DAN 7:2 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Daniel related and said, “In my vision at night I was looking, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea.

UST Daniel, had a vision during the night. In the vision I saw that strong winds were blowing from all four directions, stirring up the water in the ocean.

7:2 Perhaps the Great Sea, that is, the Mediterranean Sea

OEB No OEB DAN book available

WEBBE Daniel spoke and said, “I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the sky broke out on the great sea.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Daniel explained: “I was watching in my vision during the night as the four winds of the sky were stirring up the great sea.

LSV Daniel has answered and said, “I was seeing in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of the heavens are coming forth to the Great Sea;

FBV In my vision that I had that night I saw a tremendous storm, blowing from every direction, stirring up a great sea.

T4T I, Daniel, had a vision last night. In the vision I saw that strong winds were blowing from all four directions, stirring up the water in the ocean.

LEB Daniel _⌊explained_⌋[fn] and said, “I was looking in my vision in the night, and look, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea.

7:2 Literally “answered”

BBE I had a vision by night, and saw the four winds of heaven violently moving the great sea.

Moff “I saw in my vision during the night the four winds of heaven stirring up the great ocean.

JPS Daniel spoke and said: I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven broke forth upon the great sea.

ASV Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of heaven brake forth upon the great sea.

DRA I saw in my vision by night, and behold the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.

YLT Answered hath Daniel and said, 'I was seeing in my vision by night, and lo, the four winds of the heavens are coming forth to the great sea;

Drby Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of the heavens broke forth upon the great sea.

RV Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven brake forth upon the great sea.

SLT Daniel answered and said, I was seeing in my vision by night, and lo, the four winds of the heavens rushing forth to the great sea.

Wbstr Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven strove upon the great sea.

KJB-1769 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.

KJB-1611 Daniel spake, and said, I saw in my vision by night, & behold, the foure windes of the heauen stroue vpon the great Sea.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps Daniel spake and saide: I sawe in my vision by night, and beholde, the foure windes of heauen stroue vpon the great sea,
(Daniel spake and said: I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven strove upon the great sea,)

Gnva Daniel spake and saide, I sawe in my vision by night, and behold, the foure windes of the heauen stroue vpon the great sea:
(Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea: )

Cvdl Daniel spake, and sayde: I sawe in my vision by nyght, and beholde: the foure wyndes of ye heauen stroue vpon the see,
(Daniel spake, and said: I saw in my vision by night, and behold: the four winds of ye/you_all heaven strove upon the sea,)

Wycl and seide, Y siy in my visioun in niyt, and lo! foure wyndis of heuene fouyten in the myddis of the greet see.
(and said, I saw in my vision in night, and lo! four winds of heaven fought in the midst of the great see.)

Luth Ich, Daniel, sah ein Gesicht in der Nacht, und siehe, die vier Winde unter dem Himmel stürmeten widereinander auf dem großen Meer.
(I, Daniel, saw a vision/face in the/of_the night, and see/look, the four winds under to_him heaven stürmeten againsteinander on/in/to to_him large sea.)

ClVg Videbam in visione mea nocte: et ecce quatuor venti cæli pugnabant in mari magno.
(Seebam in/into/on vision my at_night: and behold four winds heavens they_fought in/into/on of_the_sea great/highly. )

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 7:2–3

Daniel introduced four beasts that he saw in his dream. They came up one by one out of the ocean.

7:2a–b

In my vision in the night I looked, and suddenly the four winds of heaven: Speaking in the first person, Daniel said/wrote that he had had a dream and in his dream he saw wind blowing from all different directions. In the BSB, as in the Aramaic, there are two clauses connected with the word and. However, it may be natural to connect these ideas in a different way. For example:

I had a dream in which I saw the four winds of heaven.

I was watching in my visions during the night as the four winds of heaven… (NET)

In my visions at night, I, Daniel, saw the four winds of heaven (GW)

7:2a

Daniel declared: “In my vision in the night I looked,

¶ This is Daniel’s summary/account: In my vision in the night, I was watching
¶ He wrote this: In my vision I could see

Daniel declared: The words Daniel declared form the immediate introduction to the dream account. After this the narrative switches to the first person, with Daniel referring to himself as “I.” If the previous verse part, 7:1d, is a sufficient introduction to the narrative, it may not be necessary to translate these words explicitly. In other languages it may be natural to indicate that Daniel was writing. For example:

This is what Daniel wrote:

7:2b

and suddenly the four winds of heaven

and I saw winds blowing from all four directions.
winds begin to blow from north, south, east, and west.

and suddenly the four winds of heaven: The phrase and suddenly introduces what appeared in front of Daniel, That is, it introduces what he saw in his dream. The Aramaic is more literally “and lo/behold! The four winds of the heavens.” In some languages it may not be natural to say that Daniel saw the four winds, since what he actually saw was what the four winds did. They created a storm, which blew across the water. See the General Comment on 7:2a–b. Here is another way to translate this:

and…the wind was blowing from all four directions (NCV)

the four winds of heaven: The Aramaic phrase that the BSB translates literally as the four winds of heaven refers to winds that blow from the north, south, east, and west. The word heaven in this context refers to the sky. Since winds always blow in the sky, in some languages it may be natural to leave this untranslated. Here are some ways to translate this:

wind/winds from all directions

wind was blowing from the north, south, east and west.

strong winds blowing from every direction (NLT)

7:2c

were churning up the great sea.

They stirred/tossed the vast/huge sea.
They blew on the ocean and made/caused big waves.

were churning up the great sea: The Aramaic word that the BSB translates as churning up means “stirring up.” The winds were causing large waves to form on the sea. Here are some other ways to translate this:

lashing the surface of the ocean (GNT)

which made the sea very rough (NCV)

the great sea: The Aramaic phrase that the BSB translates as the great sea refers to a large expanse of water. In this context it probably refers to the Mediterranean Sea. You could indicate this in a footnote.

General Comment on 7:2a–b

In some languages it may be natural to indicate that what Daniel actually saw in his dream was the effect of the four winds on the great sea. It may be helpful to reorder some of the information to make this clear. For example:

^2a-bIn my vision that night, I, Daniel, saw a great storm churning the surface of a great sea, with strong winds blowing from every direction. (NLT)