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- DANIEL 1:1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of
- Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and
- besieged it.
- DANIEL 1:2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his
- hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he
- carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he
- brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.
- DANIEL 1:3 And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his
- eunuchs, that he should bring {certain} of the children of
- Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the princes;
- DANIEL 1:4 Children in whom {was} no blemish, but well favoured,
- and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and
- understanding science, and such as {had} ability in them to stand
- in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and
- the tongue of the Chaldeans.
- DANIEL 1:5 And the king appointed them a daily provision of the
- king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them
- three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the
- king.
- DANIEL 1:6 Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel,
- Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
- DANIEL 1:7 Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he
- gave unto Daniel {the name} of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of
- Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of
- Abednego.
- DANIEL 1:8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not
- defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the
- wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the
- eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
- DANIEL 1:9 Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love
- with the prince of the eunuchs.
- DANIEL 1:10 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I
- fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your
- drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the
- children which {are} of your sort? then shall ye make {me}
- endanger my head to the king.
- DANIEL 1:11 Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the
- eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
- DANIEL 1:12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let
- them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
- DANIEL 1:13 Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee,
- and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of
- the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.
- DANIEL 1:14 So he consented to them in this matter, and proved
- them ten days.
- DANIEL 1:15 And at the end of ten days their countenances
- appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which
- did eat the portion of the king's meat.
- DANIEL 1:16 Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and
- the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.
- DANIEL 1:17 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge
- and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had
- understanding in all visions and dreams.
- DANIEL 1:18 Now at the end of the days that the king had said he
- should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them
- in before Nebuchadnezzar.
- DANIEL 1:19 And the king communed with them; and among them all
- was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
- therefore stood they before the king.
- DANIEL 1:20 And in all matters of wisdom {and} understanding,
- that the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better
- than all the magicians {and} astrologers that {were} in all his
- realm.
- DANIEL 1:21 And Daniel continued {even} unto the first year of
- king Cyrus.
- DANIEL 2:1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar
- Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled,
- and his sleep brake from him.
- DANIEL 2:2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the
- astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew
- the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.
- DANIEL 2:3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream,
- and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
- DANIEL 2:4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O
- king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will
- shew the interpretation.
- DANIEL 2:5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing
- is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream,
- with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and
- your houses shall be made a dunghill.
- DANIEL 2:6 But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation
- thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great
- honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation
- thereof.
- DANIEL 2:7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his
- servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.
- DANIEL 2:8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that
- ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
- DANIEL 2:9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream,
- {there is but} one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and
- corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed:
- therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me
- the interpretation thereof.
- DANIEL 2:10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said,
- There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's
- matter: therefore {there is} no king, lord, nor ruler, {that}
- asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
- DANIEL 2:11 And {it is} a rare thing that the king requireth, and
- there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the
- gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
- DANIEL 2:12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious,
- and commanded to destroy all the wise {men} of Babylon.
- DANIEL 2:13 And the decree went forth that the wise {men} should
- be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
- DANIEL 2:14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to
- Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to
- slay the wise {men} of Babylon:
- DANIEL 2:15 He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain,
- Why {is} the decree {so} hasty from the king? Then Arioch made
- the thing known to Daniel.
- DANIEL 2:16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he
- would give him time, and that he would shew the king the
- interpretation.
- DANIEL 2:17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing
- known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
- DANIEL 2:18 That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven
- concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not
- perish with the rest of the wise {men} of Babylon.
- DANIEL 2:19 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night
- vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
- DANIEL 2:20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God
- for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
- DANIEL 2:21 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he
- removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the
- wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
- DANIEL 2:22 He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth
- what {is} in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
- DANIEL 2:23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my
- fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known
- unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast {now} made
- known unto us the king's matter.
- DANIEL 2:24 Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king
- had ordained to destroy the wise {men} of Babylon: he went and
- said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise {men} of Babylon: bring
- me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the
- interpretation.
- DANIEL 2:25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in
- haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives
- of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.
- DANIEL 2:26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name
- {was} Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream
- which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?
- DANIEL 2:27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and
- said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise
- {men}, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto
- the king;
- DANIEL 2:28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets,
- and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the
- latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed,
- are these;
- DANIEL 2:29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came {into thy
- mind} upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he
- that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to
- pass.
