Daniel 7:10

A fire was rushing out of in front of him like a stream. Many thousands of people (OR, angels) were there serving him, and millions of other people (OR, angels) were standing in front of him. They started ◄the court session/judging people►, and they opened the books in which they had written the record of all the good and bad things that people had done.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

9Then while I watched, thrones were put in the places where they belonged, and God, the one who had been living forever, sat on one of the thrones. His clothes were as white as snow, and his hair was as white as pure/clean wool. His throne had wheels that were blazing with fire, and his throne was also blazing.

11While I was watching, I could hear the little horn speaking very boastfully. As I continued to watch, the fourth beast was killed. Its corpse was thrown into a fire and completely burned.

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Cross References

1 Kings 22:19But Micaiah continued, saying, “Listen to what Yahweh showed to me! In a vision I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, with all the armies of heaven surrounding him, on his right side and on his left side.

Psalms 50:3Our God comes to us, and he is not silent. A great fire is in front of him, and a storm is around him.

Psalms 96:11All the beings that are in [MTY] the heavens should be glad, and all the people on the earth should rejoice. The oceans and all the creatures that are in the oceans should roar to praise Yahweh.

Psalms 97:3He sends fire in front of him, and he completely burns all his enemies in that fire.

Isaiah 30:27It is as though we see Yahweh coming from far away; he is extremely angry, and there are thick clouds of smoke around him. By what he says [MTY] he shows that he is angry; what he says is like [SIM] a devastating/destructive fire.

Isaiah 66:15Yahweh will come down with flames of fire, and his chariots will come down like [SIM] a whirlwind; he will be extremely angry, and he will punish his enemies by burning them in a fire.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 7:10-15

The Vision of the Four Beasts. ( b. c. 555.) 9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, 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 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… Read the whole commentary →

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