He came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and rushed at him with furious power.
Parallel translations
- WEB He came to the ram that had the two horns, which I saw standing before the river, and ran on him in the fury of his power.
- KJV And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.
- NKJV Then he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing beside the river, and ran at him with furious power.
- NASB He came up to the ram that had the two horns, which I had seen standing in front of the canal, and rushed at him in his mighty wrath.
- NLT headed toward the two-horned ram that I had seen standing beside the river, rushing at him in a rage.
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The goat charges the two-horned ram in furious power. Greece's onslaught against Medo-Persia is described in vivid aggression.
Overview
The goat rushes at the ram in the fury of its power, depicting Alexander's relentless assault on the Persian empire. The intensity signals a swift and overwhelming campaign. The scene continues the divinely revealed pattern in which proud empires are brought low by the next, all under God's sovereign oversight of the nations.
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