Daniel 8:24

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Kekuatannya akan menjadi hebat, tetapi tidak sekuat yang terdahulu, dan ia akan mendatangkan kebinasaan yang mengerikan, dan apa yang dilakukannya akan berhasil; orang-orang berkuasa akan dibinasakannya, juga umat orang kudus.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Kekuatannya akan menjadi hebat, tetapi tidak sekuat yang terdahulu, dan ia akan mendatangkan kebinasaan yang mengerikan, dan apa yang dilakukannya akan berhasil; orang-orang berkuasa akan dibinasakannya, juga umat orang kudus.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka kuasanya akan bertambah-tambah, tetapi bukan dengan kuat dirinya sendiri, dan akan dinyatakannya kuasanya dalam membinasakan, dan dalam segala perbuatannya iapun akan beruntung, dan akan dibinasakannya orang-orang yang berkuasa, jikalau umat yang suci itu sekalipun.

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ Now when I Daniel had seene this vision, and sought for the vnderstanding of it: beholde, there stoode before me like the similitude of a man. ¹⁶ And I heard a mans voyce betweene Ulai, which cryed, and saide: O Gabriel make this man vnderstande the vision. ¹⁷ So he came and stoode by me: but I was afraide at his comming, and fell downe vpo my face: Then said he vnto me, Understand O thou sonne of man: for at the time of the ende this vision [shalbe.] ¹⁸ Now as he was speaking vnto me, I fell in a slumber vpon my face to the grounde: but he touched me, and set me vp in my place. ¹⁹ And he saide, Beholde, I wyll shewe thee what shalbe in the last wrath: for in the time appoynted it shalbe fulfilled. ²⁰ The ramme which thou sawest hauing two hornes, is the king of the Medes and Perses, ²¹ And the goate, is the king of Grecia: and the great horne that is betwixt his eyes, that is the first king. ²² But where as it brake, & foure other rose vp in the steade: [it signifieth,] that out of this people shall stande vp foure kingdomes, but not so mightie as it. ²³ And in the ende of their kingdome, when the wicked are come to the full, a king of a fierce countenaunce, and vnderstanding harde sentences, shall stand vp. ²⁴ His power shalbe mightie, but not in his strength, & he shall destroy wonderfully, he shall prosper & practise, and destroy the mightie and the holy people.

Bible Verse Review
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but: Revelation 13:3-9, Revelation 17:12, Revelation 17:13, Revelation 17:17

shall prosper: Daniel 8:12, Daniel 11:36

shall destroy: Daniel 8:10, Daniel 8:12, Daniel 7:25, Daniel 11:31-36, Revelation 13:10, Revelation 16:6, Revelation 17:6, Revelation 19:2

holy people: Heb. people of the holy ones

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 14:2 - General Deuteronomy 14:21 - an holy Psalms 37:12 - plotteth Isaiah 63:18 - people Daniel 2:40 - the fourth Daniel 7:21 - General Daniel 8:9 - came Daniel 8:25 - through Daniel 11:28 - the holy Daniel 12:7 - the holy Revelation 11:2 - tread Revelation 11:7 - the beast Revelation 13:7 - to make Revelation 19:20 - the false

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power,.... He should possess a large kingdom, and that should be increased by conquests:

but not in his power s, the power of Alexander; he should not arrive to that greatness he did, as in Daniel 8:22 so Jacchiades: or, "in his own power" t; for it was not so much by his own courage and valour, by any heroic actions of Antiochus, he became so great, as by craft and deceit: through sedition he procured the death of his father and eider brother; and by fraud got the kingdom from his nephew; and through the perfidy of Menelaus and Jason, the high priests of the Jews, and other apostates, he obtained what dominion he had over the Jews; and it was by the assistance of Eumenes king of Pergamos, and his brother Attalus, that he kept the kingdom he had usurped, who stood by him, in order to check the growing power of the Romans; and more especially it was by a power given him from above, or by the permission and providence of God, who suffered him to be so great, and to prevail particularly over the Jews; because of their sins, as Aben Ezra and Saadiah observe, to chastise them for them: so his antitype, antichrist, became great and powerful, through craft and policy, and by the help of the ten kings that gave their kingdoms to him:

and he shall destroy wonderfully; or beyond all credit, countries, cities, towns, and their inhabitants; he slew fourscore thousand Jews in three days' time, bound forty thousand, and sold as many,

"And there were destroyed within the space of three whole days fourscore thousand, whereof forty thousand were slain in the conflict; and no fewer sold than slain.'' (2 Maccabees 5:14)

or, "he shall destroy wonderful things" u; the temple, and the wonderful things of worth and value in it, so Saadiah and Jacchiades; he took away the vessels of the temple, the golden lamps, the ark, and table of gold, c.:

and shall prosper and practise for a while do what he pleased, none being able to oppose and hinder him; see Daniel 8:12

and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people; by the "mighty" may be meant the Egyptians, Parthians, and other nations he made war with; and by the "holy people" the Jews, who were sanctified and separated from other people by the Lord, to be a peculiar people; among whom were his holy temple, his holy priests, his holy word, ordinances, and worship; multitudes of these he destroyed, as before observed. Jacchiades interprets this of the sons of Aaron, the holy priests of the Lord, whom he slew.

s בכוחו "robore ipsius", Junius Tremellius, Piscator. t "In fortitudine sua", Pagninus, Montanus "per virtutem suam", Munster. u נפלאות "mirabilia", Montanus, Polanus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And his power shall be mighty - He shall be a powerful monarch. Though not as mighty as Alexander, yet his conquests of Egypt and other places show that he deserved to be numbered among the mighty kings of the earth.

But not by his own power - That is, it shall not be by any strength of his own, but by the power which God gives him. This is true of all kings and princes (compare John 19:11; Isaiah 10:5, following), but it seems to be referred to here particularly to show that the calamities which he was about to bring upon the Hebrew people were by Divine direction and appointment. This great power was given him in order that he might be an instrument in the Divine hand of inflicting deserved punishment on them for their sins.

And he shall destroy wonderfully - In a wonderful or extraordinary manner shall he spread desolation. This refers particularly to the manner in which he would lay waste the holy city, and the land of Judea. The history in the books of Maccabees shows that this was literally fulfilled.

And shall prosper - Antiochus was among the most successful kings in his various expeditions. Particularly was he successful in his enterprises against the holy land.

And practice - Hebrew, “do.” That is, he shall be distinguished not only for “forming” plans, but for “executing” them; not merely for “purposing,” but for “doing.”

And shall destroy the mighty and the holy people - The people of God - the Jewish nation. See the notes at Daniel 8:9-12.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Daniel 8:24. But not by his own power — The strength of the other kingdoms consisted in themselves; but the Roman empire, as a horn or kingdom of the goat, was not mighty by its own power - was not strong by virtue of the goat, but drew its nourishment and strength from Rome and Italy. There grew the trunk and body of the tree; though the branches extended over Greece, Asia, Syria, and Egypt. - Bp. Newton.

Shall destroy wonderfully — In the taking of Jerusalem by the Romans ninety-seven thousand Jews were made captives, and eleven hundred thousand were slain. So they destroyed this once mighty and holy people!