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In the first[H2298]year[H8140] of Belshazzar[H1113]king[H4430] of Babylon[H895]Daniel[H1841]had[H2370] a dream[H2493] and visions[H2376] of his head[H7217]upon[H5922] his bed[H4903]: then[H116] he wrote[H3790] the dream[H2493], and told[H560] the sum[H7217] of the matters[H4406].
2Daniel[H1841]spake[H6032] and said[H560], I saw[H2370] in my vision[H2376]by[H5974]night[H3916], and, behold[H718], the four[H703]winds[H7308] of the heaven[H8065]strove[H1519] upon the great[H7229]sea[H3221].
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And four[H703]great[H7260]beasts[H2423] came up[H5559]from[H4481] the sea[H3221], diverse[H8133]one[H1668]from[H4481]another[H1668].
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The first[H6933] was like a lion[H744], and had eagle's wings[H1611]: I beheld[H1934]till[H5705] the wings[H1611] thereof were plucked[H4804], and it was lifted up[H5191]from[H4481] the earth[H772], and made stand[H6966]upon[H5922] the feet[H7271] as a man[H606], and a man[H606]'s heart[H3825] was given[H3052] to it.
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And behold[H718]another[H317]beast[H2423], a second[H8578], like[H1821] to a bear[H1678], and it raised up[H6966] itself on one[H2298]side[H7859], and it had three[H8532]ribs[H5967] in the mouth[H6433] of it between[H997] the teeth[H8128] of it: and they said[H560]thus[H3652] unto it, Arise[H6966], devour[H399]much[H7690]flesh[H1321].
6After[H870]this[H1836] I beheld[H1934], and lo[H718]another[H317], like a leopard[H5245], which had upon[H5922] the back[H1355] of it four[H703]wings[H1611] of a fowl[H5776]; the beast[H2423] had also four[H703]heads[H7217]; and dominion[H7985] was given[H3052] to it.
7After[H870]this[H1836] I saw[H1934] in the night[H3916]visions[H2376], and behold[H718] a fourth[H7244]beast[H2423], dreadful[H1763] and terrible[H574], and strong[H8624]exceedingly[H3493]; and it[H1932] had great[H7260]iron[H6523]teeth[H8128]: it[H1932]devoured[H399] and brake in pieces[H1855], and stamped[H7512] the residue[H7606] with the feet[H7271] of it[H1932]: and it[H1932] was diverse[H8133]from[H4481]all[H3606] the beasts[H2423] that were before[H6925]it[H1932]; and it[H1932] had ten[H6236]horns[H7162].
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I considered[H1934] the horns[H7162], and, behold[H431], there came up[H5559]among[H997] them another[H317]little[H2192]horn[H7162], before[H6925] whom there were three[H8532]of[H4481] the first[H6933]horns[H7162] plucked up[H5559] by the roots[H6132]: and, behold[H431], in this[H1668]horn[H7162] were eyes[H5870] like the eyes[H5870]of[H4481]man[H606], and a mouth[H6433]speaking[H4449] great things[H7260].
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I beheld[H1934]till[H5705] the thrones[H3764] were cast down[H7412], and the Ancient[H6268] of days[H3118] did sit[H3488], whose garment[H3831] was white[H2358] as snow[H8517], and the hair[H8177] of his head[H7217] like the pure[H5343]wool[H6015]: his throne[H3764] was like the fiery[H5135]flame[H7631], and his wheels[H1535] as burning[H1815]fire[H5135].
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A fiery[H5135]stream[H5103]issued[H5047] and came forth[H5312]from[H4481]before[H6925] him: thousand[H506]thousands[H506]ministered[H8120] unto him, and ten thousand[H7240] times ten thousand[H7240]stood[H6966]before[H6925] him: the judgment[H1780] was set[H3488], and the books[H5609] were opened[H6606].
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I beheld[H1934]then[H116]because[H4481] of the voice[H7032] of the great[H7260]words[H4406] which the horn[H7162]spake[H4449]: I beheld[H2370] even till[H5705] the beast[H2423] was slain[H6992], and his body[H1655]destroyed[H7], and given[H3052] to the burning[H3346]flame[H785].
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As concerning the rest[H7606] of the beasts[H2423], they had their dominion[H7985] taken away[H5709]: yet their lives[H2417] were prolonged[H3052]for[H5705] a season[H2166] and time[H5732].
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I saw[H1934] in the night[H3916]visions[H2376], and, behold[H718], one like the Son[H1247] of man[H606]came[H858]with[H5974] the clouds[H6050] of heaven[H8065], and came[H4291]to[H5705] the Ancient[H6268] of days[H3118], and they brought him near[H7127]before[H6925] him.
