Daniel 8:4

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Aku melihat domba jantan itu menanduk ke barat, ke utara dan ke selatan, dan tidak ada seekor binatangpun yang tahan menghadapi dia, dan tidak ada yang dapat membebaskan dari kuasanya; ia berbuat sekehendak hatinya dan membesarkan diri.

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Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Aku melihat domba jantan itu menanduk ke barat, ke utara dan ke selatan, dan tidak ada seekor binatangpun yang tahan menghadapi dia, dan tidak ada yang dapat membebaskan dari kuasanya; ia berbuat sekehendak hatinya dan membesarkan diri.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka kulihat domba jantan itu menanduk ke barat dan ke utara dan ke selatan, maka seekor binatangpun tiada dapat melawan dia dan seorangpun tiada dapat melepaskan dari kuasanya, dan dibuatnya barang kehendaknya dan diadakannya perkara besar-besar.

Contextual Overview

¹ In the third yere of the raigne of king Balthasar, there appeared a vision vnto me [euen] vnto me Daniel, after that which I had seene in the beginning. ² I saw in a vision (and when I saw it, I was in the palace of Susis, which is in the prouince of Elam) and in the vision me thought I was by the riuer of Ulai. ³ Then I loked vp and saw, & beholde, there stoode before the riuer a ramme which had two hornes: and these two hornes were hye, but one was hyer then the other, & the hyest came vp last. ⁴ I saw that this ramme pushed with his hornes against the west, against the north, and against the south: so that no beastes might stand before him, nor defend them from his power, but he did as him listed, and became great. ⁵ And as I considered, beholde there came a hee goate from the west, ouer the whole earth, and touched not the grounde: and this goate had a horne appeared betwixt his eyes. ⁶ And he came vnto the ramme that had the two hornes (whom I had seene standing by the riuer) and ranne fiercely vpon him with his might. ⁷ And I sawe him drawe nye vnto the ramme, being very fierce vpon him, yea he smote the ramme and brake his two hornes, neither had the ramme so much strength as to stande before him: but he cast him downe to the grounde, trode him vnder his feete, & there was none able to deliuer the ramme out of his power. ⁸ Therefore the goate waxed exceeding great, & when he was at the strongest, his great horne was broken: Then grew there other foure notable ones in the steade of it, towarde the foure windes of the heauen. ⁹ And out of one of them came foorth a litle horne, which waxed very great toward the south, toward the east, and toward the pleasaunt lande. ¹⁰ It grewe vp vnto the hoast of heauen, whereof it did cast some downe to the grounde, and of the starres also, and trode them vnder foote.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

pushing: Daniel 5:30, Daniel 7:5, Daniel 11:2, Isaiah 45:1-5, Jeremiah 50:1 - Jeremiah 51:64

neither: Daniel 8:7, Job 10:7, Psalms 7:2, Psalms 50:22, Micah 5:8

but: Daniel 5:19, Daniel 11:3, Daniel 11:16, Daniel 11:36, Isaiah 10:13, Isaiah 10:14

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 9:2 - Who can stand Psalms 44:5 - push Jeremiah 51:28 - the kings Daniel 2:32 - breast Daniel 2:39 - another kingdom Daniel 5:28 - Thy Daniel 8:12 - and it practiced

Cross-References

Genesis 8:17
And bryng foorth with thee euery beast that is with thee, of all fleshe, both foule and cattell, and euery worme that crepeth vpon the earth, that they may breede in the earth, and bring foorth fruite, and multiplie vpon earth.

Genesis 8:19
Euery beast also, and euery worme, euery foule, and whatsoeuer crepeth vpon the earth after their kyndes, went out of the arke.

2 Kings 19:37
And it fortuned, that as he was in a temple worshipping Nisroch his God, Adramelech & Saresar his owne sonnes smote hym with the sworde: And they escaped into the lande of Armenia, and Asarhaddon his sonne raigned in his steade.

Isaiah 37:38
Afterwarde it chaunced as he prayed in the temple of Nesroch his God, that Adramalech and Sarazer his owne sonnes slue hym with the sworde, and fled into the lande of Armenia: and Asarhaddon his sonne raigned in his steede.

Jeremiah 51:27
Set vp a token in the lande, blowe the trumpets among the heathen, prouoke the nations agaynst her, call the kyngdomes of Ararat, Menni, and Ascanez, agaynst her, set the prince agaynst her, bryng as great a sort of terrible horses agaynst her as yf they were grashoppers.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward,.... That is, with his horns, as rams do; these kingdoms using all their power and strength, wealth and riches, in fighting with and subduing nations, and pushing on their conquests in all parts here mentioned; to the west, Babylon, Syria, Asia, and part of Greece; to the north, Iberia, Albania, Armenia, Scythia, Colchis, and the inhabitants of the Caspian sea; and to the south, Arabia, Ethiopia, Egypt, and India; all which places were conquered by Cyrus and his successors. No mention is made of the east, because this ram stood in the east, facing the west; and at the right and left were the north and south; and so Cyrus is said to come from the east, Isaiah 46:11.

So that no beast might stand before him: no, not the first beast, the Babylonian monarchy, which; fell into the hands of Cyrus; nor any other king or kingdom he and his successors fought against:

neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; or power; Croesus, the rich king of Lydia, and other allies of the king of Babylon, assisted him against Cyrus, and endeavoured to prevent his falling into his hands, but all in vain:

but he did according to his will, and became great; none being able to oppose him, he carried his arms where he pleased, and imposed what tribute he thought fit, and obliged them to do whatever was his will; and so became great in power and dignity, in riches and wealth: this monarchy was very large and extensive, and very rich and wealthy, in the times of Cyrus and his successors; and especially in the times of Darius, the last monarch of it, conquered by Alexander, who is described as follows:

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward - Denoting the conquests of the united kingdom. The east is not mentioned, for none of the conquests of the Medo-Persian empire extended in that direction: Yet nothing could better express the conquests actually made by the Medo-Persian empire than this representation. On the west the conquests embraced Babylonia, Mesopotamia, Syria, and Asia Minor; on the north, Colchis, Armenia, Iberia, and the regions around the Caspian Sea; and on the south, Palestine, Ethiopia, Egypt, and Lybia. - Lengerke. This Medo-Persian power is represented as coming from the east. Isaiah 41:2 : “who raised up the righteous man from the east, etc.” Isaiah 46:11 : “calling a ravenous bird from the east, etc.”

He did according to his will, and became great - This expresses well also the character of the Medo-Persian empire. It extended over a great part of the known world, subduing to itself a large portion of the earth. In its early conquests it met with no successful opposition, nor was it stayed until it was subdued by Greece - as at Leuctra and Marathon, and then as it was finally overthrown by Alexander the Great.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Daniel 8:4. I saw the ram pushing westward — The Persians, who are signified by the ram, as well as their founder Cyrus, pushed their conquests west, north and south. The principal theatre of their wars, says Calmet, was against the SCYTHIANS, northward; against the GREEKS, westward; and against the EGYPTIANS, southward.

He did according to his will — There was no other nation at that time that could stay the progress of the Persian arms.