Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

I was seeing even till thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days sat, his garment white as snow, and the hair of his head as pure wool: his throne a flame of fire, his wheels a burning fire.

New American Standard Bible

“I kept looking
Until thrones were set up,
And the Ancient of Days took His seat;
His vesture was like white snow
And the hair of His head like pure wool.
His throne was ablaze with flames,
Its wheels were a burning fire.

King James Version

I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.

Holman Bible

“As I kept watching,

thrones were set in place,
and the Ancient of Days took His seat.
His clothing was white like snow,
and the hair of His head like whitest wool.
His throne was flaming fire;
its wheels were blazing fire.

International Standard Version

"I kept on watching until the Ancient of Days was seated. His clothes were white, like snow, and the hair on his head was like pure wool. His throne burned with flaming fire, and its wheels burned with fire.

A Conservative Version

I beheld till thrones were placed, and one who was ancient of days sat. His raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool. His throne was fiery flames, [and] the wheels of it burning fire.

American Standard Version

I beheld till thrones were placed, and one that was ancient of days did sit: his raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and the wheels thereof burning fire.

Amplified


“I kept looking
Until thrones were set up,
And the Ancient of Days (God) took His seat;
His garment was white as snow
And the hair of His head like pure wool.
His throne was flames of fire;
Its wheels were a burning fire.

Bible in Basic English

I went on looking till the seats of kings were placed, and one like a very old man took his seat: his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head was like clean wool; his seat was flames of fire and its wheels burning fire.

Darby Translation

I beheld till thrones were set, and the Ancient of days did sit: his raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was flames of fire, and its wheels burning fire.

King James 2000

I beheld till the thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and its wheels as burning fire.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"{I continued watching} until thrones were placed and an Ancient of Days sat; his clothing [was] like white snow and the hair of his head [was] like pure wool and his throne [was] a flame of fire and its wheels [were] burning fire.

Modern King James verseion

I watched until the thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days sat, whose robe was white as snow, and the hair of His head like the pure wool. His throne was like flames of fire, and His wheels like burning fire.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"I looked till the seats were prepared, and till the Ancient of Days sat him down. His clothing was white as snow, and the hairs of his head like the pure wool. His throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as the burning fire.

NET Bible

"While I was watching, thrones were set up, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His attire was white like snow; the hair of his head was like lamb's wool. His throne was ablaze with fire and its wheels were all aflame.

New Heart English Bible

I saw until thrones were placed, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool. His throne was fiery flames, and its wheels burning fire.

The Emphasized Bible

I continued looking, until that, thrones, were placed, and, the Ancient of days, took his seat, - whose, garment, like snow, was white, and, the hair of his head, like pure wool, his throne, was flames of fire, his wheels, a burning fire.

Webster

I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.

World English Bible

I saw until thrones were placed, and one who was ancient of days sat: his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, [and] its wheels burning fire.

Youngs Literal Translation

I was seeing till that thrones have been thrown down, and the Ancient of Days is seated, His garment as snow is white, and the hair of his head is as pure wool, His throne flames of fire, its wheels burning fire.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I beheld
הוה הוא 
Hava' (Aramaic) 
be, was,
Usage: 70

עד 
`ad (Aramaic) 
till, until, unto, ever, for, to, but at, even, hitherto , mastery , on, within
Usage: 35

the thrones
כּרסא 
Korce' (Aramaic) 
Usage: 3

רמה 
R@mah (Aramaic) 
Usage: 12

and the Ancient
עתּיק 
`attiyq (Aramaic) 
Usage: 3

of days
יום 
Yowm (Aramaic) 
Usage: 16

יתב 
Y@thiyb (Aramaic) 
Usage: 5

לבוּשׁ 
L@buwsh (Aramaic) 
Usage: 3

חוּר 
Chivvar (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

as snow
תּלג 
T@lag (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

and the hair
שׂער 
S@`ar (Aramaic) 
Usage: 3

of his head
ראשׁ 
Re'sh (Aramaic) 
Usage: 14

like the pure
נקא 
N@qe' (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

עמר 
`amar (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

כּרסא 
Korce' (Aramaic) 
Usage: 3

was like the fiery
נוּר 
Nuwr (Aramaic) 
Usage: 17

שׂביב 
S@biyb (Aramaic) 
Usage: 2

and his wheels
גּלגּל 
Galgal (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

