Daniel 7:2 - Tree of Life Version

² Daniel said: “I was looking in my vision at night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were churning 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.

English Standard Version 2016

² Daniel declared, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea.

Daniel 7:2 Cross References

Isaiah 17:12

Oy ! The uproar of many peoples who roar like the roaring of the seas. The rumbling of nations, who rush in like the rumbling of mighty waters!

Jeremiah 49:36

I will bring upon Elam the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them to all those winds. There will be no nation where the dispersed of Elam will not go.

Jeremiah 51:42

The sea has risen over Babylon— she is covered with its roaring waves.

Daniel 11:4

But as soon as he has arisen, his kingdom will be broken up and distributed to the four winds of heaven—though it will not go to his descendants, nor will it have the authority he exercised, for his kingdom will be uprooted and given to others besides these.

Daniel 2:19

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

Daniel 7:13

“I was watching in the night visions. Behold, One like a Son of Man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days, and was brought into His presence.

Daniel 7:7

“After this in my vision at night, I looked and behold there was a fourth beast—terrifying, frightening, tremendously strong, with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed—and anything that was left it trampled with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that came before it; it had ten horns.

Daniel 8:2

In the vision I saw myself in the citadel of Shushan , which is in the province of Elam. In the vision I saw that I was beside the Ulai Canal.

Daniel 8:8

“The male goat became exceedingly great, but as soon as he became mighty, the large horn was broken, and in its place four prominent horns grew up toward the four winds of heaven.

Zechariah 6:5

The angel answered me saying, “These are the four winds of heaven that go forth from the presence of the Lord of all the earth.

Matthew 24:31

He will send out His angels with a great shofar, and they will gather together His chosen from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”

Revelation 17:15

Then he tells me, “The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.

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 would blow on the earth or on the sea or against any tree.