What Does Daniel 7:27 Mean?
And the kingdom, and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under all the heavens, shall be given to the people of the set-apart ones of the Uplifted One, whose kingdom is a kingdom of ages, and all dominions shall serve him, and hear and respond.
Key words are shown with the Hebrew or Greek and what each word meant.
Selah Decoded Version The Selah Decoded Version renders what the Hebrew and Greek words meant to the people who first heard them.
King James wording
King James Version
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.THE KEY
The kingdom is given to the set-apart people, while every dominion will serve and heed the Most High.
THE MEANING
The powers around you do not hold the last word: this verse places all authority under the rule of the Most High. The kingdom beneath the whole heaven is given to the people set apart for him, and every dominion will hear and serve him. His kingdom endures through the ages.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The dominion shaping my life now is final, self-authorized, and permanent.
THE ROOT
יִשְׁתַּמְּעוּן
yishtamməʿun
GROWS FROM
שמע
š-m-ʿ
Hear, listen, heed; in this Aramaic form, obey.
“serve and hear and respond” in this verse is yishtamməʿun. The verb is built on the root for hearing, and its form here means to heed or obey. Obedience is hearing carried into response, so every dominion is described as answerable to him.
ALSO GROWS
shemaʿ: Hear, listen.
שְׁמַע
This is the root’s basic sense, which remains audible beneath the verse’s word for obedience.
yishtamməʿun: They obey, heed.
יִשְׁתַּמְּעוּן
This form in the verse shows hearing becoming a response to the one named.
יִפְלְחוּן
yiflechun
GROWS FROM
פלח
p-l-ḥ
Serve; render service, including service to a deity.
“serve and hear and respond” in this verse is yiflechun. The Aramaic word can name service to a ruler and service rendered in worship. One root runs through public allegiance and devotion, giving the dominions’ service a weight beyond mere administration.
ALSO GROWS
yiflechun: They shall serve.
יִפְלְחוּן
This is the plural form used here for the service of all dominions.
pālḥîn: They serve, worship.
פָּלְחִין
Daniel 3:12 uses this root for service to gods, showing how the same word can carry the force of worshipful allegiance.
עָלַם
ʿālam
GROWS FROM
עלם
ʿ-l-m
Age, an enduring span of time.
“kingdom of ages” in this verse is ʿālam. The word rendered “everlasting” carries age-language: the kingdom stretches across the ages, beyond any single passing moment. Its duration outlasts the dominions named in the same breath.
ALSO GROWS
ʿālam: Age, long duration.
עָלַם
This is the age-word in the verse’s description of the kingdom.
ʿālmin: Ages.
עָלְמִין
The plural form extends the same time-language across ages, giving the kingdom’s endurance an expansive reach.
THE PATTERN
Dominion is received from the Most High, and every earthly authority remains answerable to his reign.
And he changes the times and the seasons. He removes kings and raises up kings. He gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who know understanding.For the governance is the LORD's, and he rules among the nations.And the seventh messenger blows the trumpet, and great voices sound in heaven, saying, The governance of the world becomes the governance of our Lord and of his Anointed One, and he reigns into the ages of the ages.THE THREAD
And dominion was given to him, and weight, and a kingdom, so that all peoples, nations, and tongues should serve him. His dominion is a dominion of ages, which shall not be moved away, and his kingdom which shall not be destroyed.The Aramaic root פלח (p-l-ḥ, serve) appears in both verses. Daniel 7:14 links that service to the one given dominion; this verse extends it to every dominion, carrying the same root through the whole vision’s reach.
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