Daniel 8:2 “And in the vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa, in the province…”

Daniel 8:2

And in the vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa, in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.

World English Bible

I saw the vision. Now it was so, that when I saw, I was in the citadel of Susa, which is in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai.

American Standard Version

And I saw in the vision; now it was so, that when I saw, I was in Shushan the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I saw in a vision, and when I sawe it, I was in the palace of Shushan, which is in the prouince of Elam, and in a vision me thought I was by the riuer of Vlai.

Darby Translation

And I saw in the vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was in the fortress of Shushan, which is in the province of Elam. And I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai.

Young's Literal Translation

And I see in a vision, and it cometh to pass, in my seeing, and I [am] in Shushan the palace that [is] in Elam the province, and I see in a vision, and I have been by the stream Ulai.

Bible in Basic English

And I saw in the vision; and when I saw it, I was in the strong town Shushan, which is in the country of Elam; and in the vision I was by the water-door of the Ulai.

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Cross references

“I saw in”

Daniel 8:3 Daniel 7:2 Daniel 7:15 Numbers 12:6 Hebrews 1:1

Daniel 8:3 · BSB

Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a ram with two horns standing beside the canal. The horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one grew up later.

Daniel 7:2 · BSB

Daniel declared: “In my vision in the night I looked, and suddenly the four winds of heaven were churning up the great sea.

Daniel 7:15 · BSB

I, Daniel, was grieved in my spirit, and the visions in my mind alarmed me.

Numbers 12:6 · BSB

He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.

Hebrews 1:1 · BSB

On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.

“Shushan”

Nehemiah 1:1 Esther 1:2 Esther 2:8 Esther 8:15 Esther 9:11 Esther 9:15

Nehemiah 1:1 · BSB

These are the words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: In the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa,

Esther 1:2 · BSB

In those days King Xerxes sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa.

Esther 2:8 · BSB

When the king’s command and edict had been proclaimed, many young women gathered at the citadel of Susa under the care of Hegai. Esther was also taken to the palace and placed under the care of Hegai, the custodian of th…

Esther 8:15 · BSB

Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.

Esther 9:11 · BSB

On that day the number of those killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king,

Esther 9:15 · BSB

On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.

“province”

Genesis 10:22 Genesis 14:1 Jeremiah 25:25 Ezekiel 32:24 Isaiah 21:2 Jeremiah 49:34–39

Genesis 10:22 · BSB

The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

Genesis 14:1 · BSB

In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim

Jeremiah 25:25 · BSB

all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media;

Ezekiel 32:24 · BSB

Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword— those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear…

Isaiah 21:2 · BSB

A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”

Jeremiah 49:34–39 · BSB

This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.

Also

Isaiah 11:11

Isaiah 11:11 · BSB

On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, subsequent to the one that had appeared to me earlier.

3Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a ram with two horns standing beside the canal. The horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one grew up later.

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