- DANIEL 2:30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for
- {any} wisdom that I have more than any living, but for {their}
- sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and
- that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
- DANIEL 2:31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This
- great image, whose brightness {was} excellent, stood before thee;
- and the form thereof {was} terrible.
- DANIEL 2:32 This image's head {was} of fine gold, his breast and
- his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
- DANIEL 2:33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of
- clay.
- DANIEL 2:34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without
- hands, which smote the image upon his feet {that were} of iron
- and clay, and brake them to pieces.
- DANIEL 2:35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver,
- and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the
- chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them
- away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote
- the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
- DANIEL 2:36 This {is} the dream; and we will tell the
- interpretation thereof before the king.
- DANIEL 2:37 Thou, O king, {art} a king of kings: for the God of
- heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
- DANIEL 2:38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts
- of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine
- hand, and hath made thee ruler over them All. Thou {art} this
- head of gold.
- DANIEL 2:39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior
- to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear
- rule over all the earth.
- DANIEL 2:40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron:
- forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all {things}:
- and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and
- bruise.
- DANIEL 2:41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of
- potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided;
- but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch
- as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
- DANIEL 2:42 And {as} the toes of the feet {were} part of iron,
- and part of clay, {so} the kingdom shall be partly strong, and
- partly broken.
- DANIEL 2:43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay,
- they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall
- not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
- DANIEL 2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of
- heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the
- kingdom shall not be left to other people, {but} it shall break
- in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for
- ever.
- DANIEL 2:45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out
- of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the
- iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great
- God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass
- hereafter: and the {dream} is certain, and the interpretation
- thereof sure.
- DANIEL 2:46 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and
- worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an
- oblation and sweet odours unto him.
- DANIEL 2:47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth
- {it is}, that your God {is} a God of Gods, and a Lord of kings,
- and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this
- secret.
- DANIEL 2:48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him
- many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of
- Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise {men} of
- Babylon.
- DANIEL 2:49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set
- Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province
- of Babylon: but Daniel {sat} in the gate of the king.
- DANIEL 3:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose
- height {was} threescore cubits, {and} the breadth thereof six
- cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of
- Babylon.
- DANIEL 3:2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together
- the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the
- treasurers, the counsellers, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of
- the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which
- Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
- DANIEL 3:3 Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the
- judges, the treasurers, the counsellers, the sheriffs, and all
- the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the
- dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up;
- and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
- DANIEL 3:4 Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O
- people, nations, and languages,
- DANIEL 3:5 {That} at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet,
- flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of
- musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that
- Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
- DANIEL 3:6 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the
- same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
- DANIEL 3:7 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the
- sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all
- kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages,
- fell down {and} worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar
- the king had set up.
- DANIEL 3:8 Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near,
- and accused the Jews.
- DANIEL 3:9 They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O
- king, live for ever.
- DANIEL 3:10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that
- shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut,
- psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down
- and worship the golden image:
- DANIEL 3:11 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, {that} he
- should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
- DANIEL 3:12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the
- affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and
- Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve
- not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set
- up.
- DANIEL 3:13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in {his} rage and fury commanded
- to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these
- men before the king.
- DANIEL 3:14 Nebuchadrezzar spake and said unto them, {Is it}
- true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods,
- nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
- DANIEL 3:15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the
- sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and
- dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the
- image which I have made; {well}: but if ye worship not, ye 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?
- DANIEL 3:16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to
- the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we {are} not careful to answer thee
- in this matter.
- DANIEL 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 thine hand, O king.
- DANIEL 3:18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we
- will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou
- hast set up.
- DANIEL 3:19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of
- his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego:
- {therefore} he spake, and commanded that they should heat the
- furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
- DANIEL 3:20 And he commanded the most mighty men that {were} in
- his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, {and} to cast
- {them} into the burning fiery furnace.
- DANIEL 3:21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their
- hosen, and their hats, and their {other} garments, and were cast
- into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
- DANIEL 3:22 Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent,
- and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those
- men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
- DANIEL 3:23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
- fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
- DANIEL 3:24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose
- up in haste, {and} spake, and said unto his counsellers, Did not
- we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered
- and said unto the king, True, O king.
