Daniel 9:26

 

(KJB) 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.

(1611 KJB) And after threescore and two weekes, shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himselfe, and the people of the Prince that shall come, shall destroy the citie, and the Sanctuarie, and the ende thereof shall be with a flood, and vnto the ende of the warre desolations are determined.

(1568 Bishops Bible) After these threescore & two weekes shall Messiah be slaine, & not for him selfe: and the people of the prince that shal come, shall destroy the citie and the sanctuarie, and the ende thereof shalbe with a fludde, and vnto the ende of the battel it shalbe destroyed by desolatios

(1833 Webster's Bible) And 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.

 

Counterfeit Versions

(1901 ASV) And 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.

(AMP) Then after the sixty-two weeks [of years] the Anointed One will be cut off [and denied His Messianic kingdom] and have nothing [and no one to defend Him], and the people of the [other] prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined.

(CSB) After those sixty-two weeks the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing. The people of the coming ruler will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come with a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations are decreed.

(CEB) after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one will be eliminated. No one will support him. The army of a future leader will destroy the city and the sanctuary. His end will come in a flood, but devastations will be decreed until the end of the war.

(CEV) At the end of the sixty-two weeks, the Chosen Leader will be killed and left with nothing. A foreign ruler and his army will sweep down like a mighty flood, leaving both the city and the temple in ruins, and war and destruction will continue until the end, just as God has decided.

(DARBY) And 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.

(ERV) After the 62 weeks, the chosen one will be killed. He will be gone. Then the people of the future leader will destroy the city and the holy place. That end will come like a flood. War will continue until the end. God has ordered that place to be completely destroyed.

(ESV) And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war. Desolations are decreed.

(GNB)And at the end of that time God's chosen leader will be killed unjustly. The city and the Temple will be destroyed by the invading army of a powerful ruler. The end will come like a flood, bringing the war and destruction which God has prepared.

(HCSB)After those 62 weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. The people of the coming prince will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come with a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations are decreed.

(LEB) “And after the sixty and two weeks an anointed one shall be cut off, and he shall have nothing, and the people of the coming leader will destroy the city and the sanctuary, and its end will be with the flood and on to the end there shall be war; these desolations are determined.

 (LB) “After this period of 434 years, the Anointed One will be killed, his kingdom still unrealized . . . and a king will arise whose armies will destroy the city and the Temple. They will be overwhelmed as with a flood, and war and its miseries are decreed from that time to the very end.

(MSG) After the sixty-two sevens, the Anointed Leader will be killed—the end of him. The city and Sanctuary will be laid in ruins by the army of the newly arriving leader. The end will come in a rush, like a flood. War will rage right up to the end, desolation the order of the day.

(NABRE) After the sixty-two weeks an anointed one shall be cut down with no one to help him. And the people of a leader who will come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. His end shall come in a flood; until the end of the war, which is decreed, there will be desolation.

(NASV) Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined.

 (NCV) After the four hundred thirty-four years the appointed leader will be killed; he will have nothing. The people of the leader who is to come will destroy the city and the holy place. The end of the city will come like a flood, and war will continue until the end. God has ordered that place to be completely destroyed.

(NET) Now after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one will be cut off and have nothing. As for the city and the sanctuary, the people of the coming prince will destroy them. But his end will come speedily like a flood. Until the end of the war that has been decreed there will be destruction.

(NIV) After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed.

(NLV) After the sixty-two weeks, the Chosen One will be killed and have nothing. And the people of the ruler who is to come will destroy the city and the holy place. The end will come like a flood. Even to the end there will be war. For the Lord has said that much will be destroyed.

(NLT) “After this period of sixty-two sets of seven, the Anointed One will be killed, appearing to have accomplished nothing, and a ruler will arise whose armies will destroy the city and the Temple. The end will come with a flood, and war and its miseries are decreed from that time to the very end.

(NRSV) After the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall be cut off and shall have nothing, and the troops of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war. Desolations are decreed.

(RSV) And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall be cut off, and shall have nothing; and the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war; desolations are decreed.

