²¹ The shaggy goat is the king of Greece,^(A) and the large horn between its eyes is the first king.^(B)

³ Then a mighty king will arise, who will rule with great power and do as he pleases.^(A)

²⁰ So he said, “Do you know why I have come to you? Soon I will return to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I go, the prince of Greece^(A) will come;

⁵ As I was thinking about this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between its eyes came from the west, crossing the whole earth without touching the ground. ⁶ It came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and charged at it in great rage. ⁷ I saw it attack the ram furiously, striking the ram and shattering its two horns. The ram was powerless to stand against it; the goat knocked it to the ground and trampled on it,^(A) and none could rescue the ram from its power.^{(B) 8} The goat became very great, but at the height of its power the large horn was broken off,^(C) and in its place four prominent horns grew up toward the four winds of heaven.^(D)