Daniel 7:17 “‘These four great beasts are four kings who will arise from the earth.”

Daniel 7:17

‘These four great beasts are four kings who will arise from the earth.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

‘These great animals, which are four, are four kings, who will arise out of the earth.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

These great beastes which are foure, are foure Kings, which shall arise out of the earth,

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

'These great beasts, that [are] four, [are] four kings, they rise up from the earth;

Bible in Basic English

These great beasts are four kings who will be cut off from the earth.

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Cross references

“great”

Daniel 2:37–40 Daniel 8:19–22 Daniel 7:3 Daniel 7:4

Daniel 2:37–40 · BSB

You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.

Daniel 8:19–22 · BSB

and said, “Behold, I will make known to you what will happen in the latter time of wrath, because it concerns the appointed time of the end.

Daniel 7:3 · BSB

Then four great beasts came up out of the sea, each one different from the others:

Daniel 7:4 · BSB

The first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man and given the mind of a man.

“out”

Psalm 17:14 John 18:36 Revelation 13:1 Revelation 13:11

Psalm 17:14 · BSB

from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.

John 18:36 · BSB

Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.”

Revelation 13:1 · BSB

Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.

Revelation 13:11 · BSB

Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a dragon.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16I approached one of those who were standing there, and I asked him the true meaning of all this. So he told me the interpretation of these things:

18But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and possess it forever—yes, forever and ever.’

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