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Daniel’s Visions Interpreted

Daniel 7:17

In 11 translations

BSB
‘These four great beasts are four kings who will arise from the earth.
KJV
These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
WEB
‘These great animals, which are four, are four kings, who will arise out of the earth. ‘These great animals, which are four, are four kings, who will arise out of the earth.
ASV
These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, that shall arise out of the earth.
LSV
These great beasts, that [are] four, [are] four kings, they rise up from the earth;
YLT
'These great beasts, that [are] four, [are] four kings, they rise up from the earth;
DBY
These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, [that] shall arise out of the earth.
DRC
These four great beasts are four kingdoms, which shall arise out of the earth.
GNV
These great beastes which are foure, are foure Kings, which shall arise out of the earth,
JPS
'These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, that shall arise out of the earth.
LXXE
These four beasts are four kingdoms that shall rise up on the earth:

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
אִלֵּין֙ חֵיוָתָ֣א רַבְרְבָתָ֔א דִּ֥י אִנִּ֖ין אַרְבַּ֑ע אַרְבְּעָ֥ה מַלְכִ֖ין יְקוּמ֥וּן מִן־אַרְעָֽא׃
LXX-Br
Ταῦτα τὰ θηρία τὰ τέσσαρα, τέσσαρες βασιλεῖαι ἀναστήσονται ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, αἳ ἀρθήσονται·

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  • Revelation 13:1Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.
  • Psalms 17:14from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
  • Daniel 7:3–4Then four great beasts came up out of the sea, each one different from the others: The first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted up from…
  • Revelation 13:11Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a dragon.
  • Daniel 2:37–40You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory. Wherever the sons of men or beasts of the field or birds of the air dwell, He has given them into your…
  • John 18:36Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.”
  • Daniel 8:19–22and said, “Behold, I will make known to you what will happen in the latter time of wrath, because it concerns the appointed time of the end. The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia. The…

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