Daniel 9 · Verse 26

Daniel 9:26

And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Daniel 9:26, King James Version

Daniel 9:26 in other translations

BSBThen after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.
WEBAfter the sixty-two weeks the Anointed One will be cut off, and will have nothing. The people of the prince who come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end will be with a flood, and war will be even to the end. Desolations are determined.
ASVAnd after the threescore and two weeks shall the anointed one be cut off, and shall have nothing: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and even unto the end shall be war; desolations are determined.
YLTAnd after the sixty and two weeks, cut off is Messiah, and the city and the holy place are not his, the Leader who hath come doth destroy the people; and its end is with a flood, and till the end is war, determined are desolations.
DARBYAnd after the sixty-two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, and shall have nothing; and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with an overflow, and unto the end, war, — the desolations determined.
BBEAnd at the end of the times, even after the sixty-two weeks, one on whom the holy oil has been put will be cut off and have no...; and the town and the holy place will be made waste together with a prince; and the end will come with an overflowing of waters, and even to the end there will be war; the making waste which has been fixed.
WebsterAnd after sixty and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and its end shall be with a flood, and to the end of the war desolations are determined.

What does Daniel 9:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
26. after threescore and two weeks--rather, the threescore and two weeks. In this verse, and in Da 9:27, Messiah is made the prominent subject, while the fate of the city and sanctuary are secondary, being mentioned only in the second halves of the verses. Messiah appears in a twofold aspect, salvation to believers, judgment on unbelievers (Lu 2:34; compare Mal 3:1-6; 4:1-3). He repeatedly, in Passion week, connects His being "cut off" with the destruction of the city, as cause and effect (Mt 21:37-41; 23:37, 38; Lu 21:20-24; 23:28-31). Israel might naturally expect Messiah's kingdom of glory, if not after the seventy years' captivity, at least at the end of the sixty-two weeks; but, instead of that, shall be His death, and the consequent destruction of Jerusalem. not for himself--rather, "there shall be nothing to Him" [Hengstenberg]; not that the real object of His first coming (His spiritual kingdom) should be frustrated; but the earthly kingdom anticipated by the Jews should, for the present, come to naught, and not then be realized. Tregelles refers the title, "the Prince" (Da 9:25), to the time of His entering Jerusalem on an ass's colt, His only appearance as a king, and six days afterwards put to death as "King of the Jews." the people of the prince--the Romans, led by Titus, the representative of the world power, ultimately to be transferred to Messiah, and so called by Messiah's title, "the Prince"; as also because sent by Him, as His instrument of judgment (Mt 22:7). end thereof--of the sanctuary. Tregelles takes it, "the end of the Prince," the last head of the Roman power, Antichrist. with a flood--namely, of war (Psa 90:5; Is 8:7, 8; 28:18). Implying the completeness of the catastrophe, "not one stone left on another." unto the end of the war--rather, "unto the end there is war." determined--by God's decree (Is 10:23; 28:22).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 And the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary - By the "prince" Titus, the son of Vespasian, is plainly intended; and "the people of that prince" are no other than the Romans, who, according to the prophecy, destroyed the sanctuary, הקדש hakkodesh, the holy place or temple, and, as a flood, swept away all, till the total destruction of that obstinate people finished the war.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Daniel 9:20-27

An answer was immediately sent to Daniel's prayer, and it is a very memorable one. We cannot now expect that God should send answers to our prayers by angels, but if we pray with fervency for that which God has promised, we may by faith take the promise as an immediate answer to the prayer; for He is faithful that has promised. Daniel had a far greater and more glorious redemption discovered to him, which God would…

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Daniel 9:26 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאַחֲרֵ֤יve.'a.cha.Reiand afterH310
הַשָּׁבֻעִים֙ha.sha.vu.'Imthe sevensH7620
שִׁשִּׁ֣יםshi.ShimsixtyH8346
וּשְׁנַ֔יִםu.she.Na.yimand twoH8147
יִכָּרֵ֥תyi.ka.Rethe will be cut offH3772
מָשִׁ֖יחַma.Shi.achan anointed [one]H4899
וְאֵ֣יןve.'Einand nothingH369
ל֑וֹlo[will belong] to him
וְהָעִ֨ירve.ha.'Irand the cityH5892
וְהַקֹּ֜דֶשׁve.ha.Ko.deshand the sanctuaryH6944
יַ֠שְׁחִיתYash.chitit will destroyH7843
עַ֣ם'am[the] people ofH5971
נָגִ֤ידna.Gida princeH5057
הַבָּא֙ha.Ba'who is comingH935
וְקִצּ֣וֹve.ki.Tzoand end hisH7093
בַשֶּׁ֔טֶףva.She.tef[will be] by <the> floodH7858
וְעַד֙ve.'Adand [will be] untilH5704
קֵ֣ץketz[the] endH7093
מִלְחָמָ֔הmil.cha.MahwarH4421
נֶחֱרֶ֖צֶתne.che.Re.tzet[are] determinedH2782
שֹׁמֵמֽוֹת\׃sho.me.Motdesolate [things]H8074

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Cross references for Daniel 9:26

  • Isaiah 53:8

    He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

  • Nahum 1:8

    But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

  • Luke 24:26

    Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?

  • Mark 13:2

    And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

  • Mark 9:12

    And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

  • Matthew 24:2

    And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

  • John 11:51-52

    And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.

  • 1 Peter 2:24

    Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

  • Luke 19:43-44

    For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

  • Daniel 9:27

    And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

  • 1 Peter 3:18

    For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

  • 2 Corinthians 5:21

    For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Messiah.
Ps 22:15; Isa 53:8; Mr 9:12; Lu 24:26,46; Joh 11:51,52; 12:32-34
2Co 5:21; Ga 3:13; 1Pe 2:21,24; 3:18
but not. or, and shall have nothing.
Joh 14:30
and the people, etc. or, and (the Jews) shall be no more hispeople.
11:17; Ho 1:9
or, and the Prince's (Messiah's, ver. 25,) future people.The Romans, who under Titus, after the expiration of the 70 weeks, destroyed the temple and the city, and dispersed the Jews.
the prince.
Mt 22:2,7; 23:38; 24:2; Mr 13:2; Lu 19:43,44; 21:6,24; Ac 6:13,14
and the end.
Mt 24:6-14; Mr 13:7
with.
11:10; Isa 8:7; Jer 46:7; Am 8:8; 9:5; Na 1:8
desolations are determined. or, it shall be cut off bydesolations

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Context

  • Daniel 9:25

    Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

  • Daniel 9:26

    And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

  • Daniel 9:27

    And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

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Daniel 9:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y después de las sesenta y dos semanas se quitará la vida al Mesías, y no por sí: y el pueblo de un príncipe que ha de venir, destruirá á la ciudad y el santuario; con inundación será el fin de ella, y hasta el fin de la guerra será talada con asolamientos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et après les 62 semaines, le Messie sera retranché et n’aura rien; et le peuple du prince qui viendra, détruira la ville et le lieu saint, et la fin en sera avec débordement; et jusqu’à la fin il y aura guerre, un décret de désolations.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und nach den 62 Wochen wird der Messias weggetan werden und nichts haben. Und das Volk des kommenden Fürsten wird die Stadt und das Heiligtum zerstören, und das Ende davon wird durch die überströmende Flut sein und bis ans Ende: Krieg, Festbeschlossenes von Verwüstungen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et post hebdomades sexaginta duas occidetur christus: et non erit ejus populus qui eum negaturus est. Et civitatem et sanctuarium dissipabit populus cum duce venturo: et finis ejus vastitas, et post finem belli statuta desolatio.