Daniel 7:3

And four great beasts, different one from another, came up out of the sea.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2I saw in my vision by night, and behold the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.

4The first was like a lioness, and had the wings of an eagle: I beheld till her wings were plucked off, and she was lifted up from the earth, and stood upon her feet as a man, and the heart of a man was given to her.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 19:3And she brought out one of her whelps, and he became a lion: and he learned to catch the prey, and to devour men.

Daniel 2:37Thou art a king of kings: and the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, and strength, and power, and glory:

Daniel 7:17These four great beasts are four kingdoms, which shall arise out of the earth.

Revelation 13:1And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads 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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