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Daniel 8:4

NETBible	I saw that the ram was butting westward, northward, and southward. No animal¹ was able to stand before it, and there was none who could deliver from its power.² It did as it pleased and acted arrogantly.³
NIV © biblegateway Dan 8:4	I watched the ram as he charged towards the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against him, and none could rescue from his power. He did as he pleased and became great.
NASB © biblegateway Dan 8:4	I saw the ram butting westward, northward, and southward, and no other beasts could stand before him nor was there anyone to rescue from his power, but he did as he pleased and magnified himself.
NLT © biblegateway Dan 8:4	The ram butted everything out of its way to the west, to the north, and to the south, and no one could stand against it or help its victims. It did as it pleased and became very great.
MSG © biblegateway Dan 8:4	I watched as the ram charged: first west, then north, then south. No beast could stand up to him. He did just as he pleased, strutting as if he were king of the beasts.
BBE © SABDAweb Dan 8:4	I saw the sheep pushing to the west and to the north and to the south; and no beasts were able to keep their place before him, and no one was able to get people out of his power; but he did whatever his pleasure was and made himself great.
NRSV © bibleoremus Dan 8:4	I saw the ram charging westward and northward and southward. All beasts were powerless to withstand it, and no one could rescue from its power; it did as it pleased and became strong.
NKJV © biblegateway Dan 8:4	I saw the ram pushing westward, northward, and southward, so that no animal could withstand him; nor was there any that could deliver from his hand, but he did according to his will and became great.
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KJV	I saw <07200> (8804) the ram <0352> pushing <05055> (8764) westward <03220>_, and northward <06828>_, and southward <05045>_; so that no beasts <02416> might stand <05975> (8799) before <06440> him, neither [was there any] that could deliver <05337> (8688) out of his hand <03027>_; but he did <06213> (8804) according to his will <07522>_, and became great <01431> (8689)_.
NASB © biblegateway Dan 8:4	I saw <07200> the ram <0352> butting <05055> westward <03220> , northward <06828> , and southward <05045> , and no <03808> other beasts <02421> could stand <05975> before <06440> him nor <0369> was there <0369> anyone to rescue <05337> from his power <03027> , but he did <06213> as he pleased <07522> and magnified <01431> himself.
LXXM	eidon <3708> V-AAI-1S ton <3588> T-ASM krion {N-ASM} keratizonta {V-PAPAS} kata <2596> PREP yalassan <2281> N-ASF kai <2532> CONJ borran {N-ASM} kai <2532> CONJ noton <3558> N-ASM kai <2532> CONJ panta <3956> A-NPN ta <3588> T-NPN yhria <2342> N-NPN ou <3364> ADV sthsontai <2476> V-FMI-3P enwpion <1799> PREP autou <846> D-GSM kai <2532> CONJ ouk <3364> ADV hn <1510> V-IAI-3S o <3588> T-NSM exairoumenov <1807> V-PMPNS ek <1537> PREP ceirov <5495> N-GSF autou <846> D-GSM kai <2532> CONJ epoihsen <4160> V-AAI-3S kata <2596> PREP to <3588> T-ASN yelhma <2307> N-ASN autou <846> D-GSM kai <2532> CONJ emegalunyh <3170> V-API-3S
NET [draft] ITL	I saw <07200> that the ram <0352> was butting <05055> westward <03220> , northward <06828> , and southward <05045> . No <03808> animal <02416> was able to stand <05975> before <06440> it, and there was none <0369> who could deliver <05337> from its power <03027> . It did <06213> as it pleased <07522> and acted arrogantly <01431> .
HEBREW	lydghw <01431> wnurk <07522> hvew <06213> wdym <03027> lyum <05337> Nyaw <0369> wynpl <06440> wdmey <05975> al <03808> twyx <02416> lkw <03605> hbgnw <05045> hnwpuw <06828> hmy <03220> xgnm <05055> lyah <0352> ta <0853> ytyar (8:4) <07200>

NETBible

I saw that the ram was butting westward, northward, and southward. No animal¹ was able to stand before it, and there was none who could deliver from its power.² It did as it pleased and acted arrogantly.³

NET Notes

¹tn Or “beast” (NAB).

²tn Heb “hand.” So also in v. 7.

³tn In the Hiphil the Hebrew verb גָּדַל (gadal, “to make great; to magnify”) can have either a positive or a negative sense. For the former, used especially of God, see Ps 126:2, 3; Joel 2:21. In this chapter (8:4, 8, 11, 25) the word has a pejorative sense, describing the self-glorification of this king. The sense seems to be that of vainly assuming one’s own superiority through deliberate hubris.