KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Daniel 7:18 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.”
What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1].
| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “But the saints” | קַדִּישֵׁ֖י | Sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary | saints |
| “of the most High” | עֶלְיוֹנִ֑ין | The Supreme | most High |
| “shall take” | וִֽיקַבְּלוּן֙ | To acquire | take |
| “the kingdom,” | מַלְכוּתָ֔א | Dominion (abstractly or concretely) | kingdom |
| “and possess” | וְיַחְסְנ֤וּן | To hold in occupancy | possess |
| “the kingdom” | מַלְכוּתָא֙ | Dominion (abstractly or concretely) | kingdom |
| “for” | עַֽד | Until | for |
| “ever,” | עָ֣לְמָ֔א | Remote time, i.e., the future or past indefinitely; often adverb, forever | ever |
| “even for” | וְעַ֖ד | Until | even |
| “ever” | עָלַ֥ם | Remote time, i.e., the future or past indefinitely; often adverb, forever | ever |
| “and ever.” | עָלְמַיָּֽא׃ | Remote time, i.e., the future or past indefinitely; often adverb, forever | ever |
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16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
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