Revelation 4:7

Good News Translation

The first one looked like a lion; the second looked like a bull; the third had a face like a human face; and the fourth looked like an eagle in flight.

Cross References

Genesis 49:9

Judah is like a lion, Killing his victim and returning to his den, Stretching out and lying down. No one dares disturb him.

2 Samuel 1:23

“Saul and Jonathan, so wonderful and dear; together in life, together in death; swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.

Proverbs 28:2

When a nation sins, it will have one ruler after another. But a nation will be strong and endure when it has intelligent, sensible leaders.

Isaiah 40:31

But those who trust in the Lord for help will find their strength renewed. They will rise on wings like eagles; they will run and not get weary; they will walk and not grow weak.

Ezekiel 1:10

Each living creature had four different faces: a human face in front, a lion's face at the right, a bull's face at the left, and an eagle's face at the back.

Ezekiel 1:8

In addition to their four faces and four wings, they each had four human hands, one under each wing.

Ezekiel 10:14

Each creature had four faces. The first was the face of a bull, the second a human face, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

Ezekiel 10:21

Each of them had four faces, four wings, and what looked like a human hand under each wing.

Daniel 7:4

The first one looked like a lion, but had wings like an eagle. While I was watching, the wings were torn off. The beast was lifted up and made to stand up straight. And then a human mind was given to it.

Obadiah 1:4

Even though you make your home as high as an eagle's nest, so that it seems to be among the stars, yet I will pull you down.

Numbers 23:24

The nation of Israel is like a mighty lion: It doesn't rest until it has torn and devoured, Until it has drunk the blood of those it has killed.”

Numbers 24:9

The nation is like a mighty lion; When it is sleeping, no one dares wake it. Whoever blesses Israel will be blessed, And whoever curses Israel will be cursed.”

1 Corinthians 14:20

Do not be like children in your thinking, my friends; be children so far as evil is concerned, but be grown up in your thinking.

Deuteronomy 28:49

The Lord will bring against you a nation from the ends of the earth, a nation whose language you do not know. They will swoop down on you like an eagle.

Revelation 4:6

Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. Surrounding the throne on each of its sides, were four living creatures covered with eyes in front and behind.

Revelation 6:3

Then the Lamb broke open the second seal; and I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”

Revelation 6:5

Then the Lamb broke open the third seal; and I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” I looked, and there was a black horse. Its rider held a pair of scales in his hand.

Revelation 6:7

Then the Lamb broke open the fourth seal; and I heard the fourth living creature say, “Come!”