Daniel 7:9-14

Common English Bible

Throne of fire and the human figure

⁹As I was watching,

        thrones were raised up.
    The ancient one took his seat.
        His clothes were white like snow;
        his hair was like a lamb’s wool.
        His throne was made of flame;
        its wheels were blazing fire.
¹⁰A river of fire flowed out from his presence;
    thousands upon thousands served him;
        ten thousand times ten thousand stood ready to serve him!
The court sat in session; the scrolls were opened.

¹¹I kept watching. I watched from the moment the horn started bragging until the beast was killed and its body was destroyed, handed over to be burned with fire. ¹²Then the authority of the remaining beasts was brought to an end, but they were given an extension among the living for a set time and season.

¹³As I continued to watch this night vision of mine, I suddenly saw

one like a human being^[a]
    coming with the heavenly clouds.
He came to the ancient one
    and was presented before him.
¹⁴Rule, glory, and kingship were given to him;
    all peoples, nations, and languages will serve him.
His rule is an everlasting one—
    it will never pass away!—
        his kingship is indestructible.