Four great beasts, each different from the others, came up out of the sea.

有四个大兽从海中上来，形状各有不同：

有四只巨兽从海里上来，它们各不相同：

有四只巨兽从海里上来，它们各不相同：

接着，四只巨兽从海中上来，各有不同的形状。

“有四只巨兽从海中上来，形状各不相同。

有四只巨兽从海里上来，各个都不相同。

有四個大獸從海中上來，形狀各有不同：

有四隻巨獸從海裏上來，牠們各不相同：

有四隻巨獸從海裏上來，牠們各不相同：

接著，四隻巨獸從海中上來，各有不同的形狀。

“有四隻巨獸從海中上來，形狀各不相同。

有四隻大獸從海中上來，彼此各不相同。

有四隻巨獸從海裡上來，各個都不相同。

有四巨獸、自海而出、其狀各殊、

四獸甚巨、自海而出、狀各殊異、

四獸甚巨、自海而出、其狀各異、

Four large animals came up out of the sea. Each one was different from the others.

And four great beasts came up out of the sea, different from one another.

Then four huge beasts came up out of the water, each different from the others.

Four huge beasts came up from the sea, each different from the other.

And four great beasts were coming up from the sea, different from one another.

And four great beasts came up from the sea, each different from the other.

And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.

Four huge beasts came up from the sea, each different from the other.

And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.

Then four large beasts came up from the sea; they were different from one another.

Four great animals came up from the sea, different from one another.

And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on his horns, and on each head a blasphemous name.

‘ The four great beasts are four kings that will rise from the earth.

“ The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted from the ground so that it stood on two feet like a human being, and the mind of a human was given to it.“ And there before me was a second beast, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told,‘ Get up and eat your fill of flesh!’“ After that, I looked, and there before me was another beast, one that looked like a leopard. And on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. This beast had four heads, and it was given authority to rule.“ After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast— terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns.“ While I was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a human being and a mouth that spoke boastfully.

I looked up again, and there before me were four chariots coming out from between two mountains— mountains of bronze.The first chariot had red horses, the second black,the third white, and the fourth dappled— all of them powerful.I asked the angel who was speaking to me,“ What are these, my lord?”The angel answered me,“ These are the four spirits of heaven, going out from standing in the presence of the Lord of the whole world.The one with the black horses is going toward the north country, the one with the white horses toward the west, and the one with the dappled horses toward the south.”When the powerful horses went out, they were straining to go throughout the earth. And he said,“ Go throughout the earth!” So they went throughout the earth.Then he called to me,“ Look, those going toward the north country have given my Spirit rest in the land of the north.”

She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he became a man- eater.The nations heard about him, and he was trapped in their pit. They led him with hooks to the land of Egypt.“‘ When she saw her hope unfulfilled, her expectation gone, she took another of her cubs and made him a strong lion.He prowled among the lions, for he was now a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he became a man- eater.He broke down their strongholds and devastated their towns. The land and all who were in it were terrified by his roaring.Then the nations came against him, those from regions round about. They spread their net for him, and he was trapped in their pit.

The head of the statue was made of pure gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze,its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of baked clay.

You are radiant with light, more majestic than mountains rich with game.

Your Majesty, you are the king of kings. The God of heaven has given you dominion and power and might and glory;in your hands he has placed all mankind and the beasts of the field and the birds in the sky. Wherever they live, he has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold.“ After you, another kingdom will arise, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule over the whole earth.Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron— for iron breaks and smashes everything— and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others.