Daniel

Chapter 7

1  Daniel's vision of four beasts.  9  Of God's Kingdom.  15  The interpretation thereof.

7:1 ¶ In the first {2298} year {8140} of Belshazzar {1113} king {4430} of Babylon {895} Daniel {1841} had {2370} <8754> a dream {2493} and visions {2376} of his head {7217} upon {5922} his bed: {4903} then {116} he wrote {3790} <8754> the dream, {2493} [and] told {560} <8754> the sum {7217} of the matters. {4406}

7:2 Daniel {1841} spake {6032} <8750> and said, {560} <8750> I saw {2370} {1934} <8751> <8754> in my vision {2376} by {5974} night, {3916} and, behold, {718} the four {703} winds {7308} of the heaven {8065} strove {1519} <8683> upon the great {7229} sea. {3221}

7:3 And four {703} great {7260} beasts {2423} came up {5559} <8751> from {4481} the sea, {3221} diverse {8133} <8750> one {1668} from [4481] another. {1668} (4481)

7:4 The first {6933} [was] like a lion, {744} and had eagle's {5403} (1768) wings: {1611} I beheld {1934} {2370} <8754> <8751> till {5705} (1768) the wings {1611} thereof were plucked, {4804} <8760> and it was lifted up {5191} <8760> from {4481} the earth, {772} and made stand {6966} <8717> upon {5922} the feet {7271} as a man, {606} and a man's {606} heart {3825} was given {3052} <8753> to it.

7:5 And behold {718} another {317} beast, {2423} a second, {8578} like {1821} <8751> to a bear, {1678} and it raised up {6966} <8684> itself on one {2298} side, {7859} and [it had] three {8532} ribs {5967} in the mouth {6433} of it between {997} the teeth {8128} of it: and they said {560} <8750> thus {3652} unto it, Arise, {6966} <8747> devour {399} <8747> much {7690} flesh. {1321}

7:6 After {870} this {1836} I beheld, {1934} {2370} <8754> <8751> and lo {718} another, {317} like a leopard, {5245} which had upon {5922} the back {1355} of it four {703} wings {1611} of (1768) a fowl; {5776} the beast {2423} had also four {703} heads; {7217} and dominion {7985} was given {3052} <8753> to it.

7:7 After {870} this {1836} I saw {1934} {2370} <8754> <8751> in the night {3916} visions, {2376} and behold {718} a fourth {7244} beast, {2423} dreadful {1763} <8753> and terrible, {574} and strong {8624} exceedingly; {3493} and it had great {7260} iron {6523} (1768) teeth: {8128} it devoured {399} <8750> and brake in pieces, {1855} <8683> and stamped {7512} <8751> the residue {7606} with the feet {7271} of it: and it {1932} [was] diverse {8133} <8743> from {4481} all {3606} the beasts {2423} that (1768) [were] before {6925} it; and it had ten {6236} horns. {7162}

7:8 I considered {1934} {7920} <8754> <8723> the horns, {7162} and, behold, {431} there came up {5559} <8754> among {997} them another {317} little {2192} horn, {7162} before {6925} {4481} whom there were three {8532} of {4481} the first {6933} horns {7162} plucked up by the roots: {6132} <8725> and, behold, {431} in this {1668} horn {7162} [were] eyes {5870} like the eyes {5870} of man, {606} and a mouth {6433} speaking {4449} <8743> great things. {7260}

7:9 ¶ I beheld {1934} {2370} <8754> <8751> till {5705} (1768) the thrones {3764} were cast down, {7412} <8752> and the Ancient {6268} of days {3118} did sit, {3488} <8754> whose garment {3831} [was] white {2358} as snow, {8517} and the hair {8177} of his head {7217} like the pure {5343} wool: {6015} his throne {3764} [was like] the fiery {5135} (1768) flame, {7631} [and] his wheels {1535} [as] burning {1815} <8751> fire. {5135}

7:10 A fiery {5135} (1768) stream {5103} issued {5047} <8743> and came forth {5312} <8750> from {4481} before {6925} him: thousand {506} thousands {506} ministered {8120} <8741> unto him, and ten thousand [7240] times ten thousand {7240} stood {6966} <8748> before {6925} him: the judgment {1780} was set, {3488} <8754> and the books {5609} were opened. {6606} <8760>

7:11 I beheld {1934} {2370} <8754> <8751> then {116} because [4481] of (4481) the voice {7032} of the great {7260} words {4406} which (1768) the horn {7162} spake: {4449} <8743> I beheld {1934} {2370} <8754> <8751> [even] till {5705} (1768) the beast {2423} was slain, {6992} <8752> and his body {1655} destroyed, {7} <8717> and given {3052} <8753> to the burning {3346} flame. {785}

7:12 As concerning the rest {7606} of the beasts, {2423} they had their dominion {7985} taken away: {5709} <8684> yet their lives {2417} were prolonged {3052} <8753> (754) for {5705} a season {2166} and time. {5732}

7:13 I saw {1934} {2370} <8754> <8751> in the night {3916} visions, {2376} and, behold, {718} [one] like the Son {1247} of man {606} came {858} <8750> (1934) with {5974} the clouds {6050} of heaven, {8065} and came {4291} <8754> to {5705} the Ancient {6268} of days, {3118} and they brought him near {7127} <8684> before {6925} him.

