Daniel 7:17
These four great beasts, are four kingdoms, which shall arise out of the earth.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
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 17:14And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the Highest gave his voice: hail and coals of fire.
Daniel 7:3And four great beasts, different one from another, came up out of the sea. Four great beasts... Viz., the Chaldean, Persian, Grecian, and Roman empires. But some rather choose to understand the fourth beast of the successors of Alexander the Great, more especially of them that reigned in Asia and Syria.
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. Another beast... This second beast with two horns, may be understood of the heathenish priests and magicians; the principal promoters both of idolatry and persecution.
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 →