Daniel 7:21

Geneva Bible

I beheld, and the same horne made battel against the Saintes, yea, & preuailed against them,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
As I was watching, this horn waged war against the holy ones and was prevailing over them

Hebrew Names Version
I saw, and the same horn made war with the holy ones, and prevailed against them;

King James Version
I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

English Standard Version
As I looked, this horn made war with the saints and prevailed over them,

New American Standard Bible
"I kept looking, and that horn was waging war with the saints and prevailing against them,

New Century Version
As I watched, the little horn began making war against God's holy people and was defeating them

Amplified Bible
"As I kept looking, that horn was making war with the saints (believers) and overpowering them

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I kept looking, and that horn was waging war with the saints and overpowering them

Berean Standard Bible
As I watched, this horn was waging war against the saints and prevailing against them,

Contemporary English Version
While I was looking, this horn attacked God's chosen ones and was winning the battle.

Complete Jewish Bible
I watched, and that horn made war with the holy ones and was winning,

Darby Translation
I beheld, and that horn made war with the saints, and prevailed over them;

Easy-to-Read Version
As I was watching, this little horn began attacking and making war against God's holy people and killing them.

George Lamsa Translation
I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints and prevailed against them,

Good News Translation
While I was looking, that horn made war on God's people and conquered them.

Lexham English Bible
I continued watching, and this horn made war with the holy ones and it prevailed over them,

Literal Translation
I was looking, and that horn made war with the saints and overcame them,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I behelde, and the same horne made battail agaynst the sayntes, yee ad gat the victory off them:

American Standard Version
I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

Bible in Basic English
And I saw how that horn made war on the saints and overcame them,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

King James Version (1611)
I beheld, and the same horne made warre with the Saints, and preuailed against them;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I behelde, and the same horne made battaile against the sainctes, yea & preuayled against them.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I beheld, and that horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

English Revised Version
I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

World English Bible
I saw, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
I bihelde, and lo! thilke horn made batel ayens hooli men, and hadde maistrie of hem,

Update Bible Version
I looked, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

Webster's Bible Translation
I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

New English Translation
While I was watching, that horn began to wage war against the holy ones and was defeating them,

New King James Version
"I was watching; and the same horn was making war against the saints, and prevailing against them,

New Living Translation
As I watched, this horn was waging war against God's holy people and was defeating them,

New Life Bible
As I watched, this horn was fighting a war against the holy ones and winning the battle,

New Revised Standard
As I looked, this horn made war with the holy ones and was prevailing over them,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I continued looking, when, this horn, made war with the holy ones, - and prevailed against them:

Douay-Rheims Bible
I beheld, and lo, that horn made war against the saints, and prevailed over them,

Revised Standard Version
As I looked, this horn made war with the saints, and prevailed over them,

Young's Literal Translation
`I was seeing, and this horn is making war with the saints, and hath prevailed over them,

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ I Daniel was troubled in my spirit, in the middes of my body, and the visions of mine head made me afraide. ¹⁶ Therefore I came vnto one of them that stoode by, and asked him the trueth of all this: so he tolde me, and shewed me the interpretation of these things. ¹⁷ These great beastes which are foure, are foure Kings, which shall arise out of the earth, ¹⁸ And they shall take the kingdome of the Saintes of the most High, and possesse the kingdome for euer, euen for euer and euer. ¹⁹ After this, I woulde knowe the trueth of the fourth beast, which was so vnlike to all the others, very fearefull, whose teeth were of yron, and his nailes of brasse: which deuoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue vnder his feete. ²⁰ Also to know of the tenne hornes that were in his head, and of the other which came vp, before whome three fell, and of the horne that had eyes, and of the mouth that spake presumptuous thinges, whose looke was more stoute then his fellowes. ²¹ I beheld, and the same horne made battel against the Saintes, yea, & preuailed against them, ²² Vntill the Ancient of dayes came, and iudgement was giuen to the Saintes of the most High: and the time approched, that the Saintes possessed the kingdome. ²³ Then he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdome in the earth, which shall be vnlike to all the kingdomes, and shall deuoure the whole earth, and shall treade it downe and breake it in pieces. ²⁴ And the ten hornes out of this kingdome are tenne Kings that shall rise: and an other shall rise after them, and he shall be vnlike to the first, and he shall subdue three Kings,