as burning
דּלק 
D@laq (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

Context Readings

Daniel's Vision Of Four Beasts And The Son Of Man

8 I was considering upon the horns, and lo, another little horn went up among them, and three from the first horns were plucked up from before it: and lo, eyes as the eyes of a man in this horn, and a mouth speaking great things. 9 I was seeing even till thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days sat, his garment white as snow, and the hair of his head as pure wool: his throne a flame of fire, his wheels a burning fire. 10 A river of fire flowed and went out from before him: thousands of thousands will wait upon him, and myriads of myriads will stand before him: the tribunal sat, and the books were opened.



Cross References

Revelation 1:14

And his head and hairs white as white wool, as snow, and his eyes as a flame of fire;

Psalm 90:2

Before the mountains were born, and the earth shall be begun, and the habitable globe, and from forever even to forever, thou art God.

Daniel 7:22

Even till that the Ancient of days came, and the judgment was given to the holy ones of the Most High; and the time extending and the holy ones possessed the kingdom.

Mark 9:3

And his garments were shining, exceeding white, such as no fuller on earth can make white.

Psalm 45:8

Myrrh and aloes, cassia, all thy garments, from the temples of ivory, by which they gladdened thee.

Psalm 102:24-25

Saying, O my God, thou wilt not take me away in the half of my days: thy years in generations of generations.

Psalm 104:2-4

Being covered with light as a garment: stretching forth the heavens as a curtain:

Isaiah 9:6

For a child was born to us, a son was given to us, and the dominion shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, everlasting Father, Captain of Peace.

Ezekiel 1:13-21

And the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance as burning coals of fire, as the appearance of flames going about between the living creatures; and a shining to the fire, and from the fire will go forth lightning.

Ezekiel 10:2-7

And he will say to the man clothed with linen, and he will say, Go in between the wheel, underneath to the cherub, and fill thy fists with coals of fire from between the cherubs, and scatter over the city. And he will go in before mine eyes.

Daniel 2:34-35

Thou wert seeing even till a stone was cut out not with hands, and striking against the image upon the feet of iron and burnt clay, and breaking them in pieces.

Daniel 2:44-45

And in their days that they are kings, the God of the heavens shall set up a kingdom that shall not be destroyed forever: and its kingdom shall be left to another people; it shall beat small and destroy all these kingdoms, and this shall stand forever.

Daniel 7:13

I was seeing in the visions of the night, and lo, with the clouds of the heavens as the Son of man he came, and turning even to the Ancient of days; and they brought him near before him.

Micah 5:2

And thou, house of bread, of Ephratah, for being small among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall come forth to me he being ruler in Israel; and his goings forth from of old from the days of eternity.

Habakkuk 1:12

Art thou not from of old, O Jehovah, my holy God? We shall not die. O Jehovah, thou didst set him for judgment; and O Rock, thou didst found him for correction.

Matthew 17:2

And he was transformed before them: and his face shone as the sun, and his garments were white as the light.

Acts 2:30

Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God swore with an oath to him, of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, to raise up Christ to sit upon his throne:

Acts 2:33

Therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he poured out this, which ye now see and hear.

1 Corinthians 15:24-25

Then the end, when he should deliver up the kingdom to God, and the Father; when he should leave unemployed every beginning and every authority and power.

Philippians 3:9

And be found in him, not having my justice, that of the law, but that by faith of Christ, the justice from God by faith:

2 Thessalonians 1:7-8

And to you being pressed a release with us, in the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power,

1 Timothy 6:16

Who only having immortality, inhabiting inaccessible light; which none of men saw, nor can see; to whom honour and might forever. Amen.

2 Peter 3:7-10

And now the heavens and the earth, by the same word are stored up, being kept for fire to the day of judgment and of the perdition of irreligious men.

1 John 1:5

And this is the message which we have heard from him, and we announce to you, that God is light, and no darkness is in him.

Revelation 19:18-4

That ye might eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains of thousands, and the flesh of the strong, and the flesh of horses, and of them sitting upon them, and the flesh of all, free and servants, and of small and great.

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