Daniel 7:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² I, Daniel, saw in my vision by night the four winds of heaven stirring up the great sea,

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King James Version (Oxford) 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Daniel said, I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of the heavens [political and social agitations] were stirring up the great sea [the nations of the world].

American Standard Version (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.

Common English Bible

² I am Daniel. In the vision I had during the night I saw the four winds of heaven churning the great sea.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² I saw in my vision at night, and behold, the four winds of the heavens fought upon the great sea.

Daniel 7:2 Cross References

Revelation 7:1

After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth so that no wind could blow on earth or sea or against any tree.

Revelation 17:15

And he said to me, “The waters that you saw, where the whore is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages.

Matthew 24:31

And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Jeremiah 49:36

and I will bring upon Elam the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and I will scatter them to all these winds, and there shall be no nation to which the exiles from Elam shall not come.

Daniel 2:19

Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night, and Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

Daniel 7:7

After this I saw in the visions by night a fourth beast, terrifying and dreadful and exceedingly strong. It had great iron teeth and was devouring, breaking in pieces, and stamping what was left with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that preceded it, and it had ten horns.

Daniel 7:13

As I watched in the night visions, I saw one like a human being coming with the clouds of heaven. And he came to the Ancient One and was presented before him.

Daniel 8:2

In the vision I saw myself in Susa the capital, in the province of Elam, and I was by the Ulai Gate.

Daniel 8:8

Then the male goat grew exceedingly great, but at the height of its power the great horn was broken, and in its place there came up four prominent horns toward the four winds of heaven.

Daniel 11:4

And while still rising in power, his kingdom shall be broken and divided toward the four winds of heaven but not to his posterity nor according to the dominion with which he ruled, for his kingdom shall be uprooted and go to others besides these.

Zechariah 6:5

The angel answered me, “These are the four winds of heaven going out, after presenting themselves before the Lord of the whole earth.

Isaiah 17:12

Woe, the thunder of many peoples, they thunder like the thundering of the sea! The roar of nations, they roar like the roaring of mighty waters!

Jeremiah 51:42

The sea has risen over Babylon; she has been covered by its tumultuous waves.