Daniel 7:4

The first was like a lion but had eagle's wings. As I was looking, its wings were torn off and it was lifted from the ground and made to stand on two feet, like a man. The mind of a man was given to it.

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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

3Four large animals, each one different from the other, came up out of the sea.

5Then there was a second animal, like a bear, and it was bending over; it had three ribs between its teeth in its mouth. It was told, 'Get up and devour many people.'

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Cross References

2 Samuel 1:23Saul and Jonathan were loved and gracious in life, 1 and in their death they were not separated. 1 They were swifter than eagles, 1 they were stronger than lions. 1

Psalms 9:20Terrify them, Yahweh; 1 may the nations know that they are mere men. Selah

Isaiah 14:13You had said in your heart, 'I will ascend into heaven, 1 I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, 1 and I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north. 1

Jeremiah 4:13See, he is attacking like clouds, and his chariots are like a storm. His horses are faster than eagles. Woe to us, for we will be devastated!

Jeremiah 25:38Like a young lion, he has left his den, for their land will become a horror because of the oppressor's anger, 1 because of his angry wrath.'” + 25:38 Instead of the oppressor's anger , some ancient copies and modern versions have the oppressor's sword .

Jeremiah 49:19See, he will go up like a lion from the forests of the Jordan to the green pasturelands. 1 For I will quickly make Edom run from it, and I will put someone who will be chosen in charge of it. 1 For who is like me, and who will summon me? What shepherd is able to resist me?” 1

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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