Discovery BoxDaniel 7:23 
Context7:23 “This is what he told me: 1
‘The fourth beast means that there will be a fourth kingdom on earth
that will differ from all the other kingdoms.
It will devour all the earth
and will trample and crush it.
Daniel 8:4
Context8:4 I saw that the ram was butting westward, northward, and southward. No animal 2 was able to stand before it, and there was none who could deliver from its power. 3 It did as it pleased and acted arrogantly. 4
1 tn Aram “thus he said.”
2 tn Or “beast” (NAB).
3 tn Heb “hand.” So also in v. 7.
4 tn In the Hiphil the Hebrew verb גָּדַל (gadal, “to make great; to magnify”) can have either a positive or a negative sense. For the former, used especially of God, see Ps 126:2, 3; Joel 2:21. In this chapter (8:4, 8, 11, 25) the word has a pejorative sense, describing the self-glorification of this king. The sense seems to be that of vainly assuming one’s own superiority through deliberate hubris.
