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Daniel 7 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:1 - In the first year of Belshaz'zar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head as he lay in his bed. Then he wrote down the dream, and told the sum of the matter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:2 - Daniel said, "I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:3 - And four great beasts came up out of the sea, different from one another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:4 - The first was like a lion and had eagles' wings. Then as I looked its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand upon two feet like a man; and the mind of a man was given to it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:5 - And behold, another beast, a second one, like a bear. It was raised up on one side; it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and it was told, 'Arise, devour much flesh.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:6 - After this I looked, and lo, another, like a leopard, with four wings of a bird on its back; and the beast had four heads; and dominion was given to it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:7 - After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, terrible and dreadful and exceedingly strong; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:8 - I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots; and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.

The Ancient of Days Reigns

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:9 - As I looked, thrones were placed and one that was ancient of days took his seat; his raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, its wheels were burning fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:10 - A stream of fire issued and came forth from before him; a thousand thousands served him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him; the court sat in judgment, and the books were opened.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:11 - I looked then because of the sound of the great words which the horn was speaking. And as I looked, the beast was slain, and its body destroyed and given over to be burned with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:12 - As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.

The Son of Man Presented

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:13 - I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:14 - And to him was given dominion and glory and kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.

The Vision Interpreted

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:15 - "As for me, Daniel, my spirit within me was anxious and the visions of my head alarmed me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:16 - I approached one of those who stood there and asked him the truth concerning all this. So he told me, and made known to me the interpretation of the things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:17 - 'These four great beasts are four kings who shall arise out of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:18 - But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, for ever and ever.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:19 - "Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth beast, which was different from all the rest, exceedingly terrible, with its teeth of iron and claws of bronze; and which devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:20 - and concerning the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn which came up and before which three of them fell, the horn which had eyes and a mouth that spoke great things, and which seemed greater than its fellows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:21 - As I looked, this horn made war with the saints, and prevailed over them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:22 - until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given for the saints of the Most High, and the time came when the saints received the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:23 - "Thus he said: 'As for the fourth beast, there shall be a fourth kingdom on earth, which shall be different from all the kingdoms, and it shall devour the whole earth, and trample it down, and break it to pieces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:24 - As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings shall arise, and another shall arise after them; he shall be different from the former ones, and shall put down three kings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:25 - He shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand for a time, two times, and half a time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:26 - But the court shall sit in judgment, and his dominion shall be taken away, to be consumed and destroyed to the end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:27 - And the kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High; their kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey them.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:28 - "Here is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts greatly alarmed me, and my color changed; but I kept the matter in my mind."
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Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

Language: English

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