3 Four great beasts, each different from the others, came up out of the sea.
3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
3 And four great beasts came up out of the sea, different from one another.
3 Four huge animals, each different from the others, ascended out of the sea.
3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, each different from the other.
3 Then four huge beasts came up out of the water, each different from the others.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Daniel 7:3
Commentary on Daniel 7:1-8
(Read Daniel 7:1-8)
This vision contains the same prophetic representations with Nebuchadnezzar's dream. The great sea agitated by the winds, represented the earth and the dwellers on it troubled by ambitious princes and conquerors. The four beasts signified the same four empires, as the four parts of Nebuchadnezzar's image. Mighty conquerors are but instruments of God's vengeance on a guilty world. The savage beast represents the hateful features of their characters. But the dominion given to each has a limit; their wrath shall be made to praise the Lord, and the remainder of it he will restrain.