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And there was given[H3052] him dominion[H7985], and glory[H3367], and a kingdom[H4437], that all[H3606]people[H5972], nations[H524], and languages[H3961], should serve[H6399] him: his dominion[H7985] is an everlasting[H5957]dominion[H7985], which shall not[H3809] pass away[H5709], and his kingdom[H4437] that which shall not[H3809] be destroyed[H2255].
15I[H576]Daniel[H1841] was grieved[H3735] in my spirit[H7308] in the midst[H1459] of my body[H5085], and the visions[H2376] of my head[H7217]troubled[H927] me.
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I came near[H7127]unto[H5922]one[H2298]of[H4481] them that stood by[H6966], and asked[H1156]him[H4481] the truth[H3330]of[H4481]all[H3606]this[H1836]. So he told[H560] me, and made me know[H3046] the interpretation[H6591]of[H4481] the things[H4406].
17These[H459]great[H7260]beasts[H2423], which[H581] are four[H703], are four[H703]kings[H4430], which[H581] shall arise[H6966] out of[H4481] the earth[H772].
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But the saints[H6922] of the most High[H5946] shall take[H6902] the kingdom[H4437], and possess[H2631] the kingdom[H4437]for[H5705]ever[H5957], even for[H5705]ever[H5957] and ever[H5957].
19Then[H116] I would[H6634] know the truth[H3321]of[H5922] the fourth[H7244]beast[H2423], which was[H1934]diverse[H8133]from[H4481]all[H3606] the others, exceeding[H3493]dreadful[H1763], whose teeth[H8128] were of[H5922]iron[H6523], and his nails[H2953]of[H5922]brass[H5174]; which devoured[H399], brake in pieces[H1855], and stamped[H7512] the residue[H7606] with his feet[H7271];
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And of[H5922] the ten[H6236]horns[H7162]that[H1797] were in his head[H7217], and of[H5922] the other[H317] which came up[H5559], and before[H4481] whom three[H8532]fell[H5308]; even of[H5922]that[H1797]horn[H7162]that[H1797] had eyes[H5870], and a mouth[H6433]that[H1797]spake[H4449] very great things[H7260], whose look[H2376] was more[H4481]stout[H7229]than[H4481] his fellows[H2273].
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I beheld[H1934], and the same[H1797]horn[H7162]made[H5648]war[H7129]with[H5974] the saints[H6922], and prevailed[H3202] against them;
22Until[H5705] the Ancient[H6268] of days[H3118]came[H858], and judgment[H1780] was given[H3052] to the saints[H6922] of the most High[H5946]; and the time[H2166]came[H1768] that the saints[H6922]possessed[H2631] the kingdom[H4437].
23Thus[H3652] he said[H560], The fourth[H7244]beast[H2423] shall be[H1934] the fourth[H7244]kingdom[H4437] upon earth[H772], which shall be[H1934]diverse[H8133]from[H4481]all[H3606]kingdoms[H4437], and shall devour[H399] the whole[H3606]earth[H772], and shall tread it down[H1759], and break it in pieces[H1855].
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And the ten[H6236]horns[H7162] out of[H4481] this kingdom[H4437] are ten[H6236]kings[H4430] that shall arise[H6966]: and another[H321] shall rise[H6966]after[H311] them; and he shall be diverse[H8133]from[H4481] the first[H6933], and he shall subdue[H8214]three[H8532]kings[H4430].
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And he shall speak[H4449] great words[H4406]against[H6655] the most High[H5943], and shall wear out[H1080] the saints[H6922] of the most High[H5946], and think[H5452] to change[H8133]times[H2166] and laws[H1882]: and they shall be given[H3052] into his hand[H3028]until[H5705] a time[H5732] and times[H5732] and the dividing[H6387] of time[H5732].
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But the judgment[H1780] shall sit[H3488], and they shall take away[H5709] his dominion[H7985], to consume[H8046] and to destroy[H7] it unto[H5705] the end[H5491].
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And the kingdom[H4437] and dominion[H7985], and the greatness[H7238] of the kingdom[H4437]under[H8460] the whole[H3606]heaven[H8065], shall be given[H3052] to the people[H5972] of the saints[H6922] of the most High[H5946], whose kingdom[H4437] is an everlasting[H5957]kingdom[H4437], and all[H3606]dominions[H7985] shall serve[H6399] and obey[H8086] him.
28Hitherto[H5705] is the end[H5491] of the matter[H4406]. As for me[H576]Daniel[H1841], my cogitations[H7476]much[H7690]troubled[H927]me[H5922], and my countenance[H2122]changed[H8133] in me[H5922]: but I kept[H5202] the matter[H4406] in my heart[H3821].