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Wycliffe Bible

Daniel 8:21

Forsothe the buc of geet is the kyng of Grekis; and the greet horn that was bitwixe hise iyen, he is the firste kyng.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- The Topic Concordance - Empires/world Powers;   Last Days;   War/weapons;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Goat, the;   Macedonian Empire, the;   Prophets;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Darius;   Greece;   Shushan;   Vision;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Greece;   Vision;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Allegory;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Greece;   Javan;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Antichrist;   Goat;   Gog;   Grecians;   Javan;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Daniel, Book of;   Grecia;   Greece;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Alexander the Great;   Goat;   Horn;   Javan,;   Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Alexander the Great ;   Goat;   Grecia, Greece;   Horns;   Javan ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Darius;   Goat;   Grecians;   Greece;   Greeks;   Macedonia;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Greece, Greeks, Gre'cians;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Goat;   Jews;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Between the Testaments;   Goat;   Horn;   Javan;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Gabriel;   Javan;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes represents the first king.
Hebrew Names Version
The rough male goat is the king of Yavan: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
King James Version
And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
English Standard Version
And the goat is the king of Greece. And the great horn between his eyes is the first king.
New American Standard Bible
"The shaggy goat represents the kingdom of Greece, and the large horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
New Century Version
The male goat is the king of Greece, and the big horn between its eyes is the first king.
Amplified Bible
"The shaggy (rough-coated) male goat represents the kingdom of Greece, and the great horn between his eyes is the first king.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the goate is the King of Grecia, and the great horne that is betweene his eyes, is the first King.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The shaggy goat represents the kingdom of Greece, and the large horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
Berean Standard Bible
The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.
Contemporary English Version
the goat is the kingdom of Greece, and the powerful horn between his eyes is the first of its kings.
Complete Jewish Bible
The shaggy male goat is the king of Greece, and the prominent horn between its eyes is the first king.
Darby Translation
And the rough goat is the king of Greece; and the great horn that was between his eyes is the first king.
Easy-to-Read Version
The goat is the king of Greece. The big horn between its eyes is the first king.
George Lamsa Translation
And the he-goat is the king of Greece, and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
Good News Translation
The goat represents the kingdom of Greece, and the prominent horn between his eyes is the first king.
Lexham English Bible
"And the hairy he-goat is the kingdom of Greece, and the great horn that is between his eyes—he is the first king.
Literal Translation
And the shaggy goat is the king of Greece. And the great horn between his eyes is the first king.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
but the goate is the kynge of Grekelonde: the greate horne that stode betwixte his eyes, that is the pryncipall kynge.
American Standard Version
And the rough he-goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
Bible in Basic English
And the he-goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn between his eyes is the first king.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the rough he-goat is the king of Greece; and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
King James Version (1611)
And the rough goat is the king of Grecia, and the great horne that is betweene his eyes, is the first king.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the goate, is the king of Grecia: and the great horne that is betwixt his eyes, that is the first king.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The he-goat is the King of the Greeks: and the great horn which was between his eyes, he is the first king.
English Revised Version
And the rough he-goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
World English Bible
The rough male goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
Update Bible Version
The he-goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the rough goat [is] the king of Grecia: and the great horn that [is] between his eyes [is] the first king.
New English Translation
The male goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between its eyes is the first king.
New King James Version
And the male goat is the kingdom Daniel 7:17, 23)">[fn] of Greece. The large horn that is between its eyes is the first king.
New Living Translation
The shaggy male goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes represents the first king of the Greek Empire.
New Life Bible
The male goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.
New Revised Standard
The male goat is the king of Greece, and the great horn between its eyes is the first king.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, the he-goat, is the king of Greece, - and, the great horn which was between his eyes, the same, is the first king.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the he goat, is the king of the Greeks, and the great horn that was between his eyes, the same is the first king.
Revised Standard Version
And the he-goat is the king of Greece; and the great horn between his eyes is the first king.
Young's Literal Translation
And the young he-goat, the hairy one, [is] the king of Javan; and the great horn that [is] between its eyes is the first king;

