² Daniel ^[a]said, “I was ^(A)looking in my vision by night, and behold, the ^(B)four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea. ³ And four great ^(C)beasts were coming up from the sea, different from one another. ⁴ The first was ^(D)like a lion but had the wings of an eagle. I kept looking until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the ground and set up on two feet like a man; a human ^[b]mind also was given to it. ⁵ And behold, another beast, a second one, resembling a bear. And it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth; and they said this to it: ‘Arise, devour much meat!’ ⁶ After this I kept looking, and behold, another one, ^(E)like a leopard, which had on its ^[c]back four wings of a bird; the beast also had ^(F)four heads, and dominion was given to it. ⁷ After this I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, a ^(G)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 ^(H)ten horns. ⁸ While I was thinking about the horns, behold, ^(I)another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the previous horns were plucked out before it; and behold, ^[d]this horn possessed eyes like human eyes, and ^(J)a mouth uttering great boasts.

¹⁷ ‘These great beasts, which are four in number, are four kings who will arise from the earth.