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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Daniel 8 Brenton's Septuagint Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/daniel/8.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/daniel/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Brenton</a> > Daniel 8</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../daniel/7.htm" title="Daniel 7">◄</a> Daniel 8 <a href="../daniel/9.htm" title="Daniel 9">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Brenton's Septuagint Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/daniel/8-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Daniel’s Vision of the Ram and the Goat<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>In the third year of the reign of king Baltasar a vision appeared to me, <i>even</i> to me Daniel, after that which appeared to me at the first. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And I was in Susa the palace, which is in the land of Aelam, and I was on the <i>bank of</i> Ubal. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a ram standing in front of the Ubal; and he had high horns; and one was higher than the other, and the high one came up last. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And I saw the ram butting westward, and northward, and southward; and no beast could stand before him, and there was none that could deliver out of his hand; and he did according to his will, and became great.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And I was considering, and, behold, a he-goat came from the south-west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the earth: and the goat <i>had</i> a horn between his eyes. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And he came to the ram that had the horns, which I had seen standing in front of the Ubal, and he ran at him with the violence of his strength. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And I saw him coming up close to the ram, and he was furiously enraged against him, and he smote the ram, and broke both his horns: and there was no strength in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him on the ground, and trampled on him; and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And the he-goat grew exceedingly great: and when he was strong, his great horn was broken; and four other <i>horns</i> rose up in its place toward the four winds of heaven.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And out of one of them came forth one strong horn, and it grew very great toward the south, and toward the host: <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and it magnified itself to the host of heaven; and there fell to the earth <i>some</i> of the host of heaven and of the stars, and they trampled on them. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And <i>this shall be</i> until the chief captain shall have delivered the captivity: and by reason of him the sacrifice was disturbed, and he prospered; and the holy place shall be made desolate. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And a sin-offering was given for the sacrifice, and righteousness was cast down to the ground; and it practised, and prospered. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And I heard one saint speaking, and a saint said to a certain one speaking, How long shall the vision continue, <i>even</i> the removal of the sacrifice, and the bringing in of the sin of desolation; and <i>how long</i> shall the sanctuary and host be trampled? <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And he said to him, Evening and morning <i>there shall be</i> two thousand and four hundred days; and <i>then</i> the sanctuary shall be cleansed.<p> <A name="16"></a><p class="hdg">Gabriel Interprets Daniel’s Vision<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And it came to pass, as I, <i>even</i> I Daniel, saw the vision, and sought to understand it, that, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And I heard the voice of a man between <i>the banks of</i> the Ubal; and he called, and said, Gabriel, cause that man to understand the vision. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And he came and stood near where I stood: and when he came, I was struck with awe, and fell upon my face: but he said to me, Understand, son of man: for yet the vision is for an appointed time.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And while he spoke with me, I fell upon my face to the earth: and he touched me, and set me on my feet. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And he said, Behold, I make thee know the things that shall come to pass at the end of the wrath: for the vision <i>is</i> yet for an appointed time.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The ram which thou sawest that had the horns is the king of the Medes and Persians.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The he-goat is the King of the Greeks: and the great horn which was between his eyes, he is the first king. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And <i>as for</i> the one that was broken, in whose place there stood up four horns, four kings shall arise out of his nation, but not in their <i>own</i> strength.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And at the latter time of their kingdom, when their sins are coming to the full, there shall arise a king bold in countenance, and understanding riddles.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/8-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And his power <i>shall be</i> great, and he shall destroy wonderfully, and prosper, and practise, and shall destroy mighty men, and the holy people.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/8-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And the yoke of his chain shall prosper: <i>there is</i> craft in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by craft shall destroy many, and he shall stand up for the destruction of many, and shall crush them as eggs in his hand.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/8-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And the vision of the evening and morning that was mentioned is true: and do thou seal the vision; for <i>it is</i> for many days.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/8-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And I Daniel fell asleep, and was sick: then I arose, and did the king's business; and I wondered at the vision, and there was none that understood <i>it</i>.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../daniel/7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Daniel 7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Daniel 7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../daniel/9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Daniel 9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Daniel 9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>