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Daniel 7:2
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KJ21
Daniel spoke and said, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
ASV
Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of heaven brake forth upon the great sea.
AMP
Daniel said, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea (the nations).
AMPC
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].
BRG
Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
CSB
Daniel said, “In my vision at night I was watching, and suddenly the four winds of heaven stirred up the great sea.
CSBA
Daniel said, ‘In my vision at night I was watching, and suddenly the four winds of heaven stirred up the great sea.
CEB
I am Daniel. In the vision I had during the night I saw the four winds of heaven churning the great sea.
CJB
“I had a vision at night; I saw there before me the four winds of the sky breaking out over the great sea,
CEV
Daniel wrote: In the first year of King Belshazzar of Babylonia, I had some dreams and visions while I was asleep one night, and I wrote them down. The four winds were stirring up the mighty sea,
DARBY
Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of the heavens broke forth upon the great sea.
DRA
I saw in my vision by night, and behold the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
ERV
Daniel said, “I saw my vision at night. In the vision the wind was blowing from all four directions. These winds made the sea rough.
EASY
Daniel wrote, ‘I had a vision at night. I saw the four winds of the sky. They caused big waves in the great sea.
EHV
Daniel said: During my visions at night, I was watching and saw the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea.
ESV
Daniel declared, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea.
ESVUK
Daniel declared, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea.
EXB
Daniel said: “I saw my vision at night. In the vision the ·wind was blowing from all four directions, which made the sea very rough [L four winds of heaven stirred up the great sea; C a picture of chaos].
GNV
Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea:
GW
In my visions at night I, Daniel, saw the four winds of heaven stirring up the Mediterranean Sea.
GNT
of what I saw that night: Winds were blowing from all directions and lashing the surface of the ocean.
HCSB
Daniel said, “In my vision at night I was watching, and suddenly the four winds of heaven stirred up the great sea.
ICB
Daniel said: “I saw my vision at night. In the vision the wind was blowing from all four directions. These winds made the sea very rough.
ISV
Daniel said, “I observed the vision during the night. Look! The four winds of the skies were stirring up the Mediterranean Sea.
JUB
Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven fought the great sea.
KJV
Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
AKJV
Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
LSB
Daniel answered and said, “I was looking in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea.
LEB
Daniel explained and said, “I was looking in my vision in the night, and look, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea.
TLB
In my dream I saw a great storm on a mighty ocean, with strong winds blowing from every direction.
MSG
“In my dream that night I saw the four winds of heaven whipping up a great storm on the sea. Four huge animals, each different from the others, ascended out of the sea.
MEV
Daniel spoke and said: I saw in my vision by night the four winds of the heaven striving upon the Mediterranean Sea.
NOG
In my visions at night I, Daniel, saw the four winds of heaven stirring up the Mediterranean Sea.
NABRE
In the vision I saw during the night, suddenly the four winds of heaven stirred up the great sea,
NASB
Daniel said, “I was looking in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea.
NASB1995
Daniel said, “I was looking in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea.
NCB
In the vision I saw during the night, I, Daniel, beheld the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea.
NCV
Daniel said: “I saw my vision at night. In the vision the wind was blowing from all four directions, which made the sea very rough.
NET
Daniel explained: “I was watching in my vision during the night as the four winds of the sky were stirring up the great sea.
NIRV
Daniel said, “I had a vision at night. I looked up and saw the four winds of heaven. They were stirring up the Mediterranean Sea.
NIV
Daniel said: “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea.
NIVUK
Daniel said: ‘In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea.
NKJV
Daniel spoke, saying, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the Great Sea.
NLV
Daniel said, “In my dream at night I looked and saw the four winds of heaven causing waves in the great sea.
NLT
In my vision that night, I, Daniel, saw a great storm churning the surface of a great sea, with strong winds blowing from every direction.
NRSVA
I, Daniel, saw in my vision by night the four winds of heaven stirring up the great sea,
NRSVACE
I, Daniel, saw in my vision by night the four winds of heaven stirring up the great sea,
NRSVCE
I, Daniel, saw in my vision by night the four winds of heaven stirring up the great sea,
NRSVUE
I, Daniel, saw in my vision by night the four winds of heaven stirring up the great sea,
OJB
Daniel answered and said, I saw in my vision that came by night, and, hinei, the arbah ruchot (four winds) of Shomayim burst forth upon the yam hagadol (great sea).
RGT
Daniel spoke and said, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of the heaven stirred up the great sea.
RSV
Daniel said, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea.
RSVCE
Daniel said, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea.
TLV
Daniel said: “I was looking in my vision at night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were churning up the great sea.
VOICE
Daniel: As I dreamed that night, I saw a vision: I was looking and saw the four winds of heaven blow in from all directions and sweep across the surface of the Mediterranean Sea, whipping up waves and turmoil within the deep.
WEB
Daniel spoke and said, “I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the sky broke out on the great sea.
WYC
and he touched shortly the sentence, and said, I saw in my vision in (the) night, and lo! four winds of heaven fought in the midst of the great sea. (yea, he touched briefly upon it, and said, I saw in my vision in the night, and lo! the four winds of the heavens fought in the midst of the Great Sea.)
YLT
Answered hath Daniel and said, `I was seeing in my vision by night, and lo, the four winds of the heavens are coming forth to the great sea;
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