- DANIEL 3:25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose,
- walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the
- form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
- DANIEL 3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the
- burning fiery furnace, {and} spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach,
- and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and
- come {hither}. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth
- of the midst of the fire.
- DANIEL 3:27 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the
- king's counsellers, being gathered together, saw these men, upon
- whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head
- singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire
- had passed on them.
- DANIEL 3:28 {Then} Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed {be}
- the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his
- angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have
- changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they
- might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
- DANIEL 3:29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation,
- and language, which speak any thing amiss 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 that can deliver after this sort.
- DANIEL 3:30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and
- Abednego, in the province of Babylon.
- DANIEL 4:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and
- languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto
- you.
- DANIEL 4:2 I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that
- the high God hath wrought toward me.
- DANIEL 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.
- DANIEL 4:4 I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and
- flourishing in my palace:
- DANIEL 4:5 I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts
- upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
- DANIEL 4:6 Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise
- {men} of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me
- the interpretation of the dream.
- DANIEL 4:7 Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the
- Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them;
- but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.
- DANIEL 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 before him I told the
- dream, {saying},
- DANIEL 4:9 O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I
- know that the spirit of the holy gods {is} in thee, and no secret
- troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen,
- and the interpretation thereof.
- DANIEL 4:10 Thus {were} the visions of mine head in my bed; I
- saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height
- thereof {was} great.
- DANIEL 4:11 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof
- reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the
- earth:
- DANIEL 4:12 The leaves thereof {were} fair, and the fruit thereof
- much, and in it {was} meat for all: the beasts of the field had
- shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs
- thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.
- DANIEL 4:13 I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and,
- behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven;
- DANIEL 4:14 He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and
- cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his
- fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from
- his branches:
- DANIEL 4:15 Nevertheless leave the stump of his 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 heaven, and {let}
- his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:
- DANIEL 4:16 Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a
- beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over
- him.
- DANIEL 4:17 This matter {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 ruleth in the kingdom of men,
- and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the
- basest of men.
- DANIEL 4:18 This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou,
- O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as
- all the wise {men} of my kingdom are not able to make known unto
- me the interpretation: but thou {art} able; for the spirit of the
- holy gods {is} in thee.
- DANIEL 4:19 Then Daniel, whose name {was} Belteshazzar, was
- astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king
- spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the
- interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and
- said, My lord, the dream {be} to them that hate thee, and the
- interpretation thereof to thine enemies.
- DANIEL 4:20 The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was
- strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight
- thereof to all the earth;
- DANIEL 4:21 Whose leaves {were} fair, and the fruit thereof much,
- and in it {was} meat for all; under which the beasts of the field
- dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their
- habitation:
- DANIEL 4:22 It {is} thou, O king, that art grown and become
- strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and
- thy dominion to the end of the earth.
- DANIEL 4:23 And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one
- coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and
- destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof 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 heaven, and {let}
- his portion {be} with the beasts of the field, till seven times
- pass over him;
- DANIEL 4:24 This {is} the interpretation, O king, and this {is}
- the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:
- DANIEL 4:25 That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling
- shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee
- to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of
- heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that
- the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to
- whomsoever he will.
- DANIEL 4:26 And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the
- tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou
- shalt have known that the heavens do rule.
- DANIEL 4:27 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto
- thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine
- iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a
- lengthening of thy tranquillity.
- DANIEL 4:28 All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.
- DANIEL 4:29 At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace
- of the kingdom of Babylon.
- DANIEL 4:30 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon,
- that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my
- power, and for the honour of my majesty?
- DANIEL 4:31 While the word {was} in the king's mouth, there fell
- a voice from heaven, {saying}, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it
- is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.
- DANIEL 4:32 And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling
- {shall be} with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to
- eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until
- thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and
- giveth it to whomsoever he will.
- DANIEL 4:33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon
- Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as
- oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs
- were grown like eagles' {feathers}, and his nails like birds'
- {claws}.
- DANIEL 4:34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up
- mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me,
- and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that
- liveth for ever, whose dominion {is} an everlasting dominion, and
- his kingdom {is} from generation to generation:
- DANIEL 4:35 And all the inhabitants of the earth {are} reputed as
- nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of
- heaven, and {among} the inhabitants of the earth: and none can
- stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
- DANIEL 4:36 At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for
- the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto
- me; and my counsellers and my lords sought unto me; and I was
- established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto
- me.
