DAN 7:17 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Those four large creatures, they represent four kingdoms that will come to be in the world,

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT ‘These great beasts, which are four in number, are four kings who will arise from the earth.

UST He said, “The four huge beasts represent four kingdoms that will exist on the earth.

BSB ‘These four great beasts are four kings [who] will arise from the earth.

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB No OEB DAN book available

WEBBE ‘These great animals, which are four, are four kings, who will arise out of the earth.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET ‘These large beasts, which are four in number, represent four kings who will arise from the earth.

LSV These great beasts, that [are] four, [are] four kings, they rise up from the earth;

FBV “These four large beasts symbolize four kingdoms[fn] that will rise to power on the earth.

7:17 “Kingdoms”: literally, “kings.”

T4T He said, “The four huge beasts represent four kingdoms/empires that will exist on the earth.

LEB ‘These great beasts which are four in number are four kings who will arise from the earth.

BBE These great beasts are four kings who will be cut off from the earth.

Moff These huge Beasts, he said, these four, are four kingdoms which shall rise from the earth,

JPS 'These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, that shall arise out of the earth.

ASV These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, that shall arise out of the earth.

DRA These four great beasts are four kingdoms, which shall arise out of the earth.

YLT 'These great beasts, that [are] four, [are] four kings, they rise up from the earth;

Drby These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, [that] shall arise out of the earth.

RV These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
(These great beasts/animals, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. )

SLT Those great beasts that they are four, four kings they shall rise up from the earth.

Wbstr These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.

KJB-1769 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
(These great beasts/animals, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. )

KJB-1611 These great beasts, which are foure, are foure Kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps These great beastes which are foure, are foure kinges which shall arise out of the earth:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Gnva These great beastes which are foure, are foure Kings, which shall arise out of the earth,
(These great beasts/animals which are four, are four Kings, which shall arise out of the earth, )

Cvdl These foure greate beastes, are foure kinges which shal aryse out of the earth.
(These four great beasts/animals, are four kings which shall arise out of the earth.)

Wycl These foure grete beestis ben foure rewmes, that schulen rise of erthe.
(These four great beasts/animals been four realms, that should rise of earth.)

Luth Diese vier großen Tiere sind vier Reiche, so auf Erden kommen werden.
( This/These four large animals are four rich_(person), so on/in/to earth/land/ground coming become.)

ClVg Hæ quatuor bestiæ magnæ, quatuor sunt regna, quæ consurgent de terra.
(These four beasts/animals great, four are kingdoms, which they_will_rise_up from/about earth/land. )

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 7:1–28 Daniel dreamed about four beasts

Daniel had a vision of four beasts on earth and of God on his throne in heaven. One of the heavenly beings explained to Daniel that the four beasts represented four earthly kingdoms.

Paragraph 7:15–18

While still in a dreamlike state, Daniel asked about the meaning of what he had seen. God’s servant briefly explained to Daniel the meaning of his dream. He gave a summary of what the vision symbolized.

7:17

‘These four great beasts are four kings who will arise from the earth.

“The four large beasts represent four kings who will rise to power in the world.
“The four huge animals are symbols/symbolic of four earthly rulers.

These four great beasts are four kings who will arise from the earth: The servant of God explained that the four beasts represented four kings. The BSB says are four kings but the Aramaic text does not include a verb. It is implied by the context. In your translation, you should supply the verb that is natural in your language for explaining the meaning of symbols. For example:

These four huge beasts represent four kingdoms that will arise from the earth. (NLT)

four kings: The Aramaic word that the BSB translates literally as kings here refers to the kings who represent their respective empires. For this reason several English translations say “kingdoms” or “empires.” For example:

four empires (GNT)

four…kingdoms (CEV)

arise from the earth: The Aramaic phrase that the BSB translates as arise from the earth indicates that these kings or kingdoms will have their origin in the human realm. They will be earthly rulers, ruling earthly kingdoms. Avoid implying that these kings will rise from their graves to rule. Here are some possible ways to translate this:

rise to power on the earth (GW)

arise on earth (GNT)

earthly kingdoms (CEV)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

אִלֵּין֙ חֵיוָתָ֣⁠א רַבְרְבָתָ֔⁠א דִּ֥י אִנִּ֖ין אַרְבַּ֑ע

these the,beasts (the),great that/who they four

Alternate translation: “These four large beasts”

אַרְבְּעָ֥ה מַלְכִ֖ין

four kings

Alternate translation: “represent four kings”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אַרְבְּעָ֥ה מַלְכִ֖ין יְקוּמ֥וּן מִן־אַרְעָֽ⁠א

four kings arise from/more_than the,earth

Here from the earth means they are real people. Alternate translation: “are four kings who will come to power on the earth” or “are four men who will rise up from among the people of the earth and become kings”

Parallel DAN 7:17

Section 7:1–28 Daniel dreamed about four beasts

Paragraph 7:15–18

7:17