Then I looked up and saw, and behold, there stood before the river a [a]ram which had two horns, and these two horns were high: but one was [b]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 [c]beasts might stand before him, nor could deliver out of his hand, but he did what he listed, and became great.

And as I considered, behold, [d]a goat came from the West over the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and this goat had an [e]horn that appeared between his eyes.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 8:3 Which represented the kingdom of the Persians and Medes, which were joined together.
  2. Daniel 8:3 Meaning, Cyrus, which after grew greater in power than Darius his uncle and father-in-law.
  3. Daniel 8:4 That is, no kings or nations.
  4. Daniel 8:5 Meaning, Alexander that came from Greece with great speed and expedition.
  5. Daniel 8:5 Though he came in the name of all Greece, yet he bore the title and dignity of the general captain, so that the strength was attributed to him, which is meant by this horn.

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