7:1 In the first year of Baltasar, king of
the Chaldeans Daniel had a dream, and visions of his head upon his bed: and
he wrote his dream.
7:2 I Daniel beheld, and, lo, the four winds of heaven blew violently upon
the great sea.
7:3 And there came up four great beasts out of the sea, differing from one
another.
7:4 The first [was] as a lioness, and her wings as an eagle's; I beheld
until her wings were plucked, ands she was lifted off from the earth, and
she stood on human feet, and a man's heart was given to her.
7:5 And, behold, a second beast like a bear, and it supported itself on one
side, and there were three ribs in its mouth, between its teeth: and thus
they said to it, Arise, devour much flesh.
7:6 After this one I looked, and behold another wild beast as a leopard, and
it had four wings of a bird upon it: and the wild beast had four heads, and
power was given to it.
7:7 After this one I looked, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and
terrible, and exceedingly strong, and its teeth were of iron; devouring and
crushing to atoms, and it trampled the remainder with its feet: and it was
altogether different from the beasts that were before it; and it [had] ten
hours.
7:8 I noticed his horns, and behold, another little horn came up in the
midst of them, and before it three of the former horns were rooted out: and,
behold, [there were] eyes as the eyes of a man in this horn, and a mouth
speaking great things.
7:9 I beheld until the thrones were set, and the Ancient of days sat; and
his raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head, as pure wool: his
throne was a flame of fire, [and] his wheels burning fire.
7:10 A stream of fire rushed forth before him: thousand thousands ministered
to him, and ten thousands of myriads, attended upon him: the judgment sat,
and the books were opened.
7:11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which that horn
spoke, until the wild beast was slain and destroyed, and his body given to
be burnt with fire.
7:12 And the dominion of the rest of the wild beasts was taken away; but a
prolonging of life was given them for certain times.
7:13 I beheld in the night vision, and, lo, [one] coming with the clouds of
heaven as the Son of man, and he came on to the Ancient of days, and was
brought near to him.
7:14 And to him was given the dominion, and the honour, and the kingdom; and
all nations, tribes, and languages, shall serve him: his dominion is an
everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom shall not
be destroyed.
7:15 [As for] me Daniel, my spirit in my body trembled, and the visions of
my head troubled me.
7:16 And I drew near to one of them that stood by, and I sought to learn of
him the truth of all these things: and he told me the truth, and made known
to me the interpretation of the things.
7:17 These four beasts are four kingdoms [that] shall rise up on the earth:
7:18 which shall be taken away; and the saints of the Most High shall take
the kingdom, and possess it for ever and ever.
7:19 Then I enquired carefully concerning the fourth beast; for it differed
from every [other] beast, exceeding dreadful: its teeth were of iron, and
its claws of brass, devouring, and utterly breaking to pieces, and it
trampled the remainder with its feet:
7:20 and concerning it ten horns that were in its head, and the other that
came up, and rooted up [some] of the former, which had eyes, and a mouth
speaking great things, and his look was bolder than the rest.
7:21 I beheld, and that horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against
them;
7:22 until the Ancient of days came, and he gave judgment to the saints of
the Most High; and the time came on, and the saints possessed the kingdom.
7:23 And he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom on the earth,
which shall excel all [other] kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth,
and trample and destroy it.
7:24 And his ten horns are ten kings [that] shall arise: and after them
shall arise another, who shall exceed all the former ones in wickedness and
he shall subdue three kings.
7:25 And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the
saints of the Most High, and shall think to change times and law: and
[power] shall be given into his hand for a time and times and half a time.
7:26 And the judgment has sat, and they shall remove [his] dominion to
abolish it, and to destroy it utterly.
7:27 And the kingdom and the power and te greatness of the kings that are
under the whole heaven were given to the saints of the Most High; and his
kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all powers shall serve and obey him.
7:28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my thoughts
greatly troubled me, and my countenance was changed: but I kept the matter
in my heart. |
7:1 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.
7:2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the
four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
7:3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
7:4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the
wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made
stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
7:5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up
itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the
teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
7:6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the
back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion
was given to it.
7:7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast,
dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth:
it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of
it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had
ten horns.
7:8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another
little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by
the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a
mouth speaking great things.
7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did
sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure
wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
7:10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand
thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood
before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
7:11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn
spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and
given to the burning flame.
7:12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken
away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
7:13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came
with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought
him near before him.
7:14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all
people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an
everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which
shall not be destroyed.
7:15 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the
visions of my head troubled me.
7:16 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.
7:17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise
out of the earth.
7:18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the
kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
7:19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from
all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails
of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his
feet;
7:20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came
up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth
that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
7:21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed
against them;
7:22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of
the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
7:23 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.
7:24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:
and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first,
and he shall subdue three kings.
7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear
out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and
they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of
time.
7:26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to
consume and to destroy it unto the end.
7:27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under
the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most
High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve
and obey him.
7:28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations
much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in
my heart. |