King James Version
What Does Daniel 7:26 Mean?
“But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.”
Context
24
And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
25
And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
26
But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
27
And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. dominions: or, rulers
28
Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(26) **The judgment.—**The language is similar to that in Daniel 7:10. The destruction of the beast recorded in Daniel 7:11 is here omitted.
**Unto the end.—**Comp. Daniel 6:26.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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