And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat [had] a notable horn between his eyes.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Comme je regardais attentivement, voici, un bouc venait de l'occident, et parcourait toute la terre à sa surface, sans la toucher; ce bouc avait une grande corne entre les yeux.
KJV
And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat [had] a notable horn between his eyes.
Origen
Commentarii In Evangelium Joannis
αὶ ἀκολουθούντων ἤτοι προφητῶν καὶ ἀποστόλων, ἢ τῶν διακονονύντων αὐτῷ ἀγγέλων — δύνανται γὰρ 3 Vgl. Dan, 8, 5. — 6 Vgl. Matth. 21, — 31 Vgl. Gal. 4, 26. — 34 Vgl. Matth. 4, 11. 4 οὐρανόθεν] οὐρανὸν ὅθεν, corr. Hu | 5 ἔτι] ἐπὶ, corr. Hu | 13 εἰκάσαι] εἰκασεν Μ, εἴκασε V, corr. We…
Eucherius of Lyon
Book of Spiritual Intelligence Formulas
or gentiles. In Daniel: "And behold, a goat came from the west across the face of the whole earth" (Daniel 8:5). Also in a good sense: "I will offer you oxen with goats" (Psalm 66:15). Numbers sixty-five, fifteen. Goats, the righteous sometimes coming from the nations. In Solomo…
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