Verse 17

`These great beasts, that `are' four, `are' four kings, they rise up from the earth;

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 17:14 : 14 From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion `is' in life, And `with' Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied `with' sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.
  • Dan 2:37-40 : 37 `Thou, O king, art a king of kings, for the God of the heavens a kingdom, strength, and might, and glory, hath given to thee; 38 and whithersoever sons of men are dwelling, the beast of the field, and the fowl of the heavens, He hath given into thy hand, and hath caused thee to rule over them all; thou `art' this head of gold. 39 And after thee doth rise up another kingdom lower than those, and another third kingdom of brass, that doth rule overall the earth. 40 And the fourth kingdom is strong as iron, because that iron is breaking small, and making feeble, all `things', even as iron that is breaking all these, it beateth small and breaketh.
  • Dan 7:3-4 : 3 and four great beasts are coming up from the sea, diverse one from another. 4 The first `is' like a lion, and it hath an eagle's wings. I was seeing till that its wings have been plucked, and it hath been lifted up from the earth, and on feet as a man it hath been caused to stand, and a heart of man is given to it.
  • Dan 8:19-22 : 19 and saith: Lo, I -- I am causing thee to know that which is in the latter end of the indignation; for, at the appointed time `is' the end. 20 `The ram that thou hast seen possessing two horns, `are' the kings of Media and Persia. 21 And the young he-goat, the hairy one, `is' the king of Javan; and the great horn that `is' between its eyes is the first king; 22 and that being broken, stand up do four in its place, four kingdoms from the nation do stand up, and not in its power.
  • John 18:36 : 36 Jesus answered, `My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my officers had struggled that I might not be delivered up to Jews; but now my kingdom is not from hence.'
  • Rev 13:1 : 1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and I saw out of the sea a beast coming up, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon its horns ten diadems, and upon its heads a name of evil speaking,
  • Rev 13:11 : 11 And I saw another beast coming up out of the land, and it had two horns, like a lamb, and it was speaking as a dragon,