8Daniel 8

1In the third year of the reign of king Baltasar, a vision appeared to me. I, Daniel, after what I had seen in the beginning,Select Daniel 8:1

2Saw in my vision when I was in the castle of Susa, which is in the province of Elam: and I saw in the vision that I was over the gate of Ulai.Select Daniel 8:2

3And I lifted up my eyes, and saw: and behold a ram stood before the water, having two high horns, and one higher than the other, and growing up. AfterwardSelect Daniel 8:3

4I saw the ram pushing with his horns against the west, and against the north, and against the south: and no beasts could withstand him, nor be delivered out of his hand: and he did according to his own will, and became great.Select Daniel 8:4

5And I understood: and behold a he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and he touched not the ground, and the he goat had a notable horn between his eyes.Select Daniel 8:5

6And he went up to the ram that had the horns, which I had seen standing before the gate, and he ran towards him in the force of his strength.Select Daniel 8:6

7And when he was come near the ram, he was enraged against him, and struck the ram: and broke his two horns, and the ram could not withstand him: and when he had cast him down on the ground, he stamped upon him, and none could deliver the ram out of his hand.Select Daniel 8:7

8And the he goat became exceeding great: and when he was grown, the great horn was broken, and there came up four horns under it towards the four winds of heaven.Select Daniel 8:8

9And out of one of them came forth a little horn: and it became great against the south, and against the east, and against the strength.Select Daniel 8:9

10And it was magnified even unto the strength of heaven: and it threw down of the strength, and of the stars, and trod upon them.Select Daniel 8:10

11And it was magnified even to the prince of the strength: and it took away from him the continual sacrifice, and cast down the place of his sanctuary.Select Daniel 8:11

12And strength was given him against the continual sacrifice, because of sins: and truth shall be cast down on the ground, and he shall do and shall prosper.Select Daniel 8:12

13And I heard one of the saints speaking, and one saint said to another I know not to whom, that was speaking: How long shall be the vision, concerning the continual sacrifice, and the sin of the desolation that is made: and the sanctuary, and the strength be trodden under foot?Select Daniel 8:13

14And he said to him: Unto evening and morning two thousand three hundred days: and the sanctuary shall be cleansed.Select Daniel 8:14

15And it came to pass when I, Daniel, saw the vision, and sought the meaning, that behold there stood before me as it were the appearance of a man.Select Daniel 8:15

16And I heard the voice of a man between Ulai: and he called, and said: Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.Select Daniel 8:16

17And he came, and stood near where I stood: and when he was come, I fell on my face, trembling, and he said to me: Understand, O son of man, for in the time of the end the vision shall be fulfilled.Select Daniel 8:17

18And when he spoke to me, I fell flat on the ground: and he touched me, and set me upright.Select Daniel 8:18

19And he said to me: I will shew thee what things are to come to pass in the end of the malediction: for the time hath its end.Select Daniel 8:19

20The ram, which thou sawest with horns, is the king of the Medes and Persians.Select Daniel 8:20

21And the he goat, is the king of the Greeks, and the great horn that was between his eyes, the same is the first king.Select Daniel 8:21

22But whereas when that was broken, there arose up four for it, four kings shall rise up of his nation, but not with his strength.Select Daniel 8:22

23And after their reign, when iniquities shall be grown up, there shall arise a king of a shameless face, and understanding dark sentences.Select Daniel 8:23

24And his power shall be strengthened, but not by his own force: and he shall lay all things waste, and shall prosper, and do more than can be believed. And he shall destroy the mighty, and the people of the saints,Select Daniel 8:24

25According to his will, and craft shall be successful in his hand: and his heart shall be puffed up, and in the abundance of all things he shall kill many: and he shall rise up against the prince of princes, and shall be broken without hand.Select Daniel 8:25

26And the vision of the evening and the morning, which was told, is true: thou, therefore, seal up the vision, because it shall come to pass after many days.Select Daniel 8:26

27And I, Daniel, languished, and was sick for some days: and when I was risen up, I did the king's business, and I was astonished at the vision, and there was none that could interpret it.Select Daniel 8:27