Daniel 7:2

I had a vision by night, and saw the four winds of heaven violently moving the great sea.

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1In the first year of Belshazzar, king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream, and visions came into his head on his bed: then he put the dream in writing.

3And four great beasts came up from the sea, different one from another.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 51:42The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered with the mass of its waves.

Revelation 17:15And he said to me, The waters which you saw, where the evil woman is seated, are peoples, and armies, and nations and languages.

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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