Daniel 7:1
In the first year of Belshazzar, king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream, and visions came into his head on his bed: then he put the dream in writing.
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2I had a vision by night, and saw the four winds of heaven violently moving the great sea.
Cross References
Genesis 46:2And God said to Israel in a night-vision, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
Job 4:13In troubled thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep comes on men,
Isaiah 8:1And the Lord said to me, Take a great writing-board, and on it put down in common letters, Maher-shalal-hash-baz;
Jeremiah 23:28If a prophet has a dream, let him give out his dream; and he who has my word, let him give out my word in good faith. What has the dry stem to do with the grain? says the Lord.
Jeremiah 36:4Then Jeremiah sent for Baruch, the son of Neriah; and Baruch took down from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord which he had said to him, writing them in a book.
Daniel 1:17Now as for these four young men, God gave them knowledge and made them expert in all book-learning and wisdom: and Daniel was wise in all visions and dreams.
Matthew Henry on Daniel 7:1
The six former chapters of this book were historical; we now enter with fear and trembling upon the six latter, which are prophetical, wherein are many things dark and hard to be understood, which we dare not positively determine the sense of, and yet many things plain and profitable, which I trust God will enable us to make a good use of. In this chapter we have, I. Daniel's vision of the four beasts, ver. 1-8 . II. His vision of God's throne of government and judgment, ver. 9-14 . III. The interpretation of… Read the whole commentary →