- DANIEL 4:37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the
- King of heaven, all whose works {are} truth, and his ways
- judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
- DANIEL 5:1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand
- of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
- DANIEL 5:2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to
- bring the golden and silver vessels which his father
- Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which {was} in
- Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his
- concubines, might drink therein.
- DANIEL 5:3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken
- out of the temple of the house of God which {was} at Jerusalem;
- and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines,
- drank in them.
- DANIEL 5:4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of
- silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
- DANIEL 5:5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand,
- and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the
- wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand
- that wrote.
- DANIEL 5:6 Then the king's countenance was changed, and his
- thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were
- loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
- DANIEL 5:7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the
- Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. {And} the king spake, and said to
- the wise {men} of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and
- shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with
- scarlet, and {have} a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be
- the third ruler in the kingdom.
- DANIEL 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 thereof.
- DANIEL 5:9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his
- countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
- DANIEL 5:10 {Now} the queen by reason of the words of the king
- and his lords came into the banquet house: {and} the queen spake
- and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble
- thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:
- DANIEL 5:11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom {is} the
- spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and
- understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found
- in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, {I
- say}, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers,
- Chaldeans, {and} soothsayers;
- DANIEL 5:12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and
- understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard
- sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same
- Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be
- called, and he will shew the interpretation.
- DANIEL 5:13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. {And} the
- king spake and said unto Daniel, {Art} thou that Daniel, which
- {art} of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my
- father brought out of Jewry?
- DANIEL 5:14 I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the
- gods {is} in thee, and {that} light and understanding and
- excellent wisdom is found in thee.
- DANIEL 5:15 And now the wise {men}, the astrologers, have been
- brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and
- make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not
- shew the interpretation of the thing:
- DANIEL 5:16 And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make
- interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the
- writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou
- shalt be clothed with scarlet, and {have} a chain of gold about
- thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
- DANIEL 5:17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let
- thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I
- will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the
- interpretation.
- DANIEL 5:18 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar
- thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
- DANIEL 5:19 And for the majesty that he gave him, all people,
- nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he
- would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would
- he set up; and whom he would he put down.
- DANIEL 5:20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind
- hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and
- they took his glory from him:
- DANIEL 5:21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart
- was made like the beasts, and his dwelling {was} with the wild
- asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet
- with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled
- in the kingdom of men, and {that} he appointeth over it
- whomsoever he will.
- DANIEL 5:22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled
- thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
- DANIEL 5:23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of
- heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before
- thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines,
- have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of
- silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not,
- nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath {is},
- and whose {are} all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
- DANIEL 5:24 Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this
- writing was written.
- DANIEL 5:25 And this {is} the writing that was written, Mene,
- Mene, Tekel, Upharsin.
- DANIEL 5:26 This {is} the interpretation of the thing: Mene; God
- hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
- DANIEL 5:27 Tekel; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art
- found wanting.
- DANIEL 5:28 Peres; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes
- and Persians.
- DANIEL 5:29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel
- with scarlet, and {put} a chain of gold about his neck, and made
- a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler
- in the kingdom.
- DANIEL 5:30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the
- Chaldeans slain.
- DANIEL 5:31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, {being} about
- threescore and two years old.
- DANIEL 6:1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred
- and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
- DANIEL 6:2 And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel {was}
- first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the
- king should have no damage.
- DANIEL 6:3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents
- and princes, because an excellent spirit {was} in him; and the
- king thought to set him over the whole realm.
- DANIEL 6:4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find
- occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could
- find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he {was} faithful,
- neither was there any error or fault found in him.
- DANIEL 6:5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion
- against this Daniel, except we find {it} against him concerning
- the law of his God.
- DANIEL 6:6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together
- to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
- DANIEL 6:7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and
- the princes, the counsellers, and the captains, have consulted
- together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree,
- that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty
- days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of
- lions.
- DANIEL 6:8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the
- writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the
- Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
- DANIEL 6:9 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the
- decree.
- DANIEL 6:10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he
- went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber
- toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day,
- and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
- DANIEL 6:11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying
- and making supplication before his God.
