Daniel 7:5
3 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.
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.
6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
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
- 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!’
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- “Behold, there was another animal, a second, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth. They said this to it: ‘Arise! Devour much flesh!’
- ASV
- And, behold, another beast, a second, like to a bear; and it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
- DARBY
- And behold, another beast, a second, like unto a bear, and it raised up itself on one side; and [it had] three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and they said thus unto it: Arise, devour much flesh.
- BLB
- And behold, another beast, a second, being like a bear, and to one side it was raised up, and three ribs [were] in its mouth between its teeth; and thus they said to it, ‘Arise, devour much flesh!’
- ÅB
- Så fikk jeg se et dyr til, det annet i rekken; det var likt en bjørn og reiste seg på den ene side[^1]; det hadde tre ribben i sitt gap mellom sine tenner, og det ble sagt til det: Stå opp og et meget kjøtt!
- OTB
- Så så jeg et annet dyr, som lignet en bjørn. Det var reist på den ene siden, og det hadde tre ribbein i munnen mellom tennene. Det ble befalt: ‘Stå opp, fortær mye kjøtt!’
- B1930
- Så fikk jeg se et dyr til, det annet i rekken; det var likt en bjørn og reiste sig på den ene side; det hadde tre ribben i sitt gap mellem sine tenner, og det blev sagt til det: Stå op og et meget kjøtt! / < d.e. på det ene forben.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Daniel 2:39
And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
Read in contextJeremiah 50:21–32
Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.
Read in contextHosea 13:8
I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
Read in context2 Kings 2:24
And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
Read in contextIsaiah 13:17–18
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
Read in contextIsaiah 56:9
All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
Read in contextDaniel 11:2
And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
Read in contextProverbs 17:12
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
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