16I have drawn near unto one of those standing, and the certainty I seek from him of all this; and he hath said to me, yea, the interpretation of the things he hath caused me to know:


In Context

13 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.

14 And to him is given dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, and all peoples, nations, and languages do serve him, his dominion is a dominion age-during, that passeth not away, and his kingdom that which is not destroyed.

15 Pierced hath been my spirit — I, Daniel — in the midst of the sheath, and the visions of my head trouble me;

16 I have drawn near unto one of those standing, and the certainty I seek from him of all this; and he hath said to me, yea, the interpretation of the things he hath caused me to know:

17 These great beasts, that are four, are four kings, they rise up from the earth;

18 and receive the kingdom do the saints of the Most High, and they strengthen the kingdom unto the age, even unto the age of the ages.

Daniel 7:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:16I 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:16I approached one of those standing there and asked him the true meaning of all this. "So he told me and gave me the interpretation of these things:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:16I went near to one of them that stood by, and asked the truth of him concerning all these things, and he told me the interpretation of the words, and instructed me:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:16I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth concerning all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the certainty of all this. And he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:16I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth concerning all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16I came near to 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16I came near to one of those who stood by, and asked him the truth concerning all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:16I came near to 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.