DAN 7:7 Parallel Verse View

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7:7 OSHB variant note: רביעיה: (x-qere) ’רְֽבִיעָאָ֡ה’: lemma_7244 n_1.2.1.1 morph_AAofsa id_27MpC רְֽבִיעָאָ֡ה

7:7 OSHB variant note: ב/רגלי/ה: (x-qere) ’בְּ/רַגְלַ֣/הּ’: lemma_b/7271 morph_AR/Ncfsc/Sp3fs id_2786G בְּ/רַגְלַ֣/הּ

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ULT After this I was looking in the visions of the night, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrifying and exceedingly strong. It had large iron teeth; it devoured and crushed and trampled down the remainder with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.

UST In the vision I saw a fourth beast. It was stronger than the other beasts, and it was more terrifying. It crushed other creatures with its huge iron teeth and ate their flesh. The parts of animals that it did not grind with its teeth, it trampled on the ground. It was different from the other three beasts: It had ten horns on its head.

BSB • After this, as I watched in my vision in the night, suddenly a fourth beast {appeared}, [and it was] terrifying—dreadful and extremely strong—with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed; then it trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the beasts before it, and it had ten horns.

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WEBBE “After this I saw in the night visions, and, behold, there was a fourth animal, awesome, powerful, and exceedingly strong. It had great iron teeth. It devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet. It was different from all the animals that were before it. It had ten horns.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “After these things, as I was watching in the night visions a fourth beast appeared – one dreadful, terrible, and very strong. It had two large rows of iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and anything that was left it trampled with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that came before it, and it had ten horns.

LSV After this I was seeing in the visions of the night, and behold, a fourth beast, terrible and fearful, and exceedingly strong; and it has very great iron teeth, it has consumed, indeed, it breaks small, and it has trampled the remnant with its feet; and it [is] diverse from all the beasts that [are] before it; and it has ten horns.

FBV Then in my vision that I had that night a fourth beast appeared. It was terrifying, frightening, and extremely powerful, with great iron teeth. It tore apart and ate up its victims, and then trampled on what was left. This beast was different to those that came before it, and it had ten horns.

T4T In the vision I saw a fourth beast. It was stronger than the other beasts, and it was more terrifying. It crushed other creatures with its huge iron teeth and ate their flesh. The parts of animals that it did not grind with its teeth, it trampled on the ground. It was different from the other three beasts: It had ten horns on its head.

LEB After this in the visions of the night I was looking and there was a fourth beast, terrifying and frightful and exceedingly strong, and _⌊it had_⌋[fn] _⌊great iron teeth_⌋,[fn] and it was devouring and crushing, and it stamped the remainder[fn] with its feet; and it was different from all the other beasts _⌊that preceded it_⌋[fn] _⌊and it had ten horns_⌋.[fn]

7:7 Literally “were to it”

7:7 Literally “teeth of iron for it great”

7:7 Or “residue”

7:7 Literally “that preceding her/it”

7:7 Literally “and ten horns for her/it”

BBE After this, in my vision of the night, I saw a fourth beast, a thing causing fear and very troubling, full of power and very strong; and it had great iron teeth: it took its food, crushing some of it to bits and stamping down the rest with its feet: it was different from all the beasts before it; and it had ten horns.

Moff After that I saw in my vision by night a fourth Beast, dire and dreadful, mightily strong, with huge iron fangs; it devoured and tore its victims to pieces, stamping the rest down with its feet; it was different from all the Beasts that had gone before it. It had ten horns,

JPS After 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 broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet; and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

ASV After this I saw in the night-visions, and, behold, a fourth beast, terrible and powerful, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

DRA After this I beheld in the vision of the night, and lo, a fourth beast, terrible and wonderful, and exceeding strong, it had great iron teeth, eating and breaking in pieces, and treading down the rest with its feet: and it was unlike to the other beasts which I had seen before it, and had ten horns.

YLT 'After this I was seeing in the visions of the night, and lo, a fourth beast, terrible and fearful, and exceedingly strong; and it hath iron teeth very great, it hath consumed, yea, it doth break small, and the remnant with its feet it hath trampled; and it [is] diverse from all the beasts that [are] before it; and it hath ten horns.

