After this, I saw in the visions by night, and behold, the [a]fourth beast was fearful and terrible and very strong. It had great [b]iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped [c]the residue under his feet: and it was unlike to the beasts that were before it: for it had [d]ten horns.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 7:7 That is, the Roman Empire which was a monster, and could not be compared to any beasts, because the nature of none was able to express it.
  2. Daniel 7:7 Signifying, the tyranny and greediness of the Romans.
  3. Daniel 7:7 That which the Romans could not quietly enjoy in other countries, they would give it to other Kings and rulers, that at all times when they would, they might take it again: which liberality is here called the stamping of the rest under the feet.
  4. Daniel 7:7 That is, sundry and divers provinces which were governed by the deputies and proconsuls, whereof everyone might be compared to a King.

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