Daniel 7:1-5

Daniel’s Dream of Four Beasts

1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he was lying in bed. He wrote down the substance of his dream.

2 Daniel said: “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea.

3 Four great beasts, each different from the others, came up out of the sea.

4 “The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted from the ground so that it stood on two feet like a human being, and the mind of a human was given to it.

5 “And there before me was a second beast, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, ‘Get up and eat your fill of flesh!’

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Daniel 7:1-5 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DANIEL 7

This chapter contains Daniel's vision of the four beasts, The time, place, manner, writing, and declaration of the vision, Da 7:1, the rise of the beasts, and the description of them, Da 7:2-8, the judgment of God upon them, especially the last, and the delivery of universal monarchy to his Son, Da 7:9-14, the interpretation of the vision at the request of Daniel, being greatly affected with it, Da 7:15-18, a particular inquiry of his about the fourth beast, concerning which a full account is given, Da 7:19-27, all which caused in him many thoughts of heart, and reflections of mind, Da 7:28.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 10

1. S Daniel 5:1
2. S Ezekiel 40:2
3. S Daniel 1:17
4. Psalms 4:4; S Daniel 4:13
5. S Jeremiah 36:4
6. S Ezekiel 37:9; Daniel 8:8; Daniel 11:4; Revelation 7:1
7. Revelation 13:1
8. S 2 Kings 24:1; Psalms 7:2; Jeremiah 4:7; Revelation 13:2
9. S Ezekiel 17:3
10. Daniel 2:39

Daniel 7:1-5

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Daniel’s Dream of Four Beasts

Daniel 7:1-5 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DANIEL 7

Cross References 10