Daniel 7:3

And four great beasts, different from one another, ascended from the sea.

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And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.

In Context

2I saw in my vision at night, and behold, the four winds of the heavens fought upon the great sea.

4The first was like a lioness and had the wings of an eagle. I watched as its wings were plucked off, and it was raised from the earth and stood on its feet like a man, and the heart of a man was given to it.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 19:3And she led away one of her little ones, and he became a lion. And he learned to seize prey and to consume men.

Daniel 2:37You are a king among kings, and the God of heaven has given to you a kingdom, and fortitude, and power, and glory,

Daniel 7:17“These four great beasts are four kingdoms, which will rise from the earth.

Revelation 13:1And I saw a beast ascending from the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon its horns were ten diadems, and upon its heads were names of blasphemy.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 7:2-9

The Vision of the Four Beasts. ( b. c. 555.) 1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters. 2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. 3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. 4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was… Read the whole commentary →

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