Daniel 8:4

I saw the ram, pushing strongly westward and northward and southward, so that no wild beast could stand before him, and none could deliver out of his hand,—but he did according to his own pleasure, and shewed himself great.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.

In Context

3So then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and lo! a ram, standing before the river, and, it, had two horns,—and, the two horns, were high, but, the one, was higher than the other, and, the higher, had come up, last.

5Now, I, was observing, when lo! a he-goat, coming in out of the west, over the face of all the earth, but it meddled not with the earth,—and, the goat, had a conspicuous horn between his eyes.

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Cross References

Job 10:7Though it is, within thine own knowledge, that I would not be lawless, and, none, out of thy hand, can deliver?

Psalms 50:22Understand this, I pray you, ye forgetters of GOD, Lest I tear in pieces, and there be none to deliver:—

Isaiah 45:1Thus, saith Yahweh, to his Anointed, to Cyrus—Whose right hand I have firmly grasped To subdue before him, nations, And the loins of kings, will I ungird,—To open, before him, the two-leaved doors, And, the gates, shall not be shut:

Jeremiah 50:1The word which Yahweh spake Against Babylon Against the land of the Chaldeans, through Jeremiah the prophet:

Daniel 5:19and, for the greatness that he gave him, all peoples, races and tongues, used to tremble and to withdraw falteringly from before him,—Whom he would, he slew, and, whom he would, he kept alive, and, whom he would, he set up, and, whom he would, he put down.

Daniel 7:5And, lo! another wild beast, a second, resembling a bear, and, on one side, was it raised up, with three ribs in its mouth, between its teeth,—and, thus, were they saying to it, Rise! devour much flesh.

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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