Sophia Perennis. Category:Gods by association. Mythology Guide - A dictionary of Greek and Roman Myths - StumbleUpon. Godchecker.com - Your Guide To The Gods. Mythology with a twist! The Book of Revelation: III. The Things Which Shall Be Hereafter: 4. The Four Beasts. Sacred Texts Christianity Revelation Index Previous Next p. 41 Rev. 4:6-11.
The word translated "Beasts" should be translated "LIVING CREATURES," as in the Revised Version. The word here translated "beast" (Zoon), is not the same as the one translated "beast" (Therion) in chapters eleven, thirteen, and seventeen. The word here used means a "living being" or "creature," while the word used in chapters eleven, thirteen, and seventeen, means a wild, untamed animal. Qur'an Versions. Qur'an Versions I am fully aware that Muslims do not like this term, but they love to use it with a specific meaning regarding the Bible.
They point to different translations which sometimes seem to be very different and nearly contradictory to the person who does not know the original language (Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek). The page will simply have the function to document some passages in the Qur'an which are translated very different by various (Muslim) translators, oftentimes exhibiting their own theological bias and reading their theories into the text even though the Arabic means something else.