Daniel 7:16
I went near to one of them that stood by, and asked the truth of him concerning all these things, and he told me the interpretation of the words, and instructed me:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Accessi ad unum de assistentibus, et veritatem quærebam ab eo de omnibus his. Qui dixit mihi interpretationem sermonum, et docuit me :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ προσῆλθον ἑνὶ τῶν ἑστηκότων, καὶ τὴν ἀκρίβειαν ἐζήτουν παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ περὶ πάντων τούτων· καὶ εἶπέν μοι τὴν ἀκρίβειαν, καὶ τὴν σύνκρισιν τῶν λόγων ἐγνώρισέν μοι
- Hebrew (WLC)
- קִרְבֵ֗ת עַל חַד֙ מִן קָ֣אֲמַיָּ֔א וְיַצִּיבָ֥א אֶבְעֵֽא מִנֵּ֖הּ עַֽל כָּל דְּנָ֑ה וַאֲמַר לִ֕י וּפְשַׁ֥ר מִלַּיָּ֖א יְהוֹדְעִנַּֽנִי
The Fathers on this verse
St Justin Martyr Dialogue with Trypho, Chapter XXXI. If Christ’s power be
“But if so great a power is shown to have followed and to be still following the dispensation of His suffering, how great shall that be which shall follow His glorious advent! For He shall come on the clouds as the Son of man, so Daniel foretold, and His angels shall come with Him. These are the words: ‘I beheld till the thrones were set; and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of His head like the pure wool. His throne was like a fiery flame, His wheels as burning fire. 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 books were opened, and the judgment was set. I beheld then the voice of the great words which the horn speaks: and the beast was beat down, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. …