³⁸ in your hands he has placed all mankind and the beasts of the field and the birds in the sky. Wherever they live, he has made you ruler over them all.^(A) You are that head of gold.

²⁰ The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.^{(A) 21} The shaggy goat is the king of Greece,^(B) and the large horn between its eyes is the first king.^{(C) 22} The four horns that replaced the one that was broken off represent four kingdoms that will emerge from his nation but will not have the same power.