- DANIEL 6:12 Then they came near, and spake before the king
- concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that
- every man that shall ask {a petition} of any God or man within
- thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of
- lions? The king answered and said, The thing {is} true, according
- to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
- DANIEL 6:13 Then answered they and said before the king, That
- Daniel, which {is} of the children of the captivity of Judah,
- regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed,
- but maketh his petition three times a day.
- DANIEL 6:14 Then the king, when he heard {these} words, was sore
- displeased with himself, and set {his} heart on Daniel to deliver
- him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver
- him.
- DANIEL 6:15 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto
- the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians
- {is}, that no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may
- be changed.
- DANIEL 6:16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and
- cast {him} into the den of lions. {Now} the king spake and said
- unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will
- deliver thee.
- DANIEL 6:17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of
- the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the
- signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed
- concerning Daniel.
- DANIEL 6:18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the
- night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before
- him: and his sleep went from him.
- DANIEL 6:19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and
- went in haste unto the den of lions.
- DANIEL 6:20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a
- lamentable voice unto Daniel: {and} the king spake and said to
- Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom
- thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?
- DANIEL 6:21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for
- ever.
- DANIEL 6:22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions'
- mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him
- innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I
- done no hurt.
- DANIEL 6:23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and
- commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So
- Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was
- found upon him, because he believed in his God.
- DANIEL 6:24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men
- which had accused Daniel, and they cast {them} into the den of
- lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had
- the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever
- they came at the bottom of the den.
- DANIEL 6:25 Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and
- languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto
- you.
- DANIEL 6:26 I make a decree, that in every dominion of my kingdom
- men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he {is} the
- living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom {that} which
- shall not be destroyed, and his dominion {shall be even} unto the
- end.
- DANIEL 6:27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and
- wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from
- the power of the lions.
- DANIEL 6:28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and
- in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
- DANIEL 7:1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel
- had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote
- the dream, {and} told the sum of the matters.
- DANIEL 7:2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night,
- and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great
- sea.
- DANIEL 7:3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse
- one from another.
- DANIEL 7:4 The first {was} like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I
- beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up
- from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a
- man's heart was given to it.
- DANIEL 7:5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear,
- and it raised up itself on one side, and {it had} three ribs in
- mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it,
- Arise, devour much flesh.
- DANIEL 7:6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard,
- which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had
- also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
- DANIEL 7:7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a
- fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and
- it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and
- stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it {was} diverse
- from all the beasts that {were} before it; and it had ten horns.
- DANIEL 7:8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up
- among them another little horn, before whom there were three of
- the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this
- horn {were} eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great
- things.
- DANIEL 7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the
- ancient of days did sit, whose garment {was} white as snow, and
- the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne {was like}
- the fiery flame, {and} his wheels {as} burning fire.
- DANIEL 7:10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him:
- thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times
- ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the
- books were opened.
- DANIEL 7:11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words
- which the horn spake: I beheld {even} till the beast was slain,
- and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.
- DANIEL 7:12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their
- dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season
- and time.
- DANIEL 7:13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, {one} like
- the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the
- Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
- DANIEL 7:14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a
- kingdom, that all people, 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.
- DANIEL 7:15 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of
- {my} body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
- DANIEL 7:16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked
- him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the
- interpretation of the things.
- DANIEL 7:17 These great beasts, which are four, {are} four kings,
- {which} shall arise out of the earth.
- DANIEL 7:18 But the saints of the most High shall take the
- kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and
- ever.
- DANIEL 7:19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast,
- which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose
- teeth {were of} iron, and his nails {of} brass; {which} devoured,
- brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
- DANIEL 7:20 And of the ten horns that {were} in his head, and
- {of} the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even
- {of} that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great
- things, whose look {was} more stout than his fellows.
- DANIEL 7:21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints,
- and prevailed against them;
- DANIEL 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.
- DANIEL 7:23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth
- kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and
- shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break
- it in pieces.
- DANIEL 7:24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom {are} ten kings
- {that} shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he
- shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
- DANIEL 7:25 And he shall speak {great} words against the most
- High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think
- to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand
- until a time and times and the dividing of time.
- DANIEL 7:26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away
- his dominion, to consume and to destroy {it} unto the end.
- DANIEL 7:27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of
- the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people
- of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom {is} an everlasting
- kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
- DANIEL 7:28 Hitherto {is} the end of the matter. As for me
- Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance
- changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
- DANIEL 8:1 In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a
- vision appeared unto me, {even unto} me Daniel, after that which
- appeared unto me at the first.
- DANIEL 8:2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I
- saw, that I {was} at Shushan {in} the palace, which {is} in the
- province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river
- of Ulai.
- DANIEL 8:3 Then I lifted up mine 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.
- DANIEL 8:4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and
- southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither {was
- there any} that could deliver out of his hand; but he did
- according to his will, and became great.
- DANIEL 8:5 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.
- DANIEL 8:6 And he came to the ram that had {two} horns, which I
- had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury
- of his power.
- DANIEL 8:7 And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was
- moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his
- two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him,
- but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and
- there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
- DANIEL 8:8 Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he
- was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four
- notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
- DANIEL 8:9 And 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}.
- DANIEL 8:10 And it waxed great, {even} to the host of heaven; and
- it cast down {some} of the host and of the stars to the ground,
- and stamped upon them.
- DANIEL 8:11 Yea, he magnified {himself} even to the prince of the
- host, and by him the daily {sacrifice} was taken away, and the
- place of his sanctuary was cast down.
- DANIEL 8:12 And an host was given {him} against the daily
- {sacrifice} by reason of transgression, and it cast down the
- truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.
- DANIEL 8:13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint
- said unto that certain {saint} which spake, How long {shall be}
- the vision {concerning} the daily {sacrifice}, and the
- transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the
- host to be trodden under foot?
- DANIEL 8:14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three
- hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
- DANIEL 8:15 And it came to pass, when I, {even} I Daniel, had
- seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there
- stood before me as the appearance of a man.
- DANIEL 8:16 And I heard a man's voice between {the banks of}
- Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this {man} to
- understand the vision.
- DANIEL 8:17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I
- was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me,
- Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end {shall be}
- the vision.
- DANIEL 8:18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep
- on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me
- upright.
- DANIEL 8:19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall
- be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed
- the end {shall be}.
- DANIEL 8:20 The ram which thou sawest having {two} horns {are}
- the kings of Media and Persia.
- DANIEL 8:21 And the rough goat {is} the king of Grecia: and the
- great horn that {is} between his eyes {is} the first king.
- DANIEL 8:22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it,
- four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his
- power.
- DANIEL 8:23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the
- transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance,
- and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
- DANIEL 8:24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own
- power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and
- practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
- DANIEL 8:25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to
- prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify {himself} in his heart,
- and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against
- the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
- DANIEL 8:26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which
- was told {is} true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it
- {shall be} for many days.
- DANIEL 8:27 And I Daniel fainted, and was sick {certain} days;
- afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was
- astonished at the vision, but none understood {it}.
- DANIEL 9:1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of
- the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the
- Chaldeans;
- DANIEL 9:2 In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by
- books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came
- to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years
- in the desolations of Jerusalem.
- DANIEL 9:3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer
- and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
- DANIEL 9:4 And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my
- confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping
- the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that
- keep his commandments;
- DANIEL 9:5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have
- done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy
- precepts and from thy judgments:
- DANIEL 9:6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the
- prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and
- our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
- DANIEL 9:7 O Lord, righteousness {belongeth} unto thee, but unto
- us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and
- to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, {that are}
- near, and {that are} far off, through all the countries whither
- thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have
- trespassed against thee.
- DANIEL 9:8 O Lord, to us {belongeth} confusion of face, to our
- kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned
- against thee.
- DANIEL 9:9 To the Lord our God {belong} mercies and
- forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
- DANIEL 9:10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God,
- to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the
- prophets.
- DANIEL 9:11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by
- departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the
- curse is poured upon us, and the oath that {is} written in the
- law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against
- him.
- DANIEL 9:12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake
- against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing
- upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been
- done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
- DANIEL 9:13 As {it is} written in the law of Moses, all this evil
- is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our
- God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy
- truth.
- DANIEL 9:14 Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and
- brought it upon us: for the Lord our God {is} righteous in all
- his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
- DANIEL 9:15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people
- forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast
- gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done
- wickedly.
- DANIEL 9:16 O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech
- thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city
- Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the
- iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people {are become}
- a reproach to all {that are} about us.
