Daniel 8:6

Daniel 8:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.
• New International Version (NIV)It came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and charged at it in great rage.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He came to the ram with the two horns, which I had seen standing on the bank of the canal, and he ran at him in his powerful wrath.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing beside the river, and ran at him with furious power.

Context of Daniel 8:6

4The sheep ran towards the west, the north and the south. He used his horns to push away all other animals. No other animal could stop him. Nobody could save them from his power. He did whatever he wanted to do. He boasted about his great strength. 5While I was thinking about this, I saw a male goat that was coming from the west. It ran quickly across the earth. Its feet did not even touch the ground. The goat had a large horn between its eyes. It came towards the male sheep that had two horns. I had seen that sheep as it stood beside the river. The goat was very angry. It ran to attack the sheep with all its strength. 7I saw it as it attacked the sheep. It was so angry that it hit the sheep very hard. It broke off the sheep's two horns. The sheep had no power to stop the goat. The goat knocked the sheep down to the ground and it stamped on the sheep. Nobody could save the sheep from the power of the goat. 8The male goat boasted even more about its power. Its large horn became very strong. But then the horn broke. Four other large horns came up in its place. Each of these horns pointed in a different direction.

Daniel 8:6 word by word

וַיָּבֹ֗א עַד־הָאַ֙יִל֙ בַּ֣עַל הַקְּרָנַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֣ר רָאִ֔יתִי עֹמֵ֖ד לִפְנֵ֣י הָאֻבָ֑ל וַיָּ֥רָץ אֵלָ֖יו בַּחֲמַ֥ת כֹּחֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to the ramאַ֫יִל'ayil · ramH352
• that hadבַּעַלba‛al · master: owningH1167
• hornsקֶ֫רֶןqeren · hornH7161
• which I had seenרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• standingעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the riverאוּבַל'ûbâl 'ûbâl · riverH180
• and ranרוּץrûts · to run: runH7323
• unto him in the furyחֵמָהchêmâh chêmâ' · rageH2534
• of his powerכֹּחַkôach kôach · strengthH3581

Cross-references for Daniel 8:6

• Daniel 8:3I looked up and I saw a male sheep that had two long horns. It was standing beside the river. One of its horns was longer than the other one. The longer horn came up later than the shorter horn.

Commentaries on Daniel 8:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6And he came to the ram - This and the following verse give an account of the overthrow of the Persian empire by Alexander. And ran unto him in the fury of his power - The conflicts between the Greeks and the Persians were excessively severe. Alexander first vanquished the generals of Darius, at the river Granicus, in Phrygia; he next attacked and totally routed Darius, at the straits of Issus, in Cilicia; and afterwards at the plains of Arbela, in…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6And he came to the ram … - Representing the Medo-Persian power. And ran unto him in the fury of his power - Representing the fierceness and fury with which Alexander attacked the Persians at the Granicus, at Issus, and at Arbela, with which he invaded and overthrew them in their own country. Nothing would better express this than to say that it was done in “the fury of power.”Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-12Daniel 8:21–25 explains the symbolism.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. standing before the river--Ulai. It was at the "river" Granicus that Alexander fought his first victorious battle against Darius, 334 B.C.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Daniel 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings