And four great (A)beasts were coming up from the sea, different from one another. The first was (B)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 [a]mind also was given to it. 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!’ After this I kept looking, and behold, another one, (C)like a leopard, which had on its [b]back four wings of a bird; the beast also had (D)four heads, and dominion was given to it. After this I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, a (E)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 (F)ten horns.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 7:4 Lit heart
  2. Daniel 7:6 Or sides

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