Daniel 7:1 - The Scriptures 1998 In the first year of Bĕ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition IN THE first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions in his head as he was lying upon his bed. Then he wrote down the dream and told the gist of the matter. American Standard Version (1901) In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters. Common English Bible In the first year of Babylon’s King Belshazzar, Daniel had a dream—a vision in his head as he lay on his bed. He wrote the dream down. Here is the beginning of the account: Catholic Public Domain Version In the first year of Belshazzar, king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and a vision in his head on his bed. And, writing down the dream, he understood it in a concise manner, and so, summarizing it tersely, he said: English Standard Version 2016 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head as he lay in his bed. Then he wrote down the dream and told the sum of the matter. |
And go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it on a scroll, that it is for a latter day, a witness forever:
And יהוה said to me, “Take a large tablet, and write on it with a man’s pen concerning Mahĕ
“The prophet who has a dream, let him relate the dream, and he who has My Word, let him speak My Word in truth. What is the chaff to the wheat?” declares יהוה.
‘And all nations shall serve him and his son and his son’s son, until the time of his land comes. And then many nations and great sovereigns shall make him serve them.
And it came to be in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth of the month, as I was among the exiles by the River Keḇ
As for these four young men, Elohim gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom. And Dani’ĕ
“In the visions of my head on my bed, I looked and saw a Watcher, even a set-apart one, coming down from the heavens.
I saw a dream and it frightened me, and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head alarmed me.
“I was looking in the night visions and saw One like the Son of Enosh, coming with the clouds of the heavens! And He came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him.
“After this I looked in the night visions and saw a fourth beast, fearsome and burly, exceedingly strong. And it had great iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and trampled down the rest with its feet. And it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.
“And after this it shall be that I pour out My Spirit on all flesh. And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men dream dreams, your young men see visions.
For the Master יהוה does no matter unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.
And יהוה answered me and said, “Write the vision and inscribe it on tablets, so that he who reads it runs.
And He said, “Hear now My words: If your prophet is of יהוה, I make Myself known to him in a vision, and I speak to him in a dream.
For whatever was written before was written for our instruction, that through endurance and encouragement of the Scriptures we might have the expectation.
To boast, indeed, is useless for me, for I shall go on to visions and revelations of יהוה.
“Write therefore what you have seen, both what is now and what shall take place after these:
And when the seven thunders spoke their sounds, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from the heaven saying to me, “Seal up what the seven thunders spoke, and do not write them.”