Daniel 7:4

The first one resembled a lion, but it had wings like an eagle has. But as I watched, something tore off its wings {its wings were pulled off}. The beast was left there, standing on its two hind/rear legs, like a human being stands. And it was given a mind like humans have.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.

In Context

3Then I saw four beasts coming out of the ocean. All four of them were different.

5The second beast resembled a bear. It was crouching, and it held between its teeth three ribs from another animal that it had killed and eaten. Someone said to it {It was told}, “Stand up and eat as much meat as you want!”

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Cross References

2 Samuel 1:23“Saul and Jonathan were loved and they pleased many people. They were together [LIT] while they lived and when they died. In battles they were swifter than eagles and they were stronger than lions.

Psalms 9:20Yahweh, teach them to be terrified about you. Cause them to know that they are merely human beings. (Think about that!)

Isaiah 14:13You proudly said to yourself, ‘I will ascend to heaven, to my throne above God’s stars. I will rule on the mountain where the gods gather together, far in the north.

Jeremiah 4:13Our enemies are about to rush down on us; their chariots are like [SIM] whirlwinds. Their horses are faster than eagles. It will be terrible for us!

Jeremiah 25:38I will leave my dwelling like [SIM] a lion leaves its den to attack other animals, and I will cause your land to become desolate when I, because I am very angry with you, cause your enemies to slaughter you with their swords.’”

Jeremiah 49:19I will come to Edom suddenly like [SIM] a lion comes out of the jungle and leaps on the sheep that are eating in the good pastureland. I will quickly chase the people of Edom from their land. And then I will appoint for them a leader whom I will choose; I can do that because there is no one [RHQ] like me who can object to what I do. No ruler can oppose me.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 7:2-9

The Vision of the Four Beasts. ( b. c. 555.) 1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters. 2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. 3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. 4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was… Read the whole commentary →

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