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18 As he spoke with me, I fell into a trance with my face to the ground. But he touched me and stood me upright.[a]

19 Then he said, “I am going to inform you about what will happen in the latter time of wrath, for the vision[b] pertains to the appointed time of the end. 20 The ram that you saw with the two horns stands for the kings of Media and Persia.

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  1. Daniel 8:18 tn Heb “on my standing.”
  2. Daniel 8:19 tn The Hebrew text does not actually state the referent (the vision Daniel saw in vv. 8-12; cf. also v. 13), which has been specified in the translation for clarity. Some Greek witnesses add “the vision” here.

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)

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  1. Daniel 8:19 Or because the end will be at the appointed time