1 {1:1} In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king
of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto
Jerusalem, and besieged it. {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.
{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 kingfs seed, and of the princes; {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 kingfs palace, and whom they might teach the
learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. {1:5} And the
king appointed them a daily provision of the kingfs meat,
and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three
years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the
king. {1:6} Now among these were of the children of Judah,
Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: {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
Abed-nego.
{1:8} But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not
defile himself with the portion of the kingfs meat, nor with
the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the
prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. {1:9}
Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love
with the prince of the eunuchs. {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. {1:11} Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince
of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and
Azariah, {1:12} Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten
days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
{1:13} Then let our countenances be looked upon before
thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the
portion of the kingfs meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy
servants. {1:14} So he consented to them in this matter, and
proved them ten days. {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 kingfs meat.
{1:16} Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat,
and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.
{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. {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. {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. {1:20} And in all matters of wisdom [and]
understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found
them ten times better than all the magicians [and]
astrologers that [were] in all his realm. {1:21} And Daniel
continued [even] unto the first year of king Cyrus.
2 {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. {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. {2:3} And the king said unto them, I have
dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the
dream. {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. {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. {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. {2:7} They answered
again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and
we will shew the interpretation of it. {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. {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.
{2:10} The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said,
There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the kingfs
matter: therefore [there is] no king, lord, nor ruler, [that]
asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or
Chaldean. {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.
{2:12} For this cause the king was angry and very furious,
and commanded to destroy all the wise [men] of Babylon.
{2:13} And the decree went forth that the wise [men]
should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to
be slain.
{2:14} Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to
Arioch the captain of the kingfs guard, which was gone
forth to slay the wise [men] of Babylon: {2:15} He
answered and said to Arioch the kingfs captain, Why [is]
the decree [so] hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the
thing known to 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. {2:17} Then Daniel
went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah,
Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: {2:18} That they
would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this
secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the
rest of the wise [men] of Babylon.
{2:19} Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a
night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
{2:20} Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of
God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
{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: {2:22} He revealeth the deep and secret
things: he knoweth what [is] in the darkness, and the light
dwelleth with him. {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 kingfs
matter.
{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. {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. {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?
{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; {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; {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. {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.
{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. {2:32} This
imagefs head [was] of fine gold, his breast and his arms of
silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, {2:33} His legs of
iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. {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. {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.
{2:36} This [is] the dream; and we will tell the
interpretation thereof before the king. {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. {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. {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. {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.
{2:41} And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of
pottersf 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. {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.
{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. {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. {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.
{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. {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 couldst reveal this secret.
{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. {2:49} 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.
3 {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. {3:2} Then Nebuchadnezzar the king
sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the
captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the
sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the
dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had
set up. {3:3} Then the princes, the governors, and captains,
the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, 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. {3:4} Then an herald cried
aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and
languages, {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: {3:6} And whoso
falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be
cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. {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.
{3:8} Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came
near, and accused the Jews. {3:9} They spake and said to
the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever. {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: {3:11} And whoso falleth not
down and worshippeth, [that] he should be cast into the
midst of a burning fiery furnace. {3:12} 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.
{3:13} Then Nebuchadnezzar in [his] rage and fury
commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.
Then they brought these men before the king. {3:14}
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?
{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? {3:16} Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we
[are] not careful to answer thee in this matter. {3:17} If it be
[so,] our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the
burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver [us] out of thine
hand, O king. {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.
{3:19} 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. {3:20} 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. {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. {3:22} Therefore because the kingfs
commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot,
the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed- nego. {3:23} And these three men,
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into
the midst of the burning fiery furnace. {3:24} Then
Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in
haste, [and] spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we
cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They
answered and said unto the king, True, O king. {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.
{3:26} 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. {3:27}
And the princes, governors, and captains, and the kingfs
counsellors, 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. {3:28} [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 kingfs word, and yielded their bodies, that they might
not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
{3:29} Therefore I make a decree, That every people,
nation, and language, which speak 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.
{3:30} Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon.
4 {4:1} Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations,
and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be
multiplied unto you. {4:2} I thought it good to shew the
signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward
me. {4:3} How great [are] his signs! and how mighty [are]
his wonders! his kingdom [is] an everlasting kingdom, and
his dominion [is] from generation to generation.
{4:4} I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and
flourishing in my palace: {4:5} I saw a dream which made
me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of
my head troubled me. {4:6} Therefore made I a decree to
bring in all the wise [men] of Babylon before me, that they
might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.
{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.
{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,] {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. {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. {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: {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. {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; {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: {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: {4:16} Let his heart be changed from manfs,
and let a beastfs heart be given unto him; and let seven
times pass over him. {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. {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.
{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. {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; {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: {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. {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; {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: {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. {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. {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
tranquility.
{4:28} All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.
{4:29} At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace
of the kingdom of Babylon. {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? {4:31} While the word [was] in the
kingfs mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, [saying,] O
king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is
departed from thee. {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. {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 birdsf [claws.] {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: {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? {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 counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was
established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was
added unto me. {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.
5 {5:1} Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand
of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. {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. {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.
{5:4} They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of
silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
{5:5} In the same hour came forth fingers of a manfs
hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the
plaister of the wall of the kingfs palace: and the king saw
the part of the hand that wrote. {5:6} Then the kingfs
countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so
that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote
one against another. {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. {5:8} Then came in all the kingfs wise
[men:] but they could not read the writing, nor make known
to the king the interpretation thereof. {5:9} Then was king
Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was
changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
{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:
{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;
{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. {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? {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. {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: {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.
{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. {5:18} O thou king, the most high
God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and
majesty, and glory, and honour: {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. {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: {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. {5:22}
And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine
heart, though thou knewest all this; {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: {5:24} Then was the
part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
{5:25} And this [is] the writing that was written, MENE,
MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. {5:26} This [is] the
interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy
kingdom, and finished it. {5:27} TEKEL; Thou art weighed
in the balances, and art found wanting. {5:28} PERES; Thy
kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
{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.
{5:30} In that night was Belshazzar the king of the
Chaldeans slain. {5:31} And Darius the Median took the
kingdom, [being] about threescore and two years old.
6 {6:1} It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an
hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the
whole kingdom; {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.
{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.
{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.
{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. {6:6} Then these presidents
and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus
unto him, King Darius, live for ever. {6:7} All the
presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes,
the counsellors, 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. {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. {6:9} Wherefore
king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
{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. {6:11} Then these men
assembled, and found Daniel praying and making
supplication before his God. {6:12} Then they came near,
and spake before the king concerning the kingfs 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. {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. {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.
{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. {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. {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.
{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. {6:19} Then the
king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto
the den of lions. {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? {6:21} Then said Daniel unto
the king, O king, live for ever. {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.
{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.
{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.
{6:25} Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations,
and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be
multiplied unto you. {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. {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. {6:28} So this Daniel prospered in the
reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
7 {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.
{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. {7:3} And four great beasts came up from the sea,
diverse one from another. {7:4} The first [was] like a lion,
and had eaglefs 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 manfs heart was given to it.
{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
the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus
unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. {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. {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. {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.
{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.
{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. {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. {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. {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. {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.
{7:15} I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of
[my] body, and the visions of my head troubled me. {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. {7:17} These great beasts,
which are four, [are] four kings, [which] shall arise out of
the earth. {7:18} But the saints of the most High shall take
the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for
ever and ever. {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; {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. {7:21} I beheld, and the same
horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
{7:22} Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was
given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that
the saints possessed the kingdom. {7:23} Thus he said, The
fourth 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.
{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. {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.
{7:26} But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away
his dominion, to consume and to destroy [it] unto the end.
{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. {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.
8 {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. {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. {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. {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. {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. {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. {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. {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. {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.] {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. {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. {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.
{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? {8:14} And he said unto
me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall
the sanctuary be cleansed.
{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. {8:16}
And I heard a manfs voice between [the banks of] Ulai,
which called, and said, Gabriel, make this [man] to
understand the vision. {8:17} So he came near where I
stood: and when he came, I was 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. {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.
{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.] {8:20} The ram which thou
sawest having [two] horns [are] the kings of Media and
Persia. {8:21} And the rough goat [is] the king of Grecia:
and the great horn that [is] between his eyes [is] the first
king. {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. {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. {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. {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. {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. {8:27} And I Daniel fainted, and was sick [certain]
days; afterward I rose up, and did the kingfs business; and I
was astonished at the vision, but none understood [it.]
9 {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; {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.
{9:3} And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by
prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and
ashes: {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; {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: {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. {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. {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. {9:9} To the Lord our God
[belong] mercies and forgivenesses, though we have
rebelled against him; {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. {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.
{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.
{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. {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. {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.
{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.
{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 Lordfs sake.
{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. {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.
{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; {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. {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. {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. {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. {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. {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. {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.
{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. {10:2} In those days I Daniel
was mourning three full weeks. {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.
{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;
{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: {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. {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. {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
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no strength. {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.
{10:10} And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me
upon my knees and [upon] the palms of my hands. {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. {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. {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. {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.
{10:15} And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set
my face toward the ground, and I became dumb. {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. {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. {10:18} Then there came again and touched me [one]
like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
{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. {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. {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.
{11:1} Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, [even]
I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. {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. {11:3} And a mighty
king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and
do according to his will. {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.
{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.
{11:6} And in the end of years they shall join themselves
together; for the kingfs 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. {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: {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.
{11:9} So the king of the south shall come into [his]
kingdom, and shall return into his own land. {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. {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. {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. ]{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. {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. {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. {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. {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.
{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. {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. {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. {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. {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. {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. {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 fathersf 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. {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. {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.
{11:27} And both these kingsf hearts [shall be] to do
mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall
not prosper: for yet the end [shall be] at the time appointed.
{11:28} Then shall he return into his land with great riches;
and his heart [shall be] against the holy covenant; and he
shall do [exploits,] and return to his own land. {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.
{11:30} For the ships of Chittim shall come against him:
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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. {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. {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. ]{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.
{11:34} Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with
a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
{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.
{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. {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.
{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. {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. {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. {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. {11:42} He
shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the
land of Egypt shall not escape. {11:43} But he shall have
power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all
the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the
Ethiopians [shall be] at his steps. {11:44} But 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. {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.
{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. {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. {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. {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.
{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. {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? {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. {12:8} And I heard, but I understood not: then said
I, O my Lord, what [shall be] the end of these [things?
]{12:9} And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words
[are] closed up and sealed till the time of the end. {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. {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.
{12:12} Blessed [is] he that waiteth, and cometh to the
thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. {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.