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Daniel 7:6
ESV After this I looked, and behold, another, like a leopard, with four wings of a bird on its back. And the beast had four heads, and dominion was given to it.
NIV After that, I looked, and there before me was another beast, one that looked like a leopard. And on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. This beast had four heads, and it was given authority to rule.
NASB After this I kept looking, and behold, another one, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird; the beast also had four heads, and dominion was given to it.
CSB "After this, while I was watching, suddenly another beast appeared. It was like a leopard with four wings of a bird on its back. It had four heads, and it was given dominion.
NLT Then the third of these strange beasts appeared, and it looked like a leopard. It had four bird’s wings on its back, and it had four heads. Great authority was given to this beast.
KJV 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.

What does Daniel 7:6 mean?

The third beast of Daniel's dream (Daniel 7:1–3) also represents a powerful nation and king of the Mediterranean region (Daniel 7:17). The first, a winged lion, symbolized the graceful and elegant Babylon (Daniel 7:4). The second, a powerful but clumsier bear, depicted Medo-Persia (Daniel 7:5).

The kingdom symbolized here is that of Macedonian-ruled Greece under Alexander the Great. The beast is a leopard with four wings and four heads. Scripture makes note of leopards for their speed (Habakkuk 1:8); Alexander was noted for how quickly he conquered territory from Egypt to India, from a relatively young age. When he died, his conquered territories were initially split into four nations ruled by his generals: Cassander, Lysimachus, Seleucus, and Ptolemy. These immediately fell into infighting and would eventually be overcome by the Roman Empire.

Further references to this empire are made in Daniel (Daniel 8:8, 22; 11:3–4). Greece was depicted as the midsection of bronze in Nebuchadnezzar's dream (Daniel 2:32, 39).
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