In the first <H2298> year <H8140> of Belshazzar <H1113> king <H4430> of Babylon <H0895> Daniel <H1841> had <H2370> a dream <H2493> and visions <H2376> of his head <H7217> upon <H5922> his bed: <H4903> then <H0116> he wrote <H3790> the dream, <H2493> [and] told <H0560> the sum <H7217> of the matters. <H4406>
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Daniel <H1841> spake <H6032> and said, <H0560> I saw <H2370> <H1934> in my vision <H2376> by <H5974> night, <H3916> and, behold, <H0718> the four <H0703> winds <H7308> of the heaven <H8065> strove <H1519> upon the great <H7229> sea. <H3221>
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And four <H0703> great <H7260> beasts <H2423> came up <H5559> from <H4481> the sea, <H3221> diverse <H8133> one <H1668> from <H4481> another. <H1668>
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The first <H6933> [was] like a lion, <H0744> and had eagle's <H5403> wings: <H1611> I beheld <H1934> <H2370> till <H5705> the wings <H1611> thereof were plucked, <H4804> and it was lifted up <H5191> from <H4481> the earth, <H0772> and made stand <H6966> upon <H5922> the feet <H7271> as a man, <H0606> and a man's <H0606> heart <H3825> was given <H3052> to it.
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And behold <H0718> another <H0317> beast, <H2423> a second, <H8578> like <H1821> to a bear, <H1678> and it raised up <H6966> itself on one <H2298> side, <H7859> and [it had] three <H8532> ribs <H5967> in the mouth <H6433> of it between <H0997> the teeth <H8128> of it: and they said <H0560> thus <H3652> unto it, Arise, <H6966> devour <H0399> much <H7690> flesh. <H1321>
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After <H0870> this <H1836> I beheld, <H1934> <H2370> and lo <H0718> another, <H0317> like a leopard, <H5245> which had upon <H5922> the back <H1355> of it four <H0703> wings <H1611> of a fowl; <H5776> the beast <H2423> had also four <H0703> heads; <H7217> and dominion <H7985> was given <H3052> to it.
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After <H0870> this <H1836> I saw <H1934> <H2370> in the night <H3916> visions, <H2376> and behold <H0718> a fourth <H7244> beast, <H2423> dreadful <H1763> and terrible, <H0574> and strong <H8624> exceedingly; <H3493> and it had great <H7260> iron <H6523> teeth: <H8128> it devoured <H0399> and brake in pieces, <H1855> and stamped <H7512> the residue <H7606> with the feet <H7271> of it: and it <H1932> [was] diverse <H8133> from <H4481> all <H3606> the beasts <H2423> that [were] before <H6925> it; and it had ten <H6236> horns. <H7162>
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I considered <H1934> <H7920> the horns, <H7162> and, behold, <H0431> there came up <H5559> among them <H0997> another <H0317> little <H2192> horn, <H7162> before <H6925> <H4481> whom there were three <H8532> of <H4481> the first <H6933> horns <H7162> plucked up by the roots: <H6132> and, behold, <H0431> in this <H1668> horn <H7162> [were] eyes <H5870> like the eyes <H5870> of man, <H0606> and a mouth <H6433> speaking <H4449> great things. <H7260>
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I beheld <H1934> <H2370> till <H5705> the thrones <H3764> were cast down, <H7412> and the Ancient <H6268> of days <H3118> did sit, <H3488> whose garment <H3831> [was] white <H2358> as snow, <H8517> and the hair <H8177> of his head <H7217> like the pure <H5343> wool: <H6015> his throne <H3764> [was like] the fiery <H5135> flame, <H7631> [and] his wheels <H1535> [as] burning <H1815> fire. <H5135>
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A fiery <H5135> stream <H5103> issued <H5047> and came forth <H5312> from <H4481> before <H6925> him: thousand <H0506> thousands <H0506> ministered <H8120> unto him, and ten thousand <H7240> times ten thousand <H7240> stood <H6966> before <H6925> him: the judgment <H1780> was set, <H3488> and the books <H5609> were opened. <H6606>
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I beheld <H1934> <H2370> then <H0116> because <H4481> of the voice <H7032> of the great <H7260> words <H4406> which the horn <H7162> spake: <H4449> I beheld <H1934> <H2370> [even] till <H5705> the beast <H2423> was slain, <H6992> and his body <H1655> destroyed, <H0007> and given <H3052> to the burning <H3346> flame. <H0785>
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As concerning the rest <H7606> of the beasts, <H2423> they had their dominion <H7985> taken away: <H5709> yet their lives <H2417> were <H3052> prolonged <H0754> for <H5705> a season <H2166> and time. <H5732>
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I saw <H1934> <H2370> in the night <H3916> visions, <H2376> and, behold, <H0718> [one] like the Son <H1247> of man <H0606> came <H1934> <H0858> with <H5974> the clouds <H6050> of heaven, <H8065> and came <H4291> to <H5705> the Ancient <H6268> of days, <H3118> and they brought him near <H7127> before <H6925> him.
