As I was considering, behold, a (A)male goat came from the west across the face of the whole earth, without touching the ground. And the goat had (B)a conspicuous horn between his eyes. He came to (C)the ram with the two horns, which I had seen standing on the bank of the canal, (D)and he ran at him in his powerful wrath. I saw him come close to the ram, (E)and he was enraged against him and struck the ram and broke his two horns. (F)And the ram had no power to stand before him, but he (G)cast him down to the ground and trampled on him. And there was no one who could rescue the ram from his power. Then (H)the goat (I)became exceedingly great, but when he was strong, the great horn was broken, and instead of it there came up four (J)conspicuous horns toward (K)the four winds of heaven.

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As I was thinking about this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between its eyes came from the west, crossing the whole earth without touching the ground. It came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and charged at it in great rage. I saw it attack the ram furiously, striking the ram and shattering its two horns. The ram was powerless to stand against it; the goat knocked it to the ground and trampled on it,(A) and none could rescue the ram from its power.(B) The goat became very great, but at the height of its power the large horn was broken off,(C) and in its place four prominent horns grew up toward the four winds of heaven.(D)

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21 And (A)the goat[a] is the king of Greece. And (B)the great horn between his eyes is (C)the first king.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 8:21 Or the shaggy goat

21 The shaggy goat is the king of Greece,(A) and the large horn between its eyes is the first king.(B)

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