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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/daniel/8.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/daniel/8.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />In the third year of King Belshazzar&#8217s reign, I, Daniel, had a vision, after the one that had already appeared to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/daniel/8.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />During the third year of King Belshazzar’s reign, I, Daniel, saw another vision, following the one that had already appeared to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/daniel/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after that which appeared to me at the first.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/daniel/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, subsequent to the one that had appeared to me earlier.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/daniel/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, <i>even unto</i> me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/daniel/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar a vision appeared <i>to</i> me—to me, Daniel—after the one that appeared to me the first time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/daniel/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, subsequent to the one which appeared to me previously.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/daniel/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king a vision appeared to me, Daniel, subsequent to the one which appeared to me previously.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/daniel/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king a vision appeared to me, Daniel, subsequent to the one which appeared to me previously.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/daniel/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one which appeared to me previously.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/daniel/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar a [second] vision appeared to me, Daniel, [this was two years] after the one that first appeared to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/daniel/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />In the third year of King Belshazzar’s reign, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that had appeared to me earlier.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/daniel/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />In the third year of King Belshazzar&#8217s reign, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that had appeared to me earlier.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/daniel/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me, Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/daniel/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Daniel wrote: In the third year of King Belshazzar of Babylonia, I had a second vision <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/daniel/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/daniel/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />In Belshazzar's third year as king, I, Daniel, saw a vision. This vision came after the one I saw earlier.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/daniel/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />In the third year that Belshazzar was king, I saw a second vision. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/daniel/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br /> "During the third year of King Belshazzar's reign, I, Daniel, saw a vision after the earlier vision that had appeared to me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/daniel/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, subsequent to the one that had appeared to me earlier.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/daniel/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />In the third year of King Belshazzar's reign, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that had appeared to me previously.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/daniel/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after that which appeared to me previously.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/daniel/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, even to me, Daniel, after that which appeared to me at the first.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/daniel/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me, even to me, Daniel, after that which appeared to me at the first. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/daniel/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king, a vision has appeared to me—I Daniel—after that which had appeared to me at the beginning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/daniel/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king, a vision hath appeared unto me -- I Daniel -- after that which had appeared unto me at the beginning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/daniel/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />In the third year to the kingdom of Belshazzar the king a vision was seen to me, I Daniel, after that being seen to me in the beginning.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/daniel/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />In the third year of the reign of king Baltasar, a vision appeared to me. I Daniel, after what I had seen in the beginning, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/daniel/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king, a vision appeared to me. After that which I had seen in the beginning, I, Daniel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/daniel/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />After this first vision, I, Daniel, had another, in the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/daniel/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that had appeared to me at first.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/daniel/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />IN the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after that which appeared to me at the first.