Daniel 7:2

great sea

The "sea" in Scripture imagery stands for the populace, the mere unorganized mass of mankind (Matthew 13:47); (Revelation 13:1).

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Daniel spake and said - That is, he spake and said in the manner intimated in the previous verse. It was by a record made at the time, and thus h...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon (b) the great sea. (b) Which signified tha...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 7. The Vision of the Four Beasts. From this point onwards the Book becomes purely apocalyptic. The vision of the four beasts is parallel to...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

spake and said . The vision is related in words. I saw . I was looking. by . during. the four winds . All blowing at the same time and produci...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He repeats again, He saw in his vision during the night. Again, I say, Daniel affirms that he brought forward nothing but what God had author...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. The four winds of the heaven...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Behold, the four winds—strove, &c.— What was revealed to Nebuchadnezzar concerning the four great empires of the world was again revealed to Da...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. Behold, the four win...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Vision of the Four Beasts In the first year of Belshazzar Daniel sees in a dream four beasts rising out of the sea ( Daniel 7:1-3 ). The first...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Strove] RV 'brake forth.' The great sea] the Mediterranean. 3 . The imagery recalls the figures, so often found on Babylonian bas-reliefs, of win...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The great sea. — In general ( e.g., Joshua 15:47 ), these words imply the Mediterranean. Such cannot be the meaning here, so that according to D...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

VISION OF THE FOUR WILD BEASTS WE now enter upon the second division of the Book of Daniel-the apocalyptic. It is unquestionably inferior to the f...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's Everlasting Dominion Daniel 7:1-14 This chapter enumerates the succession of world-empires and rulers which bridge the gulf of centuries...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We come now to the second half of the Book, which consists of visions, with their interpretations, granted to Daniel through three reigns. During the...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

There can be no doubt, but that what is here described under the figure and similitude of beasts, relates to kingdoms of the earth. And explaining th...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

DANIEL’S VISION ‘My vision by night.’ Daniel 7:2 I. Forty years after Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, the prophet beholds in vision the same series...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night ,.... He declared he had had a vision by night, and this was the substance of it: and, behold,...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. Ver. 2. Daniel spake and...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold, the four winds strove upon the great sea This denotes those commotions in the world, and that troublesome state of affairs, out of which em...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Vision of the Four Beasts. B. C. 555. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Because Daniel doth not expound what is meant by winds, expositors think there is room left for every one's conjecture; wherein this seems most lik...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night and behold, the four winds of the heaven broke on the great sea. And four wild beasts came up fro...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

HOMILETICS SECT. XXII.—THE VISION OF THE FOUR BEASTS (Chap. Daniel 7:1-7 ) We now come to the second and principal part of the Book of Daniel, t...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Daniel 7:1-28 The principles which underlie this prophecy are at once profoundly suggestive and exceedingly important. I. Foremost among them we...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 7:1 . In the first year of Belshazzar. The book of Daniel is divided into two parts; the first six Chapter s being historic, and the latter...
The Biblical Illustrator

I saw in my vision by night. Modes of Communication with God Since the days of the apostles, the intercourse between Heaven and earth has been...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Daniel 7:1-27 THE VISION OF THE FOUR BEASTS . This chapter begins the second section of the book. All before this ha...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Vision of the Four Beasts
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Daniel spake and said, in introducing his narration of the strange experience which befell him, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four w...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Revelation 17:15 ; Revelation 7:1
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The four winds — Probably by the four winds of the great sea is signified commotions of contrary nations, striving together by wars, and producing...

² Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.

Related Commentaries of Daniel 7:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Daniel 7:2