
Daniel

   {1:1} In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and besieged it. {1:2} The
[1>]Lord[<1] gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of
the vessels of the house of [2>]God[<2]; and he carried them into the
land of Shinar to the house of his god: and he brought the vessels into
the treasure house of his god. {1:3} The king spoke to Ashpenaz the
master of his eunuchs, that he should bring in [certain] of the
children of Israel, even of the seed royal and of the nobles; {1:4}
youths in whom was no blemish, but well-favored, and skillful in all
wisdom, and endowed with knowledge, and understanding science, and such
as had ability to stand in the king's palace; and that he should teach
them the learning and the language of the Chaldeans. {1:5} The king
appointed for them a daily portion of the king's dainties, and of the
wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years;
that at its end they should stand before the king. {1:6} Now among
these were, of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and
Azariah. {1:7} The prince of the eunuchs gave names to them: to Daniel
he gave [the name of] Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, [of] Shadrach; and
to Mishael, [of] Meshach; and to Azariah, [of] Abednego. {1:8} But
Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the
king's dainties, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he
requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile
himself. {1:9} Now God made Daniel to find kindness and compassion in
the sight of the prince of the eunuchs. {1:10} The prince of the
eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your
food and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse looking
than the youths who are of your own age? so would you endanger my head
with the king. {1:11} Then Daniel said to the steward whom the prince
of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and
Azariah: {1:12} Test your servants, I beg you, ten days; and let them
give us vegetables to eat, and water to drink. {1:13} Then let our
faces be looked on before you, and the face of the youths who eat of
the king's dainties; and as you see, deal with your servants. {1:14} So
he listened to them in this matter, and proved them ten days. {1:15} At
the end of ten days their faces appeared fairer, and they were fatter
in flesh, than all the youths who ate of the king's dainties. {1:16} So
the steward took away their dainties, and the wine that they should
drink, and gave them pulse. {1:17} Now as for these four youths, God
gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel
had understanding in all visions and dreams. {1:18} At the end of the
days which the king had appointed for bringing them in, the prince of
the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. {1:19} The king
talked with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel,
Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.
{1:20} In every matter of wisdom and understanding, concerning which
the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the
magicians and enchanters who were in all his realm. {1:21} Daniel
continued even to the first year of king Cyrus.

    {2:1} In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar,
Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his
sleep went from him. {2:2} Then the king commanded to call the
magicians, and the enchanters, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to
tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.
{2:3} The king said to them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is
troubled to know the dream. {2:4} Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king
in the Syrian language, O king, live forever: tell your servants the
dream, and we will show the interpretation. {2:5} The king answered the
Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if you don't make known to me the
dream and its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces, and your
houses shall be made a dunghill. {2:6} But if you show the dream and
its interpretation, you shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great
honor: therefore show me the dream and its interpretation. {2:7} They
answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the
dream, and we will show the interpretation. {2:8} The king answered, I
know of a certainty that you would gain time, because you see the thing
is gone from me. {2:9} But if you don't make known to me the dream,
there is but one law for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt
words to speak before me, until the time be changed: therefore tell me
the dream, and I shall know that you can show me its interpretation.
{2:10} The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a
man on the earth who can show the king's matter, because no king, lord,
or ruler, has asked such a thing of any magician, or enchanter, or
Chaldean. {2:11} It is a rare thing that the king requires, and there
is no other who can show it before the king, except the gods, whose
dwelling is not with flesh. {2:12} For this cause the king was angry
and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
{2:13} So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and
they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain. {2:14} Then Daniel
returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the
king's guard, who was gone forth to kill the wise men of Babylon;
{2:15} he answered Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so
urgent from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
{2:16} Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint
him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation. {2:17} Then
Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah,
Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: {2:18} that they would desire
mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and
his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of
Babylon. {2:19} Then was the secret revealed to Daniel in a vision of
the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. {2:20} Daniel
answered, Blessed be the name of God forever and ever; for wisdom and
might are his. {2:21} He changes the times and the seasons; he removes
kings, and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to
those who have understanding; {2:22} he reveals the deep and secret
things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with
him. {2:23} I thank you, and praise you, you God of my fathers, who
have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we
desired of you; for you have made known to us the king's matter. {2:24}
Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to
destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus to him: Don't
destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I
will show to the king the interpretation. {2:25} Then Arioch brought in
Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus to him, I have found a
man of the children of the captivity of Judah, who will make known to
the king the interpretation. {2:26} The king answered Daniel, whose
name was Belteshazzar, Are you able to make known to me the dream which
I have seen, and its interpretation? {2:27} Daniel answered before the
king, and said, The secret which the king has demanded can neither wise
men, enchanters, magicians, nor soothsayers, show to the king; {2:28}
but there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has made known
to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Your
dream, and the visions of your head on your bed, are these: {2:29} as
for you, O king, your thoughts came [into your mind] on your bed, what
should happen hereafter; and he who reveals secrets has made known to
you what shall happen. {2:30} But as for me, this secret is not
revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to
the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and
that you may know the thoughts of your heart. {2:31} You, O king, saw,
and behold, a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose
brightness was excellent, stood before you; and its aspect was awesome.
{2:32} As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its
arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass, {2:33} its legs of
iron, its feet part of iron, and part of clay. {2:34} You saw until a
stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet
that were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. {2:35} Then was
the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken in
pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing
floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for
them: and the stone that struck the image became a great mountain, and
filled the whole earth. {2:36} This is the dream; and we will tell its
interpretation before the king. {2:37} You, O king, are king of kings,
to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the
strength, and the glory; {2:38} and wherever the children of men dwell,
the animals of the field and the birds of the sky has he given into
your hand, and has made you to rule over them all: you are the head of
gold. {2:39} After you shall arise another kingdom inferior to you; and
another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the
earth. {2:40} The fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, because iron
breaks in pieces and subdues all things; and as iron that crushes all
these, shall it break in pieces and crush. {2:41} Whereas you saw the
feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, it shall be a
divided kingdom; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron,
because you saw the iron mixed with miry clay. {2:42} As the toes of
the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be
partly strong, and partly broken. {2:43} Whereas you saw the iron mixed
with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men; but
they shall not cling to one another, even as iron does not mingle with
clay. {2:44} In the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up
a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be
left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all
these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. {2:45} Because you saw that
a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in
pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the
great God has made known to the king what shall happen hereafter: and
the dream is certain, and its interpretation sure. {2:46} Then the king
Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, and worshiped Daniel, and commanded
that they should offer an offering and sweet odors to him. {2:47} The
king answered to Daniel, and said, Of a truth your God is the God of
gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you have
been able to reveal this secret. {2:48} Then the king made Daniel
great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him to rule over the
whole province of Babylon, and to be chief governor over all the wise
men of Babylon. {2:49} Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of
Babylon: but Daniel was in the gate of the king.

