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Daniel 7:11 KJV
Daniel · chapter 7 · verse 11
I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.Daniel 7:11 · King James Version
Daniel 7:11 in context
9I 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.
10A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
11I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.
12As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
13I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- beheldhâvâʼto existH1934 →
- beheldchăzâʼto gaze uponH2370 →
- voiceqâl{a voice or sound}H7032 →
- greatrabrabhugeH7260 →
- wordsmillâha word, command, discourse, or subjectH4406 →
- spakemᵉlalto speakH4449 →
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Whether we understand the fourth beast to signify the Syrian empire, or the Roman, or the former as the figure of the latter, it is plain that these verses are intended for the comfort and support of the people of God in reference to the persecutions they were likely to sustain both from the one and from the other,…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-14