- DANIEL 9:17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy
- servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon
- thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
- DANIEL 9:18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine
- eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by
- thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for
- our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
- DANIEL 9:19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and
- do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy
- people are called by thy name.
- DANIEL 9:20 And whiles I {was} speaking, and praying, and
- confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting
- my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of
- my God;
- DANIEL 9:21 Yea, whiles I {was} speaking in prayer, even 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
- oblation.
- DANIEL 9:22 And he informed {me}, and talked with me, and said, O
- Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.
- DANIEL 9:23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment
- came forth, and I am come to shew {thee}; for thou {art} greatly
- beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the
- vision.
- DANIEL 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon
- thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of
- sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in
- everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and
- prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
- DANIEL 9:25 Know therefore and understand, {that} from the going
- forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto
- the Messiah the Prince {shall be} seven weeks, and threescore and
- two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in
- troublous times.
- DANIEL 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be
- cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that
- shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end
- thereof {shall be} with a flood, and unto the end of the war
- desolations are determined.
- DANIEL 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one
- week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice
- and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of
- abominations he shall make {it} desolate, even until the
- consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the
- desolate.
- DANIEL 10:1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was
- revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the
- thing {was} true, but the time appointed {was} long: and he
- understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
- DANIEL 10:2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.
- DANIEL 10:3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine
- in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole
- weeks were fulfilled.
- DANIEL 10:4 And in the four and twentieth day of the first month,
- as I was by the side of the great river, which {is} Hiddekel;
- DANIEL 10:5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a
- certain man clothed in linen, whose loins {were} girded with fine
- gold of Uphaz:
- DANIEL 10:6 His body also {was} like the Beryl, and his face as
- the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and
- his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the
- voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
- DANIEL 10:7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that
- were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon
- them, so that they fled to hide themselves.
- DANIEL 10:8 Therefore 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.
- DANIEL 10:9 Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard
- the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face,
- and my face toward the ground.
- DANIEL 10:10 And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon
- my knees and {upon} the palms of my hands.
- DANIEL 10:11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly
- beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand
- upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken
- this word unto me, I stood trembling.
- DANIEL 10:12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the
- first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to
- chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am
- come for thy words.
- DANIEL 10:13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me
- one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes,
- came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
- DANIEL 10:14 Now I am come to make thee understand what shall
- befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision {is} for
- {many} days.
- DANIEL 10:15 And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my
- face toward the ground, and I became dumb.
- DANIEL 10:16 And, behold, {one} like the similitude of the sons
- of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and
- said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my
- sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.
- DANIEL 10:17 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with
- this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no
- strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.
- DANIEL 10:18 Then there came again and touched me {one} like the
- appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
- DANIEL 10:19 And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace
- {be} unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken
- unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for
- thou hast strengthened me.
- DANIEL 10:20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto
- thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia:
- and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.
- DANIEL 10:21 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the
- scripture of truth: and {there is} none that holdeth with me in
- these things, but Michael your prince.
- DANIEL 11:1 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, {even}
- I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
- DANIEL 11:2 And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there
- shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be
- far richer than {they} all: and by his strength through his
- riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
- DANIEL 11:3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule
- with great dominion, and do according to his will.
- DANIEL 11:4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be
- broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and
- not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he
- ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others
- beside those.
- DANIEL 11:5 And 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.
- DANIEL 11:6 And in the end of years they shall join themselves
- together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the
- king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain
- the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but
- she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that
- begat her, and he that strengthened her in {these} times.
- DANIEL 11:7 But out of a branch of her roots shall {one} stand up
- in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter
- into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal
- against them, and shall prevail:
- DANIEL 11:8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods,
- with their princes, {and} with their precious vessels of silver
- and of gold; and he shall continue {more} years than the king of
- the north.
- DANIEL 11:9 So the king of the south shall come into {his}
- kingdom, and shall return into his own land.
- DANIEL 11:10 But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble
- a multitude of great forces: and {one} shall certainly come, and
- overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred
- up, {even} to his fortress.
- DANIEL 11:11 And the king of the south shall be moved with
- choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, {even} with the
- king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but
- the multitude shall be given into his hand.
- DANIEL 11:12 {And} when he hath taken away the multitude, his
- heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down {many} ten
- thousands: but he shall not be strengthened {by it}.