   {3:1} Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height
was sixty cubits, and its breadth six cubits: he set it up in the plain
of Dura, in the province of Babylon. {3:2} Then Nebuchadnezzar the king
sent to gather together the satraps, the deputies, and the governors,
the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the
rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which
Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. {3:3} Then the satraps, the
deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the
counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were
gathered together to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar
the king had set up; and they stood before the image that
Nebuchadnezzar had set up. {3:4} Then the herald cried aloud, To you it
is commanded, peoples, nations, and languages, {3:5} that whenever you
hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all
kinds of music, you fall down and worship the golden image that
Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up; {3:6} and whoever doesn't fall down
and worship shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning
fiery furnace. {3:7} Therefore at that time, when all the peoples heard
the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds
of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the languages, fell down
and worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
{3:8} Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and brought
accusation against the Jews. {3:9} They answered Nebuchadnezzar the
king, O king, live for ever. {3:10} You, O king, have made a decree,
that every man that shall hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither,
lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship
the golden image; {3:11} and whoever doesn't fall down and worship
shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. {3:12} There
are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the
province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O
king, have not respected you. They don't serve your gods, nor worship
the golden image which you have set up. {3:13} Then Nebuchadnezzar in
[his] rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
Then they brought these men before the king. {3:14} Nebuchadnezzar
answered them, Is it on purpose, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that
you don't serve my god, nor worship the golden image which I have set
up? {3:15} Now if you are ready whenever you hear the sound of the
horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music to fall
down and worship the image which I have made, [well]: but if you don't
worship, you shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning
fiery furnace; and who is that god that shall deliver you out of my
hands? {3:16} Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king,
Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. {3:17} If
it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the
burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.
{3:18} But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve
your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up. {3:19}
Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his appearance
was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: [therefore] he
spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more
than it was usually heated. {3:20} He commanded certain mighty men who
were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, [and] to cast
them into the burning fiery furnace. {3:21} Then these men were bound
in their pants, their tunics, and their mantles, and their [other]
garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
{3:22} Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the
furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took
up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. {3:23} These three men, Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning
fiery furnace. {3:24} Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and
rose up in haste: he spoke and said to his counselors, Didn't we cast
three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered the king,
True, O king. {3:25} He answered, Look, I see four men loose, walking
in the midst of the fire, and they are unharmed; and the aspect of the
fourth is like a son of the gods. {3:26} Then Nebuchadnezzar came near
to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace: he spoke and said, Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, you servants of the Most High God, come forth,
and come here. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came forth out of
the midst of the fire. {3:27} The satraps, the deputies, and the
governors, and the king's counselors, being gathered together, saw
these men, that the fire had no power on their bodies, nor was the hair
of their head singed, neither were their pants changed, nor had the
smell of fire passed on them. {3:28} Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said,
Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his
angel, and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and have changed
the king's word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not
serve nor worship any god, except their own God. {3:29} Therefore I
make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, which speak
anything evil against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall
be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill; because
there is no other god who is able to deliver after this sort. {3:30}
Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province
of Babylon.

