Daniel 7:3
1 In the first year of the reign of Belshazzar over Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he lay on his bed. He wrote down the dream, and this is the summary of his account.
2 Daniel declared: “In my vision in the night I looked, and suddenly the four winds of heaven were churning up the great sea.
Then four great beasts came up out of the sea, each one different from the others:
4 The first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and given the mind of a man.
5 Suddenly another beast appeared, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. So it was told, ‘Get up and gorge yourself on flesh!’
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then four great beasts came up out of the sea, each one different from the others:
- KJV
- And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
- WEB
- Four great animals came up from the sea, different from one another.
- ASV
- And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
- DARBY
- And four great beasts came up from the sea, different one from another.
- BLB
- And four great beasts were coming up from the sea, changing this one from this one.
- ÅB
- Og fire store dyr steg opp av havet, og alle var de forskjellige fra hverandre.
- OTB
- Fire mektige dyr steg opp fra havet, hvert forskjellig fra de andre.
- B1930
- Og fire store dyr steg op av havet, og alle var de forskjellige fra hverandre.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 13:1
Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.
Read in contextDaniel 7:17
‘These four great beasts are four kings who will arise from the earth.
Read in contextDaniel 2:32–33
The head of the statue was pure gold, its chest and arms were silver, its belly and thighs were bronze,
Read in contextDaniel 7:4–8
The first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and given the mind of a man.
Read in contextEzekiel 19:3–8
She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
Read in contextPsalms 76:4
You are resplendent with light, more majestic than mountains filled with game.
Read in contextZechariah 6:1–8
And again I lifted up my eyes and saw four chariots coming out from between two mountains—mountains of bronze.
Read in contextDaniel 2:37–40
You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.
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