Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “He gave me this explanation: ‘The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it. New Living Translation Then he said to me, “This fourth beast is the fourth world power that will rule the earth. It will be different from all the others. It will devour the whole world, trampling and crushing everything in its path. English Standard Version “Thus he said: ‘As for the fourth beast, there shall be a fourth kingdom on earth, which shall be different from all the kingdoms, and it shall devour the whole earth, and trample it down, and break it to pieces. Berean Standard Bible This is what he said: ‘The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on the earth, different from all the other kingdoms, and it will devour the whole earth, trample it down, and crush it. King James Bible Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. New King James Version “Thus he said: ‘The fourth beast shall be A fourth kingdom on earth, Which shall be different from all other kingdoms, And shall devour the whole earth, Trample it and break it in pieces. New American Standard Bible “This is what he said: ‘The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth which will be different from all the other kingdoms, and will devour the whole earth and trample it down and crush it. NASB 1995 “Thus he said: ‘The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth, which will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth and tread it down and crush it. NASB 1977 “Thus he said: ‘The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth, which will be different from all the other kingdoms, and it will devour the whole earth and tread it down and crush it. Legacy Standard Bible “Thus he said: ‘The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth, which will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth and tread it down and crush it. Amplified Bible “Thus the angel said, ‘The fourth beast shall be a fourth kingdom on earth, which will be different from all other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth and tread it down, and crush it. Christian Standard Bible “This is what he said: ‘The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth, different from all the other kingdoms. It will devour the whole earth, trample it down, and crush it. Holman Christian Standard Bible This is what he said: ‘The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth, different from all the other kingdoms. It will devour the whole earth, trample it down, and crush it. American Standard Version Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be a fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And thus he said to me: “The fourth beast will be the fourth kingdom in the Earth, and it will be greater than all of the kingdoms and will devour all the Earth, and it will tread upon it and it will break it to pieces Brenton Septuagint Translation And he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom on the earth, which shall excel all other kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and trample and destroy it. Contemporary English Version Then I was told by the one standing there: "The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom to appear on earth. It will be different from all the others--it will trample the earth and crush it to pieces. Douay-Rheims Bible And thus he said: The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be greater than all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. English Revised Version Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be a fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. GOD'S WORD® Translation He said, "The fourth animal will be the fourth of these kingdoms on earth. It will be different from all other kingdoms. It will devour, trample, and crush the whole world. Good News Translation This is the explanation I was given: "The fourth beast is a fourth empire that will be on the earth and will be different from all other empires. It will crush the whole earth and trample it down. International Standard Version So he said: 'The fourth animal will be a fourth kingdom on the earth, different from all the kingdoms. It will devour the entire earth, trampling it down and crushing it. JPS Tanakh 1917 Thus he said: 'The fourth beast shall be a fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. Literal Standard Version Thus he said: The fourth beast is the fourth kingdom in the earth, that is diverse from all kingdoms, and it consumes all the earth, and treads it down, and breaks it small. Majority Standard Bible This is what he said: ‘The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on the earth, different from all the other kingdoms, and it will devour the whole earth, trample it down, and crush it. New American Bible He answered me thus: “The fourth beast shall be a fourth kingdom on earth, different from all the others; The whole earth it shall devour, trample down and crush. NET Bible "This is what he told me: 'The fourth beast means that there will be a fourth kingdom on earth that will differ from all the other kingdoms. It will devour all the earth and will trample and crush it. New Revised Standard Version This is what he said: “As for the fourth beast, there shall be a fourth kingdom on earth that shall be different from all the other kingdoms; it shall devour the whole earth, and trample it down, and break it to pieces. New Heart English Bible This he said, 'The fourth animal shall be a fourth kingdom on earth, which shall be different from all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. Webster's Bible Translation Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. World English Bible “So he said, ‘The fourth animal will be a fourth kingdom on earth, which will be different from all the kingdoms, and will devour the whole earth, and will tread it down and break it in pieces. Young's Literal Translation 'Thus he said: The fourth beast is the fourth kingdom in the earth, that is diverse from all kingdoms, and it consumeth all the earth, and treadeth it down, and breaketh it small. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Daniel's Visions Interpreted…22until the Ancient of Days arrived and pronounced judgment in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came for them to possess the kingdom. 23This is what he said: ‘The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on the earth, different from all the other kingdoms, and it will devour the whole earth, trample it down, and crush it. 24And the ten horns are ten kings who will rise from this kingdom. After them another king, different from the earlier ones, will rise and subdue three kings.