    {4:1} Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all the peoples, nations, and
languages, who dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you.
{4:2} It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the
Most High God has worked toward me. {4:3} How great are his signs! and
how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and
his dominion is from generation to generation. {4:4} I, Nebuchadnezzar,
was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace. {4:5} I saw a
dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts on my bed and the visions
of my head troubled me. {4:6} Therefore made I a decree to bring in all
the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known to me the
interpretation of the dream. {4:7} Then came in the magicians, the
enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers; and I told the dream
before them; but they did not make known to me its interpretation.
{4:8} But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was
Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the
spirit of the holy gods: and I told the dream before him, [saying],
{4:9} Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the
spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no secret troubles you, tell me
the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its interpretation.
{4:10} Thus were the visions of my head on my bed: I saw, and behold, a
tree in the midst of the earth; and its height was great. {4:11} The
tree grew, and was strong, and its height reached to the sky, and its
sight to the end of all the earth. {4:12} The leaves of it were
beautiful, and its fruit much, and in it was food for all: the animals
of the field had shadow under it, and the birds of the sky lived in its
branches, and all flesh was fed from it. {4:13} I saw in the visions of
my head on my bed, and behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from
the sky. {4:14} He cried aloud, and said thus, Cut down the tree, and
cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit: let
the animals get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches.
{4:15} Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even
with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and
let it be wet with the dew of the sky: and let his portion be with the
animals in the grass of the earth: {4:16} let his heart be changed from
man's, and let an animal's heart be given to him; and let seven times
pass over him. {4:17} The sentence is by the decree of the watchers,
and the demand by the word of the holy ones; to the intent that the
living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and
gives it to whomever he will, and sets up over it the lowest of men.
{4:18} This dream I, king Nebuchadnezzar, have seen; and you,
Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation, because all the wise men of
my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation; but you
are able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in you. {4:19} Then
Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was stricken mute for a while, and
his thoughts troubled him. The king answered, Belteshazzar, don't let
the dream, or the interpretation, trouble you. Belteshazzar answered,
My lord, the dream be to those who hate you, and its interpretation to
your adversaries. {4:20} The tree that you saw, which grew, and was
strong, whose height reached to the sky, and its sight to all the
earth; {4:21} whose leaves were beautiful, and its fruit much, and in
it was food for all; under which the animals of the field lived, and on
whose branches the birds of the sky had their habitation: {4:22} it is
you, O king, that are grown and become strong; for your greatness is
grown, and reaches to the sky, and your dominion to the end of the
earth. {4:23} Whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down
from the sky, and saying, Cut down the tree, and destroy it;
nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a
band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and let it be
wet with the dew of the sky: and let his portion be with the animals of
the field, until seven times pass over him; {4:24} this is the
interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which
has come on my lord the king: {4:25} that you shall be driven from men,
and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field, and you shall
be made to eat grass as oxen, and shall be wet with the dew of the sky,
and seven times shall pass over you; until you know that the Most High
rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will. {4:26}
Whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree;
your kingdom shall be sure to you, after that you shall have known that
the heavens do rule. {4:27} Therefore, O king, let my counsel be
acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your
iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening
of your tranquility. {4:28} All this came on the king Nebuchadnezzar.
{4:29} At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace
of Babylon. {4:30} The king spoke and said, Is not this great Babylon,
which I have built for the royal dwelling place, by the might of my
power and for the glory of my majesty? {4:31} While the word was in the
king's mouth, there fell a voice from the sky, [saying], O king
Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom has departed from you:
{4:32} and you shall be driven from men; and your dwelling shall be
with the animals of the field; you shall be made to eat grass as oxen;
and seven times shall pass over you; until you know that the Most High
rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will. {4:33}
The same hour was the thing fulfilled on Nebuchadnezzar: and he was
driven from men, and ate grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the
dew of the sky, until his hair was grown like eagles' [feathers], and
his nails like birds' [claws]. {4:34} At the end of the days I,
Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding
returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored
him who lives forever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and
his kingdom from generation to generation. {4:35} All the inhabitants
of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will
in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none
can stay his hand, or ask him, What are you doing? {4:36} At the same
time my understanding returned to me; and for the glory of my kingdom,
my majesty and brightness returned to me; and my counselors and my
lords sought to me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent
greatness was added to me. {4:37} Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and
extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and
his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.

