Revelation 4:7

4:7 The ¹  first living creature was like a lion, the ²  second creature like an ox, the third creature had a face like a man’s, and the fourth creature looked like an eagle flying.

Revelation 1:15

1:15 His feet were like polished bronze ³  refined ⁴  in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar ⁵  of many waters.

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¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

² tn Both here and before the phrase “the third,” καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

³ tn The precise meaning of the term translated “polished bronze” (χαλκολιβάνῳ, calkolibanw), which appears nowhere else in Greek literature outside of the book of Revelation (see 2:18), is uncertain. Without question it is some sort of metal. BDAG 1076 s.v. χαλκολίβανον suggests “fine brass/bronze.” L&N 2.57 takes the word to refer to particularly valuable or fine bronze, but notes that the emphasis here and in Rev 2:18 is more on the lustrous quality of the metal.

⁴ tn Or “that has been heated in a furnace until it glows.”

⁵ tn Grk “sound,” but the idea is closer to the roar of a waterfall or rapids.