Daniel 7:23

This is what he said: 1 The fourth Chayyah (Beast) shall be 1 a fourth kingdom upon earth, 1 which shall be different from all kingdoms, 1 and shall devour kol ha'aretz, 1 and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.

In Context

22Until the Atik Yomin (Ancient of Days, Hashem ) came, and judgment was given for the kedoshim Elyon; and the time came that the kedoshim possessed the Kingdom.

24And the eser karnayim (ten horns), 1 out of this kingdom are asarah melachim (ten kings) that shall arise, 1 and another shall arise after them; 1 and he shall be different from the first, 1 and he shall subdue three melachim. 1

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Cross References

Daniel 2:40And the fourth mamlachah shall be strong as iron; forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things; and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and crush.

Luke 2:1And it came about at that time that a dvar malchut (decree) was sent out from Caesar Augustus to register everyone in the entire Roman Empire.

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 →

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