    {5:1} Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his
lords, and drank wine before the thousand. {5:2} Belshazzar, while he
tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which
Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in
Jerusalem; that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines,
might drink from them. {5:3} Then they brought the golden vessels that
were taken out of the temple of God's house which was at Jerusalem; and
the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, drank from them.
{5:4} They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of
brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. {5:5} In the same hour came
forth the fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the lampstand
on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the
part of the hand that wrote. {5:6} Then the king's face was changed in
him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his thighs were
loosened, and his knees struck one against another. {5:7} The king
cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the
soothsayers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon,
Whoever shall read this writing, and show me its interpretation, shall
be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and
shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. {5:8} Then came in all the
king's wise men; but they could not read the writing, nor make known to
the king the interpretation. {5:9} Then was king Belshazzar greatly
troubled, and his face was changed in him, and his lords were
perplexed. {5:10} [Now] the queen by reason of the words of the king
and his lords came into the banquet house: the queen spoke and said, O
king, live forever; don't let your thoughts trouble you, nor let your
face be changed. {5:11} There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the
spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father light and
understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in
him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar your father, the king, [I say], your
father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and
soothsayers; {5:12} because an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and
understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of dark sentences,
and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king
named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the
interpretation. {5:13} Then was Daniel brought in before the king. The
king spoke and said to Daniel, Are you that Daniel, who are of the
children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out
of Judah? {5:14} I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in
you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in
you. {5:15} Now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in
before me, that they should read this writing, and make known to me its
interpretation; but they could not show the interpretation of the
thing. {5:16} But I have heard of you, that you can give
interpretations, and dissolve doubts; now if you can read the writing,
and make known to me its interpretation, you shall be clothed with
purple, and have a chain of gold about your neck, and shall be the
third ruler in the kingdom. {5:17} Then Daniel answered before the
king, Let your gifts be to yourself, and give your rewards to another;
nevertheless I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him
the interpretation. {5:18} You, king, the Most High God gave
Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and
majesty: {5:19} and because of the greatness that he gave him, all the
peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he
would he killed, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he
raised up, and whom he would he put down. {5:20} But when his heart was
lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was
deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
{5:21} and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made
like the animals', and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys; he was
fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky;
until he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and
that he sets up over it whomever he will. {5:22} You, his son,
Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this,
{5:23} but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they
have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your
lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them; and
you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and
stone, which don't see, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand
your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified.
{5:24} Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this
writing was inscribed. {5:25} This is the writing that was inscribed:
MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. {5:26} This is the interpretation of the
thing: MENE; God has numbered your kingdom, and brought it to an end;
{5:27} TEKEL; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.
{5:28} PERES; your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and
Persians. {5:29} Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel
with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made
proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the
kingdom. {5:30} In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain.
{5:31} Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two
years old.

    {6:1} It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred twenty
satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom; {6:2} and over
them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; that these satraps might
give account to them, and that the king should have no damage. {6:3}
Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the
satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought
to set him over the whole realm. {6:4} Then the presidents and the
satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom;
but they could find no occasion nor fault, because he was faithful,
neither was there any error or fault found in him. {6:5} Then these men
said, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we
find it against him concerning the law of his God. {6:6} Then these
presidents and satraps assembled together to the king, and said thus to
him, King Darius, live forever. {6:7} All the presidents of the
kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the counselors and the
governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to
make a strong decree, that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or
man for thirty days, except of you, O king, he shall be cast into the
den of lions. {6:8} Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the
writing, that it not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and
Persians, which doesn't alter. {6:9} Therefore king Darius signed the
writing and the decree. {6:10} When Daniel knew that the writing was
signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room
toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and
prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before. {6:11} Then
these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and
supplication before his God. {6:12} Then they came near, and spoke
before the king concerning the king's decree: Haven't you signed an
decree, that every man who shall make petition to any god or man within
thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of
lions? The king answered, The thing is true, according to the law of
the Medes and Persians, which doesn't alter. {6:13} Then answered they
and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of the children of the
captivity of Judah, doesn't respect you, O king, nor the decree that
you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day. {6:14} Then
the king, when he heard these words, was very displeased, and set his
heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he labored until the going down of
the sun to rescue him. {6:15} Then these men assembled together to the
king, and said to the king, Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes
and Persians, that no decree nor statute which the king establishes may
be changed. {6:16} Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel,
and cast him into the den of lions. [Now] the king spoke and said to
Daniel, Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you.
{6:17} A stone was brought, and laid on the mouth of the den; and the
king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords;
that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel. {6:18} Then the king
went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were
instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep fled from him.
{6:19} Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste
to the den of lions. {6:20} When he came near to the den to Daniel, he
cried with a lamentable voice; the king spoke and said to Daniel,
Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whom you serve
continually, able to deliver you from the lions? {6:21} Then Daniel
said to the king, O king, live forever. {6:22} My God has sent his
angel, and has shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me;
because as before him innocence was found in me; and also before you, O
king, have I done no hurt. {6:23} Then was the king exceeding glad, and
commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was
taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because
he had trusted in his God. {6:24} The king commanded, and they brought
those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of
lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions mauled
them, and broke all their bones in pieces, before they came to the
bottom of the den. {6:25} Then king Darius wrote to all the peoples,
nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied
to you. {6:26} I make a decree, that in all the dominion of my kingdom
men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living
God, and steadfast forever, His kingdom that which shall not be
destroyed; and his dominion shall be even to the end. {6:27} He
delivers and rescues, and he works signs and wonders in heaven and in
earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions. {6:28} So
this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus
the Persian.

