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Daniel 7:4

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The first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and given the mind of a man.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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 to stand upon two feet as a man; and a man’s heart was given to it.

KJV

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.

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This verse in Daniel 7

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jerome

St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER SEVEN · Written before 420.

Verse 4. "The first beast was like a lioness and possessed the wings of an eagle. I beheld until her wings were torn away, and she was raised upright from the ground and stood on her feet like a human being, and she was given a human heart." The kingdom of the Babylonians was not called a lion but a lioness, on account of its brutality and cruelty, or else because of its luxurious, lust-serving manner of life.

This site's exposition

eagle’s wings

on Daniel 7:4-6

The first beast, a lion with eagle's wings whose wings are plucked till it stands and is given a man's heart, is read by the traditional line, Keil, Barnes, and the site's own tradition following, as Babylon, its wings a figure for the swift conquests of Nebuchadnezzar and the plucking and standing a figure for his humbling in chapter 4. The bear raised on one side with three ribs in its mouth is read as Medo-Persia, the tilt reflecting Persia's dominance within the dual empire and the three ribs commonly read of Lydia, Babylon, and Egypt, its conquests. The four-winged, four-headed leopard is read as Greece under Alexander, the four heads matching the fourfold division of his empire among his generals after his early death, a division chapter 8 and chapter 11 both take up in more detail.

The words behind it

23 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • קַדְמָיְתָ֣אfirst the

    kadmayeta'H6933 →3 times

  • כְאַרְיֵ֔ה[was] like a lion

    khearyehH744 →10 times

  • וְגַפִּ֥יןand wings

    vegapinH1611 →3 times

  • דִּֽי־of

    di-H1768 →345 times

  • נְשַׁ֖רan eagle

    nesharH5403 →

  • לַ֑הּ[were] to it

    lah

  • חָזֵ֣הseeing

    chazehH2370 →31 times

  • הֲוֵ֡יתI was

    haveitH1934 →71 times

  • עַד֩until

    ʾadH5705 →35 times

  • דִּי־that

    di-H1768 →345 times

  • מְּרִ֨יטוּthey were plucked off

    merituH4804 →

  • גַפַּ֜יהּwings its

    gapaihH1611 →3 times

  • וּנְטִ֣ילַתand it was lifted

    unetilatH5191 →

  • מִן־away from

    min-H4481 →109 times

  • אַרְעָ֗אearth the

    ʾara'H772 →21 times

  • וְעַל־and on

    veal-H5922 →104 times

  • רַגְלַ֙יִן֙two feet

    raglayinH7271 →7 times

  • כֶּאֱנָ֣שׁlike a human

    keenashH606 →25 times

  • הֳקִימַ֔תit was made to stand

    hokimatH6966 →35 times

  • וּלְבַ֥בand a heart of

    ulevavH3825 →7 times

  • אֱנָ֖שׁa human

    ʾenashH606 →25 times

  • יְהִ֥יבit was given

    yehivH3052 →28 times

  • לַֽהּ׃to it

    lah

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Revelation 4:7The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.6 worksJeremiah 4:7A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.5 worksIsaiah 14:13–17You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.5 worksHabakkuk 1:6–8For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.4 worksEzekiel 17:3and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.4 worksMatthew 24:28Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.3 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Habakkuk 2:5–10and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.3 worksDaniel 5:18–23As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.3 worksJeremiah 5:6Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.3 worksDeuteronomy 28:49The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,2 worksJeremiah 25:38He has left His den like a lion, for their land has been made a desolation by the sword of the oppressor, and because of the fierce anger of the LORD.2 worksJeremiah 48:40For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab.2 worksLamentations 4:19Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.2 worksEzekiel 28:2“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.2 worksJob 25:6how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”2 worksEzekiel 28:9Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you.2 worksJeremiah 50:30–32Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD.2 worksJeremiah 25:9–26behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Matthew 24:28

    Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

    it leads to

    • Luke 17:37

      “Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”

    • Deuteronomy 28:49

      The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Job 39:27–30

      Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?

  • Through

    Jeremiah 4:7

    A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and…

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 1:7

      Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers.

    • Ezekiel 26:7–10

      For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with cavalry and a great company…

    • Isaiah 6:11

      Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,

    • Jeremiah 5:6

      Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be…

    • Jeremiah 2:15

      The young lions have roared at him; they have growled with a loud voice. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.

Where this verse is studied

About Daniel

Daniel's Vision of the Four Beasts — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Daniel's Vision of the Four Beasts — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Daniel: the study guide →Read Daniel 7 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Daniel; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Book of Daniel and Jerome, St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER SEVEN.

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