Daniel 8:5

And as I was looking attentively, behold, there came a shaggy, he-goat from the west over the face of the whole earth, without touching the ground; and the goat had a sightly large horn between his eyes.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4I saw the ram butting westward, and northward, and southward; so that all the beasts could not stand before him, and no one was there to deliver out of his hand: and he did according to his will, and became great.

6And he came as far as the ram that had two horns, that I had seen standing before the river, and ran at him with his furious power.

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Cross References

Daniel 2:32As regardeth this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms were of silver, its belly and its thighs of copper,

Daniel 7:6After this I looked, and lo there was another, like a leopard; and it had four wings of a bird on its back: the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given unto it.

Daniel 8:21And the shaggy he-goat is the king of Javan; and the great horn which is between his eyes is the first king.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 8:2-15

The Vision of the Ram and Goat. ( b. c. 553.) 1 In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first. 2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai. 3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but… Read the whole commentary →

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