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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. {i}Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed are these{/i}: (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 unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. (Num. 12:6)

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Amos 3:7• ⁷The Lord Jehovah will do nothing, but he revealeth his secrets 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 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• ¹{i}In 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.{/i} (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• ¹{i}And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.{/i}
²⁸but there is a God in heaven, that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. {i}Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed are these{/i}:
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 Jehovah 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• ¹⁴When God [El] speaketh once, and twice —{HR}[Man] regardeth it not —
¹⁵In a dream, in a vision of the night,{HR}When deep sleep falleth on mortals,{HR}In slumberings on the bed;
¹⁶Then he openeth the ear of mortals,{HR}And sealeth up their instruction, (Job 33:14‑16)

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Jer. 23:28• ²⁸{i}The 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.{/i} (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• ⁷The Lord Jehovah will do nothing, but he revealeth his secrets 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, 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, and on my bondmen and on 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 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; {i}and{/i} it had ten horns.
¹³I saw in the night visions{i}, and behold, there{/i} came with the clouds of heaven, one like the Son of man, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
¹⁵{i}As for me Daniel, my spirit was grieved in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.{/i} (Dan. 7:7,13,15)

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

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Gen. 46:2• ²And God spoke to Israel in the night visions 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,{HR}When deep sleep falleth on man; (Job 4:13)

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Ezek. 1:1• ¹{i}Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth of the month, as I was{/i} 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• ¹I must needs boast; though it be not profitable, yet I will come unto visions and revelations of [the] Lord. (2 Cor. 12:1)

he wrote.

Isa. 8:1• ¹And Jehovah said unto me, Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it with the pen of man, for Maher-shalal-hash-baz. (Isa. 8:1)

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

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

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

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Rev. 1:19• ¹⁹Write therefore the things which thou sawest, and the things which are, and the things which are about to come to pass 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 from the heaven, saying, Seal the things which the seven thunders spoke, and write them not. (Rev. 10:4)

matters.

or, words.

• 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.

W. Kelly 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.:

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)