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22 When you saw the horn break off and four smaller horns replace it, this meant that the Grecian Empire will break into four sections with four kings, none of them as great as the first.

23 “Toward the end of their kingdoms, when they have become morally rotten, an angry king shall rise to power with great shrewdness and intelligence.[a] 24 His power shall be mighty, but it will be satanic strength and not his own.[b] Prospering wherever he turns, he will destroy all who oppose him, though their armies be mighty, and he will devastate God’s people.

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  1. Daniel 8:23 with great shrewdness and intelligence, literally, “who understands riddles”; an alternate rendering might read, “skilled in intrigues.” Probably a reference to Antiochus Epiphanes and further future fulfillment by the Antichrist at the end of human history.
  2. Daniel 8:24 but it will be satanic strength and not his own, implied; literally, “but not with his power.”

22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.

23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.

24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.

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22 (A)As for the broken horn and the four that stood up in its place, four kingdoms shall arise out of that nation, but not with its power.

23 “And in the latter time of their kingdom,
When the transgressors have reached their fullness,
A king shall arise,
(B)Having fierce [a]features,
Who understands sinister schemes.
24 His power shall be mighty, (C)but not by his own power;
He shall destroy [b]fearfully,
(D)And shall prosper and thrive;
(E)He shall destroy the mighty, and also the holy people.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 8:23 Lit. countenance
  2. Daniel 8:24 Or extraordinarily