Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The ram which thou sawest, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
WEB
The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.
YLT
`The ram that thou hast seen possessing two horns, are the kings of Media and Persia.
DBT
The ram that thou sawest having the two horns: they are the kings of Media and Persia.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentDaniel — A Hebrew exile at Babylonian and Persian courts sees empires rise and fall, a Son of Man coming with clouds, and seventy weeks locating Messiah in time. The canon's densest apocalyptic text — and its most interpretively contested.
- Author
- Daniel (traditional — Jesus cites ‘Daniel the prophet’ in Matt 24:15); critical scholarship dates composition to the 2nd c. BC Maccabean period (§7.9 — both surfaced)
- Date
- Traditional: 6th c. BC. Critical: c. 165 BC. Site default: traditional; critical view surfaced at depth 2