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Daniel 7:1

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Daniel has a Vision of Four Animals Coming up from the Sea

7:1In the first1 year of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had2 a dream filled with visions3 while he was lying on his bed. Then he wrote down the dream in summary fashion.4

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  1. 1 The first year of Belshazzar’s reign would have been 553 B.C. Daniel would have been approximately 67 years old at the time of this vision.
  2. 2 Aram “saw.”
  3. 3 Aram “and visions of his head.” The Aramaic is difficult here. Some scholars add a verb thought to be missing (e.g., “the visions of his head [were alarming him]”), but there is no external evidence to support such a decision and the awkwardness of the text at this point may be original.
  4. 4 Aram “head of words.” The phrase is absent in Theodotion. Cf. “the substance of his dream.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head as he lay in his bed. Then he wrote down the dream and told the sum of the matter.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he was lying in bed. He wrote down the substance of his dream.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

In the first year of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had a dream with visions in his mind as he was lying in his bed. He wrote down the dream, and here is the summary of his account.

NLTNew Living Translation

Earlier, during the first year of King Belshazzar’s reign in Babylon, Daniel had a dream and saw visions as he lay in his bed. He wrote down the dream, and this is what he saw.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

In the first year of Belshazzar the king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head as he lay on his bed; then he wrote down the dream and the summary of the words as follows:

KJV 1900King James Version

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.