Daniel 8:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Daniel 8:4

2 I saw in the vision, and it so happened while I was looking, that I was in ^aShushan, the citadel, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in the vision that I was by the River Ulai.

3 Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and there, standing beside the river, was a ram which had two horns, and the two horns were high; but one was ^ahigher than the other, and the higher one came up last.

4 I saw the ram pushing westward, northward, and southward, so that no animal could¹ withstand him; nor was there any that could deliver from his hand, ^abut he did according to his will and became great.

5 And as I was considering, suddenly a male goat came from the west, across the surface of the whole earth, without touching the ground; and the goat had a notable ^ahorn between his eyes.

6 Then he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing beside the river, and ran at him with furious power.

7 And I saw him confronting the ram; he was moved with rage against him,¹ attacked the ram, and broke his two horns. There was no power in the ram to withstand him, but he cast him down to the ground and trampled him; and there was no one that could deliver the ram from his hand.

8 Therefore the male goat grew very great; but when he became strong, the large horn was broken, and in place of it ^afour notable ones came up toward the four winds of heaven.

Verse Comparison: Daniel 8:4

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American Standard Version
I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; and no beasts could stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and magnified himself.

Amplified® Bible
I looked {and} saw the ram [Medo-Persia] pushing {and} charging westward and northward and southward; no beast could stand before him, neither could anyone rescue from his power, but he did according to his [own] will {and} pleasure and magnified himself.

Contemporary English Version
The ram went charging toward the west, the north, and the south. No other animals were strong enough to oppose him, and nothing could save them from his power. So he did as he pleased and became even more powerful.

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

Good News Bible
I watched the ram butting with his horns to the west, the north, and the south. No animal could stop him or escape his power. He did as he pleased and grew arrogant.

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.

New American Standard Bible
I saw the ram butting westward, northward, and southward, and no {other} beasts could stand before him nor was there anyone to rescue from his power, but he did as he pleased and magnified {himself.}

New International Version
I watched the ram as he charged toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against him, and none could rescue from his power. He did as he pleased and became great.

New King James Version
I saw the ram pushing westward, northward, and southward, so that no animal could withstand him; nor was there any that could deliver from his hand, but he did according to his will and became great.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
I saw the ram butting westward, northward, and southward, and no other beasts could stand before him nor could anyone rescue from his power, but he did as he pleased and magnified himself.

Revised Standard Version
I saw the ram charging westward and northward and southward; no beast could stand before him, and there was no one who could rescue from his power; he did as he pleased and magnified himself.

Young's Literal Translation
I have seen the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward, and no living creatures do stand before it, and there is none delivering out of its hand, and it hath done according to its pleasure, and hath exerted itself.

New English Translation
I saw that the ram was butting westward, northward, and southward. No animal¹ was able to stand before it, and there was none who could deliver from its power.² It did as it pleased and acted arrogantly.³

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