Ah! The roar of many peoples – they roar like the roaring of the seas. The raging of the nations – they rage like the rumble of rushing water.
Daniel 7:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Daniel said, ‘In my vision at night I was watching, and suddenly the four winds of heaven stirred up the great sea. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 I saw in my vision at night, and behold, the four winds of the heavens fought upon the great sea. English Standard Version 2016 Daniel declared, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea. |
Ah! The roar of many peoples – they roar like the roaring of the seas. The raging of the nations – they rage like the rumble of rushing water.
I will bring the four winds against Elam from the four corners of the heavens, and I will scatter them to all these winds. There will not be a nation to which Elam’s banished ones will not go.
The sea has risen over Babylon; she is covered with its tumultuous waves.
But as soon as he is established, his kingdom will be broken up and divided to the four winds of heaven, but not to his descendants; it will not be the same kingdom that he ruled, because his kingdom will be uprooted and will go to others besides them.
The mystery was then revealed to Daniel in a vision at night, and Daniel praised the God of the heavens
I continued watching in the night visions, and suddenly one like a son of man was coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was escorted before him.
‘After this, while I was watching in the night visions, suddenly a fourth beast appeared, frightening and dreadful, and incredibly strong, with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and it trampled with its feet whatever was left. It was different from all the beasts before it, and it had ten horns.
I saw the vision, and as I watched, I was in the fortress city of Susa, in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.
Then the male goat acted even more arrogantly, but when he became powerful, the large horn was broken. Four conspicuous horns came up in its place, pointing towards the four winds of heaven.
The angel told me, ‘These are the four spirits , of heaven going out after presenting themselves to the Lord of the whole earth.
He will send out his angels with a loud trumpet, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
He also said to me, ‘The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.
After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, restraining the four winds of the earth so that no wind could blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree.