Daniel

Daniel 7

1Daniel's vision of the four beasts, 9and of God's kingdom. 15The interpretation thereof.

1IN the first year of ^aBelshazzar king of Babylon ^bDaniel ¹had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he ^cwrote the dream, and told the sum of the ²matters.

a ch. 5.1,31. Je. 27.7. b ch. 2.28. Am. 3.7. Ge. 15.1. Nu. 12.6. c Ro. 15.4. Is. 8.1; 30.8. Hab. 2.2. Re. 1.19; 14.13.

2Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the ^dfour winds of the heaven strove upon the ^egreat sea.

d Re. 7.1. Je. 49.30; 51.1; 4.11-13. Eze. 37.9. e Re. 17.15. Is. 57.20.

3And ^ffour great ^gbeasts came ^hup from the sea, diverse one from another.

f ch. 2.32,33,37-40. Zec. 6.1-8. v.4-7,17,23. g v.4-7. ch. 8.3-8. Zec. 6.2,3. Re. 13.1,2,11; 12.3; 9.3. h Re. 13.1. v.2. Is. 57.20. Re. 17.15.

4The first was ⁱlike a lion, and had ^jeagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof ^kwere plucked, ³and it ^lwas lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.

i 2Sa. 1.23. Is. 5.29. Je. 4.7,12; 48.40. Eze. 17.3. Hab. 1.8. De. 28.49,50. Je. 25.9-33. Re. 13.2. j Je. 4.13. k ch. 4.31-33; 5.30,31. Je. 50.30. l ch. 5.18-20,22,23. Is. 14.14. Hab. 2.5,9,10. Je. 25.9-33; 27.6,7,17; 51.30.

5And behold ^manother beast, a second, like to a bear, and ⁴it raised up itself on one side, and it had ⁿthree ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.

m ch. 2.32,39; 8.3. Zec. 6.2,6. Is. 13.15-18. Je. 50.20-28. Pr. 17.12. Re. 13.2. n ch. 8.4. Is. 41.2,3,25; 46.11; 13. Je. 50; 51. Ezr. 1.2. Es. 1.1.

6After this I beheld, and lo ^oanother, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it ^pfour wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.

o ch. 2.32,39; 8.5; 10.20; 11.3. Zec. 6.3,6. Ho. 13.7. Hab. 1.8. p ch. 4.22; 8.8,22; 11.4-35.

7After this I saw in the night visions, and behold ^qa 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 ^rwas diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

q v.19,23. ch. 2.33,40. Zec. 6.3,6,7. Re. 12.3; 13.1,2. r ch. 2.41,42. v.23,24. Re. 13.1; 17.12.

8I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them ^sanother little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were ^teyes like the eyes of man, and ^ua mouth speaking great things.

s v.20,21,24,25. 2Th. 2.3-10. 1Ti. 4.1-3. 2Ti. 3.1-5. Re. 9.1-11; 13; 17. ch. 11.36-39; 8.9. t Re. 9.7. 2Th. 2.10. 1Ti. 4.1,2. u Ps. 12.3. 2Th. 2.4. v.25. Re. 13.5,6. ch. 11.36-39.

9¶I beheld till ^vthe thrones were ^wcast down, and the ^xAncient of days did sit, whose ^ygarment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: ^zhis throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.

v Re. 4.2; 20.4. w ch. 2.44. Ps. 110.1,5,6. 1Co. 15.24,25. Re. 20.4,11. Mat. 19.28. x v.13,22. Is. 9.6. Ps. 90.2; 9.4; 50.4. Re. 16.5; 1.14. Ps. 104.2. 1Jn. 1.5. Is. 6.3. y Ps. 45.8. z Ac. 2.30,33. Re. 20.11. Ps. 50.3,6. 1Co. 3.15. 2Th. 1.7,8. 2Pe. 3.7,10. Eze. 1.13-16. Ps. 68.17; 104.3,4.

10A ^afiery stream issued and came forth from before him: ^bthousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: ^cthe judgment was set, and the books were opened.

a Ps. 50.3; 97.3. Is. 30.33; 66.15,16. Na. 1.6. b De. 33.2. Ps. 68.17; 103.20. He. 12.22. Re. 5.11. 1Ki. 22.19. c Re. 11.18; 20.4,12. De. 32.24. Ps. 56.8. Is. 65.6. Mal. 3.16. ch. 12.1.

11I beheld then because of ^dthe voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till ^ethe beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.

d v.25. Re. 13.5,6. e Re. 19.20; 20.10; 15-18. 2Th. 2.8.

12As concerning ^fthe rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet ⁵their lives were prolonged for a season and time.

f v.4-6. ch. 5.30; 8.7; 11.30. v.7.

