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Daniel 7:17 KJV
Daniel · chapter 7 · verse 17
These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.Daniel 7:17 · King James Version
Daniel 7:17 in context
15I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
16I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
17These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
18But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
19Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- beastschêyvâʼan animalH2423 →
- greatrabrabhugeH7260 →
- kingsmeleka kingH4430 →
- ariseqûwm{to rise }H6966 →
- fourʼarbaʻ{four}H703 →
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Here we have, I. The deep impressions which these visions made upon the prophet. God in them put honour upon him, and gave him satisfaction, yet not without a great allay of pain and perplexity (Dan 7:15): I Daniel was grieved in my spirit, in the midst of my body.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-28