Daniel’s Vision of the Ram and the Goat 1 ULT In the year of three to the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me, me, Daniel, after the one having appeared to me at the first. BSB BSB: In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, subsequent to the one that had appeared to me earlier.
2 ULT And I saw in the vision, and it was as I saw, that I{ was} in Susa the citadel, which{ is} in Elam the province. And I saw in the vision that I was by the canal of Ulai. BSB BSB: 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.
3 ULT And I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, a ram standing to the face of the canal. And to it{ were} two horns, and the two horns{ were} high, but the one was higher than the second, and the higher came up afterward. BSB BSB: Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a ram with two horns standing beside the canal. The horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one grew up later.
4 ULT I saw the ram goring westward and northward and southward, and all of the beasts did not stand to its face, and there was none delivering from its hand. And it did according to its will, and it became great. BSB BSB: I saw the ram charging toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against him, and there was no deliverance from his power. He did as he pleased and became great.
5 ULT And I, I was observing, and behold, a male of the goats was coming from the west over the face of all of the earth but without touching the earth. And the male{ goat}, a horn of vision{ was} between its eyes. BSB BSB: As I was contemplating all this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between his eyes came out of the west, crossing the surface of the entire earth without touching the ground.
6 ULT And it came to the ram, the master of two horns, which I had seen standing to the face of the canal, and it ran at it in the heat of its power. BSB BSB: He came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and rushed at him with furious power.
7 ULT And I saw it arriving beside the ram, and it was embittered at it, and it struck the ram and shattered the two of its horns. And the ram was not strong to stand to its face. And it cast it to the earth and trampled it, and none was delivering the ram from its hand. BSB BSB: I saw him approach the ram in a rage against him, and he struck the ram and shattered his two horns. The ram was powerless to stand against him, and the goat threw him to the ground and trampled him, and no one could deliver the ram from his power.
8 ULT Then the male of the goats became great unto much. But when it was mighty, the great horn was broken, and in its place four{ horns of} vision came up toward the four winds of the heavens. BSB BSB: Thus the goat became very great, but at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off, and four prominent horns came up in its place, pointing toward the four winds of heaven.
9 ULT And from one of them a little horn came forth, and it became great exceedingly toward the south and toward the east and toward the Beauty. BSB BSB: From one of these horns a little horn emerged and grew extensively toward the south and the east and toward the Beautiful Land.
10 ULT And it became great to the army of the heavens. And it made fall to the earth some of the army and some of the stars, and it trampled them. BSB BSB: It grew as high as the host of heaven, and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the earth and trampled them.
11 ULT And it became great to the commander of the army. And the perpetual sacrifice was removed from him, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. BSB BSB: It magnified itself, even to the Prince of the host; it removed His daily sacrifice and overthrew the place of His sanctuary.
12 ULT And because of transgression, an army will be given over with the perpetual sacrifice, and it will cast truth to the ground. And it will do and succeed. BSB BSB: And in the rebellion, the host and the daily sacrifice were given over to the horn, and it flung truth to the ground and prospered in whatever it did.
13 ULT And I heard a holy one speaking, and a holy one said to the particular one speaking,“Until when{ is} the vision{ of} the perpetual sacrifice and the desolating transgression, the giving{ of} both the sanctuary and the army for trampling?” BSB BSB: Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to him, “How long until the fulfillment of the vision of the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, and the surrender of the sanctuary and of the host to be trampled?”
14 ULT And he said to me,“Until evening, morning, 2, 300. Then the sanctuary will be made right.” BSB BSB: He said to me, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be properly restored.”
Gabriel Interprets Daniel’s Vision 15 ULT And it was when I had seen the vision, I, Daniel, that I sought understanding. And behold, one standing to my face according to the appearance of a man. BSB BSB: While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.
16 ULT And I heard the voice of a man between the Ulai, and he called and said,“Gabriel, make this one understand the appearance.” BSB BSB: And I heard the voice of a man calling from between the banks of the Ulai: “Gabriel, explain the vision to this man.”
17 ULT And he came beside my standing. And when he came, I was frightened, and fell on my face. But he said to me,“Understand, son of man, that the vision{ is} for the time of the end.” BSB BSB: As he came near to where I stood, I was terrified and fell facedown. “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”
18 ULT And when he was speaking with me, I fell deeply asleep with my face to the ground. But he touched me and made me stand on my standing. BSB BSB: While he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Then he touched me, helped me to my feet,
19 ULT And he said,“Behold me, making you know what will happen at the end of the indignation, for{ it is} for the appointed time{ of} the end. BSB BSB: and said, “Behold, I will make known to you what will happen in the latter time of wrath, because it concerns the appointed time of the end.
20 ULT The ram that you saw, a master of two horns,{ is} the kings of Media and Persia. BSB BSB: The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.
21 ULT The male goat{ is} the king of Javan, and the great horn that{ was} between its eyes, it{ is} the first king. BSB BSB: The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.
22 ULT And{ as for} the broken{ one} and the four{ that} arose in its place, four kingdoms will stand from{ that} nation, but not with its power. BSB BSB: The four horns that replaced the broken one represent four kingdoms that will rise from that nation but will not have the same power.
23 ULT And at the end of their rule, when transgressors are complete, a king will stand, strong of face and understanding riddles. BSB BSB: In the latter part of their reign, when the rebellion has reached its full measure, an insolent king, skilled in intrigue, will come to the throne.
24 ULT And his power will be mighty, but not by his power. And being marvelous, he will destroy, and he will succeed and do. And he will destroy the mighty and the people of the holy{ ones}. BSB BSB: His power will be great, but it will not be his own. He will cause terrible destruction and succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy the mighty men along with the holy people.
25 ULT And by his cunning, he will also make deceit succeed under his hand. And in his heart, he will make{ himself} great, and he will destroy many in security. And he will stand against the Prince of princes, but he will be broken by no hand. BSB BSB: Through his craft and by his hand, he will cause deceit to prosper, and in his own mind he will make himself great. In a time of peace he will destroy many, and he will even stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be broken off, but not by human hands.
26 ULT And the appearance of the evening and the morning that was told, it{ is} true. But you, close up the vision, for it is for many days.” BSB BSB: The vision of the evenings and the mornings that has been spoken is true. Now you must seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.”
27 ULT Then I, Daniel, was finished, and I was sickened{ for} days. Then I arose and did the business of the king. But I was desolate at the vision and not understanding. BSB BSB: I, Daniel, was exhausted and lay ill for days. Then I got up and went about the king’s business. I was confounded by the vision; it was beyond understanding.
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