Daniel 7:3

Four very large beasts were coming up from the sea, every one of them different.

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

In Context

2In my vision that I had that night I saw a tremendous storm, blowing from every direction, stirring up a great sea.

4The first was like a lion and had the wings of an eagle. As I watched, its wings were torn off and it was pulled upright so it was standing with its hind legs on the ground and it was given the mind of a human being.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 19:3She raised one of her cubs, and he grew up to be a young lion. Once he had learned how to tear up his prey, he started eating people.

Daniel 2:37Your Majesty, you are the king of kings to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, and power, strength, and glory.

Daniel 7:17“These four large beasts symbolize four kingdoms that will rise to power on the earth.

Revelation 13:1And the dragon stood on the sea shore. Then I saw a beast rising out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven heads, with ten small crowns on his horns, and had blasphemous names on his heads.

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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