Picture Study Bible with Maps and Background Information
revelation 4:7 And the first creature [was] like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like that of a man, and the fourth creature [was] like a flying eagle.
7. calf--"a steer" [ALFORD]. The
Septuagint often uses the Greek term here for an
ox
(Ex 22:1; 29:10,
&c.).
as a man--The oldest manuscripts have "as of a man."