After this I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, a (A)fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and extremely strong; and it had large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and trampled down the remainder with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had (B)ten horns. While I was thinking about the horns, behold, (C)another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the previous horns were plucked out before it; and behold, [a]this horn possessed eyes like human eyes, and (D)a mouth uttering great boasts.

The Ancient of Days Reigns

“I kept looking
Until (E)thrones were set up,
And the Ancient of Days took His seat;
His (F)garment was white as snow,
And the (G)hair of His head like pure wool.
His (H)throne was [b]ablaze with flames,
Its (I)wheels were a burning fire.
10 A river of (J)fire was flowing
And coming out from before Him;
(K)Thousands upon thousands were serving Him,
And myriads upon myriads were standing before Him;
The (L)court [c]convened,
And (M)the books were opened.

11 Then I kept looking because of the sound of the [d]boastful words which the horn was speaking; I kept looking until the beast was killed, and its body was destroyed and given to the (N)burning [e]fire.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 7:8 Lit in this horn were eyes
  2. Daniel 7:9 Lit flames of fire
  3. Daniel 7:10 Lit took its place
  4. Daniel 7:11 Lit great
  5. Daniel 7:11 Lit of the fire

“After that, in my vision(A) at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast—terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron(B) teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled(C) underfoot whatever was left.(D) It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns.(E)

“While I was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little(F) one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a human being(G) and a mouth that spoke boastfully.(H)

“As I looked,

“thrones were set in place,
    and the Ancient of Days(I) took his seat.(J)
His clothing was as white as snow;(K)
    the hair of his head was white like wool.(L)
His throne was flaming with fire,
    and its wheels(M) were all ablaze.
10 A river of fire(N) was flowing,
    coming out from before him.(O)
Thousands upon thousands attended him;
    ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him.
The court was seated,
    and the books(P) were opened.

11 “Then I continued to watch because of the boastful words the horn was speaking.(Q) I kept looking until the beast was slain and its body destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire.(R)

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