KJV King James Version
I saw in the night visions, and, behold, [one] like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
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Daniel 7:13
I saw in the night visions, and, behold, [one] like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence.
WEB World English Bible
I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
ASV American Standard Version
I saw in the night-visions, and, behold, there came with the clouds of heaven one like unto a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I was seeing in the visions of the night, and lo, with the clouds of the heavens as a son of man was one coming, and unto the Ancient of Days he hath come, and before Him they have brought him near.
Surrounding context — Daniel 7
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 words which the horn spake: I beheld [even] till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.
12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, [one] like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion [is] an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom [that] which shall not be destroyed.
15 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of [my] body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
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חָזֵ֤הH2370 · cha.zahto seeהֲוֵית֙H1934 · ha.vato beבְּחֶזְוֵ֣יH2376 · che.zevvisionלֵֽילְיָ֔אH3916 · le.le.yanightוַאֲרוּ֙H718 · a.rubehold!עִם־H5974 · imwithעֲנָנֵ֣יH6050 · a.nancloudשְׁמַיָּ֔אH8065 · sha.ma.yinheavenכְּבַ֥רH1247 · barsonאֱנָ֖שׁH606 · e.nashmanאָתֵ֣הH858 · a.tahto comeהֲוָ֑הH1934 · ha.vato beוְעַד־H5705 · adtillעַתִּ֤יקH6268 · at.tiqancientיֽוֹמַיָּא֙H3118 · yomdayמְטָ֔הH4291 · me.tato reachוּקְדָמ֖וֹהִיH6925 · qo.dambeforeהַקְרְבֽוּהִי׃H7127 · qe.revto approach
Cross-references
Matthew 26:64Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.Revelation 1:7Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they [also] which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.Luke 21:27And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.Revelation 14:14And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud [one] sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.Matthew 24:30And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.Mark 14:61-62But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?Mark 13:26And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.Matthew 25:31When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:John 3:13And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, [even] the Son of man which is in heaven.Revelation 1:13And in the midst of the seven candlesticks [one] like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.Isaiah 9:6-7For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.Matthew 13:41The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;Revelation 1:18[I am] he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.Acts 7:56And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.Ephesians 1:20-21Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set [him] at his own right hand in the heavenly [places],Psalm 68:17-18The chariots of God [are] twenty thousand, [even] thousands of angels: the Lord [is] among them, [as in] Sinai, in the holy [place].Hebrews 9:24For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, [which are] the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:Daniel 7:22Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
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