Revelation 4:7

New American Bible - revised edition

The first creature resembled a lion, the second was like a calf, the third had a face like that of a human being, and the fourth looked like an eagle in flight.

Cross References

Genesis 49:9

Judah is a lion’s cub, you have grown up on prey, my son. He crouches, lies down like a lion, like a lioness—who would dare rouse him?

2 Samuel 1:23

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

Proverbs 28:2

If a land is rebellious, its princes will be many; but with an intelligent and wise ruler there is stability.

Isaiah 40:31

They that hope in the Lord will renew their strength, they will soar on eagles’ wings; They will run and not grow weary, walk and not grow faint.

Ezekiel 1:10

Their faces were like this: each of the four had a human face, and on the right the face of a lion, and on the left, the face of an ox, and each had the face of an eagle.

Ezekiel 1:8

Human hands were under their wings, and the wings of one touched those of another.

Ezekiel 10:14

Each living creature had four faces: the first a cherub, the second a human being, the third a lion, the fourth an eagle.

Ezekiel 10:21

Each of them had four faces and four wings, and something like human hands under their wings.

Daniel 7:4

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.

Obadiah 1:4

Though you soar like the eagle, and your nest is set among the stars, From there I will bring you down— oracle of the Lord.

Numbers 23:24

Here is a people that rises up like a lioness, and gets up like a lion; It does not rest till it has devoured its prey and has drunk the blood of the slain.

Numbers 24:9

Crouching, they lie like a lion, or like a lioness; who will arouse them? Blessed are those who bless you, and cursed are those who curse you!

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers, stop being childish in your thinking. In respect to evil be like infants, but in your thinking be mature.

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 4:6

In front of the throne was something that resembled a sea of glass like crystal. In the center and around the throne, there were four living creatures covered with eyes in front and in back.

Revelation 6:3

When he broke open the second seal, I heard the second living creature cry out, “Come forward.”

Revelation 6:5

When he broke open the third seal, I heard the third living creature cry out, “Come forward.” I looked, and there was a black horse, and its rider held a scale in his hand.

Revelation 6:7

When he broke open the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature cry out, “Come forward.”