<vn='1'>In the <sn="2298">first</s><sn="8140">year</s> of <sn="1113">Belshazzar</s><sn="4430">king</s> of <sn="895">Babylon</s><sn="1841">Daniel</s><sn="2370">had</s> a <sn="2493">dream</s> and <sn="2376">visions</s> of his <sn="7217">head</s><sn="5922">upon</s> his <sn="4903">bed</s>: <sn="116">then</s> he <sn="3790">wrote</s> the <sn="2493">dream</s>, and <sn="560">told</s> the <sn="7217">sum</s> of the <sn="4406">matters</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1841">Daniel</s><sn="6032">spoke</s> and <sn="560">said</s>, I <sn="1934 2370">saw</s> in my <sn="2376">vision</s><sn="5974">by</s><sn="3916">night</s>, and, <sn="718">behold</s>, the <sn="703">four</s><sn="7308">winds</s> of the <sn="8065">heaven</s><sn="1519">strove</s> upon the <sn="7229">great</s><sn="3221">sea</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="703">four</s><sn="7260">great</s><sn="2423">beasts</s> came <sn="5559">up</s><sn="4481">from</s> the <sn="3221">sea</s>, <sn="8133">diverse</s><sn="1668">one</s> from <sn="4481 1668">another</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>The <sn="6933">first</s> was like a <sn="744">lion</s>, and had <sn="1768 5403">eagle</s> 's <sn="1611">wings</s>: I <sn="1934 2370">beheld</s><sn="5705 1768">till</s> the <sn="1611">wings</s> thereof were <sn="4804">plucked</s>, and it was lifted <sn="5191">up</s><sn="4481">from</s> the <sn="772">earth</s>, and made <sn="6966">stand</s><sn="5922">upon</s> the <sn="7271">feet</s> as a <sn="606">man</s>, and a <sn="606">man</s> 's <sn="3825">heart</s> was <sn="3052">given</s> to it. </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="718">behold</s><sn="317">another</s><sn="2423">beast</s>, a <sn="8578">second</s>, <sn="1821">like</s> to a <sn="1678">bear</s>, and it raised <sn="6966">up</s> itself on <sn="2298">one</s><sn="7859">side</s>, and it had <sn="8532">three</s><sn="5967">ribs</s> in the <sn="6433">mouth</s> of it <sn="997">between</s> the <sn="8128">teeth</s> of it: and they <sn="560">said</s><sn="3652">thus</s> unto it, <sn="6966">Arise</s>, <sn="399">devour</s><sn="7690">much</s><sn="1321">flesh</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="870">After</s><sn="1836">this</s> I <sn="1934 2370">beheld</s>, and <sn="718">lo</s><sn="317">another</s>, like a <sn="5245">leopard</s>, which had <sn="5922">upon</s> the <sn="1355">back</s> of it <sn="703">four</s><sn="1611">wings</s><sn="1768">of</s> a <sn="5776">fowl</s>; the <sn="2423">beast</s> had also <sn="703">four</s><sn="7217">heads</s>; and <sn="7985">dominion</s> was <sn="3052">given</s> to it. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="870">After</s><sn="1836">this</s> I <sn="1934 2370">saw</s> in the <sn="3916">night</s><sn="2376">visions</s>, and <sn="718">behold</s> a <sn="7244">fourth</s><sn="2423">beast</s>, <sn="1763">dreadful</s> and <sn="574">terrible</s>, and <sn="8624">strong</s><sn="3493">exceedingly</s>; and it had <sn="7260">great</s><sn="1768 6523">iron</s><sn="8128">teeth</s>: it <sn="399">devoured</s> and broke in <sn="1855">pieces</s>, and <sn="7512">stamped</s> the <sn="7606">residue</s> with the <sn="7271">feet</s> of it: and <sn="1932">it</s> was <sn="8133">diverse</s><sn="4481">from</s><sn="3606">all</s> the <sn="2423">beasts</s><sn="1768">that</s> were <sn="6925">before</s> it; and it had <sn="6236">ten</s><sn="7162">horns</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>I <sn="1934 7920">considered</s> the <sn="7162">horns</s>, and, <sn="431">behold</s>, there came <sn="5559">up</s><sn="997">among</s> them <sn="317">another</s><sn="2192">little</s><sn="7162">horn</s>, <sn="4481 6925">before</s> whom there were <sn="8532">three</s><sn="4481">of</s> the <sn="6933">first</s><sn="7162">horns</s> plucked up by the <sn="6132">roots</s>: and, <sn="431">behold</s>, in <sn="1668">this</s><sn="7162">horn</s> were <sn="5870">eyes</s> like the <sn="5870">eyes</s> of <sn="606">man</s>, and a <sn="6433">mouth</s><sn="4449">speaking</s> great <sn="7260">things</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>I <sn="1934 2370">beheld</s><sn="5705 1768">till</s> the <sn="3764">thrones</s> were cast <sn="7412">down</s>, and the <sn="6268">Ancient</s> of <sn="3118">days</s> did <sn="3488">sit</s>, whose <sn="3831">garment</s> was <sn="2358">white</s> as <sn="8517">snow</s>, and the <sn="8177">hair</s> of his <sn="7217">head</s> like the <sn="5343">pure</s><sn="6015">wool</s>: his <sn="3764">throne</s> was like the <sn="1768 5135">fiery</s><sn="7631">flame</s>, and his <sn="1535">wheels</s> as <sn="1815">burning</s><sn="5135">fire</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>A <sn="1768 5135">fiery</s><sn="5103">stream</s><sn="5047">issued</s> and came <sn="5312">forth</s><sn="4481">from</s><sn="6925">before</s> him: <sn="506">thousand</s><sn="506">thousands</s><sn="8120">ministered</s> unto him, and ten thousand times ten <sn="7240 7240">thousand</s><sn="6966">stood</s><sn="6925">before</s> him: the <sn="1780">judgment</s> was <sn="3488">set</s>, and the <sn="5609">books</s> were <sn="6606">opened</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>I <sn="1934 2370">beheld</s><sn="116">then</s> because <sn="4481">of</s> the <sn="7032">voice</s> of the <sn="7260">great</s><sn="4406">words</s><sn="1768">which</s> the <sn="7162">horn</s><sn="4449">spoke</s>: I <sn="1934 2370">beheld</s> even <sn="5705 1768">till</s> the <sn="2423">beast</s> was <sn="6992">slain</s>, and his <sn="1655">body</s><sn="7">destroyed</s>, and <sn="3052">given</s> to the <sn="3346">burning</s><sn="785">flame</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>As concerning the <sn="7606">rest</s> of the <sn="2423">beasts</s>, they had their <sn="7985">dominion</s> taken <sn="5709">away</s>: yet their <sn="2417">lives</s> were <sn="754 3052">prolonged</s><sn="5705">for</s> a <sn="2166">season</s> and <sn="5732">time</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>I <sn="1934 2370">saw</s> in the <sn="3916">night</s><sn="2376">visions</s>, and, <sn="718">behold</s>, one like the <sn="1247">Son</s> of <sn="606">man</s><sn="1934 858">came</s><sn="5974">with</s> the <sn="6050">clouds</s> of <sn="8065">heaven</s>, and <sn="4291">came</s><sn="5705">to</s> the <sn="6268">Ancient</s> of <sn="3118">days</s>, and they brought him <sn="7127">near</s><sn="6925">before</s> him. </v>
<vn='14'>And there was <sn="3052">given</s> him <sn="7985">dominion</s>, and <sn="3367">glory</s>, and a <sn="4437">kingdom</s>, that <sn="3606">all</s><sn="5972">people</s>, <sn="524">nations</s>, and <sn="3961">languages</s>, should <sn="6399">serve</s> him: his <sn="7985">dominion</s> is an <sn="5957">everlasting</s><sn="7985">dominion</s>, <sn="1768">which</s> shall <sn="3809">not</s> pass <sn="5709">away</s>, and his <sn="4437">kingdom</s> that <sn="1768">which</s> shall <sn="3809">not</s> be <sn="2255">destroyed</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="576">I</s><sn="1841">Daniel</s> was <sn="3735">grieved</s> in my <sn="7308">spirit</s> in the <sn="1459">midst</s> of my <sn="5085">body</s>, and the <sn="2376">visions</s> of my <sn="7217">head</s><sn="927">troubled</s> me. </v>
<vn='16'>I came <sn="7127">near</s><sn="5922">unto</s><sn="2298">one</s><sn="4481">of</s> them that stood <sn="6966">by</s>, and <sn="1156 4481">asked</s> him the <sn="3330">truth</s><sn="5922">of</s><sn="3606">all</s><sn="1836">this</s>. So he <sn="560">told</s> me, and made me <sn="3046">know</s> the <sn="6591">interpretation</s> of the <sn="4406">things</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="459">These</s><sn="7260">great</s><sn="2423">beasts</s>, <sn="1768">which</s> are <sn="703">four</s>, are <sn="703">four</s><sn="4430">kings</s>, which shall <sn="6966">arise</s> out <sn="4481">of</s> the <sn="772">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>But the <sn="6922">saints</s> of the most <sn="5946">High</s> shall <sn="6902">take</s> the <sn="4437">kingdom</s>, and <sn="2631">possess</s> the <sn="4437">kingdom</s><sn="5705 5957">forever</s>, even <sn="5705 5957">forever</s> and <sn="5957">ever</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="116">Then</s> I <sn="6634">would</s><sn="3046">know</s> the <sn="3321">truth</s><sn="5922">of</s> the <sn="7244">fourth</s><sn="2423">beast</s>, <sn="1768">which</s><sn="1934">was</s><sn="8133">diverse</s><sn="4481">from</s><sn="3606">all</s> the others, <sn="3493">exceeding</s><sn="1763">dreadful</s>, whose <sn="8128">teeth</s> were <sn="1768">of</s><sn="6523">iron</s>, and his <sn="2953">nails</s><sn="1768">of</s><sn="5174">brass</s>; which <sn="399">devoured</s>, broke in <sn="1855">pieces</s>, and <sn="7512">stamped</s> the <sn="7606">residue</s> with his <sn="7271">feet</s>; </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="5922">of</s> the <sn="6236">ten</s><sn="7162">horns</s><sn="1768">that</s> were in his <sn="7217">head</s>, and of the <sn="317">other</s><sn="1768">which</s> came <sn="5559">up</s>, and <sn="4481 6925">before</s> whom <sn="8532">three</s><sn="5308">fell</s>; even of <sn="1797">that</s><sn="7162">horn</s> that had <sn="5870">eyes</s>, and a <sn="6433">mouth</s> that <sn="4449">spoke</s> very great <sn="7260">things</s>, whose <sn="2376">look</s> was more <sn="7229">stout</s><sn="4481">than</s> his <sn="2273">fellows</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>I <sn="1934 2370">beheld</s>, and the <sn="1797">same</s><sn="7162">horn</s><sn="5648">made</s><sn="7129">war</s><sn="5974">with</s> the <sn="6922">saints</s>, and <sn="3202">prevailed</s> against them; </v>
<vn='22'><sn="5705 1768">Until</s> the <sn="6268">Ancient</s> of <sn="3118">days</s><sn="858">came</s>, and <sn="1780">judgment</s> was <sn="3052">given</s> to the <sn="6922">saints</s> of the most <sn="5946">High</s>; and the <sn="2166">time</s><sn="4291">came</s> that the <sn="6922">saints</s><sn="2631">possessed</s> the <sn="4437">kingdom</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="3652">Thus</s> he <sn="560">said</s>, The <sn="7244">fourth</s><sn="2423">beast</s> shall <sn="1934">be</s> the <sn="7244">fourth</s><sn="4437">kingdom</s> upon <sn="772">earth</s>, <sn="1768">which</s> shall be <sn="8133">diverse</s><sn="4481">from</s><sn="3606">all</s><sn="4437">kingdoms</s>, and shall <sn="399">devour</s> the <sn="3606">whole</s><sn="772">earth</s>, and shall tread it <sn="1759">down</s>, and break it in <sn="1855">pieces</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And the <sn="6236">ten</s><sn="7162">horns</s> out <sn="4481">of</s> this <sn="4437">kingdom</s> are <sn="6236">ten</s><sn="4430">kings</s> that shall <sn="6966">arise</s>: and <sn="321">another</s> shall <sn="6966">rise</s><sn="311">after</s> them; and <sn="1932">he</s> shall be <sn="8133">diverse</s><sn="4481">from</s> the <sn="6933">first</s>, and he shall <sn="8214">subdue</s><sn="8532">three</s><sn="4430">kings</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And he shall <sn="4449">speak</s> great <sn="4406">words</s><sn="6655">against</s> the most <sn="5943">High</s>, and shall wear <sn="1080">out</s> the <sn="6922">saints</s> of the most <sn="5946">High</s>, and <sn="5452">think</s> to <sn="8133">change</s><sn="2166">times</s> and <sn="1882">laws</s>: and they shall be <sn="3052">given</s> into his <sn="3028">hand</s><sn="5705">until</s> a <sn="5732">time</s> and <sn="5732">times</s> and the <sn="6387">dividing</s> of <sn="5732">time</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>But the <sn="1780">judgment</s> shall <sn="3488">sit</s>, and they shall take <sn="5709">away</s> his <sn="7985">dominion</s>, to <sn="8046">consume</s> and to <sn="7">destroy</s> it <sn="5705">unto</s> the <sn="5491">end</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And the <sn="4437">kingdom</s> and <sn="7985">dominion</s>, and the <sn="7238">greatness</s><sn="1768">of</s> the <sn="4437">kingdom</s><sn="8460">under</s> the <sn="3606">whole</s><sn="8065">heaven</s>, shall be <sn="3052">given</s> to the <sn="5972">people</s> of the <sn="6922">saints</s> of the most <sn="5946">High</s>, whose <sn="4437">kingdom</s> is an <sn="5957">everlasting</s><sn="4437">kingdom</s>, and <sn="3606">all</s><sn="7985">dominions</s> shall <sn="6399">serve</s> and <sn="8086">obey</s> him. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="5705 3542">Hitherto</s> is the <sn="5491">end</s><sn="1768">of</s> the <sn="4406">matter</s>. As for <sn="576">me</s><sn="1841">Daniel</s>, my <sn="7476">cogitations</s><sn="7690">much</s><sn="927">troubled</s> me, and my <sn="2122">countenance</s><sn="8133">changed</s><sn="5922">in</s> me: but I <sn="5202">kept</s> the <sn="4406">matter</s> in my <sn="3821">heart</s>. </v>