# another animal, one that looked like a leopard

This was not an actual leopard, but a symbolic animal that was similar to a leopard. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage]])

# four wings ... four heads

The four wings and four heads are symbols, but their meaning is unclear. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage]])

# it had four heads

"the animal had four heads"

# It was given authority to rule

This can be stated in active form. AT: "Someone gave it authority to rule" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# a fourth animal ... it had ten horns

This is also not an actual animal. It is a symbolic creature. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage]])

# trampled underfoot

"walked on and crushed"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/leopard]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/authority]]