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/daniel/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />In the third year of the kingdom of Beltshatsar, the King, a vision appeared to me I, Daniel, after the first vision that appeared to me<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/daniel/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/daniel/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/daniel/8-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/shUZJK-vYxI?start=2817" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/daniel/8.htm">Daniel's Vision of the Ram and the Goat</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7969.htm" title="7969: šā·lō·wōš (Number-fs) -- A three, triad. Or shalosh; masculine shlowshah; or shloshah; a primitive number; three; occasionally third, or Thrice.">In the third</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: biš·naṯ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">year</a> <a href="/hebrew/4438.htm" title="4438: lə·mal·ḵūṯ (Prep-l:: N-fsc) -- Royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom. Or malkuth; or malkuyah; from malak; a rule; concretely, a dominion.">of the reign</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: ham·me·leḵ (Art:: N-ms) -- King. From malak; a king.">of King</a> <a href="/hebrew/1112.htm" title="1112: bê·lə·šaṣ·ṣar (N-proper-ms) -- Bel, protect the king, a Bab. king. Or Belshatstsar; of foreign origin; Belshatstsar, a Babylonian king.">Belshazzar,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2377.htm" title="2377: ḥā·zō·wn (N-ms) -- Vision. From chazah; a sight, i.e. A dream, revelation, or oracle.">a vision</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: nir·’āh (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">appeared</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- To, into, towards. ">to me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1841.htm" title="1841: ḏā·nî·yêl (N-proper-ms) -- God is my judge, an Isr. leader in Bab. (Aramaic) corresponding to Daniye'l; Danijel, the Heb. Prophet.">Daniel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê (Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">subsequent</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: han·nir·’āh (Art:: V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">to the one that had appeared</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- To, into, towards. ">to me</a> <a href="/hebrew/8462.htm" title="8462: bat·tə·ḥil·lāh (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A beginning. From chalal in the sense of opening; a commencement; rel. Original.">earlier.</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>And in the vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa, in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/7-1.htm">Daniel 7:1-2</a></span><br />In the first year of the reign of Belshazzar over Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he lay on his bed. He wrote down the dream, and this is the summary of his account. / Daniel declared: “In my vision in the night I looked, and suddenly the four winds of heaven were churning up the great sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/9-21.htm">Daniel 9:21-23</a></span><br />while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice. / He instructed me and spoke with me, saying: “O Daniel, I have come now to give you insight and understanding. / At the beginning of your petitions, an answer went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly precious. So consider the message and understand the vision:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/10-1.htm">Daniel 10:1</a></span><br />In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar. The message was true, and it concerned a great conflict. And the understanding of the message was given to him in a vision.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/2-19.htm">Daniel 2:19</a></span><br />During the night, the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision, and he blessed the God of heaven<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/12-4.htm">Daniel 12:4</a></span><br />But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/1-1.htm">Revelation 1:1</a></span><br />This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/10-1.htm">Revelation 10:1-2</a></span><br />Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire. / He held in his hand a small scroll, which lay open. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/12-7.htm">Revelation 12:7-9</a></span><br />Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. / But the dragon was not strong enough, and no longer was any place found in heaven for him and his angels. / And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/13-1.htm">Revelation 13:1-2</a></span><br />Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. / The beast I saw was like a leopard, with the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-3.htm">Revelation 17:3</a></span><br />And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/1-1.htm">Ezekiel 1:1</a></span><br />In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/8-1.htm">Ezekiel 8:1-3</a></span><br />In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me; and there the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me. / Then I looked and saw a figure like that of a man. From His waist down His appearance was like fire, and from His waist up He was as bright as the gleam of amber. / He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/40-1.htm">Ezekiel 40:1-2</a></span><br />In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month—in the fourteenth year after Jerusalem had been struck down—on that very day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He took me there. / In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose southern slope was a structure that resembled a city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/1-7.htm">Zechariah 1:7-8</a></span><br />On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo. / I looked out into the night and saw a man riding on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in the hollow, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/6-1.htm">Zechariah 6:1-3</a></span><br />And again I lifted up my eyes and saw four chariots coming out from between two mountains—mountains of bronze. / The first chariot had red horses, the second black horses, / the third white horses, and the fourth dappled horses—all of them strong.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, even to me Daniel, after that which appeared to me at the first.</p><p class="hdg">Cir.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/7-1.htm">Daniel 7:1</a></b></br> In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, <i>and</i> told the sum of the matters.