Daniel 7:4 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 7:4

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.

BSB

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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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Commentary

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Jerome

St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER SEVEN (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.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
קַדְמָיְתָ֣א	kad.ma.ye.Ta'	first the	H6933 →
כְאַרְיֵ֔ה	khe.'ar.Yeh	[was] like a lion	H744 →
וְגַפִּ֥ין	ve.ga.Pin	and wings	H1611 →
דִּֽי־	di-	of	H1768 →
נְשַׁ֖ר	ne.Shar	an eagle	H5403 →
לַ֑הּ	Lah	[were] to it
חָזֵ֣ה	cha.Zeh	seeing	H2370 →
הֲוֵ֡ית	ha.Veit	I was	H1934 →
עַד֩	'ad	until	H5705 →
דִּי־	di-	that	H1768 →
מְּרִ֨יטוּ	me.Ri.tu	they were plucked off	H4804 →
גַפַּ֜יהּ	ga.Paih	wings its	H1611 →
וּנְטִ֣ילַת	u.ne.Ti.lat	and it was lifted	H5191 →
מִן־	min-	away from	H4481 →
אַרְעָ֗א	'ar.'A'	earth the	H772 →
וְעַל־	ve.'al-	and on	H5922 →
רַגְלַ֙יִן֙	rag.La.yin	two feet	H7271 →
כֶּאֱנָ֣שׁ	ke.'e.Nash	like a human	H606 →
הֳקִימַ֔ת	ho.ki.Mat	it was made to stand	H6966 →
וּלְבַ֥ב	u.le.Vav	and a heart of	H3825 →
אֱנָ֖שׁ	'e.Nash	a human	H606 →
יְהִ֥יב	ye.Hiv	it was given	H3052 →
לַֽהּ׃	Lah	to it

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 24:28
Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.
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 independent 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…
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