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Daniel 7:2

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Daniel said, “I was looking in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— 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.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of heaven brake forth upon the great sea.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven strove upon the great sea.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— 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.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Daniel spake and said, I was looking, in my vision [which came] with the night,—when, lo! the four winds of the heavens, bursting forth upon the great sea;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— 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;
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— I saw in my vision by night, and behold the four winds of the heavens strove upon the great sea.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Daniel spake and saide, I sawe in my vision by night, and behold, the foure windes of the heauen stroue vpon the great sea:
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Daniel spake, and said, I saw in my vision by night, & behold, the foure windes of the heauen stroue vpon the great Sea.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven stirred up the great sea.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— I Daniel beheld, and, lo, the four winds of heaven blew violently upon the great sea.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Daniyyel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Däniyyë´l דָּנִיֵּאל 1841
{1841} Prime
דָּנִיֶּאל
Daniye'l
{daw-nee-yale'}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H1840; Danijel, the Hebrew prophet.
spake 6032
{6032} Prime
עַנָה
`anah
{an-aw'}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H6030.
z8750
<8750> Grammar
Stem - Peal (See H8837)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 141
and said, 560
{0560} Prime
אַמַר
'amar
{am-ar'}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H0559.
z8750
<8750> Grammar
Stem - Peal (See H8837)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 141
I saw 2370
{2370} Prime
חַזָא
chaza'
{khaz-aw'}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H2372; to gaze upon; mentally to dream, be usual (that is, seem).
1934
{1934} Prime
הַוָא
hava'
{hav-aw'}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H1933; to exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words).
z8751
<8751> Grammar
Stem - Peal (See H8837)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 72
z8754
<8754> Grammar
Stem - Peal (See H8837)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 231
in my vision 2376
{2376} Prime
חֱזוּ
chezev
{khay'-zev}
(Chaldee); from H2370; a sight.
by 5974
{5974} Prime
עִם
`im
{eem}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H5973.
night, 3916
{3916} Prime
לֵילֵי
leyl@ya'
{lay-leh-yaw'}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H3915.
and, behold, 718
{0718} Prime
אֲרוּ
'aruw
{ar-oo'}
(Chaldee); probably akin to H0431; lo!.
the four 703
{0703} Prime
אַרְבַּע
'arba`
{ar-bah'}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H0702.
winds 7308
{7308} Prime
רוּחַ
ruwach
{roo'-akh}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H7307.
of the heaven 8065
{8065} Prime
שְׁמַיִן
shamayin
{shaw-mah'-yin}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H8064.
strove 1519
{1519} Prime
גִּיחַ
giyach
{ghee'-akh}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H1518; to rush forth.
z8683
<8683> Grammar
Stem - Aphel (See H8817)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 28
upon the great 7229
{7229} Prime
רַב
rab
{rab}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H7227.
sea. 3221
{3221} Prime
יַם
yam
{yawm}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H3220.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Daniel 7:2

_ _ the four winds — answering to the “four beasts”; their several conflicts in the four quarters or directions of the world.

_ _ strove — burst forth (from the abyss) [Maurer].

_ _ sea — The world powers rise out of the agitations of the political sea (Jeremiah 46:7, Jeremiah 46:8; Luke 21:25; compare Revelation 13:1; Revelation 17:15; Revelation 21:1); the kingdom of God and the Son of man from the clouds of heaven (Daniel 7:13; compare John 8:23). Tregelles takes “the great sea” to mean, as always elsewhere in Scripture (Joshua 1:4; Joshua 9:1), the Mediterranean, the center territorially of the four kingdoms of the vision, which all border on it and have Jerusalem subject to them. Babylon did not border on the Mediterranean, nor rule Jerusalem, till Nebuchadnezzar’s time, when both things took place simultaneously. Persia encircled more of this sea, namely, from the Hellespont to Cyrene. Greece did not become a monarchy before Alexander’s time, but then, succeeding to Persia, it became mistress of Jerusalem. It surrounded still more of the Mediterranean, adding the coasts of Greece to the part held by Persia. Rome, under Augustus, realized three things at once — it became a monarchy; it became mistress of the last of the four parts of Alexander’s empire (symbolized by the four heads of the third beast), and of Jerusalem; it surrounded all the Mediterranean.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Daniel 7:1-8.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Daniel 7:2

The four winds — Probably by the four winds of the great sea is signified commotions of contrary nations, striving together by wars, and producing these four beasts successively.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Daniel 7:2

Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon (b) the great sea.

(b) Which signified that there wold be horrible troubles and afflictions in the world in all corners of the world, and at various times.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
the four:

Revelation 7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.

the great:

Revelation 17:15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
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