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Dan. 7:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel δhad a dreaml and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the ηmatters.

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Dan. 2:28• ²⁸but there is a God in the heavens, who revealeth secrets, and maketh known to king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be at the end of days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed are these: (Dan. 2:28)

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Num. 12:6• ⁶And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I Jehovah will make myself known to him in a vision, I will speak to him in a dream. (Num. 12:6)

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Amos 3:7• ⁷But the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. (Amos 3:7)

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-8: Daniel's vision of the four beasts,

9-14: and of God's kingdom.

15-28: The interpretation thereof.

Cir. A.M. 3449.

B.C. 555.

Belshazzar.

Dan. 5:1,22,30• ¹Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his nobles, and drank wine before the thousand.
²²And thou, Belshazzar, his son, hast not humbled thy heart, although thou knewest all this;
³⁰In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. (Dan. 5:1,22,30)

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Dan. 8:1• ¹In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king, a vision appeared unto me, even to me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first. (Dan. 8:1)

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Jer. 27:7• ⁷And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his land also come, when many nations and great kings shall reduce him to servitude. (Jer. 27:7)

Daniel.

Dan. 2:1,28‑29• ¹And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.
²⁸but there is a God in the heavens, who revealeth secrets, and maketh known to king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be at the end of days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed are these:
²⁹--as for thee, O king, thy thoughts arose upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter; and he that revealeth secrets hath made known to thee what shall come to pass. (Dan. 2:1,28‑29)

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Dan. 4:5• ⁵I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. (Dan. 4:5)

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Num. 12:6• ⁶And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I Jehovah will make myself known to him in a vision, I will speak to him in a dream. (Num. 12:6)

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Job 33:14‑16• ¹⁴For *God speaketh once, and twice,-- and man perceiveth it not--
¹⁵In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
¹⁶Then he openeth men's ears, and sealeth their instruction, (Job 33:14‑16)

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Jer. 23:28• ²⁸The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell the dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith Jehovah. (Jer. 23:28)

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Joel 2:28• ²⁸And it shall come to pass afterwards that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions. (Joel 2:28)

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Amos 3:7• ⁷But the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. (Amos 3:7)

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Acts 2:17‑18• ¹⁷And it shall be in the last days, saith God, that I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your elders shall dream with dreams;
¹⁸yea, even upon my bondmen and upon my bondwomen in those days will I pour out of my Spirit, and they shall prophesy. (Acts 2:17‑18)

had.

Chal. saw.

visions.

Dan. 7:7,13,15• ⁷After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and exceeding strong; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the rest with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
¹³I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of heaven one like a son of man, and he came up even to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
¹⁵As for me Daniel, my spirit was grieved in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. (Dan. 7:7,13,15)

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Gen. 15:1• ¹After these things the word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram; I am thy shield, thy exceeding great reward. (Gen. 15:1)

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Gen. 46:2• ²And God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night and said, Jacob, Jacob! And he said, Here am I. (Gen. 46:2)

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Job 4:13• ¹³In thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men:-- (Job 4:13)

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Ezek. 1:1• ¹Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. (Ezek. 1:1)

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2 Cor. 12:1• ¹Well, it is not of profit to me to boast, for I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. (2 Cor. 12:1)

he wrote.

Isa. 8:1• ¹And Jehovah said to me, Take thee a great tablet, and write thereon with a man's style, concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz. (Isa. 8:1)

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Isa. 30:8• ⁸Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and record it in a book, that it may be for the time to come, as a witness for ever, (Isa. 30:8)

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Hab. 2:2• ²And Jehovah answered me and said, Write the vision, and engrave it upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it. (Hab. 2:2)

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Rom. 15:4• ⁴For as many things as have been written before have been written for our instruction, that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope. (Rom. 15:4)

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Rev. 1:19• ¹⁹Write therefore what thou hast seen, and the things that are, and the things that are about to be after these. (Rev. 1:19)

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Rev. 10:4• ⁴And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write: and I heard a voice out of the heaven saying, Seal the things which the seven thunders have spoken, and write them not. (Rev. 10:4)

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• In this second part {ch.7-12}, we have the visions, with their interpretations, which were vouchsafed to Daniel himself....He was not a messenger to God’s people, as, for example, Isaiah and Jeremiah were; but, like John in Patmos, he received revelations of the future for the guidance of God’s people in all ages. (“Daniel 7” by E. Dennett)

• The object of the chapter would seem to be the fourth Gentile empire, and its judgment and supersession by the kingdom of the Son of Man. The three first empires are introduced, though briefly. (“Daniel 7” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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In 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; he told the sum of the matters.