Drby After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and exceeding strong; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the rest with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

RV After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, terrible and powerful, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
(After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, terrible and powerful, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet: and it was diverse/various from all the beasts/animals that were before it; and it had ten horns. )

SLT After this I was seeing in the visions of the night, and lo, a fourth beast, fearful, and strong and powerful exceedingly; and great teeth of iron to it, eating and beating small, and treading down the remainder with its feet: and it being different from all the beasts that were before it; and ten horns to it.

Wbstr After 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 broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

KJB-1769 After 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; and it had ten horns.
(After 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/various from all the beasts/animals that were before it; and it had ten horns. )

KJB-1611 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadfull and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great yron teeth: it deuoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feete of it, and it was diuers from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten hornes.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps After this I saw in a vision by night, & beholde, the fourth beast was grimme and horrible, and marueylous strong: it had great iron teeth, it deuoured & destroyed, & stamped the residue vnder his feete, it was vnlike yt other beastes that were before it, for it had ten hornes.
(After this I saw in a vision by night, and behold, the fourth beast was grimme and horrible, and marvellous strong: it had great iron teeth, it devoured and destroyed, and stamped the residue under his feet, it was unlike it other beasts/animals that were before it, for it had ten horns.)

Gnva After this I saw in the visions by night, and beholde, the fourth beast was fearefull and terrible and very strong. It had great yron teeth: it deuoured and brake in pieces and stamped the residue vnder his feete: and it was vnlike to the beasts that were before it: for it had ten hornes.
(After this I saw in the visions by night, and behold, the fourth beast was fearful and terrible and very strong. It had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces and stamped the residue under his feet: and it was unlike to the beasts/animals that were before it: for it had ten horns. )

Cvdl After this I sawe in a vision by night, & beholde: the fourth beest was grymme and horrible, and maruelous stronge. It had greate yron teth, it deuoured, and destroyed, and stamped the residue vnder fete. It was farre vnlike the other beestes that were before it: for it had ten hornes, wheroff I toke good hede.
(After this I saw in a vision by night, and behold: the fourth beast/animal was grim and horrible, and marvellous strong. It had great iron teeth, it devoured, and destroyed, and stamped the residue under feet. It was far unlike the other beasts/animals that were before it: for it had ten horns, wheroff I took good hede.)

Wycl Aftir these thingis Y bihelde in the visioun of niyt, and lo! the fourthe beeste, ferdful, and wondirful, and ful strong. It hadde grete irun teeth, and it ete, and made lesse, and defoulide with hise feet othere thingis; forsothe it was vnlijk othere beestis, which Y hadde seyn bifore it, and it hadde ten hornes.
(After these things I beheld in the vision of night, and lo! the forth beast/animal, to_be_feared, and wonderful, and full strong. It had great iron teeth, and it eat, and made less, and defiled with his feet other things; for_certain/truly it was unlijk other beasts/animals, which I had seen before it, and it had ten horns.)

Luth Nach diesem sah ich in diesem Gesicht in der Nacht, und siehe, das vierte Tier war greulich und schrecklich und sehr stark und hatte große eiserne Zähne, fraß um sich und zermalmete, und das übrige zertrat es mit seinen Füßen; es war auch viel anders denn die vorigen und hatte zehn Hörner.
(After this_one saw I in this_one vision/face in the/of_the night, and see/look, the fourth animal what/which horrible and terrible and very stark and had large iron teeth, ate around/by/for itself/yourself/themselves and zermalmete, and the rest zertrat it with his feet; it what/which also many different because/than the previous and had ten Hörner.)

ClVg Post hæc aspiciebam in visione noctis, et ecce bestia quarta terribilis atque mirabilis, et fortis nimis: dentes ferreos habebat magnos, comedens atque comminuens, et reliqua pedibus suis conculcans: dissimilis autem erat ceteris bestiis quas videram ante eam, et habebat cornua decem.
(After these_things aspiciebam in/into/on vision of_the_night, and behold beast/animal the_fourth terrible and_yet mirabilis, and strong/powerful too_much: teeth to_carryos had the_great, comedens and_yet crushing, and the_rest feet to_his_own trampling: dissimilis however was to_others beasts/animals which I_had_seen before her, and had horns ten. )

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 7:7

Daniel described the fourth beast he saw rising from the sea.

