1In the first year of Belshazzar, king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream, and visions of his head upon his bed. Then he wrote the dream, and related the sum of the matters.

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Jeremiah 23:28, Daniel 1:17, Daniel 4:5, Daniel 5:1, Amos 3:7

2Daniel spake and said:—I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven burst forth upon the great sea.

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Revelation 7:1, Revelation 7:1, Revelation 17:15, Revelation 17:15

3And four great beasts came up out of the sea, diverse one from another.

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Revelation 13:1, Revelation 13:1, Daniel 7:17, Daniel 7:17, Daniel 2:32

4The first was like a lion, and had the wings of an eagle; I beheld till its wings were plucked from it, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand upon its feet like a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.

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Jeremiah 4:7, Isaiah 14:13, Isaiah 14:17, Jeremiah 4:7, Isaiah 14:13

5And behold, another beast, the second, like to a bear; and it stood up on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and they spake thus to it: Arise, devour much flesh!

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Daniel 2:39, Daniel 2:39, Isaiah 56:9, Daniel 11:2, Ezekiel 39:17

6After this I beheld, and lo, another, like a leopard, which had upon its back four wings of a bird; the beast also had four heads, and dominion was given to it.

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Revelation 13:2, Revelation 13:2, Daniel 11:3, Daniel 11:20, Daniel 2:39

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

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Revelation 13:1, Revelation 13:1, Revelation 12:3, Revelation 12:3, Revelation 17:12

8I gave heed to the horns, and behold, there came up among them another little horn, 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.

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Revelation 13:5, Revelation 13:6, Revelation 13:5, Revelation 13:6, Revelation 13:1

9I beheld, till thrones were placed, and an aged one seated himself, his garment white like snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne like a fiery flame, and its wheels like burning fire.

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Revelation 1:14, Revelation 1:14, Mark 9:3, Mark 9:3, Daniel 7:22

10A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him; thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him; the tribunal sat, and the books were opened.

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Isaiah 30:27, Isaiah 30:27, Deuteronomy 33:2, Deuteronomy 33:2, Psalms 50:3

11I beheld; and because of the great words which the horn spake, I beheld till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed and given to the burning flame.

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Revelation 19:20, Revelation 19:20, Revelation 20:10, Revelation 20:10, 2 Thessalonians 2:8

12As to the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away, for the duration of their lives had been appointed for a season and a time.

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Daniel 8:7, Daniel 8:7, Daniel 7:4, Daniel 7:6, Daniel 7:4

13I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven came one like a son of man, and came to the aged one, and they brought him near before him.

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Matthew 26:64, Matthew 26:64, Revelation 1:7, Revelation 1:7, Luke 21:27

14And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom shall not be destroyed.

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Revelation 11:15, Revelation 11:15, Daniel 7:27, Daniel 7:27, John 3:35

15I Daniel was grieved in my spirit within me, and the visions of my head troubled me.

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Daniel 7:28, Daniel 7:28, Daniel 2:1, Daniel 2:3, Daniel 7:1

16I came near to one of them that stood by, 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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Revelation 7:13, Revelation 7:14, Revelation 7:13, Revelation 7:14, Daniel 7:10

17These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.

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Daniel 7:3, Daniel 7:4, John 18:36, Revelation 13:11, Daniel 8:19

18Then shall the saints of the Most High receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even for ever and ever.

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Daniel 7:27, Daniel 7:27, Revelation 5:10, Isaiah 60:12, Isaiah 60:14

19Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth beast, which differed from all the others, exceedingly dreadful, whose teeth were of iron and his nails of brass, which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;

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Daniel 7:7, Daniel 7:7, Daniel 2:40, Daniel 2:43, Daniel 2:40

20and concerning the ten horns which were in his head, and the other which came up, and before which three fell,—even that horn which had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, and whose appearance was larger than that of his fellows.

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Daniel 7:8, Daniel 7:23, Daniel 7:8, Daniel 7:23, Daniel 8:9

21I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints and prevailed against them,

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Daniel 12:7, Daniel 12:7, Revelation 17:14, Daniel 8:24, Revelation 13:5

22until the aged one came, and judgment was rendered to the saints of the Most High, and the time came that the saints should possess the kingdom.

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Daniel 7:18, Daniel 7:18, Revelation 20:4, Revelation 5:10, Revelation 20:4

23He spake thus: The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom upon the earth, which shall differ from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.

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Daniel 2:40, Daniel 2:40, Daniel 7:7, Daniel 7:7, Luke 2:1

24And the ten horns are ten kings, which shall arise out of this kingdom; and another shall arise after them; and he shall differ from the former, and shall subdue three kings.

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Daniel 7:20, Daniel 7:20, Daniel 11:36, Revelation 13:1, Daniel 11:36

25And he will speak great words against the Most High, and will harass the saints of the Most High, and will resolve to change times and laws; and they shall be given into his hand a time, and times, and half a time.

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2 Thessalonians 2:4, Daniel 12:7, Revelation 12:14, 2 Thessalonians 2:4, Daniel 12:7

26But the tribunal shall sit, and his dominion shall be taken away, and consumed and destroyed forever.

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Revelation 20:10, Revelation 20:11, Revelation 20:10, Revelation 20:11, Daniel 7:10

27And the sovereignty and dominion and power over all kingdoms under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High; his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

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Psalms 72:11, Psalms 72:11, Luke 1:33, Revelation 11:15, Luke 1:33

28Here ended his words. As for me Daniel, my thoughts terrified me much, and my countenance changed; but I kept the matter in my heart.

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Luke 2:19, Luke 2:51, Luke 2:19, Luke 2:51, Daniel 4:19