Verse Lens · Expanded explanation
Daniel 8:9 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 9. 9And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
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Quick Meaning
Daniel 8:9 opens this movement with “And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward…”.
A little horn reaches the pleasant land and stops the regular offering
This verse is one part of that explanation in Daniel 8:9-14. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Daniel 8:9–14
Read Daniel 8:9 with 8:9–14. Daniel 8:9 opens this movement with “And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward…”. The complete unit establishes this movement: The horn grows toward the land and host, stops the regular offering, casts truth down, and prompts the disputed 2,300 evening-mornings answer.
Why This Verse Appears Here
8:5-8 completes “The Goat Defeats the Ram and Fractures”; the text now turns to “A Little Horn Attacks Host and Sanctuary.” Its final verse prepares “Gabriel Interprets and Orders the Vision Sealed” in 8:15-26. Within that movement: Daniel 8:9 opens this movement with “And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward…”.
Phrase-by-Phrase Explanation
“And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward…”
In plain language: This wording opens this movement.
The horn grows toward the land and host, stops the regular offering, casts truth down, and prompts the disputed 2,300 evening-mornings answer. Daniel 8:9 opens this movement with “And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward…”.
Why it matters: This wording carries a material lexical, historical, theological, reception, or misuse boundary.
How certain? probableWhat This Verse Is Not Saying
Daniel 8:9 does not stand alone from Daniel 8:9–14. The horn does not identify a modern person or state. Its verse-specific role is: opens this movement with “And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward…”.
What Remains True
Oppression of worship has a limit before God even when sufferers cannot calculate or control the end. Daniel 8:9-14 keeps that truth tied to this claim: The horn grows toward the land and host, stops the regular offering, casts truth down, and prompts the disputed 2,300 evening-mornings answer. In this unit: Daniel 8:9 opens this movement with “And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward…”.
Teach It Back
Explain Daniel 8:9's role in 8:9–14. Name the ancient setting, quote or paraphrase “And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward…”, state one material uncertainty, and name one conclusion the verse does not authorize.
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Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Daniel 8:9-14 — A Little Horn Attacks Host and SanctuarySources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
Daniel 8:9 must be read with this unit-level uncertainty: Readers debate the count as 2,300 days or 1,150 pairs of offerings, exact start and end, referent of the host, and whether later fulfillment extends beyond Antiochus. The package refuses a modern countdown.
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: Daniel 8:9-14, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew aramaic text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Daniel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew-Aramaic wording, morphology, language boundary, names, repeated roots, clauses, and lexical controls.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Dan.xml, 8:9-14; Hebrew 1:1–2:4a and 8:1–12:13, Aramaic 2:4b–7:28
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Daniel with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level Hebrew-Aramaic, textual, historical, translation, chronology, angelic-language, and duration notes.
Exact location: NET Bible Daniel PDF, printed pp. 1660–1662, translation and translator notes on 8:9-14
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