²¹ The male goat^[a] is the king of Greece, and the great horn between its eyes is the first king.^(A)

³ Then a warrior king shall arise who shall rule with great dominion and take action as he pleases.^(A)

²⁰ Then he said, “Do you know why I have come to you? Now I must return to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I am through with him, the prince of Greece will come.

⁵ As I was watching, a male goat appeared from the west, coming across the face of the whole earth without touching the ground. The goat had a horn^[a] between its eyes.^{(A) 6} It came toward the ram with the two horns that I had seen standing beside the gate,^[b] and it ran at it with savage force.^{(B) 7} I saw it approaching the ram. It was enraged against it and struck the ram, breaking its two horns. The ram did not have power to withstand it; it threw the ram down to the ground and trampled upon it, and there was no one who could rescue the ram from its power.^{(C) 8} Then the male goat grew exceedingly great, but at the height of its power the great horn was broken, and in its place there came up four prominent horns toward the four winds of heaven.^(D)