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In the vision I saw during the night, suddenly the four winds of heaven stirred up the great sea,[a]

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  1. 7:2 The great sea: the primordial ocean beneath the earth, according to ancient Near Eastern cosmology (Gn 7:11; 49:25). It was thought to contain various monsters (Is 27:1; Jb 7:12), and in particular mythological monsters symbolizing the chaos which God had vanquished in primordial times (Jb 9:13; 26:12; Is 51:9–10; etc.).

Daniel said: “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven(A) churning up the great sea.

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Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.

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