Daniel 7:3

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

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

In Context

2Daniel spake and said:—I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven burst forth upon the great sea.

4The first was like a lion, and had the wings of an eagle; I beheld till its wings were plucked from it, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand upon its feet like a man, and a man's heart was given to it.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 19:3And she brought up one of her whelps; He became a young lion, And he learned to seize the prey; he devoured men.

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

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

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