Daniel 8 · Verse 20

Daniel 8:20

The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
Daniel 8:20, King James Version

Daniel 8:20 in other translations

BSBThe two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.
WEBThe ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
ASVThe ram which thou sawest, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
YLT‘The ram that thou hast seen possessing two horns, are the kings of Media and Persia.
DARBYThe ram that thou sawest having the two horns: they are the kings of Media and Persia.
BBEThe sheep which you saw with two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
WebsterThe ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.

What does Daniel 8:20 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 20 The ram which thou sagest - See this explained under the vision itself, Dan 8:3 (note), etc.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Daniel 8:15-27

The eternal Son of God stood before the prophet in the appearance of a man, and directed the angel Gabriel to explain the vision. Daniel's fainting and astonishment at the prospect of evils he saw coming on his people and the church, confirm the opinion that long-continued calamities were foretold. The vision being ended, a charge was given to Daniel to keep it private for the present. He kept it to himself, and…

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Daniel 8:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הָאַ֥יִלha.'A.yilthe ramH352
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
רָאִ֖יתָra.'I.tayou sawH7200
בַּ֣עַלBa.'al[the] possessor ofH1167
הַקְּרָנָ֑יִםha.ke.ra.Na.yimthe two hornsH7161
מַלְכֵ֖יmal.Khei[is] [the] kings ofH4428
מָדַ֥יma.DaiMediaH4074
וּפָרָֽס\׃u.fa.Rasand PersiaH6539

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Daniel 8:20

  • Daniel 8:3

    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.

  • Daniel 11:1-2

    Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. 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 by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
3; 11:1,2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Daniel 8:19

    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.

  • Daniel 8:20

    The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.

  • Daniel 8:21

    And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.

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Daniel 8:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Aquel carnero que viste, que tenía cuernos, son los reyes de Media y de Persia.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Le bélier que tu as vu, qui avait deux cornes, ce sont les rois de Médie et de Perse.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Der Widder mit den zwei Hörnern, welchen du gesehen hast, sind die Könige von Medien und Persien.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Aries, quem vidisti habere cornua, rex Medorum est atque Persarum.