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I saw the ram charging westward and northward and southward, and none of the beasts stood before it,[a] and there was no rescuing from its power,[b] and it did what it wanted[c] and it became strong.[d]

And I was considering this, and look, a he-goat coming from the west across the face of the whole earth, and it was not touching the ground;[e] and the he-goat had a conspicuous horn[f] between its eyes. Then it came toward the ram that had the two horns[g] that I saw standing before[h] the stream, and it ran at it with[i] the rage of its power.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 8:4 Literally “all the beasts not they withstood to the face of him”
  2. Daniel 8:4 Literally “its hand”
  3. Daniel 8:4 Literally “according to its will”
  4. Daniel 8:4 Or “it/he magnified itself/himself”
  5. Daniel 8:5 Or “earth,” or “land”
  6. Daniel 8:5 Literally “a horn of vision”
  7. Daniel 8:6 Literally “the owner of the two horns”
  8. Daniel 8:6 Literally “to the face of”
  9. Daniel 8:6 Or “in”

I watched the ram as it charged toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against it, and none could rescue from its power.(A) It did as it pleased(B) and became great.

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.

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