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And there was given <H3052> him dominion, <H7985> and glory, <H3367> and a kingdom, <H4437> that all <H3606> people, <H5972> nations, <H0524> and languages, <H3961> should serve <H6399> him: his dominion <H7985> [is] an everlasting <H5957> dominion, <H7985> which shall not <H3809> pass away, <H5709> and his kingdom <H4437> [that] which shall not <H3809> be destroyed. <H2255>
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I <H0576> Daniel <H1841> was grieved <H3735> in my spirit <H7308> in the midst <H1459> of [my] body, <H5085> and the visions <H2376> of my head <H7217> troubled <H0927> me.
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I came near <H7127> unto <H5922> one <H2298> of <H4481> them that stood by, <H6966> and asked <H1156> him <H4481> the truth <H3330> of <H5922> all <H3606> this. <H1836> So he told <H0560> me, and made me know <H3046> the interpretation <H6591> of the things. <H4406>
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These <H0459> great <H7260> beasts, <H2423> which <H0581> are four, <H0703> [are] four <H0703> kings, <H4430> [which] shall arise <H6966> out of <H4481> the earth. <H0772>
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But the saints <H6922> of the most High <H5946> shall take <H6902> the kingdom, <H4437> and possess <H2631> the kingdom <H4437> for <H5705> ever, <H5957> even for <H5705> ever <H5957> and ever. <H5957>
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Then <H0116> I would <H6634> know the truth <H3321> of <H5922> the fourth <H7244> beast, <H2423> which was <H1934> diverse <H8133> from <H4481> all <H3606> the others, exceeding <H3493> dreadful, <H1763> whose teeth <H8128> [were of] iron, <H6523> and his nails <H2953> [of] brass; <H5174> [which] devoured, <H0399> brake in pieces, <H1855> and stamped <H7512> the residue <H7606> with his feet; <H7271>
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And of <H5922> the ten <H6236> horns <H7162> that [were] in his head, <H7217> and [of] the other <H0317> which came up, <H5559> and before <H4481> <H6925> whom three <H8532> fell; <H5308> even [of] that horn <H7162> that <H1797> had eyes, <H5870> and a mouth <H6433> that spake <H4449> very great things, <H7260> whose look <H2376> [was] more stout <H7229> than <H4481> his fellows. <H2273>
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I beheld, <H1934> <H2370> and the same <H1797> horn <H7162> made <H5648> war <H7129> with <H5974> the saints, <H6922> and prevailed <H3202> against them;
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Until <H5705> the Ancient <H6268> of days <H3118> came, <H0858> <H1768> and judgment <H1780> was given <H3052> to the saints <H6922> of the most High; <H5946> and the time <H2166> came <H4291> that the saints <H6922> possessed <H2631> the kingdom. <H4437>
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Thus <H3652> he said, <H0560> The fourth <H7244> beast <H2423> shall be <H1934> the fourth <H7244> kingdom <H4437> upon earth, <H0772> which shall be diverse <H8133> from <H4481> all <H3606> kingdoms, <H4437> and shall devour <H0399> the whole <H3606> earth, <H0772> and shall tread it down, <H1759> and break it in pieces. <H1855>
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And the ten <H6236> horns <H7162> out of <H4481> this kingdom <H4437> [are] ten <H6236> kings <H4430> [that] shall arise: <H6966> and another <H0321> shall rise <H6966> after them; <H0311> and he shall be diverse <H8133> from <H4481> the first, <H6933> and he shall subdue <H8214> three <H8532> kings. <H4430>
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And he shall speak <H4449> [great] words <H4406> against <H6655> the most High, <H5943> and shall wear out <H1080> the saints <H6922> of the most High, <H5946> and think <H5452> to change <H8133> times <H2166> and laws: <H1882> and they shall be given <H3052> into his hand <H3028> until <H5705> a time <H5732> and times <H5732> and the dividing <H6387> of time. <H5732>
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But the judgment <H1780> shall sit, <H3488> and they shall take away <H5709> his dominion, <H7985> to consume <H8046> and to destroy <H0007> [it] unto <H5705> the end. <H5491>
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And the kingdom <H4437> and dominion, <H7985> and the greatness <H7238> of the kingdom <H4437> under <H8460> the whole <H3606> heaven, <H8065> shall be given <H3052> to the people <H5972> of the saints <H6922> of the most High, <H5946> whose kingdom <H4437> [is] an everlasting <H5957> kingdom, <H4437> and all <H3606> dominions <H7985> shall serve <H6399> and obey <H8086> him.
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Hitherto <H5705> <H3542> [is] the end <H5491> of the matter. <H4406> As for me <H0576> Daniel, <H1841> my cogitations <H7476> much <H7690> troubled <H0927> me, and my countenance <H2122> changed <H8133> in me: <H5922> but I kept <H5202> the matter <H4406> in my heart. <H3821>