Text -- Daniel 7:2 (NET)

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

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Dan 7:2

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.