Daniel 7:1-3
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Visions of the Four Beasts
7 In the first year of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head as he lay in bed. Then he wrote down the dream:[a] 2 I,[b] Daniel, saw in my vision by night the four winds of heaven stirring up the great sea, 3 and four great beasts came up out of the sea, different from one another.
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- Daniel 7:1 Q Ms Theodotion: MT adds the beginning of the words; he said
- Daniel 7:2 Theodotion: Aram Daniel answered and said, ‘I
Daniel 7:15-18
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Daniel’s Visions Interpreted
15 As for me, Daniel, my spirit was troubled within me,[a] and the visions of my head terrified me. 16 I approached one of the attendants to ask him the truth concerning all this. So he said that he would disclose to me the interpretation of the matter: 17 ‘As for these four great beasts, four kings shall arise out of the earth. 18 But the holy ones of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom for ever—for ever and ever.’
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- Daniel 7:15 Aram troubled in its sheath
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