KJV King James Version
The ram which thou sawest having [two] horns [are] the kings of Media and Persia.
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Daniel 8:20
The ram which thou sawest having [two] horns [are] the kings of Media and Persia.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.
WEB World English Bible
The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
ASV American Standard Version
The ram which thou sawest, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The ram that thou hast seen possessing two horns, are the kings of Media and Persia.
Surrounding context — Daniel 8
17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end [shall be] the vision.
18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.
19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end [shall be].
20 The ram which thou sawest having [two] horns [are] the kings of Media and Persia.
21 And the rough goat [is] the king of Grecia: and the great horn that [is] between his eyes [is] the first king.
22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
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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.Daniel 11:1-2Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, [even] I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
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