    {7:1} In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a
dream and visions of his head on his bed: then he wrote the dream and
told the sum of the matters. {7:2} Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my
vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the sky broke forth on
the great sea. {7:3} Four great animals came up from the sea, diverse
one from another. {7:4} The first was like a lion, and had eagle's
wings: I saw until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from
the earth, and made to stand on two feet as a man; and a man's heart
was given to it. {7:5} Behold, another animal, a second, like a bear;
and it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth
between its teeth: and they said thus to it, Arise, devour much flesh.
{7:6} After this I saw, and behold, another, like a leopard, which had
on its back four wings of a bird; the animal had also four heads; and
dominion was given to it. {7:7} After this I saw in the night visions,
and, behold, a fourth animal, awesome and powerful, and strong
exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in
pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet: and it was diverse from
all the animals that were before it; and it had ten horns. {7:8} I
considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another
horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked
up by the roots: and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a
man, and a mouth speaking great things. {7:9} I saw until thrones were
placed, and one who was ancient of days sat: his clothing was white as
snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery
flames, [and] its wheels burning fire. {7:10} A fiery stream issued and
came forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered to him,
and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was
set, and the books were opened. {7:11} I saw at that time because of
the voice of the great words which the horn spoke; I saw even until the
animal was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned
with fire. {7:12} As for the rest of the animals, their dominion was
taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.
{7:13} I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the
clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the
ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. {7:14} There was
given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples,
nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting
dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall
not be destroyed. {7:15} As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved in
the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. {7:16} I
came near to one of those who stood by, and asked him the truth
concerning all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation
of the things. {7:17} These great animals, which are four, are four
kings, who shall arise out of the earth. {7:18} But the saints of the
Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever,
even forever and ever. {7:19} Then I desired to know the truth
concerning the fourth animal, which was diverse from all of them,
exceedingly terrible, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of brass;
which devoured, broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet;
{7:20} and concerning the ten horns that were on its head, and the
other [horn] which came up, and before which three fell, even that horn
that had eyes, and a mouth that spoke great things, whose look was more
stout than its fellows. {7:21} I saw, and the same horn made war with
the saints, and prevailed against them; {7:22} until the ancient of
days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the Most High, and
the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. {7:23} Thus he
said, The fourth animal shall be a fourth kingdom on earth, which shall
be diverse from all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and
shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. {7:24} As for the ten
horns, out of this kingdom shall ten kings arise: and another shall
arise after them; and he shall be diverse from the former, and he shall
put down three kings. {7:25} He shall speak words against the Most
High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High; and he shall
think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his
hand until a time and times and half a time. {7:26} But the judgment
shall be set, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to
destroy it to the end. {7:27} The kingdom and the dominion, and the
greatness of the kingdoms under the whole sky, shall be given to the
people of the saints of the Most High: his kingdom is an everlasting
kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. {7:28} Here is the
end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts much troubled me, and
my face was changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.

    {8:1} In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision
appeared to me, even to me, Daniel, after that which appeared to me at
the first. {8:2} I saw in the vision; now it was so, that when I saw, I
was in the citadel of Susa, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw
in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai. {8:3} Then I lifted up my
eyes, and saw, and behold, there stood before the river a ram which had
two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the
other, and the higher came up last. {8:4} I saw the ram pushing
westward, and northward, and southward; and no animals could stand
before him, neither was there any who could deliver out of his hand;
but he did according to his will, and magnified himself. {8:5} As I was
considering, behold, a male goat came from the west over the surface of
the whole earth, and didn't touch the ground: and the goat had a
notable horn between his eyes. {8:6} He came to the ram that had the
two horns, which I saw standing before the river, and ran on him in the
fury of his power. {8:7} I saw him come close to the ram, and he was
moved with anger against him, and struck the ram, and broke his two
horns; and there was no power in the ram to stand before him; but he
cast him down to the ground, and trampled on him; and there was none
who could deliver the ram out of his hand. {8:8} The male goat
magnified himself exceedingly: and when he was strong, the great horn
was broken; and instead of it there came up four notable [horns] toward
the four winds of the sky. {8:9} Out of one of them came forth a little
horn, which grew exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the
east, and toward the glorious [land]. {8:10} It grew great, even to the
army of the sky; and some of the army and of the stars it cast down to
the ground, and trampled on them. {8:11} Yes, it magnified itself, even
to the prince of the army; and it took away from him the continual
[burnt offering], and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. {8:12}
The army was given over [to it] together with the continual [burnt
offering] through disobedience; and it cast down truth to the ground,
and it did [its pleasure] and prospered. {8:13} Then I heard a holy one
speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who spoke, How
long shall be the vision [concerning] the continual [burnt offering],
and the disobedience that makes desolate, to give both the sanctuary
and the army to be trodden under foot? {8:14} He said to me, To two
thousand and three hundred evenings [and] mornings; then shall the
sanctuary be cleansed. {8:15} It happened, when I, even I Daniel, had
seen the vision, that I sought to understand it; and behold, there
stood before me as the appearance of a man. {8:16} I heard a man's
voice between [the banks of] the Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel,
make this man to understand the vision. {8:17} So he came near where I
stood; and when he came, I was frightened, and fell on my face: but he
said to me, Understand, son of man; for the vision belongs to the time
of the end. {8:18} Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep
sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me
upright. {8:19} He said, Behold, I will make you know what shall be in
the latter time of the indignation; for it belongs to the appointed
time of the end. {8:20} The ram which you saw, that had the two horns,
they are the kings of Media and Persia. {8:21} The rough male goat is
the king of Greece: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the
first king. {8:22} As for that which was broken, in the place where
four stood up, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not
with his power. {8:23} In the latter time of their kingdom, when the
transgressors have come to the full, a king of fierce face, and
understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. {8:24} His power shall be
mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy wonderfully, and
shall prosper and do [his pleasure]; and he shall destroy the mighty
ones and the holy people. {8:25} Through his policy he shall cause
craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his
heart, and in [their] security shall he destroy many: he shall also
stand up against the prince of princes; but he shall be broken without
hand. {8:26} The vision of the evenings and mornings which has been
told is true: but seal up the vision; for it belongs to many days [to
come]. {8:27} I, Daniel, fainted, and was sick certain days; then I
rose up, and did the king's business: and I wondered at the vision, but
none understood it.

