Daniel 7:2

7:2 Daniel explained: ¹  “I was watching in my vision during the night as ²  the four winds of the sky ³  were stirring up the great sea. ⁴ 

Daniel 11:45

11:45 He will pitch his royal tents between the seas ⁵  toward the beautiful holy mountain. But he will come to his end, with no one to help him.

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¹ tn Aram “answered and said.”

² tn Aram “and behold.”

³ tn Or “the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

⁴ sn The referent of the great sea is unclear. The common view that the expression refers to the Mediterranean Sea is conjectural.

⁵ sn Presumably seas refers to the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea.