daniel-7:21-nvt

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Daniel 7:15-28

Interpretation of the vision (7:15-28)One of God’s heavenly servants explained to Daniel the meaning of the vision. The kingdoms of the world may arrogantly oppose God in their ruthless drive for supremacy, but the kingdom that triumphs in the end is the kingdom of God, the people of God (15-18).A reason is then given for God’s devastating judgment on the ‘little horn’ dictator of the fourth beast: he had used his power to make war against God’s people (19-22). He blasphemously challenged the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 7:21

the same horn . Compare Daniel 7:8 . made war. This connects "the little horn" with Revelation 13:7 , and shows it to be still future. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Daniel 7:21

21. made war with the saints—persecuted the Church (Revelation 11:7; Revelation 13:7). prevailed—but not ultimately. The limit is marked by "until" (Revelation 13:7- :). The little horn continues, without intermission, to persecute up to Christ's second advent (Revelation 17:12; Revelation 17:14; Revelation 19:19; Revelation 19:20). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 7:19-22

5. Daniel’s request for interpretation of the fourth beast 7:19-22Daniel repeated the descriptions of the fourth beast and the little horn, and in doing so mentioned four previously unrevealed details about them. The beast had claws of bronze, stressing its fierce nature (Daniel 7:19). The little horn was more prominent than the other horns, accounting for its ability to rise in the place of three other horns (Daniel 7:20). The little horn waged war with the saints and overcame them, which... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 7:1-28

The Vision of the Four BeastsIn the first year of Belshazzar Daniel sees in a dream four beasts rising out of the sea (Daniel 7:1-3). The first is like a lion, with eagle’s wings (Daniel 7:4), the second like a bear (Daniel 7:5), the third like a leopard (Daniel 7:6), while the fourth is a unique and ferocious monster with ten horns (Daniel 7:7), Among the horns of the fourth beast there comes up a little horn with human eyes, which displaces three of the other ten, and carries itself proudly... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Daniel 7:21

(21) Made war.—This corresponds to “the mouth speaking great things” (Daniel 7:8; Daniel 7:20). These events occur while the saints are expecting their deliverance. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Daniel 7:1-28

Daniel 7:1 I am amusing myself with thinking of the prophecy of Daniel as a sort of allegory. All those monstrous, 'rombustical' beasts with their horns the horn with eyes and a mouth speaking proud things, and the little horn that waxed rebellious and stamped on the stars, seem like my passions and vain fancies, which are to be knocked down one after another until all is subdued with a universal kingdom over which the Ancient of Days presides the spirit of Love the Catholicism of the universe... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Daniel 7:1-28

VISION OF THE FOUR WILD BEASTSWE now enter upon the second division of the Book of Daniel-the apocalyptic. It is unquestionably inferior to the first part in grandeur and importance as a whole, but it contains not a few great conceptions, and it was well adapted to inspire the hopes and arouse the heroic courage of the persecuted Jews in the terrible days of Antiochus Epiphanes. Daniel now speaks in the first person, whereas throughout the historical section of the Book the third person has... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Daniel 7:1-28

II. THE GREAT PROPHECIES OF DANIEL CHAPTER 7 The night visions of Daniel 1. The night vision of the three beasts (Daniel 7:1-6 ) 2. The night vision of the fourth beast (Daniel 7:7-8 ) 3. The judgment vision (Daniel 7:9-12 ) 4. The son of man and His kingdom (Daniel 7:13-14 ) 5. The interpretation of the visions given (Daniel 7:15-28 ) Daniel 7:1-6 . The sea in the vision is the type of nations Revelation 17:15 . The three first beasts he saw represented the same great monarchies... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Daniel 7:21

7:21 I beheld, and the same {l} horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;(l) Meaning the Roman emperors, who were most cruel against the Church of God, both of the Jews and of the Gentiles. read more