   {9:1} In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed
of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans, {9:2}
in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the
number of the years about which the word of [3>]Yahweh[<3] came to
Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations of
Jerusalem, even seventy years. {9:3} I set my face to the Lord God, to
seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
{9:4} I prayed to Yahweh my God, and made confession, and said, Oh,
Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and loving
kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments, {9:5} we
have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and
have rebelled, even turning aside from your precepts and from your
ordinances; {9:6} neither have we listened to your servants the
prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our
fathers, and to all the people of the land. {9:7} Lord, righteousness
belongs to you, but to us confusion of face, as at this day; to the men
of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, who
are near, and who are far off, through all the countries where you have
driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed
against you. {9:8} Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings,
to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you.
{9:9} To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we have
rebelled against him; {9:10} neither have we obeyed the voice of Yahweh
our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants
the prophets. {9:11} Yes, all Israel have transgressed your law,
turning aside, that they should not obey your voice: therefore the
curse and the oath written in the law of Moses the servant of God has
been poured out on us; for we have sinned against him. {9:12} He has
confirmed his words, which he spoke against us, and against our judges
who judged us, by bringing on us a great evil; for under the whole sky,
such has not been done as has been done to Jerusalem. {9:13} As it is
written in the law of Moses, all this evil has come on us: yet have we
not entreated the favor of Yahweh our God, that we should turn from our
iniquities, and have discernment in your truth. {9:14} Therefore has
Yahweh watched over the evil, and brought it on us; for Yahweh our God
is righteous in all his works which he does, and we have not obeyed his
voice. {9:15} Now, Lord our God, who has brought your people forth out
of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have gotten yourself
renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly. {9:16}
Lord, according to all your righteousness, let your anger and please
let your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy
mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers,
Jerusalem and your people have become a reproach to all who are around
us. {9:17} Now therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your
servant, and to his petitions, and cause your face to shine on your
sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. {9:18} My God, turn
your ear, and hear; open your eyes, and see our desolations, and the
city which is called by your name: for we do not present our petitions
before you for our righteousness, but for your great mercies' sake.
{9:19} Lord, hear; Lord, forgive; Lord, listen and do; don't defer, for
your own sake, my God, because your city and your people are called by
your name. {9:20} While I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my
sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication
before Yahweh my God for the holy mountain of my God; {9:21} yes, while
I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the
vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about
the time of the evening offering. {9:22} He instructed me, and talked
with me, and said, Daniel, I am now come forth to give you wisdom and
understanding. {9:23} At the beginning of your petitions the
commandment went forth, and I have come to tell you; for you are
greatly beloved: therefore consider the matter, and understand the
vision. {9:24} Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your
holy city, to finish disobedience, and to make an end of sins, and to
make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting
righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the
most holy. {9:25} Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth
of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem to the
[4>]Anointed One,[<4] the prince, shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two
weeks: it shall be built again, with street and moat, even in troubled
times. {9:26} After the sixty-two weeks the [5>]Anointed One[<5] shall
be cut off, and shall have nothing: and the people of the prince who
shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and its end shall
be with a flood, and even to the end shall be war; desolations are
determined. {9:27} He shall make a firm covenant with many for one
week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the
offering to cease; and on the wing of abominations [shall come] one who
makes desolate; and even to the full end, and that determined, shall
[wrath] be poured out on the desolate.

