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Daniel 8:4

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8:4 I saw that the ram was butting westward, northward, and southward. No animal 1  was able to stand before it, and there was none who could deliver from its power. 2  It did as it pleased and acted arrogantly. 3 

1 tn Or “beast” (NAB).

2 tn Heb “hand.” So also in v. 7.

3 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.



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