KJV King James Version
And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I [was] at Shushan [in] the palace, which [is] in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Daniel 8:2
And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I [was] at Shushan [in] the palace, which [is] in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And in the vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa, in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.
WEB World English Bible
I saw in the vision; now it was so, that when I saw, I was in the citadel of Susa, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai.
ASV American Standard Version
And I saw in the vision; now it was so, that when I saw, I was in Shushan the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I see in a vision, and it cometh to pass, in my seeing, and I am in Shushan the palace that is in Elam the province, and I see in a vision, and I have been by the stream Ulai.
Surrounding context — Daniel 8
1 In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, [even unto] me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first.
2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I [was] at Shushan [in] the palace, which [is] in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.
3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had [two] horns: and the [two] horns [were] high; but one [was] higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither [was there any] that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.
5 And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat [had] a notable horn between his eyes.
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וָֽאֶרְאֶה֮H7200 · ra.ahto see: seeבֶּחָזוֹן֒H2377 · cha.zonvisionוַיְהִי֙H1961 · ha.yahto beבִּרְאֹתִ֔יH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeוַאֲנִי֙H589 · a.niIבְּשׁוּשַׁ֣ןH7800 · shu.shanSusaהַבִּירָ֔הH1002 · bi.rahpalaceאֲשֶׁ֖רH834 · a.sherwhichבְּעֵילָ֣םH5867 · e.lamElamהַמְּדִינָ֑הH4082 · me.di.nahprovinceוָאֶרְאֶה֙H7200 · ra.ahto see: seeבֶּֽחָז֔וֹןH2377 · cha.zonvisionוַאֲנִ֥יH589 · a.niIהָיִ֖יתִיH1961 · ha.yahto beעַל־H5921 · aluponאוּבַ֥לH180 · u.valriverאוּלָֽי׃H195 · u.layUlai
Cross-references
Esther 1:2[That] in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which [was] in Shushan the palace,Nehemiah 1:1The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,Esther 2:8So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.Ezekiel 32:24There [is] Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.Genesis 10:22The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.Jeremiah 25:25And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,Genesis 14:1And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;Daniel 7:2Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.Daniel 7:15I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of [my] body, and the visions of my head troubled me.Esther 8:15And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.Esther 9:11On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.Isaiah 21:2A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.Jeremiah 49:34-39The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,Daniel 8:3Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had [two] horns: and the [two] horns [were] high; but one [was] higher than the other, and the higher came up last.Isaiah 11:11And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.Numbers 12:6And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, [I] the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, [and] will speak unto him in a dream.Esther 9:15For the Jews that [were] in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.Hebrews 1:1God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
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