Daniel 8:15-22

New International Version

The Interpretation of the Vision

¹⁵ While I, Daniel, was watching the vision^(A) and trying to understand it, there before me stood one who looked like a man.^{(B) 16} And I heard a man’s voice from the Ulai^(C) calling, “Gabriel,^(D) tell this man the meaning of the vision.”^(E)

¹⁷ As he came near the place where I was standing, I was terrified and fell prostrate.^(F) “Son of man,”^[a] he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”^(G)

¹⁸ While he was speaking to me, I was in a deep sleep, with my face to the ground.^(H) Then he touched me and raised me to my feet.^(I)

¹⁹ He said: “I am going to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath,^(J) because the vision concerns the appointed time^(K) of the end.^{[b](L) 20} The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.^{(M) 21} The shaggy goat is the king of Greece,^(N) and the large horn between its eyes is the first king.^{(O) 22} The four horns that replaced the one that was broken off represent four kingdoms that will emerge from his nation but will not have the same power.