Daniel 7:1 KJV
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.
Matthew Henry
- Daniel's vision of the four beastsThis vision contains the same prophetic representations with Nebuchadnezzar's dream. The great sea agitated by the winds, represented the earth and the...
Thompson Chains
- Prophetic VisionsSee the chain from Isaiah 1:1 · 9 links
Parallel Passages
- Romans 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Daniel 4:5 I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
- Daniel 5:1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
- Job 33:14–16 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. …
- Daniel 1:17 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
- Daniel 2:1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
- Daniel 7:15 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
- Joel 2:28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
- Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
- Genesis 15:1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
- Genesis 46:2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
- Numbers 12:6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
- Job 4:13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
- Isaiah 8:1 Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
- Isaiah 30:8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
- Jeremiah 23:28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD.
- Jeremiah 27:7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.
- Jeremiah 36:4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.
- Ezekiel 1:1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
- Daniel 2:28–29 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; …
- Daniel 5:22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
- Daniel 5:30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
- Daniel 7:7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
- Daniel 7:13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
- Daniel 8:1 In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first.
- Habakkuk 2:2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
- Acts 2:17–18 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: …
- Romans 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
- 2 Corinthians 12:1 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
- Revelation 1:19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
- Revelation 10:4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
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Topics
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible555–538 BC · Belshazzar reigns in Babylon
Places
- BabylonTown · Location well established
- Places in Daniel 7 on a map
Bible Dictionary
- BelshazzarBel protect the king!, the last of the kings of Babylon (Dan 5:1). He was the son of Nabonidus by Nitocris, who was the daughter of...
- BabylonThe Greek form of BABEL; Semitic form Babilu, meaning “The Gate of God.” In the Assyrian tablets it means “The city of the dispersion of...
- DanielGod is my judge, or judge of God. (1.) David’s second son, “born unto him in Hebron, of Abigail the Carmelitess” (1 Chr 3:1). He is...
Aramaic and Strong’s
- In the first חֲדָה ḥădâ חַד Number · feminine singular
- year בִּשְׁנַת bišnat שְׁנָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with preposition
- of Belshazzar לְבֵלְאשַׁצַּר lĕbēlĕʾšaṣṣar בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר Proper name · with preposition
- king מֶלֶךְ melek מֶלֶךְ Noun · masculine singular construct
- of Babylon בָּבֶל bābel בַּבֶל Proper name
- Daniel דָּנִיֵּאל dāniyyēʾl דָּנִיֵּאל Proper name
- had חֲזָה ḥăzâ חֲזָא Verb · peal perfect, third person masculine singular
- a dream חֵלֶם ḥēlem חֵלֶם Noun · masculine singular
- and visions וְחֶזְוֵי wĕḥezwê חֵזֵו Noun · masculine plural construct · with and
- of his head רֵאשֵׁהּ rēʾšēh רֵאשׁ Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- upon עַל ʿal עַל Preposition
- his bed מִשְׁכְּבֵהּ miškĕbēh מִשְׁכַּב Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- then בֵּאדַיִן bēʾdayin אֱדַיִן Adverb · with preposition
- he wrote כְתַב kĕtab כְּתַב Verb · peal perfect, third person masculine singular
- the dream חֶלְמָא ḥelmāʾ חֵלֶם Noun · masculine singular determined · with the
- told אֲמַר ʾămar אֲמַר Verb · peal perfect, third person masculine singular
- the sum רֵאשׁ rēʾš רֵאשׁ Noun · masculine singular construct
- of the matters מִלִּין millîn מִלָּה Noun · feminine plural
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