Daniel 7:14

Schlachter Bibel

Und ihm wurde Gewalt, Ehre und königliche Würde verliehen, daß ihm alle Völker, Stämme und Zungen dienen sollten; seine Gewalt ist eine ewige Gewalt, die nicht vergeht, und sein Königtum wird nie untergehen.

Parallel Translations

Lutherbible (1912)
Der gab ihm Gewalt, Ehre und Reich, daß ihm alle Völker, Leute und Zungen dienen sollten. Seine Gewalt ist ewig, die nicht vergeht, und sein Königreich hat kein Ende.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

given: Daniel 7:27, Psalms 2:6-8, Psalms 8:6, Psalms 110:1, Psalms 110:2, Matthew 11:27, Matthew 28:18, Luke 10:22, Luke 19:11, Luke 19:12, John 3:35, John 5:22-27, 1 Corinthians 15:27, Ephesians 1:20-22, Philippians 2:9-11, 1 Peter 3:22, Revelation 3:21

that all: Daniel 3:4, Psalms 72:17, Isaiah 60:12, Revelation 11:15, Revelation 17:14

an everlasting: Daniel 7:18, Daniel 7:27, Daniel 2:35, Daniel 2:44, Daniel 4:3, Daniel 6:26, Psalms 45:6, Psalms 145:13, Psalms 146:10, Isaiah 9:7, Obadiah 1:21, Micah 4:7, Luke 1:33, John 12:34, 1 Corinthians 15:24-28, Hebrews 12:28

Reciprocal: Exodus 15:18 - General 2 Samuel 7:16 - General 2 Samuel 22:44 - head 1 Kings 1:37 - and make 2 Chronicles 9:26 - reigned over Psalms 21:7 - he shall Psalms 22:28 - General Psalms 47:2 - a great Psalms 66:4 - General Psalms 72:5 - as long Psalms 80:17 - General Psalms 145:11 - the glory Proverbs 8:15 - By Isaiah 16:5 - in the Isaiah 23:15 - one king Isaiah 25:6 - all people Isaiah 53:10 - he shall prolong Jeremiah 10:10 - everlasting king Jeremiah 33:14 - General Jeremiah 33:21 - that he Lamentations 5:19 - thy throne Ezekiel 1:26 - the likeness of a Daniel 2:34 - a stone Daniel 4:1 - unto all Daniel 4:34 - whose Micah 4:1 - the mountain Zechariah 6:13 - bear Matthew 12:28 - then Matthew 21:5 - thy King Matthew 25:31 - the Son Mark 2:10 - General Mark 14:62 - the Son Luke 22:69 - on Luke 23:42 - thy John 1:51 - the Son John 5:27 - because John 8:54 - it is John 17:2 - As John 18:36 - My kingdom is Acts 1:11 - shall Acts 7:56 - the Son Acts 10:36 - he is Acts 26:6 - the promise Romans 15:12 - and he Colossians 1:13 - the kingdom 1 Timothy 1:17 - the King Hebrews 2:8 - hast 1 Peter 1:11 - the glory 1 Peter 4:11 - dominion 2 Peter 1:11 - everlasting Revelation 1:5 - and the prince Revelation 5:6 - seven horns

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom,.... That is, a large, powerful, and glorious kingdom; not but that he had a kingdom before, but now it will be more extensive, and appear in greater glory: this will be fulfilled when the kingdoms of this world shall become his, and all nations shall serve and worship him, Revelation 11:15, as follows:

that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him; embrace his Gospel, submit to his ordinances serve and worship him in every religious duty; every people, of all nations, and of every language under heaven; which will be the case when the everlasting Gospel will be preached to them all with success, Revelation 14:6:

his dominion is an everlasting dominion; it shall never have an end, as the rest of the monarchies, signified by the four beasts, have had, or will have; see Psalms 14:6:

which shall not pass away; or be removed from one to another, like the above monarchies:

and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed; or "corrupted" z abolished and brought to nothing, as the said monarchies were one by another; and, at last, all of them by the stone cut out of the mountain; see Daniel 2:44.

z תתחבל "corrumpetur", Pagninus, Montanus; "corrumpitur", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Coccceus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And there was given him dominion - That is, by him who is represented as the “Ancient of days.” The fair interpretation of this is, that he received the dominion from him. This is the uniform representation in the New Testament. Compare Matthew 28:18; Joh 3:35; 1 Corinthians 15:27. The word dominion here means rule or auhority - such as a prince exercises. He was set over a kingdom as a prince or ruler.

