. It devoured and brake in pieces It spread its arms and its terrors to a much greater extent than any of the preceding powers, and entirely subdued all the remains of the former kingdoms, and all the nations that had been... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 7:8

Daniel 7:8. I considered the horns Viewed and observed them exactly, otherwise he could not have observed the little horn, whose rise was scarce discernible at first; and behold there came up among them Much about the same time, Revelation 17:12; another little horn Distinct from the ten horns, and of a different constitution. Some have understood by this the Turkish empire, and consider Egypt, Asia, and Greece as being the three horns torn up or reduced thereby; but the more generally... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 7:9-10

Daniel 7:9-10. I beheld till the thrones were cast down Till all these earthly kingdoms were brought to an end, and all enemies and opposite powers were destroyed. But the word רמיו , here used, maybe rendered, were pitched, or placed, namely, for the reception of God, and his assessors in judgment, the saints and angels. Thus the LXX., εως οτου οι θρονοι ετεθησαν , till the thrones were placed, or set, or fixed; and so the Vulgate. And the verb in the text is used in the same sense... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Daniel 7:1-14

7:1-12:13 DANIEL’S VISIONSAlthough the visions collected in this section of the book are in approximate chronological order, there is no obvious connection leading one on to the next. Each vision has a separate and distinct message.A vision of four beasts (7:1-14)In the first vision (whose chronological position would be between Chapters 4 and 5), Daniel saw a severe storm stirring up the sea, then, coming up out of the raging waters, four strange beasts. The meaning (partly explained later in... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 7:7

a fourth beast. Not Rome, for it has the "ten horns" when it is first seen. Moreover, these ten horns are not seen till the time of the end. This fourth beast therefore belongs to the time of the end. The beast of Revelation 13:1-10 combines in himself all these resemblances. See note on Daniel 7:23 . great iron teeth. Literally two (or two rows of) teeth, great ones. the residue = the rest: i.e. the other three beasts which will be co-existent. They do not destroy or succeed one another,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 7:8

I considered = Iwas considering. the horns . Mentioned in Daniel 7:7 . little horn = a horn of small beginnings. This identifies this vision with those of Ch. Daniel 8:9 , Daniel 8:11 , Daniel 8:12 . See App-90 . The first of twelve titles given to the power commonly known as "the Antichrist": it is used again in Daniel 8:9 . Compare Daniel 11:21-30 . Note the other titles: "the king of Babylon" (Isaiah 14:4 ); "the Assyrian" (Isaiah 14:25 ); "Lucifer, son of the morning", in opposition to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 7:9

till = till that. the thrones = the seats for judgment. cast down = set or placed. The seats of Orientals are cushions laid, not "set", but "cast down". The reference is to this, in Revelation 4:2 . Compare Psalms 9:7 ; Psalms 29:10 . Isaiah 28:6 . the Ancient of days = the Everlasting One. Compare Psalms 90:2 .Revelation 4:2 . did sit = took His seat. white as snow, &c . Compare Revelation 1:4 . his wheels = the wheels thereof: i.e. of the throne. Compare Ezekiel 1:15-20 , Ezekiel... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Daniel 7:7

"After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, terrible and powerful, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet: and it was diverse from all the other beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the other horns were plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Daniel 7:9

"I beheld till the 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. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. I beheld at that time because of the great words which the horn spake; I... read more

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