Contextual Overview

15 Forsothe it was doon, whanne Y, Danyel, siy the visioun, and axide the vndurstondyng, lo! as the licnesse of a man stood in my siyt. 16 And Y herde the voys of a man bitwixe Vlai, and he criede, and seide, Gabriel, make thou Danyel to vndurstonde this visioun. 17 And he cam, and stood bisidis where Y stood; and whanne he was comun, Y dredde, and felle on my face. And he seide to me, Thou, sone of man, vndurstonde, for the visioun schal be fillid in the tyme of ende. 18 And whanne he spak to me, Y slood doun `plat to the erthe. And he touchide me, and settide me in my degree. 19 And he seide to me, Y schal schewe to thee what thingis schulen come in the laste of cursing, for the tyme hath his ende. 20 The ram, whom thou siyest haue hornes, is the kyng of Medeis and of Perseis. 21 Forsothe the buc of geet is the kyng of Grekis; and the greet horn that was bitwixe hise iyen, he is the firste kyng. 22 Forsothe that whanne that horn was brokun, foure hornes risiden for it, foure kyngis schulen rise of the folc of hym, but not in the strengthe of hym. 23 And after the rewme of hem, whanne `wickidnessis han encreessid, a kyng schal rise vnschamefast in face, and vndurstondyng proposisiouns, ether resouns set forth; and his strengthe schal be maad stalworthe, 24 but not in hise strengthis. And more than it mai be bileuyd he schal waste alle thingis, and he schal haue prosperite, and schal do. And he schal sle stronge men, and the puple of seyntis,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the rough: Daniel 8:5-7, Daniel 10:20

the great: Daniel 8:8, Daniel 11:3

Reciprocal: Numbers 24:24 - Chittim Isaiah 23:15 - one king Jeremiah 48:25 - horn Ezekiel 27:13 - Javan Daniel 7:6 - lo Zechariah 9:13 - against

Cross-References

Genesis 3:17
Sothely God seyde to Adam, For thou herdist the voys of thi wijf, and hast ete of the tree, of which Y comaundide to thee that thou schuldist not ete, the erthe schal be cursid in thi werk; in traueylis thou schalt ete therof in alle daies of thi lijf;
Genesis 4:12
Whanne thou schalt worche the erthe, it schal not yyue his fruytis to thee; thou schalt be vnstable of dwellyng and fleynge aboute on erthe in alle the daies of thi lijf.
Genesis 5:29
and clepide his name Noe, and seide, This man schal comforte vs of the werkis and traueilis of oure hondis, in the loond which the Lord curside.
Genesis 6:5
Sotheli God seiy that myche malice of men was in erthe, and that al the thouyt of herte was ententif to yuel in al tyme,
Genesis 6:17
Lo! Y schal brynge `watris of diluuye ether greet flood on erthe, and Y schal sle ech fleisch in which is the spirit of lijf vndir heuene, and alle thingis that ben in erthe, schulen be wastid.
Genesis 8:1
Forsothe the Lord hadde mynde of Noe, and of alle lyuynge beestis, and of alle werk beestis, that weren with hym in the schip; and brouyte a wynd on the erthe.
Genesis 8:2
And watris weren decreessid, and the wellis of the see weren closid, and the wyndowis of heuene weren closid, and reynes of heuene weren ceessid.
Genesis 8:3
And watrys turneden ayen fro erthe, and yeden ayen, and bigunnen to be decreessid aftir an hundrid and fifti daies.
Genesis 8:6
And whanne fourti daies weren passid, Noe openyde the wyndow of the schip which he hadde maad, and sente out a crowe,
Genesis 8:7
which yede out, and turnede not ayen til the watris weren dried on erthe.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the rough goat is the king of Grecia,.... Including all the kings of it, from Alexander to the end of the Grecian monarchy; or rather the kingdom of Greece, which began in him, and continued until it was destroyed by the Romans: this was signified by the rough or hairy goat, especially when Alexander was at the head of it, for his strength and prowess, his swiftness in his marches over rocks and mountains, his majesty and grandeur, and also his lust and uncleanness;

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and the great host that is between his eyes is the first king; this is Alexander, who, though he was not the first king of Macedon, his father Philip, and others, were kings before him; yet was the first king of the Grecian monarchy, which took place on the Persian monarchy being destroyed by him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the rough goat - See the notes at Daniel 8:5. In Daniel 8:5 he is called a he-goat. Here the word rough or hairy - שׂעיר s'â‛ı̂yr - is applied to it. This appellation is often given to a goat Leviticus 4:24; Leviticus 16:9; Genesis 37:31. It would seem that either term - a he-goat, or a hairy-goat - would serve to designate the animal, and it is probable that the terms were used indiscriminately.

Is the king of Grecia - Represents the king of Greece. The word here rendered Grecia (יון yâvân) denotes usually and properly Ionia, the western part of Asia Minor; but this name was extended so as to embrace the whole of Greece. See Aristoph. Acharn. 504, ibique Schol.; AEschyl. Pers. 176, 561; Gesenius, Lexicon Latin Vulgate and Theodotion, here render it “the king of the Grecians,” and there can be no doubt that the royal power among the Greeks is here referred to. See the notes at Daniel 8:5.

And the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king - Alexander the Great. The first that consolidated the whole power, and that was known in the East as the king of Greece. So he is expressly called in 1 Macc. 1:1: “The first over Greece.” Philip, his father, was opposed in his attempts to conquer Greece, and was defeated. Alexander invaded Greece, burned Thebes, compelled the Athenians to submit, and was declared generalissimo of the Grecian forces against the Persians.


 
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