English Standard Version
Daniel 8:20
20As for the ram that you saw with the two horns, these are the kings of Media and Persia.
Daniel 8:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
- New International Version (NIV)The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The ram which you saw, having the two horns—they are the kings of Media and Persia.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The two-horned ram represents the kings of Media and Persia.
Context of Daniel 8:20
18And when he had spoken to me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face to the ground. But he touched me and made me stand up. 19He said, "Behold, I will make known to you what shall be at the latter end of the indignation, for it refers to the appointed time of the end. As for the ram that you saw with the two horns, these are the kings of Media and Persia. 21And the goat is the king of Greece. And the great horn between his eyes is the first king. 22As for the horn that was broken, in place of which four others arose, four kingdoms shall arise from his nation, but not with his power.
Read all of Daniel 8Daniel 8:20 word by word
הָאַ֥יִל אֲשֶׁר־רָאִ֖יתָ בַּ֣עַל הַקְּרָנָ֑יִם מַלְכֵ֖י מָדַ֥י וּפָרָֽס׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Daniel 8:20
- Daniel 8:3I raised my eyes and saw, and behold, a ram standing on the bank of the canal. It had two horns, and both horns were high, but one was higher than the other, and the higher one came up last.
- Daniel 11:1"And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.
Commentaries on Daniel 8:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20The ram which thou sagest - See this explained under the vision itself, Daniel 8:3; (note), etc.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20The ram which thou sawest - See the notes at Daniel 8:3. This is one of the instances in the Scriptures in which symbols are explained. There can be no doubt, therefore, as to the meaning.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-27Verses 15-27 The eternal Son of God stood before the prophet in the appearance of a man, and directed the angel Gabriel to explain the vision. Daniel's fainting and astonishment at the prospect of evils he saw coming on his people and the church, confirm the opinion that long-continued calamities were foretold. The vision being ended, a charge was given to Daniel to keep it private for the present. He kept it to himself, and went on to do the duty of his…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20The smaller horn represents Media, an independent kingdom starting in 670 BC. The larger horn represents Persia, which controlled Media during Cyrus’s reign (see Daniel 7:5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-27With this chapter the Hebrew part of the book begins and continues to be the language of the remainder; the visions relating wholly to the Jews and Jerusalem. The scene here narrows from world-wide prophecies to those affecting the one covenant-people in the five centuries between the exile and the advent. Antichrist, like Christ, has a more immediate future, as well as one more remote. The vision, the eighth chapter, begins, and that, the tenth through…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
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