7:8 “As I was contemplating the horns, another horn – a small one – came up between them, and three of the former horns were torn out by the roots to make room for it. 1 This horn had eyes resembling human eyes and a mouth speaking arrogant 2 things.
7:11 “Then I kept on watching because of the arrogant words of the horn that was speaking. I was watching 3 until the beast was killed and its body destroyed and thrown into 4 the flaming fire.
7:23 “This is what he told me: 5
‘The fourth beast means that there will be a fourth kingdom on earth
that will differ from all the other kingdoms.
It will devour all the earth
and will trample and crush it.
1 tn Aram “were uprooted from before it.”
2 tn Aram “great.” So also in vv. 11, 20.
3 tc The LXX and Theodotion lack the words “I was watching” here. It is possible that these words in the MT are a dittography from the first part of the verse.
4 tn Aram “and given over to” (so NRSV).
5 tn Aram “thus he said.”