Daniel 8:3

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 one [was] higher than the other, and the higher came up last.

Then I lifted up {H5375} mine eyes {H5869}, and saw {H7200}, and, behold, there stood {H5975} before {H6440} the river {H180} a {H259} ram {H352} which had two horns {H7161}: and the two horns {H7161} were high {H1364}; but one {H259} was higher {H1364} than the other {H8145}, and the higher {H1364} came up {H5927} last {H314}.

I looked up; and as I watched, there in front of the stream stood a ram with two horns. The horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one came up later [than the other].

Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a ram with two horns standing beside the canal. The horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one grew up later.

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 one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.

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Cross-References

  • Daniel 8:20 (4 votes)

    The ram which thou sawest having [two] horns [are] the kings of Media and Persia.

  • Daniel 10:5 (3 votes)

    Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins [were] girded with fine gold of Uphaz:

  • Jeremiah 51:11 (2 votes)

    Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device [is] against Babylon, to destroy it; because it [is] the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.

  • Daniel 2:39 (2 votes)

    And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

  • Zechariah 6:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains [were] mountains of brass.

  • Zechariah 2:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

  • Esther 1:3 (2 votes)

    In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, [being] before him: