Daniel 7:4

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The first was like a lion and had eagles’ wings. Then, as I watched, its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a human being, and a human mind was given to it.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:23

Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely! In life and in death they were not divided; they were swifter than eagles; they were stronger than lions.

Job 25:6

how much less a mortal, who is a maggot, and a human being, who is a worm!”

Psalm 9:20

Put them in fear, O Lord; let the nations know that they are only human. Selah

Jeremiah 25:38

Like a lion he has left his den, for their land has become a waste because of the cruel anger and because of his fierce anger.

Jeremiah 4:13

Look! He comes up like clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind; his horses are swifter than eagles— woe to us, for we are ruined!

Jeremiah 4:7

A lion has gone up from its thicket; a destroyer of nations has set out; he has gone out from his place to make your land a waste; your cities will be ruins without inhabitant.

Jeremiah 48:40

For thus says the Lord: Look, he shall swoop down like an eagle and spread his wings against Moab;

Jeremiah 49:19

Like a lion coming up from the thickets of the Jordan to a perennial pasture, I will suddenly chase Edom away from it, and I will appoint over it whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who can summon me? Who is the shepherd who can stand before me?

Lamentations 4:19

Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles in the heavens; they chased us on the mountains; they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

Ezekiel 17:3

Say: Thus says the Lord God: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, rich in plumage of many colors, came to the Lebanon. He took the top of the cedar,

Ezekiel 28:2

Mortal, say to the prince of Tyre: Thus says the Lord God: Because your heart is proud and you have said, “I am a god; I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,” yet you are but a mortal and no god, though you compare your mind with the mind of a god.

Ezekiel 28:9

Will you still say, “I am a god,” in the presence of those who kill you, though you are but a mortal and no god, in the hands of those who pierce you?

Daniel 2:38

into whose hand he has given human beings wherever they live, the wild animals of the field, and the birds of the air and whom he has established as ruler over them all—you are the head of gold.

Daniel 4:36

At that time my reason returned to me, and my majesty and splendor were restored to me for the glory of my kingdom. My counselors and my lords sought me out, I was reestablished over my kingdom, and still more greatness was added to me.

Daniel 7:12

As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.

Daniel 7:5

Another beast appeared, a second one, that looked like a bear. It was raised up on one side, had three tusks in its mouth among its teeth, and was told, “Arise, devour many bodies!”

Matthew 24:28

Wherever the corpse is, there the eagles will gather.

Deuteronomy 28:49

The Lord will bring a nation from far away, from the end of the earth, to swoop down on you like an eagle, a nation whose language you do not understand,

Revelation 13:2

And the beast that I saw was like a leopard, its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. And the dragon gave it his power and his throne and great authority.