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Daniel 7:1

In the first year of Belshazzar, king of Babylon, Daniel, beheld, a dream, and visions of his head upon his bed,—then, the dream, he wrote, the sum of the matters, he told.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2Daniel spake and said, I was looking, in my vision [which came] with the night,—when, lo! the four winds of the heavens, bursting forth upon the great sea;

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Cross References

Genesis 46:2And God said to Israel in the visions of the night, and he said—Jacob! Jacob! And he said—Behold me!

Job 4:13When there were thoughts, from visions of the night,—When deep sleep falleth upon men,

Isaiah 8:1And Yahweh said unto me: Take thee a large tablet,—and write thereon in plain characters, To Maher-shalal-hash-baz. ["Speed-spoil-hurry-prey".]

Jeremiah 23:28The prophet with whom is a dream, Let him relate it as a dream, And he with whom is my word, Let him speak my word as truth,—What is the chaff to the wheat? Demandeth Yahweh:

Jeremiah 36:4So Jeremiah called Baruch, son of Neriah,—and Baruch wrote, from the mouth of Jeremiah, all the words of Yahweh which he had spoken unto him upon a scroll.

Daniel 1:17And, as for these four youths, God, gave them, knowledge and skill, in all learning and wisdom,—and, Daniel, had discernment, in all visions and dreams.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 7:1

The six former chapters of this book were historical; we now enter with fear and trembling upon the six latter, which are prophetical, wherein are many things dark and hard to be understood, which we dare not positively determine the sense of, and yet many things plain and profitable, which I trust God will enable us to make a good use of. In this chapter we have, I. Daniel's vision of the four beasts, ver. 1-8 . II. His vision of God's throne of government and judgment, ver. 9-14 . III. The interpretation of… Read the whole commentary →

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