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Gabriel Interprets Daniel’s Vision

Daniel 8:21

In 11 translations

BSB
The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.Hebrew of Javan
KJV
And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
WEB
The rough male goat is the king of Greece. The great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. The rough male goat is the king of Greece. The great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
ASV
And the rough he-goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
LSV
And the young male goat, the hairy one, [is] the king of Javan; and the great horn that [is] between its eyes is the first king;
YLT
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;
DBY
And the rough goat is the king of Greece; and the great horn that was between his eyes is the first king.
DRC
And the he goat, is the king of the Greeks, and the great horn that was between his eyes, the same is the first king.
GNV
And the goate is the King of Grecia, and the great horne that is betweene his eyes, is the first King.
JPS
And the rough he-goat is the king of Greece; and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
LXXE
The he-goat is the king of the Greeks: and the great horn which was between his eyes, he is the first king.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְהַצָּפִ֥יר הַשָּׂעִ֖יר מֶ֣לֶךְ יָוָ֑ן וְהַקֶּ֤רֶן הַגְּדוֹלָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בֵּין־עֵינָ֔יו ה֖וּא הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃
LXX-Br
Ὁ τράγος τῶν αἰγῶν, βασιλεὺς Ἑλλήνων· καὶ τὸ κέρας τὸ μέγα ὃ ἦν ἀναμέσον τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτοῦ, αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ βασιλεὺς ὁ πρῶτος.

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  • Daniel 10:20“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 11:3Then a mighty king will arise, who will rule with great authority and do as he pleases.
  • Daniel 8:5–8As 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. He came toward the two-horned ram I…

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