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New Living Translation

Daniel 7:21

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Horn;   Vision;   Scofield Reference Index - Beast (the);   The Topic Concordance - Empires/world Powers;   Government;   Saints;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Dreams;   Roman Empire, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Beasts;   Horn;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Allegory;   Apocalyptic;   War, Holy War;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Antichrist;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Prophecy;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Antichrist;   Daniel, the Book of;   Idol;   Lucifer;   Nebuchadnezzar;   Revelation of John, the;   Tyre;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Antichrist;   Daniel, Book of;   Saints;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Daniel, Book of;   Person of Christ;   Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Son of Man;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Beast;   Horns;   Prophets, the;   Saint;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Kingdom of christ of heaven;   Kingdom of god;   Kingdom of heaven;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Antichrist;   Messiah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - El 'Elyon;   Holiness;  

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
Geneva Bible (1587)
I beheld, and the same horne made battel against the Saintes, yea, & preuailed against 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 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 by all I had seen, and my visions terrified me. 16 So I approached one of those standing beside the throne and asked him what it all meant. He explained it to me like this: 17 "These four huge beasts represent four kingdoms that will arise from the earth. 18 But in the end, the holy people of the Most High will be given the kingdom, and they will rule forever and ever." 19 Then I wanted to know the true meaning of the fourth beast, the one so different from the others and so terrifying. It had devoured and crushed its victims with iron teeth and bronze claws, trampling their remains beneath its feet. 20 I also asked about the ten horns on the fourth beast's head and the little horn that came up afterward and destroyed three of the other horns. This horn had seemed greater than the others, and it had human eyes and a mouth that was boasting arrogantly. 21 As I watched, this horn was waging war against God's holy people and was defeating them, 22 until the Ancient One—the Most High—came and judged in favor of his holy people. Then the time arrived for the holy people to take over the kingdom. 23 Then he said to me, "This fourth beast is the fourth world power that will rule the earth. It will be different from all the others. It will devour the whole world, trampling and crushing everything in its path. 24 Its ten horns are ten kings who will rule that empire. Then another king will arise, different from the other ten, who will subdue three of them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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
So God said to Noah, "I have decided to destroy all living creatures, for they have filled the earth with violence. Yes, I will wipe them all out along with the earth!
Genesis 6:17
"Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die.
Genesis 7:3
Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird. There must be a male and a female in each pair to ensure that all life will survive on the earth after the flood.
Genesis 7:4
Seven days from now I will make the rains pour down on the earth. And it will rain for forty days and forty nights, until I have wiped from the earth all the living things I have created."
Genesis 7:6
Noah was 600 years old when the flood covered the earth.
Genesis 7:7
He went on board the boat to escape the flood—he and his wife and his sons and their wives.
Genesis 7:15
Two by two they came into the boat, representing every living thing that breathes.
Genesis 7:17
For forty days the floodwaters grew deeper, covering the ground and lifting the boat high above the earth.
Genesis 7:20
rising more than twenty-two feet above the highest peaks.
Genesis 7:22
Everything that breathed and lived on dry land 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.


 
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