Revelation 13:2 BSB

Revelation 13:2

The beast I saw was like a leopard, with the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.

BSB

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ASV

And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his throne, and great authority.

KJV

And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard - This similitude of the beast to a leopard appears to be an allusion to the third beast of Daniel, which is well known to represent the empire of the Greeks.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Thus it represents comprehensively in one figure the world power (which in Daniel is represented by four) of all times and places, not merely of one period and one locality, viewed as opposed to God; just as the woman is the Church of all ages.

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Original language & word study

36 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
θηρίον	thērion	beast	G2342 →
ὃ	ho	that	G3739 →
εἶδον	eidon	I saw	G1492 →
ἦν	ēn	was	G1510 →
ὅμοιον	homoion	like	G3664 →
παρδάλει	pardalei	as a leopard	G3917 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
πόδες	podes	feet	G4228 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of it	G846 →
ὡς	hōs	like	G5613 →
ἄρκου	arkou	a bear’s	G715 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
στόμα	stoma	mouth	G4750 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of it	G846 →
ὡς	hōs	like	G5613 →
στόμα	stoma	[the] mouth	G4750 →
λέοντος.	leontos	of a lion.	G3023 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἔδωκεν	edōken	gave	G1325 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to it	G846 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
δράκων	drakōn	dragon	G1404 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
δύναμιν	dunamin	power	G1411 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
θρόνον	thronon	throne	G2362 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐξουσίαν	exousian	authority	G1849 →
μεγάλην.	megalēn	great.	G3173 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
leads to
- Ephesians 6:11
  Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
- James 4:7
  Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
- Ephesians 4:27
  and do not give the devil a foothold.
- Job 2:2
  “Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”
- 1 Peter 1:13
  Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Through
Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
leads to
- Luke 10:18
  So He told them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
- John 12:31
  Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out.
- Revelation 20:10
  And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day…