Bible Verse Review
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Daniel 8:12, Daniel 8:24, Daniel 11:31, Daniel 12:7, Revelation 11:7-9, Revelation 12:3, Revelation 12:4, Revelation 13:5-7, Revelation 13:8-18, Revelation 17:6, Revelation 17:14, Revelation 19:19

Reciprocal: Psalms 75:4 - Lift Zechariah 14:5 - the Lord Revelation 9:21 - their murders Revelation 13:7 - to make Revelation 18:24 - in her

Cross-References

Genesis 6:13
And God said vnto Noah, An ende of all flesh is come before me: for the earth is filled with crueltie through them: and beholde, I wil destroy them with the earth.

Genesis 6:17
And I, beholde, I will bring a flood of waters vpon the earth to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life vnder the heauen: all that is in the earth shall perish.

Genesis 7:3
Of the foules also of the heauen by seuens, male and female, to keepe seede aliue vpon the whole earth.

Genesis 7:4
For seuen dayes hence I will cause it raine vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes, and all the substance that I haue made, will I destroy from off the earth.

Genesis 7:6
And Noah was sixe hundreth yeeres olde, when the flood of waters was vpon the earth.

Genesis 7:7
So Noah entred and his sonnes, and his wife, & his sonnes wiues with him into the Arke, because of the waters of the flood.

Genesis 7:15
For they came to Noah into ye Arke, two and two, of all flesh wherein is ye breath of life.

Genesis 7:17
Then ye flood was fourtie dayes vpon the earth, and the waters were increased, and bare vp the Arke, which was lift vp aboue the earth.

Genesis 7:20
Fifteene cubites vpwarde did the waters preuaile, when the mountaines were couered.

Genesis 7:22
Euery thing in whose nostrels the spirit of life did breathe, whatsoeuer they were in the drie land, they died.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints,.... The same little horn before described; not Antiochus Epiphanes, who made war with the Jews, as many think; or the Roman Caesars, that persecuted the church of Christ, as others; nor Titus Vespasian, who fought against Israel, as Saadiah; but antichrist, or the pope of Rome; and this refers to the wars of the popes with the Waldenses, which began in the year 1160, and continued long, and with the two witnesses at the close of their testimony, Revelation 11:7, this Daniel had a view of in vision; not while he was inquiring of the angel, but before, though not mentioned till now; and was a reason he was so very inquisitive about this little horn, because of its war with the saints, and its success, as follows:

and prevailed against them: as the popes and their abettors did against the Waldenses and Albigenses, whom they slew in great numbers, and got the victory over; as the beast also, the same with this little horn, will overcome the witnesses, and slay them, Revelation 11:7.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints - I continued to look on this until I saw war made by this horn with the people of God. This circumstance, also, is not referred to in the first description, and the order of time in the description would seem to imply that the war with the saints would be at a considerable period after the first appearance of the horn, or would be only when it had grown to its great size and power. This “war” might refer to open hostilities, carried on in the usual manner of war; or to persecution, or to any invasion of the rights and privileges of others. As it is a “war with the saints,” it would be most natural to refer it to persecution.

And prevailed against them - That is, he overcame and subdued them, he was stronger than they were, and they were not able to resist him. The same events are evidently referred to and in almost similar language - borrowed probably from Daniel - in Revelation 13:5-7 : “And there was given him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them; and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Daniel 7:21. The same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them. — Those who make Antiochus the little horn, make the saints the Jewish people. Those who understand the popedom by it, see this as referring to the cruel persecutions of the popes of Rome against the Waldenses and Albigenses, and the Protestant Church in general.