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Judgment before the Ancient One

As I watched,
thrones were set in place,
    and an Ancient One[a] took his throne;
his clothing was white as snow
    and the hair of his head like pure wool;
his throne was fiery flames,
    and its wheels were burning fire.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 7.9 Aram an Ancient of Days

“As I looked,

“thrones were set in place,
    and the Ancient of Days(A) took his seat.(B)
His clothing was as white as snow;(C)
    the hair of his head was white like wool.(D)
His throne was flaming with fire,
    and its wheels(E) were all ablaze.

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13 As I watched in the night visions,

I saw one like a human being[a]
    coming with the clouds of heaven.
And he came to the Ancient One[b]
    and was presented before him.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 7.13 Aram one like a son of man
  2. 7.13 Aram the Ancient of Days

13 “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man,[a](A) coming(B) with the clouds of heaven.(C) He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 7:13 The Aramaic phrase bar enash means human being. The phrase son of man is retained here because of its use in the New Testament as a title of Jesus, probably based largely on this verse.

18 But the holy ones of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever—forever and ever.”(A)

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18 But the holy people(A) of the Most High will receive the kingdom(B) and will possess it forever—yes, for ever and ever.’(C)

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Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases?(A)

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Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world?(A) And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?

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Do you not know that we are to judge angels, to say nothing of ordinary matters?

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Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!

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