(TLV) Then after the 62 weeks Mashiach will be cut off and have nothing. Then the people of a prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. But his end will come like a flood. Until the end of the war that is decreed there will be destruction.

(VOICE) After those 62 weeks of time the Anointed One will be cut down and have nothing; then the warriors of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and defile the sanctuary. Its end will come swiftly as in a flood and to the end there will be war. The decree has been issued: Desolation.

(WEB) After the sixty-two weeks the Anointed One shall be cut off, and shall have nothing: and the people of the prince who shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and its end shall be with a flood, and even to the end shall be war; desolations are determined.

 

Language and Affected Teaching

The word behind “Messiah” is “mãshĩach” which carries with it the meaning of “anointed” so why did the King James translators translate it “Messiah” in Daniel 9:25 & 26 when they translated it “anointed” in every other verse in the Old Testament?  It is translated “anointed” 37 times and “Messiah” 2 times.

 

{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.  {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 9:25-26)

 

First we will look at how the word “mãshĩach” is used in other verses:

 

If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.  (Leviticus 4:3)

 

And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD'S anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.  (1 Samuel 24:6)

 

Here we have two uses of the word “mãshĩach” where they are translated “anointed.”  In Leviticus 4:3 we see that the temple priests were anointed to that position.  In 1 Samuel 24:6 we read David refusing to raise his hand against Saul to kill him because he sees Saul as the anointed of the Lord even though there was no evidence that Saul was ever saved.  When the word “anointed” was used in these contexts they are speaking about human men.  When we come to Daniel 9:25-26, we read a different context.  Those verses are a prophecy of the Lord Jesus Christ and his crucifixion.  They do not have in view a mere man but Christ himself and that is why the King James translators used the word “Messiah” because it prophesied the events of when Christ would be cut off for the Elect of God.  That is the reason they did not use “anointed” because it would not show a distinction between Christ and ordinary men.  If they would have used the term “anointed” then who would that anointed one be?  There must be a distinction and the word “Messiah” gives us that distinction and a specific focus on the right person.

 

In Daniel 9:26, many of the modern versions do the same thing the Jehovah’s Witnesses Bible does in John 1:1.  (NWT)  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god. (John 1:1)  Notice that the New World Translation (NWT) makes Jesus “a” god (small g).  This means there are other gods according to the NWT.  In Daniel 9:26, the modern versions make the same egregious error by equating Christ with mere men bringing him down from his God status.  The CEB, ESV, LEB, NABRE, NET, NRSV, and RSV all use the word “an anointed” thus taking the specific reference to Christ and removing it to make him one among many ordinary men.  This is a blatant attack upon the Lord Jesus Christ. 

 

Then the modern versions do not stop there, let us look at some of the other serious defects in the modern versions concerning Daniel 9:26.

 

Many of them use the term “and shall have nothing.”  When the Lord Jesus Christ went to the cross he did not have “nothing” but the total opposite.  When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.  (John 19:30)  Once he died on the cross, all the Elect became sealed and the salvation plan of God was completed and all that took place after that was God applying salvation to his Elect and giving them to the Lord Jesus Christ.  All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.  (John 6:37)  So contrary to the modern versions, Christ received an entire kingdom of believers after he died.

 

The phrase “but not for himself” has been removed in the modern versions and replaced with “and shall have nothing” which is an incorrect rendering of the Hebrew, as usual.  The Messiah was not be cut off for himself but for the body of believers which the Father would give to him until the last one named would be saved.  This biblical truth was eliminated from the modern versions including the coveted ESV used by so many Christians.

 

(CEB) “an anointed one will be eliminated”

(ERV) “the chosen one will be killed. He will be gone”

(The Message)  “the Anointed Leader will be killed—the end of him.”

 

Look at the phrases above from Daniel 9:26.  All three speak of Christ as being totally “eliminated, gone, and ended.”  How ridiculous, do they not realize that Christ was not eliminated, gone, or ended because he was resurrected three days later and lives today which totally contradicts the terms “eliminated” and “end.”  The crucifixion was just the beginning as we know there is a Christian witness in every country in the world at present, even if it is underground.  These modern versions are horrible and should be avoided by every Christian.

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