Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I am come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I go forth, lo, the prince of Greece shall come.
Daniel 8:21 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And the rough he-goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the shaggy and rough he-goat is the king of Greece, and the great horn between his eyes is the first king [who consolidated the whole realm, Alexander the Great]. American Standard Version (1901) And the rough he-goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. Common English Bible The long-haired he-goat is the king of Greece, and the big horn between its eyes is the first king. Catholic Public Domain Version Furthermore, the he-goat among she-goats is the king of the Greeks, and the great horn, which was between his eyes, is the same one, the first king. English Standard Version 2016 And the goat is the king of Greece. And the great horn between his eyes is the first king. |
Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I am come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I go forth, lo, the prince of Greece shall come.
And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and when he is waxed strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece.
And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee; and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
The ram which thou sawest that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
And as for that which was broken, in the place whereof four stood up, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not with his power.
For I have bent Judah for me, I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and will make thee as the sword of a mighty man.