… Cross References Daniel 2:40 Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron; for iron shatters and crushes all things, and like iron that crushes all things, it will shatter and crush all the others. Daniel 7:22 until the Ancient of Days arrived and pronounced judgment in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came for them to possess the kingdom. Daniel 7:24 And the ten horns are ten kings who will rise from this kingdom. After them another king, different from the earlier ones, will rise and subdue three kings. Treasury of Scripture Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom on earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. no references listed for this verse. Jump to Previous Animal Appear As Beast Break Breaketh Consumeth Crush Devour Different Diverse Earth Explanation Fourth Kingdom Kingdoms Overcome Pieces Small Smashing Trample Trampling Tread Treadeth WholeJump to Next Animal Appear As Beast Break Breaketh Consumeth Crush Devour Different Diverse Earth Explanation Fourth Kingdom Kingdoms Overcome Pieces Small Smashing Trample Trampling Tread Treadeth WholeDaniel 7 1. Daniel's vision of the four beasts,9. and of God's kingdom. 15. The interpretation thereof. (23) The fourth kingdom.--The ten are spoken of as existing simultaneously. Of the various attempts to account for them, none have proved satisfactory. (See Excursus E.) We must wait in patient humility for the fulfilment of this part of the prophecy, noting that marks by which the little horn may be identified have been graciously revealed to us by God Himself.Verses 23, 24. - Thus he said, The fourth boast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. The version of the LXX. differs in some minute points from the Massoretic text. The text as given by Justin Martyr is slightly shorter by omitting some words. Theodotion and the Peshitta also agree. What remarks can be made on this have been made already. It is to be observed that it is the whole earth that is devoured by the fourth beast as presented to us now. In the earlier presentation, although very terrible, his devastation is limited. There is nothing said to indicate that the kings are successive, but the inference rather is that they are contemporaries. The attempts are many that have been made to make out ten kings before Epiphanes, but they have all failed. If the fourth kingdom is the Greek Empire, then ten is a number far too small for the various kings of the different dynasties that sprang up There were seven or eight Lagids, as many Seleucids, three or four Attalids, five or six Antigonids, not to speak of such men as Lysimaehus and Perdiecas, who were kings, but who did not found dynasties. If the fourth kingdom is tacitly reduced to the Syrian kingdom, then how is it explained that the author of 'Daniel' was ignorant, in the seventh chapter, that the Lagids were also successors of Alexander as well as the Seleucids? How could a man living in the age of the Maccabees imagine the Seleucids rulers of the world, when Epiphanes had been a hostage in Rome? A great power does not give, but receives, hostages. We know from First Maccabees that the Jews were well aware of this, and also of the check the Romans were on Epiphanes. Even if Daniel wrote at the time chosen by the critics, how came he to be so ignorant as to imagine the Seleueid Empire to be so tremendously great? He shall subdue three kings. Who are the three kings of the ten who preceded him whom Epiphanes subdued? Seleucus Philopator, Heliodorus, and Demetrius Soter are given by Professor Bevan. But Demetrius Sorer did not ascend the throne till after the death of Epiphanes. It is extremely doubtful whether Heliodorus ever assumed the crown. Our whole knowledge of him is from Appian. Josephus knows nothing of Heliodorus. The Second Book of Maccabees, though telling a legendary story of Heliodorus, gives no account of his murder of his master and attempt to take the crown. Our sole authority for this whole story is Appian, who wrote three centuries after the event, and manifests considerable confusion at times, e.g. represents Attalus and Eu-menes as being two sovereigns independent of each other, whereas the one succeeded the other. If Seleucus Philopator is to be reckoned as "subdued" or "humbled" before Epiphanes, as well might all the rest of his predecessors. The Jewish interpretation, that the little horn is the Flavian dynasty, has far more verisimilitude. Certainly Galba Vitellius and Otho had been humbled before the Flavians. If we consider the horn "magistracies," certainly the absorption into the imperial dignity of all the higher magistracies might well be reckoned humbling them. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew This is whatכֵּן֮ (kên) Adverb Strong's 3652: Thus, as follows he said: אֲמַר֒ (’ă·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 560: To say, tell, command ‘The fourth רְבִיעָ֣יְתָ֔א (rə·ḇî·‘ā·yə·ṯā) Number - ordinal feminine singular determinate Strong's 7244: Fourth, a fourth beast is חֵֽיוְתָא֙ (ḥê·wə·ṯā) Noun - feminine singular determinate Strong's 2423: An animal a fourth רְבִיעָאָה֙ (rə·ḇî·‘ā·’āh) Number - ordinal feminine singular determinate Strong's 7244: Fourth, a fourth kingdom מַלְכ֤וּ (mal·ḵū) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4437: Royalty, reign, kingdom that will appear תֶּהֱוֵ֣א (te·hĕ·wê) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 1934: To become, come to pass, be on the earth, בְאַרְעָ֔א (ḇə·’ar·‘ā) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular determinate Strong's 772: The earth, low different תִשְׁנֵ֖א (ṯiš·nê) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 8133: To change from מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's 4481: From, out of, by, by reason of, at, more than all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3606: The whole, all, any, every the other kingdoms, מַלְכְוָתָ֑א (mal·ḵə·wā·ṯā) Noun - feminine plural determinate Strong's 4437: Royalty, reign, kingdom and it will devour וְתֵאכֻל֙ (wə·ṯê·ḵul) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 399: To eat, devour the whole כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3606: The whole, all, any, every earth, אַרְעָ֔א (’ar·‘ā) Noun - feminine singular determinate Strong's 772: The earth, low trample it down, וּתְדוּשִׁנַּ֖הּ (ū·ṯə·ḏū·šin·nah) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 1759: To tread down and crush it. וְתַדְּקִנַּֽהּ׃ (wə·ṯad·də·qin·nah) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 1855: To be shattered, fall to pieces Links Daniel 7:23 NIVDaniel 7:23 NLT Daniel 7:23 ESV Daniel 7:23 NASB Daniel 7:23 KJV Daniel 7:23 BibleApps.com Daniel 7:23 Biblia Paralela Daniel 7:23 Chinese Bible Daniel 7:23 French Bible Daniel 7:23 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Daniel 7:23 Thus he said The fourth animal shall (Dan. 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