Daniel 7:17

Louis Segond

Ces quatre grands animaux, ce sont quatre rois qui s'élèveront de la terre;

Parallel Translations

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Ces quatre grandes b�tes sont quatre Rois, qui s'�l�veront sur la terre.

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Ces quatre grandes b�tes sont quatre rois qui s'�l�veront de la terre.

Darby's French Translation
Ces grandes b�tes, qui sont quatre, sont quatre rois qui surgiront de la terre;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

great: Daniel 7:3, Daniel 7:4, Daniel 2:37-40, Daniel 8:19-22

out: Daniel 7:3, Psalms 17:14, John 18:36, Revelation 13:1, Revelation 13:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 36:30 - dukess in the Psalms 76:4 - mountains 1 Corinthians 10:4 - that Rock

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 fourth kingdom, Daniel 7:23 or a succession of kings in four kingdoms or monarchies, comparable to beasts for their strength, cruelty, and tyranny: these are the words of him that stood by, of one of the angels Daniel applied to, to know the meaning of his dream; and might be better rendered, "as to these c great beasts, which are four"; for their quality beasts, for their quantity great, and for number four. The meaning is,

four kings shall arise out of the earth; or kingdoms; which have an earthly original and foundation; are supported by earthly and worldly means, and with earthly and worldly views; and are different from the kingdom of Christ and his saints, which is not of the world, though it may be in it: this explains what is meant by the great sea, from whence these beasts are said to come up, Daniel 7:3, nor is it any material objection that the first of these kingdoms, the Babylonian, was risen already, and almost at an end; since the denomination is taken from the larger number; three of them were to arise, and the first was of the same original with them; thus it is said, Daniel 11:2, that three kings of Persia should stand up, and yet Cyrus, who was one of them, reigned already.

c "Quod attinet", Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 four dominions or empires that would succeed one another on the earth. So the whole representation leads us to suppose, and so the passage has been always interpreted. The Latin Vulgate renders it regna; the Septuagint βασιλεῖαι basileiai; Luther, Reiche; Lengerke, Konigreiche. This interpretation is confirmed, also, by Daniel 7:23, where it is expressly said that “the fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth.” See also Daniel 7:24.

Which shall arise out of the earth - In Daniel 7:2 the beasts are represented as coming up from the sea - the emblem of agitated nations. Here the same idea is presented more literally - that they would seem to spring up out of the earth, thus thrown into wild commotion. These dynasties were to be upon the earth, and they were in all things to indicate their earthly origin. Perhaps, also, it is designed by these words to denote a marked contrast between these four dynasties and the one that would follow - which would be of heavenly origin. This was the general intimation which was given to the meaning of the vision, and he was satisfied at once as to the explanation, so far as the first three were concerned; but the fourth seemed to indicate more mysterious and important events, and respecting this he was induced to ask a more particular explanation.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 17. These great beasts - are four kings — See the preceding verses, where the following explanations are inserted and illustrated.