Daniel 7:3
1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.
2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.
5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much 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
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
Read in contextDaniel 7:17
These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
Read in contextDaniel 2:32–33
This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
Read in contextDaniel 7:4–8
The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.
Read in contextEzekiel 19:3–8
And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
Read in contextPsalms 76:4
Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
Read in contextZechariah 6:1–8
And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.
Read in contextDaniel 2:37–40
Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
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