These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
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Gill's Exposition
These great beasts, which are four, are four kings,.... Or kingdoms, as the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions; and so Jarchi, Aben Ezra, and Saadiah; so the fourth beast is called the…
Barnes' Notes
These great beasts, which are four, are four kings - Four kings or four dynasties. There is no reason for supposing that they refer to individual kings, but the obvious meaning is, that they refer to…
Adam Clarke
These great beasts - are four kings - See the preceding verses, where the following explanations are inserted and illustrated.
Here we have, I. The deep impressions which these visions made upon the prophet. God in them put honour upon him, and gave him satisfaction, yet not without a great allay of pain and perplexity (Dan…
Cambridge Bible
The four beasts represent four kings, or (Dan 7:7) four kingdoms, the -king" in each case being not an individual king, but a typical king, embodying the characteristics of the empire ruled by him.…
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