The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
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Verse 4 is found in chapter 7 of Daniel. Daniel receives a night vision in which four beasts emerge from the sea. Unlike the statue in chapter 2, which represented kingdoms through valuable materials, the powers here appear as violent and animal-like creatures. The change in perspective is significant: what may appear majestic from the earth can be seen from the heavenly realm as predatory and dehumanizing power.
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Das erste wie ein Löwe und hatte Flügel wie ein Adler. Ich sah zu, bis daß ihm die Flügel ausgerauft wurden; und es ward von der Erde aufgehoben, und es stand auf zwei Füßen wie ein Mensch, und ihm ward ein menschlich Herz gegeben.
La primera era como león, y tenía alas de águila. Yo estaba mirando hasta tanto que sus alas fueron arrancadas, y fue quitada de la tierra; y púsose enhiesta sobre los pies a manera de hombre, y fuele dado corazón de hombre.
La primera era como un león y tenía alas de águila. Seguí mirando hasta que le arrancaron las alas. Fue levantada del suelo y puesta sobre dos pies, como un hombre, y se le dio un corazón humano.
Le premier était semblable à un lion, et avait des ailes d'aigles; je regardai, jusqu'au moment où ses ailes furent arrachées; il fut enlevé de terre et mis debout sur ses pieds comme un homme, et un coeur d'homme lui fut donné.
La prima era simile ad un leone, ed avea delle ale d’aquila; io stava riguardando, finchè le furono divelte le ale, e fu fatta levar da terra, e che si rizzò in piè, a guisa d’uomo; e le fu dato cuor d’uomo.
O primeiro era como leão, e tinha asas de águia; enquanto eu olhava, foram-lhe arrancadas as asas, e foi levantado da terra, e posto em pé como um homem, e foi-lhe dado um coração de homem.
頭一個像獅子,有鷹的翅膀;我正觀看的時候,牠的翅膀被拔去,牠從地上被扶起來,用兩腳站立,像人一樣,還給了牠人的心。
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