Daniel 8:3 “Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a ram with two horns standing beside…”

Daniel 8:3

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.

World English Bible

Then I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, a ram which had two horns stood before the river. The two horns were high, but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.

American Standard Version

Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then I looked vp and sawe, and beholde, there stoode before the riuer a ramme, which had two hornes: and these two hornes were hie: but one was hier then another, and the hyest came vp last.

Darby Translation

And I lifted up mine eyes and saw, and behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns; and the two horns were high; and one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.

Young's Literal Translation

And I lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, a certain ram is standing before the stream, and it hath two horns, and the two horns [are] high; and the one [is] higher than the other, and the high one is coming up last.

Bible in Basic English

And lifting up my eyes, I saw, there before the stream, a male sheep with two horns: and the two horns were high, but one was higher than the other, the higher one coming up last.

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Cross references

“I lifted”

Daniel 10:5 Numbers 24:2 Joshua 5:13 1 Chronicles 21:16 Zechariah 1:18 Zechariah 2:1

Daniel 10:5 · BSB

I lifted up my eyes, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist.

Numbers 24:2 · BSB

When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came upon him,

Joshua 5:13 · BSB

Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”

1 Chronicles 21:16 · BSB

When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.

Zechariah 1:18 · BSB

Then I looked up and saw four horns.

Zechariah 2:1 · BSB

Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

“a ram”

Daniel 8:20 Daniel 2:39 Daniel 7:5

Daniel 8:20 · BSB

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

Daniel 2:39 · BSB

But after you, there will arise another kingdom, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule the whole earth.

Daniel 7:5 · BSB

Suddenly another beast appeared, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. So it was told, ‘Get up and gorge yourself on flesh!’

“one”

Daniel 5:31 Daniel 6:28 Ezra 1:2 Ezra 4:5 Esther 1:3 Isaiah 13:17

Daniel 5:31 · BSB

and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.

Daniel 6:28 · BSB

So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

Ezra 1:2 · BSB

“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.

Ezra 4:5 · BSB

They hired counselors against them to frustrate their plans throughout the reign of Cyrus king of Persia and down to the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Esther 1:3 · BSB

In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the provinces.

Isaiah 13:17 · BSB

Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.

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

In context

2And 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.

4I saw the ram charging toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against him, and there was no deliverance from his power. He did as he pleased and became great.

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