Daniel 8:20
18 While he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Then he touched me, helped me to my feet,
19 and said, “Behold, I will make known to you what will happen in the latter time of wrath, because it concerns the appointed time of the end.
The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.
21 The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.
22 The four horns that replaced the broken one represent four kingdoms that will rise from that nation, but will not have the same power.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.
- KJV
- The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
- WEB
- The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
- ASV
- The ram which thou sawest, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
- DARBY
- The ram that thou sawest having the two horns: they are the kings of Media and Persia.
- BLB
- The ram that you saw, owner of the two horns, [are] the kings of Media and Persia.
- ÅB
- Væren du så, den med de to horn, det er kongene av Media og Persia.
- OTB
- Væren du så med de to hornene representerer kongene av Media og Persia.
- B1930
- Væren du så, den med de to horn, det er kongene av Media og Persia.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Daniel 8:3
Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a ram with two horns standing beside the canal. The horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one grew up later.
Read in contextDaniel 11:1–2
“And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up to strengthen and protect him.
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