KJV King James Version
Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
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Daniel 7:2
Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Daniel declared: “In my vision in the night I looked, and suddenly the four winds of heaven were churning up the great sea.
WEB World English Bible
Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the sky broke forth on the great sea.
ASV American Standard Version
Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of heaven brake forth upon the great sea.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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;
Surrounding context — Daniel 7
1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, [and] told the sum of the matters.
2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
4 The first [was] like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.
5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and [it had] three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
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עָנֵ֤הH6032 · a.nahto answerדָנִיֵּאל֙H1841 · da.niy.yelDanielוְאָמַ֔רH560 · a.marto sayחָזֵ֥הH2370 · cha.zahto seeהֲוֵ֛יתH1934 · ha.vato beבְּחֶזְוִ֖יH2376 · che.zevvisionעִם־H5974 · imwithלֵֽילְיָ֑אH3916 · le.le.yanightוַאֲר֗וּH718 · a.rubehold!אַרְבַּע֙H703 · ar.bafourרוּחֵ֣יH7308 · ru.achspiritשְׁמַיָּ֔אH8065 · sha.ma.yinheavenמְגִיחָ֖ןH1519 · gi.achto striveלְיַמָּ֥אH3221 · yamseaרַבָּֽא׃H7229 · ravgreat
Cross-references
Revelation 7:1And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.Revelation 17:15And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
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