³¹ “You, O king, were watching; and behold, a great image! This great image, whose splendor was excellent, stood before you; and its form was awesome.

^5 [a]Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

⁸ Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and ^(A)showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

³ And four great beasts ^(A)came up from the sea, each different from the other. ⁴ The first was ^(B)like a lion, and had eagle’s wings. I watched till its wings were plucked off; and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand on two feet like a man, and a ^(C)man’s heart was given to it.

^5 (D)“And suddenly another beast, a second, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. And they said thus to it: ‘Arise, devour much flesh!’

⁶ “After this I looked, and there was another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird. The beast also had ^(E)four heads, and dominion was given to it.

⁷ “After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, ^(F)a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong. It had huge iron teeth; it was devouring, breaking in pieces, and trampling the residue with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, ^(G)and it had ten horns. ⁸ I was considering the horns, and ^(H)there was another horn, a little one, coming up among them, before whom three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots. And there, in this horn, were eyes like the eyes ^(I)of a man, ^(J)and a mouth speaking ^[a]pompous words.

Vision of the Ancient of Days

¹¹ “I watched then because of the sound of the ^[d]pompous words which the horn was speaking; ^(R)I watched till the beast was slain, and its body destroyed and given to the burning flame. ¹² As for the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away, yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.

Daniel’s Visions Interpreted

¹⁵ “I, Daniel, was grieved in my spirit ^[e]within my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. ¹⁶ I came near to one of those who stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of these things: ¹⁷ ‘Those great beasts, which are four, are four ^[f]kings which arise out of the earth.