Daniel 7:9–22

The Ancient of Days Reigns

⁹“As I looked,

^bthrones were placed,

and the ^cAncient of Days took his seat;

^dhis clothing was white as snow,

and ^ethe hair of his head like pure wool;

his throne was fiery flames;

^fits wheels were burning fire.

^10gA stream of fire issued

and came out from before him;

^ha thousand thousands ⁱserved him,

^hand ten thousand times ten thousand ^jstood before him;

the ^kcourt sat in judgment,

and ^lthe books were opened.

¹¹“I looked then because of the sound of ^athe great words that the horn was speaking. And as I looked, ^mthe beast was killed, and its body destroyed ^mand given over to be burned with fire. ¹²As for the rest of the beasts, ⁿtheir dominion was taken away, but their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.

The Son of Man Is Given Dominion

¹³“I saw in the night visions,

and ^obehold, with the clouds of heaven

there came one like a son of man,

and he came to the ^cAncient of Days

and was presented before him.

^14pAnd to him was given dominion

and glory and a kingdom,

that all ^qpeoples, nations, and languages

should serve him;

^rhis dominion is an everlasting dominion,

which shall not pass away,

and his kingdom one

that shall not be destroyed.

Daniel’s Vision Interpreted

¹⁵“As for me, Daniel, my spirit within me² was anxious, and ^sthe visions of my head alarmed me. ¹⁶I approached one of those who stood there and asked him the truth concerning all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of the things. ^17t‘These four great beasts are four kings who shall arise out of the earth. ¹⁸But ^uthe saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, forever and ever.’

¹⁹“Then I desired to know the truth about ^vthe fourth beast, which was different from all the rest, exceedingly terrifying, with its teeth of iron and claws of bronze, and which devoured and broke in pieces and stamped what was left with its feet, ^20wand about the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn that came up and before which three of them fell, the horn that had eyes and a mouth that spoke great things, and that seemed greater than its companions. ²¹As I looked, this horn ^xmade war with the saints and prevailed over them, ²²until the ^yAncient of Days came, and ^ujudgment was given for the saints of the Most High, and the time came when ^uthe saints possessed the kingdom.