Daniel 8:18-22
The Message
16-17 “Then I heard a man’s voice from over by the Ulai Canal calling out, ‘Gabriel, tell this man what is going on. Explain the vision to him.’ He came up to me, but when he got close I became terrified and fell facedown on the ground.
17-18 “He said, ‘Understand that this vision has to do with the time of the end.’ As soon as he spoke, I fainted, my face in the dirt. But he picked me up and put me on my feet.
19 “And then he continued, ‘I want to tell you what is going to happen as the judgment days of wrath wind down, for there is going to be an end to all this.
20-22 “‘The double-horned ram you saw stands for the two kings of the Medes and Persians. The billy goat stands for the kingdom of the Greeks. The huge horn on its forehead is the first Greek king. The four horns that sprouted after it was broken off are the four kings that come after him, but without his power.
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Daniel 8:18-20
New International Version
18 While he was speaking to me, I was in a deep sleep, with my face to the ground.(A) Then he touched me and raised me to my feet.(B)
19 He said: “I am going to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath,(C) because the vision concerns the appointed time(D) of the end.[a](E) 20 The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.(F)
Footnotes
- Daniel 8:19 Or because the end will be at the appointed time
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