God’s Word Translation
Daniel 7:3
3Four large animals, each one different from the others, came out of the sea.
Daniel 7:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
- New International Version (NIV)Four great beasts, each different from the others, came up out of the sea.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And four great beasts came up out of the sea, different from one another.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And four great beasts came up from the sea, each different from the other.
Context of Daniel 7:3
1In Belshazzar’s first year as king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream. He saw a vision while he was asleep. He wrote down the main parts of the dream. 2In my visions at night I, Daniel, saw the four winds of heaven stirring up the Mediterranean Sea. Four large animals, each one different from the others, came out of the sea. 4The first animal was like a lion, but it had wings like an eagle. I watched until its wings were plucked off and it was lifted off the ground. It was made to stand on two feet like a human and was given a human mind. 5I saw a second animal. It looked like a bear. It was raised on one side and had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, “Get up, and eat as much meat as you want.”
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וְאַרְבַּ֤ע חֵיוָן֙ רַבְרְבָ֔ן סָלְקָ֖ן מִן־יַמָּ֑א שָׁנְיָ֖ן דָּ֥א מִן־דָּֽא׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Daniel 7:3
- Daniel 7:17He said, “These four large animals are four kingdoms that will rise to power on the earth.
- Daniel 2:32The head of this statue was made of fine gold. Its chest and arms were made of silver. Its stomach and hips were made of bronze.
- Zechariah 6:1I looked up again and saw four chariots going out from between the two mountains. They were mountains of bronze.
- Daniel 7:4The first animal was like a lion, but it had wings like an eagle. I watched until its wings were plucked off and it was lifted off the ground. It was made to stand on two feet like a human and was given a human mind.
- Psalms 76:4You are the radiant one. You are more majestic than the ancient mountains.
- Ezekiel 19:3One of the cubs she raised became a young lion. He learned to tear apart the animals he hunted. He ate people.
- Revelation 13:1I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns, seven heads, and ten crowns on its horns. There were insulting names on its heads.
Commentaries on Daniel 7:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Four great beasts came up from the sea - The term sea, in Hebrew ים yam, from המה hamah, to be tumultuous, agitated, etc., seems to be used here to point out the then known terraqueous globe, because of its generally agitated state; and the four winds striving, point out those predatory wars that prevailed almost universally among men, from the days of Nimrod, the founder of the Assyrian or Babylonish monarchy, down to that time, and in the end gave birth…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3And four great beasts came up from the sea - Not at once, but in succession. See the following verses. Their particular form is described in the subsequent verses. The design of mentioning them here, as coming up from, the sea, seems to have been to show that this succession of kingdoms sprang from the agitations and commotions among the nations represented by the heaving ocean. It is not uncommon for the prophets to make use of animals to represent or…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-7The kingdoms of the world are shown as four large beasts (Daniel 7:17; compare Revelation 13:1–2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. beasts--not living animals, as the cherubic four in Re 4:7 (for the original is a different word from "beasts," and ought to be there translated, living animals). The cherubic living animals represent redeemed man, combining in himself the highest forms of animal life. But the "beasts" here represent the world powers, in their beast-like, grovelling character. It is on the fundamental harmony between nature and spirit, between the three kingdoms of…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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