다니엘 7:4 KRV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 7:4

Daniel 7:4. The first was like a lion The Chaldean or Babylonian empire: compared to the head of gold, the chief of metals, in the image represented to Nebuchadnezzar in his dream, Daniel 2:32; Daniel 2:37-38, is here represented as a lion, the king of beasts. Instead of a lion, the Vulgate, Greek, and Arabic read, a lioness, signifying, says Jerome, the cruelty of that empire, lionesses, according to naturalists, being fiercer than lions. It is represented as having eagles’ wings, to... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Daniel 7:1-14

7:1-12:13 DANIEL’S VISIONSAlthough the visions collected in this section of the book are in approximate chronological order, there is no obvious connection leading one on to the next. Each vision has a separate and distinct message.A vision of four beasts (7:1-14)In the first vision (whose chronological position would be between Chapters 4 and 5), Daniel saw a severe storm stirring up the sea, then, coming up out of the raging waters, four strange beasts. The meaning (partly explained later in... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 7:4

The first, &c . Cannot be Babylon, for this had already arisen, and was within two years of its end (see notes on Daniel 7:1 ). Daniel could not see that kingdom arise now. He had said, "Thou art this head of gold" (Daniel 2:38 ); but Nebuchadnezzar himself had been dead twenty-three years, and these are "four kings which shall arise" (Daniel 7:17 ). Therefore Babylon is not included. like . These descriptions will be easily recognized by those who shall see them arise. I beheld = I... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 7:4

Daniel 7:4. The first was like a lion— This is the kingdom of the Babylonians; and the king of Babylon is in like manner compared to a lion, Jer 5:6 and said to fly as an eagle, Jeremiah 48:40. He is also compared to an eagle, Ezekiel 3:7. The lion is esteemed the king of beasts, and the eagle the king of birds; and therefore the kingdom of Babylon, which is described as the first and noblest kingdom, and was the greatest then in being, is said to partake of the nature of both. Instead of a... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Daniel 7:4

4. lion—the symbol of strength and courage; chief among the kingdoms, as the lion among the beasts. Nebuchadnezzar is called "the lion" ( :-). eagle's wings—denoting a widespread and rapidly acquired (Isaiah 46:11; Jeremiah 4:13; Lamentations 4:19; Habakkuk 1:6) empire (Habakkuk 1:6- :). plucked—Its ability for widespread conquests passed away under Evil-merodach, c. [GROTIUS] rather, during Nebuchadnezzar's privation of his throne, while deranged. it was lifted up from the earth—that is, from... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 7:1-8

1. The four beasts 7:1-8 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 7:4

The first beast looked like a lion, but it also had wings like an eagle. Other biblical writers had compared Nebuchadnezzar to a lion and an eagle (cf. Jeremiah 4:7; Jeremiah 49:19; Jeremiah 50:17; Jeremiah 50:44; Jeremiah 49:22; Lamentations 4:19; Ezekiel 17:3; Ezekiel 17:12; Habakkuk 1:8). As Daniel watched, something plucked this beast’s wings off, made it stand on two feet like a man, and gave it a human mind or nature. Many nations have used the lion as a symbol of royal power because it... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 7:1-28

The Vision of the Four BeastsIn the first year of Belshazzar Daniel sees in a dream four beasts rising out of the sea (Daniel 7:1-3). The first is like a lion, with eagle’s wings (Daniel 7:4), the second like a bear (Daniel 7:5), the third like a leopard (Daniel 7:6), while the fourth is a unique and ferocious monster with ten horns (Daniel 7:7), Among the horns of the fourth beast there comes up a little horn with human eyes, which displaces three of the other ten, and carries itself proudly... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Daniel 7:4

(4) The first was like a lion.—The lion and the eagle are chosen as being emblems of strength and swiftness respectively. They characterise the empire of Nebuchadnezzar, and correspond to the golden head of the Colossus (Daniel 2:0).The wings . . . plucked.—The eagle, deprived of its wings, loses its power of swiftness and unrestrained motion.From the earth.—The beast was raised from being on its four feet into the position of a man, as is indicated by the words “a man’s heart.” We have not... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Daniel 7:1-28

Daniel 7:1 I am amusing myself with thinking of the prophecy of Daniel as a sort of allegory. All those monstrous, 'rombustical' beasts with their horns the horn with eyes and a mouth speaking proud things, and the little horn that waxed rebellious and stamped on the stars, seem like my passions and vain fancies, which are to be knocked down one after another until all is subdued with a universal kingdom over which the Ancient of Days presides the spirit of Love the Catholicism of the universe... read more