</p><p class="hdg">me Daniel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/8-15.htm">Daniel 8:15</a></b></br> And it came to pass, when I, <i>even</i> I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/7-15.htm">Daniel 7:15,28</a></b></br> I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of <i>my</i> body, and the visions of my head troubled me… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/9-2.htm">Daniel 9:2</a></b></br> In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/56-8.htm">Already</a> <a href="/daniel/5-5.htm">Appeared</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-30.htm">Beginning</a> <a href="/daniel/7-1.htm">Belshazzar</a> <a href="/daniel/7-1.htm">Belshaz'zar</a> <a href="/daniel/5-29.htm">Belshazzar's</a> <a href="/daniel/7-28.htm">Daniel</a> <a href="/daniel/7-24.htm">First</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-20.htm">Previously</a> <a href="/daniel/6-28.htm">Reign</a> <a href="/daniel/6-1.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/genesis/41-31.htm">Subsequent</a> <a href="/daniel/5-29.htm">Third</a> <a href="/daniel/7-13.htm">Vision</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hosea/8-8.htm">Already</a> <a href="/daniel/11-4.htm">Appeared</a> <a href="/daniel/9-21.htm">Beginning</a> <a href="/daniel/5-1.htm">Belshazzar</a> <a href="/daniel/5-1.htm">Belshaz'zar</a> <a href="/daniel/5-29.htm">Belshazzar's</a> <a href="/daniel/8-15.htm">Daniel</a> <a href="/daniel/8-21.htm">First</a> <a href="/daniel/9-21.htm">Previously</a> <a href="/daniel/8-23.htm">Reign</a> <a href="/daniel/8-23.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-11.htm">Subsequent</a> <a href="/daniel/10-1.htm">Third</a> <a href="/daniel/8-2.htm">Vision</a><div class="vheading2">Daniel 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/8-1.htm">Daniel's vision of the ram and he goat.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/8-13.htm">The two thousand three hundred days of the suspension of the daily sacrifice.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/8-15.htm">Gabriel comforts Daniel, and interprets the vision.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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King Belshazzar was the last king of Babylon, and his reign marked the end of the Babylonian Empire. The third year of his reign would be around 551 BC. This period was characterized by political instability and the impending rise of the Medo-Persian Empire. The historical context is crucial as it sets the stage for the prophetic visions concerning the future empires that would follow Babylon.<p><b>a vision appeared to me, Daniel</b><br>Daniel, a Jewish exile in Babylon, is the recipient of divine visions. This emphasizes his role as a prophet and a trusted servant of God. The vision is a supernatural revelation, a common method through which God communicated His plans and purposes to His prophets. Daniel's experiences with visions and dreams are consistent with other biblical figures who received divine messages, such as Joseph and Ezekiel.<p><b>subsequent to the one that had appeared to me earlier</b><br>This indicates that Daniel had received previous visions, specifically referring to the vision in <a href="/daniel/7.htm">Daniel 7</a>. The continuity of visions suggests a progressive revelation of God's plan for the future. The earlier vision in <a href="/daniel/7.htm">Daniel 7</a> introduced the concept of successive world empires, and this subsequent vision in <a href="/daniel/8.htm">Daniel 8</a> provides further details, particularly focusing on the Medo-Persian and Greek empires. This progression highlights the unfolding of God's sovereign plan over history.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/daniel.htm">Daniel</a></b><br>A prophet and a key figure in the Old Testament, known for his wisdom and faithfulness to God. He is the recipient of the vision described in this passage.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/k/king_belshazzar.htm">King Belshazzar</a></b><br>The last king of Babylon, known for his impiety and the infamous "writing on the wall" incident. His reign marks the historical context of Daniel's vision.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/v/vision.htm">Vision</a></b><br>A divine revelation given to Daniel, which is a continuation of the prophetic insights he received earlier. This vision is significant for its apocalyptic content and symbolism.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a></b><br>The empire where Daniel is living in exile. It serves as the backdrop for the events and visions described in the Book of Daniel.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/third_year_of_belshazzar's_reign.htm">Third Year of Belshazzar's Reign</a></b><br>This time marker situates the vision within a specific historical framework, emphasizing the continuity and progression of God's revelations to Daniel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_history.htm">God's Sovereignty in History</a></b><br>Daniel's vision reminds us that God is in control of history. Despite the rise and fall of earthly kingdoms, God's purposes prevail.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_exile.htm">Faithfulness in Exile</a></b><br>Daniel's example encourages believers to remain faithful to God even in challenging circumstances, trusting in His ultimate plan.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_insight.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Insight</a></b><br>Just as Daniel received understanding through visions, believers are called to seek spiritual insight through prayer and study of the Scriptures.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_future_events.htm">Preparation for Future Events</a></b><br>The prophetic nature of Daniel's vision serves as a reminder to be spiritually prepared for future events, trusting in God's revelation.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_daniel_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Daniel 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_daniel_8_1-2_fit_belshazzar's_reign.htm">How can the timing (Daniel 8:1-2) align with known historical dates for Belshazzar’s reign, given conflicting evidence from Babylonian records? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_daniel_interpret_dreams.htm">How does Daniel interpret dreams and visions in Babylon?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_false_memories_explain_visions.htm">Why do false memories explain religious visions better than supernatural causes?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_belshazzar_called_king_in_daniel_5_1.htm">In Daniel 5:1, why does the text present Belshazzar as king of Babylon when historical records identify Nabonidus as the last king?