What Does Daniel 7:27 Mean in the King James?
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 analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
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.
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” 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.
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 changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:For the kingdom is the LORD’s: and he is the governor among the nations.And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.THE THREAD
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.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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