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 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Daniel 7 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/daniel/7.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/daniel/7-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Daniel 7</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../daniel/6.htm" title="Daniel 6">&#9668;</a> Daniel 7 <a href="../daniel/8.htm" title="Daniel 8">&#9658;</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h2 class="ms">DANIEL DESCRIBES HIS VISIONS (7.1—12.13)</h2><h3 class="s">Daniel's Vision of the Four Beasts</h3><p class="par"><span class="v27_7_1"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.7.1" class="v27_7_1">1</span>In the first year that Belshazzar was king of Babylonia, I had a dream and saw a vision in the night. I wrote the dream down, and this is the record </span><span class="v27_7_2"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.7.2" class="v27_7_2">2</span>of what I saw that night:</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v27_7_2">Winds were blowing from all directions and lashing the surface of the ocean. </span><span class="v27_7_3"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.7.3" class="v27_7_3">3</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Dan.7.3!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Four huge beasts came up out of the ocean, each one different from the others. </span><span class="v27_7_4"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.7.4" class="v27_7_4">4</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Dan.7.4!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The first one looked like a lion, but had wings like an eagle. While I was watching, the wings were torn off. The beast was lifted up and made to stand up straight. And then a human mind was given to it.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v27_7_5"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.7.5" class="v27_7_5">5</span>The second beast looked like a bear standing on its hind legs. It was holding three ribs between its teeth, and a voice said to it, “Go on, eat as much meat as you can!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v27_7_6"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.7.6" class="v27_7_6">6</span>While I was watching, another beast appeared. It looked like a leopard, but on its back there were four wings, like the wings of a bird, and it had four heads. It had a look of authority about it.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v27_7_7"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.7.7" class="v27_7_7">7</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Dan.7.7!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> As I was watching, a fourth beast appeared. It was powerful, horrible, terrifying. With its huge iron teeth it crushed its victims, and then it trampled on them. Unlike the other beasts, it had ten horns. </span><span class="v27_7_8"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.7.8" class="v27_7_8">8</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Dan.7.8!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> While I was staring at the horns, I saw a little horn coming up among the others. It tore out three of the horns that were already there. This horn had human eyes and a mouth that was boasting proudly.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Vision of the One Who Has Been Living Forever</h3><p class="par"><span class="v27_7_9"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.7.9" class="v27_7_9">9</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Dan.7.9!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> While I was looking, thrones were put in place. One who had been living forever sat down on one of the thrones. His clothes were white as snow, and his hair was like pure wool. His throne, mounted on fiery wheels, was blazing with fire, </span><span class="v27_7_10"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.7.10" class="v27_7_10">10</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Dan.7.10!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> and a stream of fire was pouring out from it. There were many thousands of people there to serve him, and millions of people stood before him. The court began its session, and the books were opened.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v27_7_11"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.7.11" class="v27_7_11">11</span>While I was looking, I could still hear the little horn bragging and boasting. As I watched, the fourth beast was killed, and its body was thrown into the flames and destroyed. </span><span class="v27_7_12"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.7.12" class="v27_7_12">12</span>The other beasts had their power taken away, but they were permitted to go on living for a limited time.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v27_7_13"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.7.13" class="v27_7_13">13</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Dan.7.13!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> During this vision in the night, I saw what looked like a human being. He was approaching me, surrounded by clouds, and he went to the one who had been living forever and was presented to him. </span><span class="v27_7_14"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.7.14" class="v27_7_14">14</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Dan.7.14!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> He was given authority, honor, and royal power, so that the people of all nations, races, and languages would serve him. His authority would last forever, and his kingdom would never end.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Visions Are Explained</h3><p class="par"><span class="v27_7_15"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.7.15" class="v27_7_15">15</span>The visions I saw alarmed me, and I was deeply disturbed.<a href="#fn" id="link_Dan.7.15!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v27_7_16"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.7.16" class="v27_7_16">16</span>I went up to one of those standing there and asked him to explain it all. So he told me the meaning. </span><span class="v27_7_17"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.7.17" class="v27_7_17">17</span>He said, “These four huge beasts are four empires which will arise on earth. </span><span class="v27_7_18"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.7.18" class="v27_7_18">18</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Dan.7.18!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> And the people of the Supreme God will receive royal power and keep it forever and ever.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v27_7_19"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.7.19" class="v27_7_19">19</span>Then I wanted to know more about the fourth beast, which was not like any of the others—the terrifying beast which crushed its victims with its bronze claws and iron teeth and then trampled on them. </span><span class="v27_7_20"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.7.20" class="v27_7_20">20</span>And I wanted to know about the ten horns on its head and the horn that had come up afterward and had made three of the horns fall. It had eyes and a mouth and was boasting proudly. It was more terrifying than any of the others.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v27_7_21"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.7.21" class="v27_7_21">21</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Dan.7.21!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> While I was looking, that horn made war on God's people and conquered them. </span><span class="v27_7_22"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.7.22" class="v27_7_22">22</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Dan.7.22!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Then the one who had been living forever came and pronounced judgment in favor of<a href="#fn" id="link_Dan.7.22!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> the people of the Supreme God. The time had arrived for God's people to receive royal power.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v27_7_23"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.7.23" class="v27_7_23">23</span>This is the explanation I was given: “The fourth beast is a fourth empire that will be on the earth and will be different from all other empires. It will crush the whole earth and trample it down. </span><span class="v27_7_24"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.7.24" class="v27_7_24">24</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Dan.7.24!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The ten horns are ten kings who will rule that empire. Then another king will appear; he will be very different from the earlier ones and will overthrow three kings. </span><span class="v27_7_25"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.7.25" class="v27_7_25">25</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Dan.7.25!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> He will speak against the Supreme God and oppress God's people. He will try to change their religious laws and festivals, and God's people will be under his power for three and a half years. </span><span class="v27_7_26"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.7.26" class="v27_7_26">26</span>Then the heavenly court will sit in judgment, take away his power, and destroy him completely. </span><span class="v27_7_27"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.7.27" class="v27_7_27">27</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Dan.7.27!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The power and greatness of all the kingdoms on earth will be given to the people of the Supreme God. Their royal power will never end, and all rulers on earth will serve and obey them.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v27_7_28"><span class="reftext" id="Dan.7.28" class="v27_7_28">28</span>This is the end of the account. I was so frightened that I turned pale, and I kept everything to myself.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">7.15: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Aramaic has two additional words, the meaning of which is unclear.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">7.22: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">pronounced judgment in favor of; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">gave the right to judge to.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society.  All rights reserved.</span></p> <p class="yiv9003199930MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Bible text from the Good News Translation (GNT) is not to be reproduced in copies or otherwise by any means except as permitted in writing by American Bible Society, 101 North Independence Mall East, Floor 8, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2155 (<a href="http://www.americanbible.org">www.americanbible.org</a>). 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