And glory - That is the glory or honor appropriate to one at the head of such an empire.

And a kingdom - That is, he would reign. He would have sovereignty. The nature and the extent of this kingdom is immediately designated as one that would be universal and perpetual. What is properly implied in this language as to the question whether it will be literal and visible, will be appropriately considered at the close of the verse. All that is necessary to be noticed here is, that it is everywhere promised in the Old Testament that the Messiah would be a king, and have a kingdom. Compare Psalms 2:1-12; Isaiah 9:6-7.

That all people, nations, and languages should serve him - It would be universal; would embrace all nations. The language here is such as would emphatically denote universality. See the notes at Daniel 3:4; Daniel 4:1. It implies that that kingdom would extend over all the nations of the earth, and we are to look for the fulfillment of this only in such a universal reign of the Messiah.

His dominion is an everlasting dominion ... - The others, represented by the four beasts, would all pass away, but this would be permanent and eternal. Nothing would destroy it. It would not have, as most kingdoms of the earth have had, any such internal weakness or source of discord as would be the cause of its destruction, nor would there be any external power that would invade or overthrow it. This declaration affirms nothing as to the form in which the kingdom would exist, but merely asserts the fact that it would do so. Respecting the kingdom of the Messiah, to which this undoubtedly alludes, the same thing is repeatedly and uniformly affirmed in the New Testament. Compare Matthew 16:18; Hebrews 12:28; Revelation 11:15. The form and manner in which this will occur is more fully developed in the New Testament; in the vision seen by Daniel the fact only is stated.

The question now arises, What would be a fulfillment of this prediction respecting the kingdom that will be given to the saints? What, from the language used in the vision, should we be legitimately authorized to expect to take place on the earth? In regard to these questions, there are but two views which can be taken, and the interpretation of the passage must sustain the one or the other.

(a) One is what supposes that this will be literally fulfilled in the sense that the Son of God, the Messiah, will reign personally on earth. According to this, he will come to set up a visible and glorious kingdom, making Jerusalem his capital, and swaying his scepter over the world. All nations and people will be subject to him; all authority will be wielded by his people under him.

(b) According to the other view, there will be a spiritual reign of the Son of God over the earth; that is, the principles of his religion will everywhere prevail, and the righteous will rule, and the laws of the Redeemer will be obeyed everywhere. There will be such a prevalence of his gospel on the hearts of all - rulers and people; the gospel will so modify all laws, and control all customs, and remove all abuses, and all the forms of evil; men will be so generally under the influence of that gospel, that it may be said that He reigns on the earth, or that the government actually administered is his.

In regard to these different views, and to the true interpretation of the passage, it may be remarked,

(1) That we are not to look for the literal fulfillment of this; we are not to expect that what is here described will literally occur. The whole is evidently a symbolic representation, and the fulfillment is to be found in something that the symbol would properly denote. No one can pretend that there is to be an actual sitting on the throne, by one in the form of an old man - “the Ancient of days” - or that there is to be a literal coming to him by one “like the Son of man,” to receive a kingdom. But if one part of the representation is not to be literally interpreted, why should the other be? It may be added, that it is nowhere said that this would literally occur.

(2) All that is fairly implied here is found in the latter interpretation. Such a prevalence of the principles of the gospel would meet the force of the language, and every part of the vision would find a real fulfillment in that.

(a) The fact that it proceeds from God - represented as “the Ancient of days.”

(b) The fact that it is given by him, or that the kingdom is made over by him to the Messiah.

(c) The fact that the Messiah would have such a kingdom; that is, that he would reign on the earth, in the hearts and lives of men.

(d) The fact that that kingdom would be universal - extending over all people.

(e) And the fact that it would be perpetual; that is, that it would extend down to the end of time, or the consummation of all things here, and that it would be then eternal in the heavens.

For a very full and ample illustration of this passage - so full and ample as to supersede the necessity of any additional illustration here, see the notes at Daniel 2:44-45.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 14. And there was given him dominion — This also is applied to our Lord Jesus by himself, after his resurrection, Matthew 28:18.

His dominion is an everlasting dominion — Christianity shall increase, and prevail to the end of the world. See the parallel passages in the margin.