Daniel 8:19-22

8:19 Then he said, “I am going to inform you about what will happen in the latter time of wrath, for the vision ¹  pertains to the appointed time of the end. 8:20 The ram that you saw with the two horns stands for the kings of Media and Persia. 8:21 The male goat ²  is the king of Greece, ³  and the large horn between its eyes is the first king. 8:22 The horn that was broken ⁴  and in whose place there arose four others stands for four kingdoms that will arise from his nation, though they will not have his strength.

[8:19]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text does not actually state the referent (the vision Daniel saw in vv. 8-12; cf. also v. 13), which has been specified in the translation for clarity. Some Greek witnesses add “the vision” here.

[8:21]  ² tn Heb “the he-goat, the buck.” The expression is odd, and the second word may be an explanatory gloss.

[8:21]  ³ tn Heb “Javan.”

[8:22]  ³ tn Heb “the broken one.” The word “horn” has been supplied in the translation to clarify the referent.