Daniel 7:22

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Until the Ancient of ys came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַד דִּי־אֲתָה עַתִּיק יוֹמַיָּא וְדִינָא יְהִב לְקַדִּישֵׁי עֶלְיוֹנִין וְזִמְנָא מְטָה וּמַלְכוּתָא הֶחֱסִנוּ קַדִּישִׁין

Transliteration

Until that ʾăṯāh 'attîq yômayāʾ and ḏînāʾ yəhiḇ to qaddîšê 'elyônîn and zimnāʾ məṭāh and malḵûṯāʾ heḥĕsinû qaddîšîn

Grammar Details

• *ʾăṯāh*: Pe'al perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he came
• *'attîq*: adjective, masculine singular construct - Ancient of
• *yômayāʾ*: masculine plural noun, emphatic state - the days
• *ḏînāʾ*: masculine singular noun, emphatic state - judgment
• *yəhiḇ*: Pe'il perfect, 3rd masculine singular - was given
• *qaddîšê*: masculine plural adjective, construct state - saints of
• *'elyônîn*: masculine plural adjective - most high
• *zimnāʾ*: masculine singular noun, emphatic state - the time
• *məṭāh*: Pe'al perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it arrived
• *malḵûṯāʾ*: feminine singular noun, emphatic state - the kingdom
• *heḥĕsinû*: Haph'el perfect, 3rd plural - they possessed/inherited
• *qaddîšîn*: masculine plural adjective - holy ones/saints

Word Meanings

• *ʾăṯāh*: came/arrived
• *'attîq yômayāʾ*: Ancient of Days/the Eternal One
• *ḏînāʾ*: judgment/justice/verdict
• *yəhiḇ*: was given/granted
• *qaddîšê 'elyônîn*: saints of the Most High/holy ones of the Highest One
• *zimnāʾ*: time/appointed time
• *məṭāh*: arrived/came/reached
• *heḥĕsinû*: possessed/took possession of/inherited
• *qaddîšîn*: holy ones/saints

Referenced Verses

• Dan 7:18 : 18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
• Matt 19:28 : 28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
• Luke 22:29-30 : 29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; 30 That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
• 1 Cor 6:2-3 : 2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
• Rev 5:10 : 10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall ign on the earth.
• Rev 11:11-18 : 11 And after the days and an half the Spirit of life from God ented into them, and they stood upon their feet; and gat fear fell upon them which saw them. 12 And they heard a gat voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. 13 And the same hour was the a gat earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake we slain of men seven thousand: and the mnant we affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. 14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly. 15 And the seventh angel sounded; and the we gat voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world a become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall ign for ever and ever. 16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat befo God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, 17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy gat power, and hast igned. 18 And the nations we angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give ward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and gat; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
• Rev 14:8-9 : 8 And the followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that gat city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. 9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and ceive his mark in his fohead, or in his hand, 10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poud out without mixtu into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fi and brimstone in the psence of the holy angels, and in the psence of the Lamb: 11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no st day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever ceiveth the mark of his name. 12 He is the patience of the saints: he a they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. 13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed a the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may st from their labours; and their works do follow them. 14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. 15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and ap: for the time is come for thee to ap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. 16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was aped. 17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. 18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fi; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes a fully ripe. 19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathed the vine of the earth, and cast it into the gat winepss of the wrath of God. 20 And the winepss was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepss, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundd furlongs.
• Rev 19:11-21 : 11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. 12 His eyes we as a flame of fi, and on his head we many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. 13 And he was clothed with a vestu dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies which we in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. 15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he tadeth the winepss of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And he hath on his vestu and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. 17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the gat God; 18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both fe and bond, both small and gat. 19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathed together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles befo him, with which he deceived them that had ceived the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both we cast alive into a lake of fi burning with brimstone. 21 And the mnant we slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls we filled with their flesh.
• Rev 20:4 : 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that we beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had ceived his mark upon their foheads, or in their hands; and they lived and igned with Christ a thousand years.
• Rev 20:9-9 : 9 And they went up on the badth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fi came down from God out of heaven, and devoud them. 10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fi and brimstone, whe the beast and the false prophet a, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. 11 And I saw a gat white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and the was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and gat, stand befo God; and the books we opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead we judged out of those things which we written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which we in it; and death and hell delived up the dead which we in them: and they we judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and hell we cast into the lake of fi. This is the second death. 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fi.
• Dan 7:9-9 : 9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of ys 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. 10 A 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. 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.
• Isa 63:4 : 4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
• 2 Thess 2:8 : 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
• Rev 1:6 : 6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
• Rev 3:21 : 21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.