Reference

Daniel 7:5

And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
3

And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.

4

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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And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.

6

After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.

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After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

Why This Verse Was Tagged

Daniel's Four Beasts
Keyword Match
90% relevance

This verse contains specific terms directly associated with this theme.

The Beast from the Sea (Revelation 13)
Keyword Match
85% relevance

This verse contains specific terms directly associated with this theme.

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Destruction / Perishing Language

The "devour" language in Daniel 7:5 describes the actions of a symbolic beast in a vision, not the divine judgment or perishing of the wicked, and is therefore a metaphorical use of the keyword.

Daniel's Four Beasts

While the verse describes a "second beast" like a bear, it does not explicitly state that this beast is part of a sequence of "four great beasts" or identify it as Medo-Persia, requiring external information to make that connection.

The Little Horn of Daniel 7

This verse describes a second beast, explicitly likened to a bear, which is distinct from the fourth beast and its horns, including the "little horn" mentioned in the theme definition. The characteristics described for this bear-like beast (raised on one side, three ribs in mouth, devouring much flesh) do not align with any of the specific attributes given for the "little horn" in the theme definition.