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Daniel 7

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 7 of 12

1 In the first year of Belshazzar, king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head on his bed. Then he related the dream, giving the sum of the matters.

2 Daniel answered and said, In my vision by night I was looking. And, behold, the four winds of the heavens were stirring up the Great Sea.

3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, this one different from this one.

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Chapter Summary

Daniel's vision of four beasts. Of Jehovah's kingdom.

Key Hebrew Words

חֵיוָא beast H2423 · TWOT 2727b
קֶ֫רֶן horn H7162 · TWOT 2980
עַתִּיק Ancient (of Days) H6268 · TWOT 2935
שׇׁלְטָן dominion H7985 · TWOT 3034a
קַדִּישׁ holy ones (saints) H6922 · TWOT 2967
מַלְכוּ kingdom H4437 · TWOT 2829c

Cross-References

People & Context

Daniel

Receives and records the night vision of the four beasts and the Son of Man, troubled and seeking its meaning.

Belshazzar

King of Babylon in whose first year Daniel sees the vision; named only as the chronological setting.

Timeline

Vision of the Four Beasts

Daniel had a terrifying vision of four great beasts emerging from the sea, representing four earthly kingdoms [31-33]. He then saw the Ancient of Days sit in judgment, and One like the Son of Man came with clouds and was given an everlasting dominion that shall not be destroyed.

Daniel 7:1-28

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