    {10:1} In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was
revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing
was true, even a great warfare: and he understood the thing, and had
understanding of the vision. {10:2} In those days I, Daniel, was
mourning three whole weeks. {10:3} I ate no pleasant bread, neither
came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all,
until three whole weeks were fulfilled. {10:4} In the four and
twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great
river, which is Hiddekel, {10:5} I lifted up my eyes, and looked, and
behold, a man clothed in linen, whose thighs were adorned with pure
gold of Uphaz: {10:6} his body also was like the beryl, and his face as
the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as flaming torches, and his
arms and his feet like burnished brass, and the voice of his words like
the voice of a multitude. {10:7} I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; for
the men who were with me didn't see the vision; but a great quaking
fell on them, and they fled to hide themselves. {10:8} So I was left
alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me;
for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no
strength. {10:9} Yet heard I the voice of his words; and when I heard
the voice of his words, then was I fallen into a deep sleep on my face,
with my face toward the ground. {10:10} Behold, a hand touched me,
which set me on my knees and on the palms of my hands. {10:11} He said
to me, Daniel, you man greatly beloved, understand the words that I
speak to you, and stand upright; for am I now sent to you. When he had
spoken this word to me, I stood trembling. {10:12} Then he said to me,
Don't be afraid, Daniel; for from the first day that you set your heart
to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were
heard: and I have come for your words' sake. {10:13} But the prince of
the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; but, behold,
Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me: and I remained
there with the kings of Persia. {10:14} Now I have come to make you
understand what shall happen to your people in the latter days; for the
vision is yet for [many] days: {10:15} and when he had spoken to me
according to these words, I set my face toward the ground, and was
mute. {10:16} Behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my
lips: then I opened my mouth, and spoke and said to him who stood
before me, my lord, by reason of the vision my sorrows are turned on
me, and I retain no strength. {10:17} For how can the servant of this
my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, immediately there
remained no strength in me, neither was there breath left in me.
{10:18} Then there touched me again one like the appearance of a man,
and he strengthened me. {10:19} He said, "Greatly beloved man, don't be
afraid: peace be to you, be strong, yes, be strong."

   When he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, "Let my lord
speak; for you have strengthened me."

   {10:20} Then he said, "Do you know why I have come to you? Now I
will return to fight with the prince of Persia. When I go forth,
behold, the prince of Greece shall come. {10:21} But I will tell you
that which is inscribed in the writing of truth: and there is none who
holds with me against these, but Michael your prince."

