Daniel 7:4

New American Bible - revised edition

The first was like a lion, but with eagle’s wings. While I watched, the wings were plucked; it was raised from the ground to stand on two feet like a human being, and given a human mind.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:23

Saul and Jonathan, beloved and dear, separated neither in life nor death, swifter than eagles, stronger than lions!

Job 25:6

How much less a human being, who is but a worm, a mortal, who is only a maggot?

Psalm 9:20

Arise, Lord, let no mortal prevail; let the nations be judged in your presence.

Jeremiah 25:38

Like a lion he leaves his lair, and their land is made desolate By the sweeping sword, and the burning wrath of the Lord.

Jeremiah 4:13

See! like storm clouds he advances, like a whirlwind, his chariots; Swifter than eagles, his horses: “Woe to us! we are ruined.”

Jeremiah 4:7

Up comes the lion from its lair, the destroyer of nations has set out, has left its place, To turn your land into a desolation, your cities into an uninhabited waste.

Jeremiah 48:40

For thus says the Lord: Look there! Like an eagle he swoops, spreading his wings over Moab.

Jeremiah 49:19

As when a lion comes up from a thicket of the Jordan to a permanent pasture, So in an instant, I will chase them off; I will establish there whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who holds me accountable? What shepherd can stand against me?

Lamentations 4:19

Our pursuers were swifter than eagles in the sky, In the mountains they were hot on our trail, they ambushed us in the wilderness.

Ezekiel 17:3

Thus says the Lord God: The great eagle, with wide wingspan and long feathers, with thick plumage, many-hued, came to Lebanon. He plucked the crest of the cedar,

Ezekiel 28:2

Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre: Thus says the Lord God: Because you are haughty of heart, you say, “I am a god! I sit on a god’s throne in the heart of the sea!” But you are a man, not a god; yet you pretend you are a god at heart!

Ezekiel 28:9

Then, face to face with your killers, will you still say, “I am a god”? No, you are a man, not a god, handed over to those who slay you.

Daniel 2:38

human beings, wild beasts, and birds of the air, wherever they may dwell, he has handed over to you, making you ruler over them all; you are the head of gold.

Daniel 7:12

As for the other beasts, their dominion was taken away, but they were granted a prolongation of life for a time and a season.

Daniel 7:5

The second beast was like a bear; it was raised up on one side, and among the teeth in its mouth were three tusks. It was given the order, “Arise, devour much flesh.”

Matthew 24:28

Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather. The Coming of the Son of Man.

Deuteronomy 28:49

The Lord will raise up against you a nation from afar, from the end of the earth, that swoops down like an eagle, a nation whose language you do not understand,

Revelation 13:2

The beast I saw was like a leopard, but it had feet like a bear’s, and its mouth was like the mouth of a lion. To it the dragon gave its own power and throne, along with great authority.