Daniel 8:21 “The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn betw…”

Daniel 8:21

The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.

World English Bible

The rough male goat is the king of Greece. The great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.

American Standard Version

And the rough he-goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the goate is the King of Grecia, and the great horne that is betweene his eyes, is the first King.

Darby Translation

And the rough goat is the king of Greece; and the great horn that was between his eyes is the first king.

Young's Literal Translation

And the young he-goat, the hairy one, [is] the king of Javan; and the great horn that [is] between its eyes is the first king;

Bible in Basic English

And the he-goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn between his eyes is the first king.

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Cross references

“the rough”

Daniel 10:20 Daniel 8:5–7

Daniel 10:20 · BSB

“Do you know why I have come to you?” he said. “I must return at once to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I have gone forth, behold, the prince of Greece will come.

Daniel 8:5–7 · BSB

As I was contemplating all this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between his eyes came out of the west, crossing the surface of the entire earth without touching the ground.

“the great”

Daniel 11:3 Daniel 8:8

Daniel 11:3 · BSB

Then a mighty king will arise, who will rule with great authority and do as he pleases.

Daniel 8:8 · BSB

Thus the goat became very great, but at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off, and four prominent horns came up in its place, pointing toward the four winds of heaven.

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

In context

20The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.

22The four horns that replaced the broken one represent four kingdoms that will rise from that nation but will not have the same power.

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