English Standard Version
Daniel 7:17
17'These four great beasts are four kings who shall arise out of the earth.
Daniel 7:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
- New International Version (NIV)‘The four great beasts are four kings that will rise from the earth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘Those great beasts, which are four, are four kings which arise out of the earth.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“These four huge beasts represent four kingdoms that will arise from the earth.
Context of Daniel 7:17
15"As for me, Daniel, my spirit within me was anxious, and the visions of my head alarmed me. 16I approached one of those who stood there and asked him the truth concerning all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of the things. 'These four great beasts are four kings who shall arise out of the earth. 18But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, forever and ever.' 19"Then I desired to know the truth about the fourth beast, which was different from all the rest, exceedingly terrifying, with its teeth of iron and claws of bronze, and which devoured and broke in pieces and stamped what was left with its feet,
Read all of Daniel 7Daniel 7:17 word by word
אִלֵּין֙ חֵיוָתָ֣א רַבְרְבָתָ֔א דִּ֥י אִנִּ֖ין אַרְבַּ֑ע אַרְבְּעָ֥ה מַלְכִ֖ין יְקוּמ֥וּן מִן־אַרְעָֽא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Theseאִלֵּין'illêyn 'illên · theseH459
- greatרַבְרַבrabrab · greatH7260
- beastsחֵיוָאchêyvâ' · beastH2423
- whichאִנִּין'innûn 'innîyn · they(fem.)H581
- are fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ · fourH703
- kingsמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4430
- shall ariseקוּםqûm · to stand: riseH6966
- out ofמִן־min · fromH4481
- the earthאֲרַע'ăra‛ · earth: planetH772
Cross-references for Daniel 7:17
- Daniel 7:3And four great beasts came up out of the sea, different from one another.
- Daniel 2:37You, O king, the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the might, and the glory,
- Daniel 8:19He said, "Behold, I will make known to you what shall be at the latter end of the indignation, for it refers to the appointed time of the end.
- Psalms 17:14from men by your hand, O Lord, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their womb with treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants.
- John 18:36Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world."
- Revelation 13:1And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.
Commentaries on Daniel 7:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17These great beasts - are four kings - See the preceding verses, where the following explanations are inserted and illustrated.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17These great beasts, which are four, are four kings - Four kings or four dynasties. There is no reason for supposing that they refer to individual kings, but the obvious meaning is, that they refer to four dominions or empires that would succeed one another on the earth. So the whole representation leads us to suppose, and so the passage has been always interpreted. The Latin Vulgate renders it regna; the Septuagint ͂ basileiai Luther, Reiche; Lengerke…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-28Verses 15-28 It is desirable to obtain the right and full sense of what we see and hear from God; and those that would know, must ask by faithful and fervent prayer. The angel told Daniel plainly. He especially desired to know respecting the little horn, which made war with the saints, and prevailed against them. Here is foretold the rage of papal Rome against true Christians. St. John, in his visions and prophecies, which point in the first place at…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17These four great beasts are four kings: God gave Daniel a vision of history's course, which no human could achieve. These kingdoms from the earth (see Daniel 7:2) are human, not heavenly.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. kings--that is, kingdoms. Compare Da 7:23, "fourth kingdom"; Da 2:38; 8:20-22. Each of the four kings represents a dynasty. Nebuchadnezzar, Alexander, Antiochus, and Antichrist, though individually referred to, are representatives of characteristic tendencies.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Daniel 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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