Daniel 7:17
These four great beasts are four kingdoms, which shall arise out of the earth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 17:14from the enemies of thy hand. O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: their belly is filled from thy hidden stores. They are full of children: and they have left to their little ones the rest of their substance.
Daniel 7:3And four great beasts, different one from another, came up out of the sea.
John 18:36Jesus answered: My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would certainly strive that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now my kingdom is not from hence.
Revelation 13:11And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns, like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon.
Matthew Henry on Daniel 7:16-28
The Vision of the Four Beasts. ( b. c. 555.) 15 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. 16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things. 17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. 18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. 19 Then I… Read the whole commentary →