And I saw in a vision, and when I saw it, I was in the palace of Shushan, which is in the province [a]of Elam, and in a vision me thought I was by the river of Ulai.

Then I looked up and saw, and behold, there stood before the river a [b]ram which had two horns, and these two horns were high: but one was [c]higher than another, and the highest came up last.

I saw the ram pushing against the West, and against the North, and against the South: so that no [d]beasts might stand before him, nor could deliver out of his hand, but he did what he listed, and became great.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 8:2 That is, of Persia.
  2. Daniel 8:3 Which represented the kingdom of the Persians and Medes, which were joined together.
  3. Daniel 8:3 Meaning, Cyrus, which after grew greater in power than Darius his uncle and father-in-law.
  4. Daniel 8:4 That is, no kings or nations.

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