13I saw in the night visions, and, behold, ^gone like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the ^hAncient of days, and ⁱthey brought him near before him.

g Re. 1.7,13-16; 14.14. Eze. 1.26. Mat. 26.64; 24.30; 25.31. Jn. 5.25-27; 20.17. He. 1.3; 4.14,15; 8.1. h v.9,22. i Ps. 47.5; 68.17,18. Jn. 1.51. Ac. 3.21.

14And there ^jwas given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is ^kan everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

j Mat. 11.27; 28.18. Jn. 3.35. 1Co. 15.27. Ep. 1.20-22. Phi. 2.9,10. Ps. 2.6-8; 8.6; 110.1,2. Is. 2.2-4. Re. 11.15. ch. 2.35,44. k ch. 2.44. v.27. Ps. 45.6; 145.13; 146.10. Is. 9.7. Mi. 4.7. Lu. 1.33. 1Co. 15.24-28. Jn. 12.34. He. 12.28. Re. 22.5.

15¶I Daniel ^lwas grieved in my spirit in the midst of my ⁶body, and the visions of my head troubled me.

l ch. 2.1; 4.5; 8.27; 10.8,16. v.28. Ge. 40.7,8; 41.8.

16I came near unto ^mone of them that stood by, and ⁿasked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.

m v.10. ch. 8.13,16; 10.5,6,16; 12.5,6. Zec. 3.4,7. n Pr. 2.3,4. Mat. 28.1,2. He. 1.14. Re. 1.1; 17.1.

17These great beasts, which are four, are ^ofour kings, which shall arise ^pout of the earth.

o v.3,4,23,24. ch. 2.38-40. Zec. 6.1-8. p v.3. Re. 13.1,11; 9.3. 1Co. 15.47,48. Ps. 17.14.

18But the saints of the ⁷most High ^qshall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.

q Re. 2.27; 3.21; 5.10; 20.4; 22.5. v.22,27. Ps. 45.16; 149.7-9. Is. 60.13. Mat. 25.34.

19Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse ⁸from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;

20And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of ^rthe other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, ^swhose look was more ^*stout than his fellows.

r v.8. s ch. 8.10; 11.37. v.21.

21I beheld, and the same horn ^tmade war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

t ch. 8.10,12,24; 11.28. Re. 11.7,9; 13.7. Ex. 17.8,9.

22^uUntil the Ancient of days came, and ^vjudgment was given to the saints of the most High; and ^wthe time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.

u v.9-11. 2Th. 2.8. Re. 11.12-19; 14.14-20; 16; 17.14; 19.11-21. v Mat. 19.28. 1Co. 6.2,3. Re. 1.6; 5.10; 20.4. w Is. 63.4. Ps. 149.7-9. Re. 20.4. 2Ti. 2.11. v.18.

23Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be ^xthe fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.

x ch. 2.40; 11.30. Nu. 24.24. Zec. 6.6,7. Lu. 2.1. Mat. 24.28. ch. 12.7.

24And the ^yten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and ^zanother shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.

y v.7. z ch. 11.36-39. 2Th. 2.3-10. 1Ti. 4.1-3. 2Ti. 3.2-5. Re. 9.1-11; 13; 17.

25And he shall ^aspeak great words against the most High, and shall ^bwear out the saints of the most High, and think ^cto change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until ^da time and times and the dividing of time.

a v.8. 2Th. 2.4. Re. 13.5,6. ch. 11.36; 8.24,25. 1Ti. 4.1-3. 2Ti. 3.2-4. b Re. 11.7; 13.7; 17.6; 18.24. c ch. 2.21. 1Ch. 29.30. 1Ti. 4.1-3. Re. 13.16,17. 2Th 2.4. d ch. 4.25; 12.7. Re. 9.5,10; 11.2,3; 12.6,14; 13.5.

26^eBut the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.

e v.9-11,22. 2Th. 2.8. Re. 11.13; 14; 16-19; 20.10.

27And ^fthe kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and ^gall ⁹dominions shall serve and obey him.

f v.14,18,22. ch. 2.44. Ps. 149.7-9. Re. 5.10; 2.27; 3.21; 11.15-18; 20.4. Is. 49; 54; 60-62. Je. 30-33. Eze. 34-48. Mi. 4; 5. Zec. 10; 12; 14. Re. 21. Lu. 1.33. Jn. 12.34. Is. 9.7. g Ge. 49.10. Ps. 2.8,9; 22.27-31; 72; 96-100; 110; 117. Re. 11.15. Jn. 12.32. Is. 60.12.

28Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations ^hmuch troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but ⁱI kept the matter in my heart.

h v.15. ch. 8.27; 10.8,16. i Lu. 2.51. Ps. 119.11.