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title: Daniel 7:14
url: https://jw-apologetics.app/verses/daniel-7-14/
markdown: https://jw-apologetics.app/verses/daniel-7-14.md
type: verse
perspective: Protestant (historic Nicene) response to Jehovah's Witness teaching
reference: Daniel 7:14
testament: OT
section: Prophets
index: https://jw-apologetics.app/llms.txt
---

# Daniel 7:14

## Text (Berean Standard Bible)

> And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.

## JW Usage

The Watchtower acknowledges that Daniel 7:13-14 depicts "one like a son of man" approaching the Ancient of Days and receiving universal dominion — and reads this as Christ being entrusted with delegated authority by Jehovah after his exaltation. The "service" in verse 14 is rendered in the NWT as "should all serve him" rather than "should worship him." JW theology treats this as administrative loyalty to the King Jehovah appointed, not as worship in the sense reserved for Jehovah alone. Daniel 7:14 is compatible, on this reading, with Jesus being the highest creature who receives service from all nations without being God.

## Protestant Usage

Two cords to pull at the door. First, the worship question: the Aramaic verb in Daniel 7:14 is pelach, used elsewhere in Daniel for service rendered to Jehovah himself (Dan 3:12, 3:17, 3:18, 6:16, 7:27). It is the same cultic service word. Universal, everlasting service by every people, nation, and language group, with rulership that "will not pass away" — that is worship vocabulary, even if "service" is the English chosen. Second, the Mark 14 move: Jesus combined Daniel 7:13-14 with Psalm 110:1 under oath at his trial, and the high priest tore his robes in a formal blasphemy response. The hostile witnesses understood Jesus to be claiming divine prerogatives — sitting on God's throne and receiving God's authority. If Daniel 7:14 were about delegated creaturely office, the Sanhedrin had no legal basis for the blasphemy verdict. They had one, and they executed him for it. That is the best external commentary on what Daniel 7:14 actually says about the Son of Man's identity.

## Arguments Using This Verse

- [Jesus Receives Worship](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/worship-of-jesus.md) — Hebrews 1:6 / Revelation 5:13–14 / Daniel 7:13–14 [Deity of Christ]
- [The Trial That Proved Jesus Claimed to Be God](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/mark14-trial-deity-claim.md) — Mark 14:60-64 [Deity of Christ]
- [The Son of Man on the Clouds — A Divine Prerogative](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/daniel7-son-of-man-deity.md) — Daniel 7:13-14 [Deity of Christ]