Daniel Chapter 7
1 In the first year of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head on his bed. Then he wrote the dream and gave the sum of the matters.
2 Daniel spoke and said, In my vision by night I was looking: and behold, the four winds of the heavens were stirring up the Great Sea.
3 Four great beasts came up from the sea, different from one another.
4 The first was like a lion and had eagle's wings. I watched until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand on its feet like a man. And a man's heart was given to it.
5 Behold another beast, a second, like a bear raised itself up on one side and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. They said to it: Arise. Eat up much flesh.
6 After this I saw another like a leopard that had four wings like a bird on its back. The beast also had four heads and rulership was given to it.
7 After this I looked in the night visions and behold, a fourth beast, frightening and terrifying, and very strong. It had great iron teeth. It devoured and broke in pieces and stamped the rest with its feet. It was different from all the beasts before it and it had ten horns.
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. In this horn were eyes like the eyes of man and a mouth speaking great things.
9 I watched until the thrones were thrown up and the Ancient of Days sat whose robe was white as snow and the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was like flames of fire and His wheels like burning fire.
10 A stream of fire came out from before Him. A thousand thousands served Him and 10,000 times 10,000 stood before Him. The judgment was set and the books were opened.
11 Then I was looking because of the voice of the great words that the horn spoke. I watched until the beast was slain and his body was destroyed and given to the burning flame.
12 The rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away. Yet their lives were made longer for a season and time.
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.
14 Dominion and glory was given Him and a kingdom that all people, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away and His kingdom that will not be destroyed.
15 I Daniel was distressed in my spirit in its body and the visions of my head troubled me.
16 I came near one of those who stood by and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me and made me know the meaning of the things.
17 These four great beasts are four kings. They will arise out of the earth.
18 But the saints of the most high will take the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.
19 Then I wanted to know the truth of the fourth beast that was different from all the others. Very frightening. Its teeth were of iron and its nails of bronze, devoured, broken in pieces and stamped the rest with its feet.
20 Of the ten horns on its head and of the other that came up and before whom three fell. Even of that horn that had eyes and a mouth speaking great things, its look was greater than its fellows.
21 I watched and that horn made war with the saints and overcame them
22 until the Ancient of Days came and judgment was given to the saints of the most high. The time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
23 He said, The fourth beast will be the fourth kingdom on earth that will be different from all kingdoms and will devour the whole earth and will trample it and crush it.
24 The ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that will arise. Then another will arise after them and he will be different from the first and he will humble three kings.
25 He will speak words against the most high and will wear out the saints of the most high and plot to change times and laws. They will be given into his hand until a time and times and one half time.
26 But the judgment will sit and they will take away his rulership to cut off and to destroy until the end.
27 The kingdom and rulership and the greatness of the kingdom under all the heavens will be given to the people of the saints of the most high whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. All kingdoms will serve and obey Him.
28 Here is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my thoughts troubled me much and my countenance⁺ changed in me. But I kept the matter in my heart.