Daniel
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[1]
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.
[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.
[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;
[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.
[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.
[6] Now among these were of the
children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
[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 Abed-nego.
[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.
[9] Now God had brought Daniel into favour
and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.
[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.
[11]
Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set
over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
[12] Prove thy
servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to
eat, and water to drink.
[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.
[14] So he consented to them in this matter, and
proved them ten days.
[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.
[16]
Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that
they should drink; and gave them pulse.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[21] And Daniel
continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.
[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.
[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.
[3] And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a
dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[7] They
answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream,
and we will shew the interpretation of it.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[12]
For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to
destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
[13] And the decree
went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel
and his fellows to be slain.
[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:
[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.
[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.
[17]
Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah,
Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
[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.
[19] Then was the secret revealed unto
Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
[20]
Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and
ever: for wisdom and might are his:
[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:
[22] He revealeth the deep and secret
things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth
with him.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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?
[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;
[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;
[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.
[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.
[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.
[32] This image's
head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly
and his thighs of brass,
[33] His legs of iron, his feet
part of iron and part of clay.
[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.
[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.
[36] This is the
dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the
king.
[37] Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God
of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and
glory.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[49] Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of
Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[4]
Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people,
nations, and languages,
[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:
[6] And whoso falleth
not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst
of a burning fiery furnace.
[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.
[8] Wherefore at
that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.
[9]
They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for
ever.
[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:
[11] And whoso falleth not down
and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning
fiery furnace.
[12] There are certain Jews whom thou hast
set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve
not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set
up.
[13] Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded
to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these
men before the king.
[14] Nebuchadnezzar spake and said
unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye
serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
[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?
[16] Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego,
answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful
to answer thee in this matter.
[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.
[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.
[19]
Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was
changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake,
and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more
than it was wont to be heated.
[20] And he commanded the
most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
[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.
[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
Abed-nego.
[23] And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery
furnace.
[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.
[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.
[26] Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the
burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-nego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come
hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth of the
midst of the fire.
[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.
[28] Then Nebuchadnezzar spake,
and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, 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.
[29]
Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language,
which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-nego, 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.
[30] Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon.
[1]
Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages,
that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
[2]
I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God
hath wrought toward me.
[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] I
Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my
palace:
[5] I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the
thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
[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.
[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.
[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,
[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.
[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.
[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:
[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.
[13] I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and,
behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven;
[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:
[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:
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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;
[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:
[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.
[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;
[24]
This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the
most High, which is come upon my lord the king:
[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.
[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.
[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.
[28] All this
came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.
[29] At the end of
twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.
[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?
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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:
[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?
[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.
[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.
[1]
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords,
and drank wine before the thousand.
[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.
[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.
[4] They drank wine, and
praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood,
and of stone.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[9] Then was king Belshazzar
greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his
lords were astonied.
[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:
[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;
[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.
[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?
[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.
[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:
[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.
[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.
[18] O thou
king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and
majesty, and glory, and honour:
[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.
[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:
[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.
[22] And thou his son, O Belshazzar,
hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
[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:
[24] Then was the part of the hand sent from
him; and this writing was written.
[25] And this is the
writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
[26]
This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy
kingdom, and finished it.
[27] TEKEL; Thou art weighed in
the balances, and art found wanting.
[28] PERES; Thy
kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
[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.
[30] In that night was Belshazzar the king of the
Chaldeans slain.
[31] And Darius the Median took the
kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
[1]
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty
princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[6] Then these presidents
and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him,
King Darius, live for ever.
[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.
[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.
[9] Wherefore
king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
[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.
[11] Then these men
assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before
his God.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[19]
Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto
the den of lions.
[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?
[21]
Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[25] Then king
Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in
all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
[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.
[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.
[28]
So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of
Cyrus the Persian.
[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.
[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.
[3] And four great beasts came
up from the sea, diverse one from another.
[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.
[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 the mouth of it between
the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much
flesh.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[12]
As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken
away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
[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.
[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.
[15] I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the
midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
[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.
[17] These great beasts, which are four, are
four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
[18] But
the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the
kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
[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;
[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.
[21] I
beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed
against them;
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[26] But the judgment shall sit, and they shall
take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the
end.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[6] And he came to the ram that had
two horns, which I had there seen standing before the river, and ran
unto him in the fury of his power.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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?
[14] And he said unto me, Unto
two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be
cleansed.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[20]
The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and
Persia.
[21] And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and
the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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;
[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.
[3] And I set my face unto the
Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplication, with fasting, and
sackcloth, and ashes:
[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;
[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:
[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.
[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.
[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.
[9] To the Lord our
God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against
him;
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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;
[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.
[22] And
he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come
forth to give thee skill and understanding.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[2] In those days I Daniel was
mourning three full weeks.
[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.
[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;
[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:
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[10]
And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon
the palms of my hands.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[15] And when he
had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I
became dumb.
[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.
[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.
[18] Then there came again and
touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened
me,
[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.
[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.
[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.
[1]
Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm
and to strengthen him.
[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.
[3] And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall
rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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:
[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.
[9] So the king of the south shall come into his
kingdom, and shall return into his own land.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[19] Then he shall turn his face toward
the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be
found.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[34] Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen
with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with
flatteries.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[42] He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the
countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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?
[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.
[8] And I heard, but I
understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of
these things?
[9] And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the
words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
[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.
[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.
[12] Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the
thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
[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.
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