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Darby, John. "Commentary on Daniel 8". "John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/dsn/daniel-8.html. 1857-67.
Darby, John. "Commentary on Daniel 8". "John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament". https://www.studylight.org/
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Introduction
1:1 (c-0) (The title of this book, 'Daniel'), Meaning, '*God ( El ) is judge.'
Verse 2
8:2 fortress (e-20) See Nehemiah 1:1 .
Verse 9
8:9 earth]. (f-29) Or 'the beautiful.' It may be the land or the temple. see Ezekiel 20:6 ,Ezekiel 20:15 ; Daniel 11:16 ,Daniel 11:41 ,Daniel 11:45 ; see Psalms 50:2 .
Verse 11
8:11 he (g-2) There is here a change of gender in the original, making the little horn more personal.
Verse 12
8:12 trial (a-5) Or 'distress;' same word as 'service,' Numbers 4:3 ; 'suffering,' Isaiah 40:2 . it (b-17) i.e. the little horn. practised (c-27) Or 'wrought,' 'did great things.' see 1 Samuel 26:25 .
Verse 13
8:13 one (d-13) The word denotes a certain unknown person. long (e-17) Or 'Until when.'
Verse 14
8:14 vindicated. (f-20) Lit. 'justified.'
Verse 15
8:15 vision, (g-12) Heb. chazan , from chozeh , seer, as vers. 1,2,13,26 (second time). appearance (h-28) Heb. mareh . Strictly 'appearance,' but rendered 'vision' in vers. 16,26 (first time), and 27; ch. 9.23.
Verse 16
8:16 vision. (h-25) Heb. mareh . Strictly 'appearance,' but rendered 'vision' in vers. 16,26 (first time), and 27; ch. 9.23.
Verse 17
8:17 vision (g-31) Heb. chazan , from chozeh , seer, as vers. 1,2,13,26 (second time).
Verse 18
8:18 stood. (i-31) Or perhaps 'set me upright,' as ch. 10.11; Genesis 19:27 ; but cf. the preceding verse.
Verse 21
8:21 rough (k-3) Lit. 'hairy.' Greece; (l-9) Javan , Genesis 10:2 .
Verse 23
8:23 riddles, (m-25) Or 'dark sentences,' or 'hard sentences,' as ch. 5.12. see Numbers 12:8 ; or 'wiles.'
Verse 24
8:24 practise, (n-23) See ver. 12. saints. (o-35) Or 'holy ones;' Kodesh . see Psalms 89:7 .
Verse 25
8:25 many; (p-27) Or 'in [their] security shall destroy many.' see Jeremiah 12:10 .
Verse 26
8:26 vision, (g-21) Heb. chazan , from chozeh , seer, as vers. 1,2,13,26 (second time). vision (h-3) Heb. mareh . Strictly 'appearance,' but rendered 'vision' in vers. 16,26 (first time), and 27; ch. 9.23.
Verse 27
8:27 vision, (a-25) See Note h ver. 16. understood (b-28) Or 'explained.'