   {11:1} "As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up
to confirm and strengthen him. {11:2} Now will I show you the truth.
Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth
shall be far richer than they all: and when he has grown strong through
his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece. {11:3} A
mighty king shall stand up, who shall rule with great dominion, and do
according to his will. {11:4} When he shall stand up, his kingdom shall
be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of the sky, but
not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion with which he
ruled; for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others besides
these. {11:5} The king of the south shall be strong, and [one] of his
princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his
dominion shall be a great dominion. {11:6} At the end of years they
shall join themselves together; and the daughter of the king of the
south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she
shall not retain the strength of her arm; neither shall he stand, nor
his arm; but she shall be given up, and those who brought her, and he
who became the father of her, and he who strengthened her in those
times. {11:7} But out of a shoot from her roots shall one stand up in
his place, who shall come to the army, and shall enter into the
fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and
shall prevail. {11:8} Also their gods, with their molten images, [and]
with their goodly vessels of silver and of gold, shall he carry captive
into Egypt; and he shall refrain some years from the king of the north.
{11:9} He shall come into the realm of the king of the south, but he
shall return into his own land. {11:10} His sons shall war, and shall
assemble a multitude of great forces, which shall come on, and
overflow, and pass through; and they shall return and war, even to his
fortress. {11:11} The king of the south shall be moved with anger, and
shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north;
and he shall set forth a great multitude, and the multitude shall be
given into his hand. {11:12} The multitude shall be lifted up, and his
heart shall be exalted; and he shall cast down tens of thousands, but
he shall not prevail. {11:13} The king of the north shall return, and
shall set forth a multitude greater than the former; and he shall come
on at the end of the times, [even of] years, with a great army and with
much substance. {11:14} In those times there shall many stand up
against the king of the south: also the children of the violent among
your people shall lift themselves up to establish the vision; but they
shall fall. {11:15} So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a
mound, and take a well-fortified city: and the forces of the south
shall not stand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any
strength to stand. {11:16} But he who comes against him shall do
according to his own will, and none shall stand before him; and he
shall stand in the glorious land, and in his hand shall be destruction.
{11:17} He shall set his face to come with the strength of his whole
kingdom, and with him equitable conditions; and he shall perform them:
and he shall give him the daughter of women, to corrupt her; but she
shall not stand, neither be for him. {11:18} After this shall he turn
his face to the islands, and shall take many: but a prince shall cause
the reproach offered by him to cease; yes, moreover, he shall cause his
reproach to turn on him. {11:19} Then he shall turn his face toward the
fortresses of his own land; but he shall stumble and fall, and shall
not be found. {11:20} Then shall stand up in his place one who shall
cause a tax collector to pass through the kingdom to maintain its
glory; but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor
in battle. {11:21} In his place shall stand up a contemptible person,
to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come
in time of security, and shall obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
{11:22} The overwhelming forces shall be overwhelmed from before him,
and shall be broken; yes, also the prince of the covenant. {11:23}
After the treaty made with him he shall work deceitfully; for he shall
come up, and shall become strong, with a small people. {11:24} In time
of security shall he come even on the fattest places of the province;
and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers'
fathers; he shall scatter among them prey, and spoil, and substance:
yes, he shall devise his devices against the strongholds, even for a
time. {11:25} He shall stir up his power and his courage against the
king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall
war in battle with an exceeding great and mighty army; but he shall not
stand; for they shall devise devices against him. {11:26} Yes, they who
eat of his dainties shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow; and
many shall fall down slain. {11:27} As for both these kings, their
hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table:
but it shall not prosper; for yet the end shall be at the time
appointed. {11:28} Then shall he return into his land with great
substance; and his heart [shall be] against the holy covenant; and he
shall do [his pleasure], and return to his own land. {11:29} At the
time appointed he shall return, and come into the south; but it shall
not be in the latter time as it was in the former. {11:30} For ships of
Kittim shall come against him; therefore he shall be grieved, and shall
return, and have indignation against the holy covenant, and shall do
[his pleasure]: he shall even return, and have regard to those who
forsake the holy covenant. {11:31} Forces shall stand on his part, and
they shall profane the sanctuary, even the fortress, and shall take
away the continual [burnt offering], and they shall set up the
abomination that makes desolate. {11:32} Such as do wickedly against
the covenant shall he pervert by flatteries; but the people who know
their God shall be strong, and do [exploits]. {11:33} Those who are
wise among the people shall instruct many; yet they shall fall by the
sword and by flame, by captivity and by spoil, [many] days. {11:34} Now
when they shall fall, they shall be helped with a little help; but many
shall join themselves to them with flatteries. {11:35} Some of those
who are wise shall fall, to refine them, and to purify, and to make
them white, even to the time of the end; because it is yet for the time
appointed. {11:36} The king shall do according to his will; and he
shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall
speak marvelous things against the God of gods; and he shall prosper
until the indignation be accomplished; for that which is determined
shall be done. {11:37} Neither shall he regard the gods of his fathers,
nor the desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall magnify
himself above all. {11:38} But in his place shall he honor the god of
fortresses; and a god whom his fathers didn't know shall he honor with
gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
{11:39} He shall deal with the strongest fortresses by the help of a
foreign god: whoever acknowledges [him] he will increase with glory;
and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land
for a price. {11:40} At the time of the end shall the king of the south
contend with him; and the king of the north shall come against him like
a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and
he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass through.
{11:41} He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many
[countries] shall be overthrown; but these shall be delivered out of
his hand: Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
{11:42} He shall stretch forth his hand also on the countries; and the
land of Egypt shall not escape. {11:43} But he shall have power over
the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things
of Egypt; and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
{11:44} But news out of the east and out of the north shall trouble
him; and he shall go forth with great fury to destroy and utterly to
sweep away many. {11:45} He shall plant the tents of his palace between
the sea and the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end,
and none shall help him.

   {12:1} "At that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who
stands for the children of your people; and there shall be a time of
trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same
time: and at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who
shall be found written in the book. {12:2} Many of those who sleep in
the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some
to shame and everlasting contempt. {12:3} Those who are wise shall
shine as the brightness of the expanse; and those who turn many to
righteousness as the stars forever and ever. {12:4} But you, Daniel,
shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many
shall run back and forth, and knowledge shall be increased."

   {12:5} Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, two others stood, one on
the river bank on this side, and the other on the river bank on that
side. {12:6} One said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the
waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
{12:7} I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of
the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven,
and swore by him who lives forever that it shall be for a time, times,
and a half; and when they have made an end of breaking in pieces the
power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. {12:8} I
heard, but I didn't understand: then I said, my lord, what shall be the
issue of these things? {12:9} He said, Go your way, Daniel; for the
words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end. {12:10} Many
shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but
the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand;
but those who are wise shall understand. {12:11} From the time that the
continual burnt offering shall be taken away, and the abomination that
makes desolate set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred ninety
days. {12:12} Blessed is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand
three hundred thirty-five days. {12:13} But go you your way until the
end; for you shall rest, and shall stand in your lot, at the end of the
days.





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Footnotes:
[1] {1:2} The word translated "Lord" is "Adonai."

[2] {1:2} The Hebrew word rendered "God" is "Elohim."

[3] {9:2} "Yahweh" is God's proper Name, sometimes rendered "LORD" (all
caps) in other translations.

[4] {9:25} "Anointed One" can also be translated "Messiah" (same as
"Christ").

[5] {9:26} "Anointed One" can also be translated "Messiah" (same as
"Christ").

