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Gabriel Interprets Daniel’s Vision

Daniel 8:20

In 11 translations

BSB
The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.
KJV
The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
WEB
The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia. The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
ASV
The ram which thou sawest, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
LSV
The ram that you have seen possessing two horns, [are] the kings of Media and Persia.
YLT
'The ram that thou hast seen possessing two horns, [are] the kings of Media and Persia.
DBY
The ram that thou sawest having the two horns: they are the kings of Media and Persia.
DRC
The ram, which thou sawest with horns, is the king of the Medes and Persians.
GNV
The ramme which thou sawest hauing two hornes, are the Kings of the Medes and Persians.
JPS
The ram which thou sawest having the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
LXXE
The ram which thou sawest that had the horns is the king of the Medes and Persians.

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Original-language editions

WLC
הָאַ֥יִל אֲשֶׁר־רָאִ֖יתָ בַּ֣עַל הַקְּרָנָ֑יִם מַלְכֵ֖י מָדַ֥י וּפָרָֽס׃
LXX-Br
Ὁ κριὸς ὃν εἶδες, ὁ ἔχων τὰ κέρατα, βασιλεὺς Μήδων καὶ Περσῶν.

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📍 Media📍 Persia◆ Prophecies of Daniel

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  • Daniel 8:3Then 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.
  • Daniel 11:1–2“And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up to strengthen and protect him. Now then, I will tell you the truth: Three more kings will arise in Persia, and then a fourth, who will be far richer than all the…

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