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/daniel/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>VIII</span><p>(1) <span class= "bld">The Hebrew language is here resumed.</span> The visions recorded in the remaining portion of the book having no connection with Babylon, the Chaldee dialect is dropped.<p><span class= "bld">Third year.</span>--Most probably, not long before the end of his reign. This vision is supplementary to the one recorded in the preceding chapter, giving various details respecting the second and third empires there omitted, showing also how a "little horn" is to grow out of the third as well as out of the fourth empire.<p><span class= "bld">At the first</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> earlier. (Comp. <a href="/daniel/9-21.htm" title="Yes, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.">Daniel 9:21</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/daniel/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 1-27.</span> - THE RAM AND THE HE-GOAT This chapter marks the change from Aramaic to Hebrew. The character of the chapter is like that which immediately precedes it. It consists, like it, of the account of a vision, and the interpretation of it. The subject of this vision is the overthrow of the Persian monarchy by Alexander the Great, the division of his empire, and the oppression of Israel by Epiphanes. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first</span>. The text of the Septuagint does not differ greatly from the Hebrew, but avoids the strange anarthrous position of <span class="accented">anu</span>, "I." The Septuagint renders this verse as a title to the chapter, thus: "A vision which I Daniel saw in the third year of the reign of Belshazzar (Beltasar), after that I saw formerly (<span class="greek">πρώτην</span>)." The Septuagint reading seems to have been <span class="accented">asher r'oeh anee.</span> Theodotion and the Peshitta are in verbal agreement with the Massoretic text. The <span class="accented">third year of the reign of King Belshazzar.</span> We learn now that Belshazzar did not reign independently; but that for at least five years he exercised all the functions of government. If Daniel's investiture with the position of third man in the kingdom took place on the occasion of Belshazzar's inauguration of his vice-regal reign, Daniel may have remained in the royal service continuously till the overthrow of the Babylonian monarchy. <span class="accented">After that which appeared</span> ,<span class="accented">into me at the first.</span> The former vision referred to is clearly the vision of the preceding chapter. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/daniel/8-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">In the third</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁל֔וֹשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(šā·lō·wōš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7969.htm">Strong's 7969: </a> </span><span class="str2">Three, third, thrice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">year</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּשְׁנַ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(biš·naṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the reign</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמַלְכ֖וּת</span> <span class="translit">(lə·mal·ḵūṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4438.htm">Strong's 4438: </a> </span><span class="str2">Royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of King</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ham·me·leḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Belshazzar,</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּלְאשַׁצַּ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(bê·lə·šaṣ·ṣar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1112.htm">Strong's 1112: </a> </span><span class="str2">Belshazzar -- 'Bel, protect the king', a Babylonian king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a vision</span><br /><span class="heb">חָז֞וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·zō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2377.htm">Strong's 2377: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sight, a dream, revelation, oracle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">appeared</span><br /><span class="heb">נִרְאָ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(nir·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to me,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלַי֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·lay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Daniel,</span><br /><span class="heb">דָנִיֵּ֔אל</span> <span class="translit">(ḏā·nî·yêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1840.htm">Strong's 1840: </a> </span><span class="str2">Daniel -- 'God is my judge', the name of several Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">subsequent</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחֲרֵ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥă·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the one that had appeared</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנִּרְאָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(han·nir·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to me</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלַ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·lay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">previously.</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּתְּחִלָּֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(bat·tə·ḥil·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8462.htm">Strong's 8462: </a> </span><span class="str2">A commencement, rel, original</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/daniel/8-1.htm">Daniel 8:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/daniel/8-1.htm">Daniel 8:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/daniel/8-1.htm">Daniel 8:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/daniel/8-1.htm">Daniel 8:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/daniel/8-1.htm">Daniel 8:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/daniel/8-1.htm">Daniel 8:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/daniel/8-1.htm">Daniel 8:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/daniel/8-1.htm">Daniel 8:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/daniel/8-1.htm">Daniel 8:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/daniel/8-1.htm">Daniel 8:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/daniel/8-1.htm">OT Prophets: Daniel 8:1 In the third year of the reign (Dan. 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