Daniel 8 · Verse 6

Daniel 8:6

And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.
Daniel 8:6, King James Version

Daniel 8:6 in other translations

BSBHe came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and rushed at him with furious power.
WEBHe came to the ram that had the two horns, which I saw standing before the river, and ran on him in the fury of his power.
ASVAnd he came to the ram that had the two horns, which I saw standing before the river, and ran upon him in the fury of his power.
YLTAnd it cometh unto the ram possessing the two horns, that I had seen standing before the stream, and runneth unto it in the fury of its power.
DARBYAnd he came to the ram that had the two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran upon him in the fury of his power.
BBEAnd he came to the two-horned sheep which I saw before the stream, rushing at him in the heat of his power.
WebsterAnd he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran to him in the fury of his power.

What does Daniel 8:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. standing before the river--Ulai. It was at the "river" Granicus that Alexander fought his first victorious battle against Darius, 334 B.C.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 And he came to the ram - This and the following verse give an account of the overthrow of the Persian empire by Alexander. And ran unto him in the fury of his power - The conflicts between the Greeks and the Persians were excessively severe. Alexander first vanquished the generals of Darius, at the river Granicus, in Phrygia; he next attacked and totally routed Darius, at the straits of Issus, in Cilicia; and afterwards at the plains of Arbela, in Assyria. One can hardly read these words, says Bp. Newton, "the ram - which I had seen standing by the river, ran unto him in the fury of his power," without having the image of Darius' army standing and guarding the river Granicus and of Alexander on the other side, with his forces plunging in swimming across the stream, and rushing on the enemy, with all the fire and fury that can be conceived.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Daniel 8:1-14

Daniel's vision of the ram and the he-goat. (Dn 8:1-14) The interpretation of it. (Dn 8:15-27) Verses 1-14 God gives Daniel a foresight of the destruction of other kingdoms, which in their day were as powerful as that of Babylon. Could we foresee the changes that shall be when we are gone, we should be less affected with changes in our own day. The ram with two horns was the second empire, that of Media and Persia…

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Daniel 8:6 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.

וַיָּבֹ֗אvai.ya.Vo'and it cameH935
עַד\־'ad-toH5704
הָאַ֙יִל֙ha.'A.yilthe ramH352
בַּ֣עַלBa.'al[the] possessor ofH1167
הַקְּרָנַ֔יִםha.ke.ra.Na.yimthe two hornsH7161
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
רָאִ֔יתִיra.'I.tiI had seenH7200
עֹמֵ֖ד'o.MedstandingH5975
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
הָאֻבָ֑לha.'u.Valthe canalH180
וַיָּ֥רָץvai.Ya.rotzand it ranH7323
אֵלָ֖יו'e.Lavagainst itH413
בַּחֲמַ֥תba.cha.Matin [the] rage ofH2534
כֹּחֽוֹ\׃ko.Chostrength itsH3581

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

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Context

  • Daniel 8:5

    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.

  • Daniel 8:6

    And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.

  • Daniel 8:7

    And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.

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Daniel 8:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y vino hasta el carnero que tenía los dos cuernos, al cual había yo visto que estaba delante del río, y corrió contra él con la ira de su fortaleza.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il vint jusqu’au bélier qui avait les deux cornes, que j’avais vu se tenir devant le fleuve, et courut sur lui dans la fureur de sa force.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er kam bis zu dem Widder mit den zwei Hörnern, welchen ich vor dem Flusse hatte stehen sehen; und er rannte ihn an im Grimme seiner Kraft.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et venit usque ad arietem illum cornutum, quem videram stantem ante portam, et cucurrit ad eum in impetu fortitudinis suæ.