Daniel 7
7:1In the first year of Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans, Daniel beheld a dream, and the visions of his head upon his bed. And he wrote his dream, and the total sum of the words he said,
7:2I Daniel viewed in my vision of the night. And behold, the four winds of the heaven struck up in the great sea.
7:3And four great wild beasts ascended from out of the sea, differing from one another.
7:4The first was as a lioness, and her wings were of an eagle. I viewed until of which time her wings were plucked, and she was lifted away from the earth, and upon the feet of a man she stood, and the heart of a man was given to her.
7:5And behold, a second wild beast likened to a bear, and on one part she stood, and three ribs were in her mouth, in between her teeth. And so they said to her, Rise up, eat much flesh!
7:6After it I viewed, and behold, another wild beast as a leopard; and to her were four wings of a bird above her, and four heads were to the wild beast, and authority was given to her.
7:7After this I viewed, and behold, a fourth wild beast, fearful and utterly astonishing, and extremely great, and its teeth iron, strong, eating, and making fine, and the rest with its feet it trampled. And it was extremely diverse from all the wild beasts, the ones before it. And ten horns were to it.
7:8I paid attention to its horns, and behold, another small horn ascended in the midst of them, and three horns prior to it were rooted out from in front of it. And behold, eyes as eyes of a man were in this horn, and a mouth speaking great things.
7:9I viewed until when thrones were set, and the old one of days sat down. And his garment was as snow -- white. And the hair of his head was as pure wool. His throne a flame of fire, its wheels as fire blazing.
7:10A river of fire drew exiting before him; a thousand thousands ministering to him; and ten thousand ten thousands were present before him. A judgment seat was set, and books were opened.
7:11I viewed then because of a voice of the great words which that horn spoke, until the wild beast was done away with, and destroyed, and its body was given unto burning fire.
7:12And the rule of the rest of the wild beasts was changed over, and a duration of life was given to them until a time and a season.
7:13I viewed in a vision of the night, and behold, with the clouds of the heaven, and one as son of man was coming. And he came unto the old one of days, and he was brought before him.
7:14And to him was given the rule, and the honor, and the kingdom; and all the peoples, tribes, and languages shall serve to him. His authority is an eternal authority which shall not pass away, and his kingdom shall not be destroyed.
7:15My spirit shuddered, I Daniel, in my manner, and the visions of my head disturbed me.
7:16And I came forward to one of the ones standing, and the exactness I sought of him to learn concerning all these things. And he spoke to me the exactness; and the interpretation of the words he made known to me.
7:17These, the four great wild beasts -- four kingdoms shall rise up upon the earth,
7:18the ones that shall be lifted away. And holy ones of the highest shall take to themselves the kingdom; and they shall hold it unto the eon, and unto the eon of the eons.
7:19And I sought exactly concerning the fourth wild beast, that was diverse from every wild beast, extremely fearsome, its teeth of iron, and its fingernails of brass; devouring, and making fine; and it trampled upon the rest with its feet.
7:20And concerning the horns of it, of the ten, of the ones in his head, and of the other one of the ascending and shaking off the former three, that horn in which the eyes and mouth spoke great things, and the sight of it was greater than the rest,
7:21I viewed, and that horn made war with the holy ones, and prevailed against them,
7:22until of which time the old one of days came, and gave judgment to holy ones of the highest. And the time came, and the holy ones took control of the kingdom.
7:23And he said, The fourth wild beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth, which shall excel all the kingdoms, and shall devour all the earth, and shall trample upon it and cut it in pieces.
7:24And the ten horns of it are ten kings, and they shall rise up. And after them shall rise up another who shall overwhelm all the ones prior, and three kings he shall humble,
7:25and words against the highest he shall speak, and the holy ones of the highest he shall mislead, and shall be of the opinion to change times and law. And it shall be granted in his hand until a time and times and half a time.
7:26And the judgment seat he shall set, and the rule shall change over to remove it from view, and to destroy it until the end.
7:27And the kingdom, and the authority, and the greatness of the kings underneath all the heaven was given to holy ones of the highest. And his kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and all the sovereignties shall serve and obey him.
7:28Unto here is the end of the matter. I Daniel, very much the thoughts of mine disturbed me, and my appearance changed upon me, and the matter I preserved in my heart.