Daniel 8:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. ”

Daniel 8:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the rough goat - See the notes at Daniel 8:5 . In Daniel 8:5 he is called a he-goat. Here the word rough or hairy - שׂעיר s'â‛ı̂yr - is applied to it. This appellation is often given...
Daniel 8:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 8. The Vision of the Ram and the He-goat. This chapter gives an account of another vision which came to Daniel in Shushan. Near the river Ulai a ram with two horns is seen pushing invincibly...
Daniel 8:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

is . representeth. It is the Figure of speech Metaphor (App-6). king: or, kingdom. Grecia . Greece. is the first king . representeth the first king: i.e. Alexander the Great ( Daniel 8:5 )....
Daniel 8:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

By the word “Javan” the Hebrews designate not only the Greeks but the: Macedonians, and the whole of that tract which is divided by the Hellespont, from Asia Minor as far as Illyricmn. Therefor...
Daniel 8:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
Daniel 8:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. The great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. Philip was king of Macedon...
Daniel 8:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Vision of the Ram and the He-Goat In the third year of Belshazzar Daniel has a vision in which he seems to stand by the river Ulai, near Susa ( Daniel 8:1-2 ). He sees a two-homed ram which be...
Daniel 8:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(20-22) See Notes on Daniel 8:3-8 .
Daniel 8:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE RAM AND THE HE-GOAT This vision is dated as having occurred in the third year of Belshazzar; but it is not easy to see the significance of the date, since it is almost exclusively occupied wit...
Daniel 8:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's Deliverance Is Sure Daniel 8:15-27 It does not fall within our province to go into the various fulfillments which have been assigned to the predictions of this chapter-one to the time of...
Daniel 8:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Two years later, in the third year of king Belshazzar's reign, another vision came to Daniel. It was of a ram with two horns pushing westward, northward, and southward. As Daniel watched, a he goat a...
Daniel 8:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Who this fierce king points at, or what awful indignation is to take place at the time, when the latter kingdom shall come, and the transgressions are come to the full; I presume not to say. But one...
Daniel 8:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the rough goat is the king of Grecia ,.... Including all the kings of it, from Alexander to the end of the Grecian monarchy; or rather the kingdom of Greece, which began in him, and continued un...
Daniel 8:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the rough goat [is] the king of Grecia: and the great horn that [is] between his eyes [is] the first king. Ver. 21. And the rough goat. ] Hirtus hircus. See on Daniel 8:5 .
Daniel 8:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The ram, &c., having two horns, are the kings , or kingdoms rather, of Media and Persia. And the rough goat is the king , or kingdom, of Grecia. And the great horn, &c., is the first kin...
Daniel 8:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Vision of the Ram and Goat. B. C. 553. 15 And it came to pass, when I, even I Da...
Daniel 8:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The king of Grecia; of Javan, or Ion, or Joan, which properly is Asia the Less, which was inhabited by Javan, Genesis 10:2 , but spread over all Greece, and all spake Greek, and the sea was then...
Daniel 8:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Interpretation of the Vision. ‘The ram which you saw, which had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia. And the rough he-goat is the king of Greece. And the great horn that is b...
Daniel 8:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

HOMILETICS SECT. XXVIII.—ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES, OR THE SYRIAN LITTLE HORN (Chap. Daniel 8:1-27 ) This chapter presents to us another vision of Daniel vouchsafed to him in the reign of Belshazzar,...
Daniel 8:21 - Scofield Reference Notes

first king That is, Alexander the Great.
Daniel 8:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 8:2 . At Shushan in the palace. Some think that Daniel was now ambassador at the Persian court. The Ulai or Eulæus, is a great and navigable river which watered Ecbatana, capital of Media...
Daniel 8:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns. The World-powers and Israel A glance at the particulars in this vision is enough to sati...
Daniel 8:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Daniel 8:1-27 THE RAM AND THE HE - GOAT This chapter marks the change from Aramaic to Hebrew. The character of the chapter is like that which immediately precedes it...
Daniel 8:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Explanation of the Vision
Daniel 8:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 10:20 ; Daniel 11:3 ; Daniel 8:5-7 ; Daniel 8:8

Daniel 8:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Daniel 8:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 8:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Daniel 8:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 8:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Daniel 8:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Daniel 8:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 8:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Daniel 8:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Daniel 8:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Daniel 8:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Daniel 8:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Daniel 8:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Daniel 8:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Daniel 8:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 8:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Daniel 8:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Daniel 8:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 8:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Daniel 8:21 - Scofield Reference Notes

Daniel 8:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 8:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Daniel 8:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Daniel 8:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Daniel 8:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge