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Daniel 7 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:1 - In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel hath seen a dream, and the visions of his head on his bed, then the dream he hath written, the chief of the things he hath said.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:2 - Answered hath Daniel and said, 'I was seeing in my vision by night, and lo, the four winds of the heavens are coming forth to the great sea;
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:3 - and four great beasts are coming up from the sea, diverse one from another.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:4 - The first is like a lion, and it hath an eagle's wings. I was seeing till that its wings have been plucked, and it hath been lifted up from the earth, and on feet as a man it hath been caused to stand, and a heart of man is given to it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:5 - And lo, another beast, a second, like to a bear, and to the same authority it hath been raised, and three ribs are in its mouth, between its teeth, and thus they are saying to it, Rise, consume much flesh.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:6 - 'After this I was seeing, and lo, another like a leopard, and it hath four wings of a fowl on its back, and four heads hath the beast, and dominion is given to it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:7 - 'After this I was seeing in the visions of the night, and lo, a fourth beast, terrible and fearful, and exceedingly strong; and it hath iron teeth very great, it hath consumed, yea, it doth break small, and the remnant with its feet it hath trampled; and it is diverse from all the beasts that are before it; and it hath ten horns.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:8 - 'I was considering about the horns, and lo, another horn, a little one, hath come up between them, and three of the first horns have been eradicated from before it, and lo, eyes as the eyes of man are in this horn, and a mouth speaking great things.

The Ancient of Days Reigns

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:9 - 'I was seeing till that thrones have been thrown down, and the Ancient of Days is seated, His garment as snow is white, and the hair of his head is as pure wool, His throne flames of fire, its wheels burning fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:10 - A flood of fire is proceeding and coming forth from before Him, a thousand thousands do serve Him, and a myriad of myriads before Him do rise up, the Judge is seated, and the books have been opened.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:11 - 'I was seeing, then, because of the voice of the great words that the horn is speaking, I was seeing till that the beast is slain, and his body hath been destroyed, and given to the burning fire;
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:12 - and the rest of the beasts have caused their dominion to pass away, and a prolongation in life is given to them, till a season and a time.

The Son of Man Presented

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:13 - 'I was seeing in the visions of the night, and lo, with the clouds of the heavens as a son of man was one coming, and unto the Ancient of Days he hath come, and before Him they have brought him near.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:14 - And to him is given dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, and all peoples, nations, and languages do serve him, his dominion is a dominion age-during, that passeth not away, and his kingdom that which is not destroyed.

The Vision Interpreted

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:15 - 'Pierced hath been my spirit -- I, Daniel -- in the midst of the sheath, and the visions of my head trouble me;
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:16 - I have drawn near unto one of those standing, and the certainty I seek from him of all this; and he hath said to me, yea, the interpretation of the things he hath caused me to know:
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:17 - 'These great beasts, that are four, are four kings, they rise up from the earth;
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:18 - and receive the kingdom do the saints of the Most High, and they strengthen the kingdom unto the age, even unto the age of the ages.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:19 - 'Then I wished for certainty concerning the fourth beast, that was diverse from them all, fearful exceedingly; its teeth of iron, and its nails of brass, it hath devoured, it doth break small, and the remnant with its feet it hath trampled;
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:20 - and concerning the ten horns that are in its heads, and of the other that came up, and before which three have fallen, even of that horn that hath eyes, and a mouth speaking great things, and whose appearance is great above its companions.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:21 - 'I was seeing, and this horn is making war with the saints, and hath prevailed over them,
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:22 - till that the Ancient of Days hath come, and judgment is given to the saints of the Most High, and the time hath come, and the saints have strengthened the kingdom.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:23 - 'Thus he said: The fourth beast is the fourth kingdom in the earth, that is diverse from all kingdoms, and it consumeth all the earth, and treadeth it down, and breaketh it small.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:24 - And the ten horns out of the kingdom are ten kings, they rise, and another doth rise after them, and it is diverse from the former, and three kings it humbleth;
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:25 - and words as an adversary of the Most High it doth speak, and the saints of the Most High it doth wear out, and it hopeth to change seasons and law; and they are given into its hand, till a time, and times, and a division of a time.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:26 - 'And the Judge is seated, and its dominion they cause to pass away, to cut off, and to destroy -- unto the end;
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:27 - and the kingdom, and the dominion, even the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heavens, is given to the people -- the saints of the Most High, His kingdom is a kingdom age-during, and all dominions do serve and obey Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:28 - 'Hitherto is the end of the matter. I, Daniel, greatly do my thoughts trouble me, and my countenance is changed on me, and the matter in my heart I have kept.
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The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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