13. “I saw in the night visions,and behold, with the clouds of heaventhere came one like a son of man,and he came to the Ancient of Daysand was presented before him.
14. And to him was given dominionand glory and a kingdom,that all peoples, nations, and languagesshould serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion,which shall not pass away,and his kingdom onethat shall not be destroyed.
15. “As for me, Daniel, my spirit within me was anxious, and the visions of my head alarmed me.
16. I approached one of those who stood there and asked him the truth concerning all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of the things.
17. ‘These four great beasts are four kings who shall arise out of the earth.