Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
These great beasts are four kings who will be cut off from the earth.
New American Standard Bible
‘These great beasts, which are four in number, are four kings who will arise from the earth.
King James Version
These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
Holman Bible
‘These huge beasts, four in number, are four kings who will rise from the earth.
International Standard Version
He said, "These four great animals are four kings who will rise to power from the earth.
A Conservative Version
These great beasts, which are four, are four kings who shall arise out of the earth.
American Standard Version
These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, that shall arise out of the earth.
Amplified
‘These four great beasts are four kings who will arise from the earth.
Darby Translation
These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, that shall arise out of the earth.
Julia Smith Translation
Those great beasts that they are four, four kings they shall rise up from the earth.
King James 2000
These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
'These great beasts which are four [in number] [are] four kings [who] will arise from the earth.
Modern King James verseion
These four great beasts are four kings; they shall arise out of the earth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
'These four great beasts, are four kings which shall arise out of the earth.
NET Bible
These large beasts, which are four in number, represent four kings who will arise from the earth.
New Heart English Bible
These great animals, which are four, are four kings, who shall arise out of the earth.
The Emphasized Bible
These great wild beasts, which are four, - are four kings who shall arise out of the earth;
Webster
These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
World English Bible
These great animals, which are four, are four kings, who shall arise out of the earth.
Youngs Literal Translation
These great beasts, that are four, are four kings, they rise up from the earth;
Themes
Empires/world powers » The beast from the sea and the beast from the earth
Government » Who shall reign with the lord
the Macedonian empire » Illustrated by the » Leopard with four wings and four heads
Interlinear
Quwm (Aramaic)
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Daniel 7:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Daniel Explains And Interprets The Vision
16 I came near to one of those who were waiting there, questioning him about what all this was. And he said to me that he would make clear to me the sense of these things. 17 These great beasts are four kings who will be cut off from the earth. 18 But the saints of the Most High will take the kingdom, and it will be theirs for ever, even for ever and ever.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Daniel 2:37-40
You, O King, king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory,
Daniel 7:3-4
And four great beasts came up from the sea, different one from another.
Daniel 8:19-22
And he said, See, I will make clear to you what is to come in the later time of the wrath: for it has to do with the fixed time of the end.
John 18:36
Jesus said in answer, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom was of this world, my disciples would have made a good fight to keep me out of the hands of the Jews: but my kingdom is not here.
Revelation 13:1
And he took his place on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads unholy names.
Revelation 13:11
And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and his voice was like that of a dragon.