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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 heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter 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 the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. (Num. 12:6)

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

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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 lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
²²And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though 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 king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first. (Dan. 8:1)

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Jer. 27:7• ⁷And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him. (Jer. 27:7)

Daniel.

Dan. 2:1,28‑29• ¹And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
²⁸But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
²⁹As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh 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 the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. (Num. 12:6)

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Job 33:14‑16• ¹⁴For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet 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 the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, (Job 33:14‑16)

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

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Joel 2:28• ²⁸And it shall come to pass afterward, 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• ⁷Surely the Lord God 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 come to pass in the last days, saith God, 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 old men shall dream dreams:
¹⁸And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: (Acts 2:17‑18)

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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 strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
¹³I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
¹⁵I Daniel was grieved in my spirit 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 the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. (Gen. 15:1)

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Gen. 46:2• ²And God spake unto 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 the 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, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. (Ezek. 1:1)

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2 Cor. 12:1• ¹It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. (2 Cor. 12:1)

he wrote.

Isa. 8:1• ¹Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz. (Isa. 8:1)

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

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Hab. 2:2• ²And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. (Hab. 2:2)

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Rom. 15:4• ⁴For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. (Rom. 15:4)

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Rev. 1:19• ¹⁹Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter; (Rev. 1:19)

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Rev. 10:4• ⁴And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, 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.