7:7a

After this, as I watched in my vision in the night, suddenly a fourth beast appeared,

¶ Then in my vision that night I saw a fourth beast appear.
¶ The next thing I saw in that night vision was another strange creature, a fourth one.

After this, as I watched in my vision in the night: The Aramaic clause that the BSB translates as After this, as I watched in my vision in the night is more literally “after this I was watching in the visions of the night.” This continues the dream description and introduces the fourth, final, and most terrifying beast. Here are some other ways to translate this:

After these things, as I was watching in the night visions (NET)

Then, in my vision that night (NLT)

suddenly a fourth beast appeared: This is more literally “and lo/behold! A fourth beast.” Some English translations leave the phrase “and lo/behold” untranslated. Introduce the fourth beast in a way that is natural in your language. For example:

a fourth beast (NRSV)

a fourth beast appeared (NET)

I saw in front of me a fourth animal (NCV)

7:7b

and it was terrifying—dreadful and extremely strong—

It was horrifying, terrible, and extremely strong.
This creature terrified me. It was was very powerful and destructive.

and it was terrifying—dreadful and extremely strong: The three adjectives that the BSB translates as terrifying and dreadful and extremely strong all describe the fourth beast. Together they emphasize that the beast was both strong and evil.Some scholars understand the fourth beast to be a symbol of the Roman empire, and some understand it as a symbol of the Greek empire. Here are some other ways to translate this description:

terrifying, dreadful, and very strong (NLT)

It was powerful, horrible, terrifying. (GNT)

that was cruel, terrible, and very strong (NCV)

terrifying…dreadful: The adjectives terrifying and dreadful are synonyms. In some languages it may be more natural to combine them into one emphatic phrase and say something like:

absolutely terrifying

7:7c

with large iron teeth.

Its great teeth were made of iron,
With its huge iron teeth

with large iron teeth: The Aramaic word that the BSB translates as teeth is dual rather than plural. This may suggest two rows of teeth, top and bottom. Most English translations do not try to indicate the duality. But if it is natural in your language, you may wish to do that. For example:

It had two large rows of iron teeth. (NET)

7:7d

It devoured and crushed; then it trampled underfoot whatever was left.

and it ate and crunched its prey, trampling/treading on what was left.
it crushed and ate other animals. Then with its feet it stamped/pressed down on anything of them that remained.

It devoured and crushed: The Aramaic text is more literally “it was devouring and it was shattering.” The phrase emphasizes that this beast was brutal and destructive. Other ways to translate this include:

It crushed and devoured its victims (NIV)

and was devouring, breaking in pieces (NRSV)

It crushed and ate what it killed. (NCV)

then it trampled underfoot whatever was left: The beast walked over whatever was left of its meal. It did not value or preserve anything. Other ways to translate this include:

and anything that was left it trampled with its feet (NET)

and then it walked on whatever was left (NCV)

7:7e

It was different from all the beasts before it, and it had ten horns.

The fourth beast was not like the previous three beasts, and it had ten horns.
The fourth creature was completely different from the creatures that I had seen earlier/before, having ten horns on its head.

It was different from all the beasts before it: The text indicates that the fourth beast stood out or was unique in some way. If you must give some indication or explanation of the difference, it may be possible to say:

It did not look like any of the former beasts

from all the beasts before it: The Aramaic phrase that the BSB translates as from all the beasts before it is more literally “from every beast before it.” This refers to the three other beasts Daniel had seen rising from the great sea. Since in some languages it may not be appropriate to use the word all to refer to three items, you may wish to say:

from the other beasts that I had seen

from the three previous beasts

and it had ten horns: This was the way, or one of the ways, in which the fourth beast was different from the others. In some languages it may be necessary to indicate that the ten horns were growing on the head of the beast. For example:

and it had horns on its head—ten of them (CEV)

there were ten horns growing on its head

horns: The Aramaic word that the BSB translates as horns refers to hard pointed spikes that grow on the heads of animals like the rhinoceros. Animals use these horns to fight other animals.

General Comment on 7:7e

In some languages it may be natural to indicate explicitly that it was the ten horns on its head that made the fourth beast different from the others. For example:

Unlike the other beasts, it had ten horns. (GNT)

Parallel DAN 7:7