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Daniel 7:3-7

King James Version (KJV)

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

Daniel 7:3-7 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Daniel 7:3

Theological / Devotional

Four ... beasts. The application of the symbol is not left to speculation. According to verse 17 the four beasts represent “four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.” For “kings” the LXX, Theodotion, and the Vulgate read “kingdoms.” The fourth beast is specifically called “the fourth kingdom” (v. 23). There is general agreement that these four beasts represent the same four world powers symbolized by the metallic image of chapter 2.

Came up. The world powers represented did not bear rule contemporaneously but successively.

Diverse. The diversity here spoken of was illustrated by the different metals presented (chapter 2:38-40).

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