Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The ram which thou sawest with the two horns, is the king of the Medes and Persians:
New American Standard Bible
The
King James Version
The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
Holman Bible
The two-horned ram
International Standard Version
"Pay attention! I'm going to brief you about what will happen at the end of the period of wrath, because its end is appointed. The ram that you saw with a pair of horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
A Conservative Version
The ram which thou saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
American Standard Version
The ram which thou sawest, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
Amplified
The ram which you saw with the two horns represents the kings of Media and Persia.
Bible in Basic English
The sheep which you saw with two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
Darby Translation
The ram that thou sawest having the two horns: they are the kings of Media and Persia.
Julia Smith Translation
The ram which thou sawest possessing horns, the kings of Media and Persia.
King James 2000
The ram which you saw having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"The ram that you saw {who had two horns} [represents] the kings of Media and Persia.
Modern King James verseion
The ram which you saw having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
NET Bible
The ram that you saw with the two horns stands for the kings of Media and Persia.
New Heart English Bible
The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
The Emphasized Bible
The ram which thou sawest, having the two horns, representeth the kings of Media and Persia;
Webster
The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
World English Bible
The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
Youngs Literal Translation
The ram that thou hast seen possessing two horns, are the kings of Media and Persia.
Themes
Empires/world powers » The ram and the he goat
Horns » Illustrative » Of kings
Medo-persian kingdom » Illustrated by » A ram with two horns
Prophets » God communicated to » By angels
Ram » A sheep » Seen in daniel's vision
War/weapons » Who will attempt to make war with jesus Christ and his saints
Interlinear
Ra'ah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Daniel 8:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Gabriel Gives Angelic Help And Interprets The Vision
19 saying, "Behold, I will show thee what shall happen in the last wrath: for in the time appointed it shall be fulfilled. 20 The ram which thou sawest with the two horns, is the king of the Medes and Persians: 21 but the goat is the king of Greek land: the great horn that stood betwixt his eyes, that is the principal king.
Phrases
Cross References
Daniel 8:3
Then I looked up, and saw, and behold, there stood before the river, a ram, which had horns: and these horns were high, but one was higher than another, and the highest came up last.
Daniel 11:1-2
And in the first year of Darius of Media, I stood by him, to comfort him and to strength him,