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)

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)

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.^(A)

⁶ After this, as I watched, another appeared, like a leopard. The beast had four wings of a bird on its back and four heads, and dominion was given to it.^(A)

³⁹ After you shall arise another kingdom inferior to yours and yet a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over the whole earth.^(A)

³² The head of that statue was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its midsection and thighs of bronze,