Daniel 7:3

What does Daniel 7:3 mean?

A plain-English look at Daniel 7:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and four great beasts are coming up from the sea, diverse one from another.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.2Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of heaven brake forth upon the great sea.

v.3This passage

v.4The 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 to stand upon two feet as a man; and a man’s heart was given to it.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Daniel 2:32

    As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,

  • Psalms 76:4

    Glorious art thou and excellent, From the mountains of prey.

  • Daniel 2:37

    Thou, O king, art king of kings, unto whom the God of heaven hath given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory;

  • Ezekiel 19:3

    And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

  • Revelation 13:1

    and he stood upon the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads names of blasphemy.

  • Daniel 7:17

    These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, that shall arise out of the earth.

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