Daniel 8:6-7

Context
8:6 It came to the two-horned ram that I had seen standing beside the canal and rushed against it with raging strength.¹ 8:7 I saw it approaching the ram. It went into a fit of rage against the ram² and struck it³ and broke off its two horns. The ram had no ability to resist it.⁴ The goat hurled the ram⁵ to the ground and trampled it. No one could deliver the ram from its power.⁶

[8:6] ¹tn Heb “the wrath of its strength.”

[8:7] ²tn Heb “him.”

[8:7] ³tn Heb “the ram.”

[8:7] ⁴tn Heb “stand before him.”

[8:7] ⁵tn Heb “he hurled him.” The referents of both pronouns (the male goat and the ram) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:7] ⁶sn The goat of Daniel’s vision represents Greece; the large horn represents Alexander the Great. The ram stands for Media-Persia. Alexander’s rapid conquest of the Persians involved three battles of major significance which he won against overwhelming odds: Granicus (334 B.C.), Isus (333 B.C.), and Gaugemela (331 B.C.).