New Living Translation
Daniel 8:20
20The two-horned ram represents 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)As for the ram that you saw with the two horns, these are 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.
Context of Daniel 8:20
18While he was speaking, I fainted and lay there with my face to the ground. But Gabriel roused me with a touch and helped me to my feet. 19Then he said, “I am here to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath. What you have seen pertains to the very end of time. The two-horned ram represents the kings of Media and Persia. 21The shaggy male goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes represents the first king of the Greek Empire. 22The four prominent horns that replaced the one large horn show that the Greek Empire will break into four kingdoms, but none as great as the first.
Read all of Daniel 8Daniel 8:20 word by word
הָאַ֥יִל אֲשֶׁר־רָאִ֖יתָ בַּ֣עַל הַקְּרָנָ֑יִם מַלְכֵ֖י מָדַ֥י וּפָרָֽס׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Daniel 8:20
- Daniel 8:3As I looked up, I saw a ram with two long horns standing beside the river. One of the horns was longer than the other, even though it had grown later than the other one.
- Daniel 11:1I have been standing beside Michael to support and strengthen him since the first year of the reign of Darius the Mede.)
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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