Dànyǐlǐshū 7:3

3 Yǒu sì gè dà shòu cóng hǎi zhōng shang lái , xíngzhuàng gè yǒu bù tóng ,

Dànyǐlǐshū 7:3 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 7:3

And four great beasts came up from the sea
Which are afterwards interpreted of four kings or kingdoms, ( Daniel 7:17 ) , which rose up in the world, not at once, but successively, and out of the sea or world, through the commotions and agitations of it; and these are the four monarchies, Babylonian, Persian, Grecian, and Roman; compared to "beasts", because of the rapine and violence, cruelty, oppression, and tyranny, by which they were obtained, set up, supported, and maintained; and to "great ones", being not like single separate kingdoms, as the kingdom of Israel, and the like, but consisting of many kingdoms and nations, and so like beasts of an enormous size: diverse one from another;
in their situation, language, manner, strength, and power; hence expressed by divers sorts of beasts, as the lion, bear, leopard; as in Nebuchadnezzar's dream by different metals, gold, silver, brass, and iron.

Dànyǐlǐshū 7:3 In-Context

1 Bābǐlún wáng bǎi shā sǎ yuán nián , Dànyǐlǐ zaì chuáng shang zuòmèng , jiàn le nǎo zhōng de yìxiàng , jiù jìlù zhè mèng , shùshuō qízhōng de dà yì .

2 Dànyǐlǐ shuō , wǒ yè lǐ jiàn yìxiàng , kànjian tiān de sì fēng dǒu qǐ , guā zaì dà hǎi zhī shang .

3 Yǒu sì gè dà shòu cóng hǎi zhōng shang lái , xíngzhuàng gè yǒu bù tóng ,

4 Tóu yī gè xiàng shīzi , yǒu yīng de chìbǎng . wǒ zhēng guānkàn de shíhou , shòu de chìbǎng beì bá qù , shòu cóng dì shang dé lì qǐlai , yòng liǎng jiǎo zhàn lì , xiàng rén yíyàng , yòu dé le rén xīn .

5 Yòu yǒu yī shòu rú xióng , jiù shì dì èr shòu , páng kuà ér zuò , kǒu chǐ neì xián zhe sān gēn leì gú . yǒu fēnfu zhè shòu de shuō , qǐlai tūn chī duō ròu .