- DANIEL 11:13 For the king of the north shall return, and shall
- set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall
- certainly come after certain years with a great army and with
- much riches.
- DANIEL 11:14 And in those times there shall many stand up against
- the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt
- themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.
- DANIEL 11:15 So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a
- mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south
- shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither {shall
- there be any} strength to withstand.
- DANIEL 11:16 But he that cometh against him shall do according to
- his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand
- in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.
- DANIEL 11:17 He shall also set his face to enter with the
- strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus
- shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women,
- corrupting her: but she shall not stand {on his side}, neither be
- for him.
- DANIEL 11:18 After this shall he turn his face unto the isles,
- and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause
- the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he
- shall cause {it} to turn upon him.
- DANIEL 11:19 Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his
- own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
- DANIEL 11:20 Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes
- {in} the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be
- destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.
- DANIEL 11:21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to
- whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall
- come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
- DANIEL 11:22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown
- from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the
- covenant.
- DANIEL 11:23 And after the league {made} with him he shall work
- deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a
- small people.
- DANIEL 11:24 He shall enter peaceably even upon 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 the prey, and spoil, and riches: {yea}, and he shall
- forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
- DANIEL 11:25 And 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 be stirred up to battle with a very great and
- mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast
- devices against him.
- DANIEL 11:26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall
- destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall
- down slain.
- DANIEL 11:27 And both these kings' 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.
- DANIEL 11:28 Then shall he return into his land with great
- riches; and his heart {shall be} against the holy covenant; and
- he shall {do} exploits, and return to his own land.
- DANIEL 11:29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come
- toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the
- latter.
- DANIEL 11:30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him:
- therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation
- against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return,
- and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.
- DANIEL 11:31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall
- pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily
- {sacrifice}, and they shall place the abomination that maketh
- desolate.
- DANIEL 11:32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall
- he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God
- shall be strong, and do {exploits}.
- DANIEL 11:33 And they that understand among the people shall
- instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by
- captivity, and by spoil, {many} days.
- DANIEL 11:34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with
- a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
- DANIEL 11:35 And {some} of them of understanding shall fall, to
- try them, and to purge, and to make {them} white, {even} to the
- time of the end: because {it is} yet for a time appointed.
- DANIEL 11:36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he
- shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and
- shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall
- prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is
- determined shall be done.
- DANIEL 11:37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor
- the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify
- himself above all.
- DANIEL 11:38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:
- and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold,
- and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
- DANIEL 11:39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a
- strange god, whom he shall acknowledge {and} increase with glory:
- and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the
- land for gain.
- DANIEL 11:40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the
- south push at 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 over.
- DANIEL 11:41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many
- {countries} shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of
- his hand, {even} Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of
- Ammon.
- DANIEL 11:42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the
- countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
- DANIEL 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.
- DANIEL 11:44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north
- shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to
- destroy, and utterly to make away many.
- DANIEL 11:45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace
- between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come
- to his end, and none shall help him.
- DANIEL 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great
- prince which standeth for the children of thy 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 thy people
- shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the
- book.
- DANIEL 12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth
- shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame {and}
- everlasting contempt.
- DANIEL 12:3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness
- of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the
- stars for ever and ever.
- DANIEL 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the
- book, {even} to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,
- and knowledge shall be increased.
- DANIEL 12:5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other
- two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other
- on that side of the bank of the river.
- DANIEL 12:6 And {one} said to the man clothed in linen, which
- {was} upon the waters of the river, How long {shall it be to} the
- end of these wonders?
- DANIEL 12:7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which {was}
- upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and
- his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever
- that {it shall be} for a time, times, and an half; and when he
- shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people,
- all these {things} shall be finished.
- DANIEL 12:8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my
- Lord, what {shall be} the end of these {things}?
- DANIEL 12:9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words {are}
- closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
- DANIEL 12:10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried;
- but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall
- understand; but the wise shall understand.
- DANIEL 12:11 And from the time {that} the daily {sacrifice} shall
- be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up,
- {there shall be} a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
- DANIEL 12:12 Blessed {is} he that waiteth, and cometh to the
- thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
- DANIEL 12:13 But go thou thy way till the end {be}: for thou
- shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.