7:14 And there was given {3052} <8753> him dominion, {7985} and glory, {3367} and a kingdom, {4437} that all {3606} people, {5972} nations, {524} and languages, {3961} should serve {6399} <8748> him: his dominion {7985} [is] an everlasting {5957} dominion, {7985} which (1768) shall not {3809} pass away, {5709} <8748> and his kingdom {4437} [that] which (1768) shall not {3809} be destroyed. {2255} <8721>

7:15 ¶ I {576} Daniel {1841} was grieved {3735} <8730> in my spirit {7308} in the midst {1459} of [my] body, {5085} and the visions {2376} of my head {7217} troubled {927} <8792> me.

7:16 I came near {7127} <8754> unto {5922} one {2298} of {4481} them that stood by, {6966} <8750> and asked {1156} <8748> (4481) him [4481] the truth {3330} of (5922) all {3606} this. {1836} So he told {560} <8754> me, and made me know {3046} <8681> the interpretation {6591} of the things. {4406}

7:17 These {459} great {7260} beasts, {2423} which [581] (1768) are four, {703} [are] four {703} kings, {4430} [which] shall arise {6966} <8748> out of {4481} the earth. {772}

7:18 But the saints {6922} of the most High {5946} shall take {6902} <8741> the kingdom, {4437} and possess {2631} <8681> the kingdom {4437} for [5705] ever, {5957} (5705) even for [5705] ever {5957} (5705) and ever. {5957}

7:19 Then {116} I would {6634} <8754> know (3046) the truth {3321} <8742> of {5922} the fourth {7244} beast, {2423} which (1768) was {1934} <8754> diverse {8133} <8750> from {4481} all {3606} the others, exceeding {3493} dreadful, {1763} <8753> whose teeth {8128} [were of] (1768) iron, {6523} and his nails {2953} [of] (1768) brass; {5174} [which] devoured, {399} <8750> brake in pieces, {1855} <8683> and stamped {7512} <8751> the residue {7606} with his feet; {7271}

7:20 And of {5922} the ten {6236} horns {7162} that (1768) [were] in his head, {7217} and [of] the other {317} which (1768) came up, {5559} <8754> and before {4481} {6925} whom three {8532} fell; {5308} <8754> even [of] that (1797) horn {7162} that [1797] had eyes, {5870} and a mouth {6433} that spake {4449} <8743> very great things, {7260} whose look {2376} [was] more [4481] <0> stout {7229} than {4481} his fellows. {2273}

7:21 I beheld, {1934} {2370} <8754> <8751> and the same {1797} horn {7162} made {5648} <8751> war {7129} with {5974} the saints, {6922} and prevailed {3202} <8750> against them;

7:22 Until {5705} (1768) the Ancient {6268} of days {3118} came, {858} <8754> [1768] and judgment {1780} was given {3052} <8753> to the saints {6922} of the most High; {5946} and the time {2166} came {4291} <8754> that the saints {6922} possessed {2631} <8684> the kingdom. {4437}

7:23 Thus {3652} he said, {560} <8754> The fourth {7244} beast {2423} shall be {1934} <8748> the fourth {7244} kingdom {4437} upon earth, {772} which (1768) shall be diverse {8133} <8748> from {4481} all {3606} kingdoms, {4437} and shall devour {399} <8748> the whole {3606} earth, {772} and shall tread it down, {1759} <8748> and break it in pieces. {1855} <8681>

7:24 And the ten {6236} horns {7162} out of {4481} this kingdom {4437} [are] ten {6236} kings {4430} [that] shall arise: {6966} <8748> and another {321} shall rise {6966} <8748> after {311} them; and he (1932) shall be diverse {8133} <8748> from {4481} the first, {6933} and he shall subdue {8214} <8681> three {8532} kings. {4430}

7:25 And he shall speak {4449} <8741> [great] words {4406} against {6655} the most High, {5943} and shall wear out {1080} <8741> the saints {6922} of the most High, {5946} and think {5452} <8748> to change {8133} <8682> times {2166} and laws: {1882} and they shall be given {3052} <8725> into his hand {3028} until {5705} a time {5732} and times {5732} and the dividing {6387} of time. {5732}

7:26 But the judgment {1780} shall sit, {3488} <8754> and they shall take away {5709} <8681> his dominion, {7985} to consume {8046} <8682> and to destroy {7} <8682> [it] unto {5705} the end. {5491}

7:27 And the kingdom {4437} and dominion, {7985} and the greatness {7238} of (1768) the kingdom {4437} under {8460} the whole {3606} heaven, {8065} shall be given {3052} <8753> to the people {5972} of the saints {6922} of the most High, {5946} whose kingdom {4437} [is] an everlasting {5957} kingdom, {4437} and all {3606} dominions {7985} shall serve {6399} <8748> and obey {8086} <8721> him.

7:28 Hitherto {5705} {3542} [is] the end {5491} of (1768) the matter. {4406} As for me {576} Daniel, {1841} my cogitations {7476} much {7690} troubled {927} <8792> me, and my countenance {2122} changed {8133} <8721> in (5922) me: [5922] but I kept {5202} <8754> the matter {4406} in my heart. {3821}