In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream
and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and
told the sum of the matters.
Ce chapitre traite du même sujet que le deuxième chapitre. Mais là,
les quatre royaumes, et le royaume final du Messie, étaient
considé... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the
four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
VOICI, LES QUATRE VENTS - répondant aux "quatre bêtes". Ainsi, ce
qui est sous-entendu, ce sont leurs multiples conflits dans les quatre
quartiers ou directions du monde.
ST... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
BÊTES - pas des animaux vivants, comme les quatre chérubins de
Apocalypse 4:7 (pour l'original [ zooa (G2226)] est un mot différent
des bêtes [ theeria (G2342)] , et devrait y être traduit par
«animaux vivants»). Les animaux viva... [ Continuer la lecture ]
The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the
wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and
made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
LE PREMIER ÉTAIT COMME UN LION - symbole de force et de courage;
chef parmi les royaumes,... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up
itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between
the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
VOICI UNE AUTRE BÊTE, UNE SECONDE, COMME UN OURS - symbolisant la
vie austère des Mèdes... [ Continuer la lecture ]
After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon
the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads;
and dominion was given to it.
J'EN AI VU UN AUTRE, COMME UN LÉOPARD - plus petit que le lion;
rapide (Habacuc 1:8), cruel (Ésaïe 11:6), l'opposé de
l'apprivoisem... [ Continuer la lecture ]
After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast,
dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron
teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with
the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were
before it; and it had ten horn... [ Continuer la lecture ]
I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another
little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked
up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of
man, and a mouth speaking great things.
J'AI CONSIDÉRÉ LES CORNES, ET VOICI, UNE AUTRE P... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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.
J'AI REGARDÉ JUSQU'À CE QUE ... J'AI CONTINUÉ À CHERCHER JUSQU'À
CE QUE ...... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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.
UN COURANT ARDENT A JAILLI ET EST SORTI DE DEVANT LUI: DES MILLIERS
DE MILLIERS L'ONT ADMINISTRÉ - a... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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.
JE VIS ALORS À CAUSE DE LA VOIX DES GRANDES PAROLES PRONONCÉES PAR
LA CORNE: JE VIS MÊME JUSQU'À CE QUE LA BÊTE FÛT TUÉE. LE... [ Continuer la lecture ]
As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken
away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
EN CE QUI CONCERNE LE RESTE DES BÊTES, LEUR DOMINATION LEUR A ÉTÉ
ENLEVÉE. "Le reste des bêtes" - i: e., les trois premiers étaient
décédés , non par des jugements destr... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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.
UN COMME LE FILS DE L'HOMME - (voir note, Ézéchiel 2:1). Pas
simplement, comme les autres hommes, un fils de l'homme, mais le Fil... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_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._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the
visions of my head troubled me.
MOI, DANIEL, J'ÉTAIS AFFLIGÉ DANS MON ESPRIT AU MILIEU DE MON CORPS
- littéralement, gaine; le corps étant la gaine de l'âme.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_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._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise
out of the earth.
CES GRANDES BÊTES, QUI SONT QUATRE, SONT QUATRE ROIS i: e.,
royaumes. Comparez Daniel 7:23, "le quatrième royaume" (Daniel 2:38,
"Tu (Nebucadnetsar) es cette tête d'or; "Daniel 8:20 - Daniel 8:22,
où les quat... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess
the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
LES SAINTS DU TRÈS-HAUT. Le titre emphatique de Dieu dans cette
prophétie, qui délègue d'abord son pouvoir à Israël; puis aux
Gentils, en la personne de Nebucadnetsar, le premier "che... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse
from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and
his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the
residue with his feet;
ALORS JE CONNAIS LA VÉRITÉ SUR LA QUATRIÈME BÊTE, QUI ÉTAIT
DIFFÉRE... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which
came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes,
and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout
than his fellows.
CETTE CORNE QUI AVAIT DES YEUX ET UNE BOUCHE QUI DISAIT DE TRÈS
GRANDES C... [ Continuer la lecture ]
I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed
against them;
LA MÊME CORNE A FAIT LA GUERRE AUX SAINTS - a persécuté l'Église
(Apocalypse 11:7, "Quand ils (le deux témoins) LA MÊME CORNE A FAIT
LA GUERRE AUX SAINTS - a persécuté l'Église (Apocalypse 11:7,
"Quand ils (les deu... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Until 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.
JUSQU'À CE QUE L'ANCIEN DES TEMPS VIENNE. Le titre appliqué au
Père en Daniel 7:13 est ici appliqué au Fils, qui est appelé "le
Père éternel" (Ésaïe 9:6... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_THUS HE SAID, THE FOURTH BEAST SHALL BE THE FOURTH KINGDOM UPON
EARTH, WHICH SHALL BE DIVERSE FROM ALL KINGDOMS, AND SHALL DEVOUR THE
WHOLE EARTH, AND SHALL TREAD IT DOWN, AND BREAK IT IN PIECES._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:
and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the
first, and he shall subdue three kings.
ET LES DIX CORNES - répondant aux dix "orteils" (Daniel 2:41). ET
LES DIX CORNES - répondant aux dix "orteils" (Daniel... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear
out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws:
and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the
dividing of time.
IL PRONONCERA DE GRANDES PAROLES CONTRE LE TRÈS-HAUT ET ÉPUISERA
LES SA... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to
consume and to destroy it unto the end.
LE JUGEMENT SIÉGERA, ET ILS ENLÈVERONT SA DOMINATION, POUR LA
CONSUMER ET LA DÉTRUIRE JUSQU'À LA FIN
- une double opération. L'Antéchrist doit être progressivement
«consommé», comme la... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under
the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the
most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions
shall serve and obey him.
LA GRANDEUR DU ROYAUME SOUS TOUT LE CIEL, SERA DONNÉE AU PEUPLE... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations
much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the
matter in my heart.
MES COGITATIONS M'ONT BEAUCOUP TROUBLÉ - montrant que le
Saint-Esprit avait l'intention d'être bien plus compris par les
paroles de Daniel qu... [ Continuer la lecture ]