Restored King James Version Book of Daniel
Based on the Authorised Version (King James) with the words "God" and "LORD"
restored to their original words, and various words
(thee, thine, shouldest, crieth, didst, etc) and
constructions (them that, etc) modernized.
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 Adonai gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of
the vessels of the house of Elohim: which he carried into the land of
Shinar to the house of his elohim; and he brought the vessels into the
treasure house of his elohim.
3 And the king spoke 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 Abednego.
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 Elohim 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 adon the
king, who has 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 you 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 your servants, I beseech you, ten days; and let them give us
pulse to eat, and water to drink.
13 Then let our countenances be looked upon before you, and the
countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat:
and as you see, deal with your 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, Elohim 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 broke
from him.
2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers,
and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to show 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 spoke the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for
ever: tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from
me: if you will not make known unto me the dream, with the
interpretation thereof, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses
shall be made a dunghill.
6 But if you show the dream, and the interpretation thereof, you shall
receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore show me the
dream, and the interpretation thereof.
7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the
dream, and we will show the interpretation of it.
8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that you would gain
the time, because you see the thing is gone from me.
9 But if you will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one
decree for you: for you 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 you can show me the interpretation thereof.
10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man
upon the earth that can show 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 requires, and there is none
other that can show it before the king, except the elahs, 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 show 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 Elah 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 Elah of heaven.
20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of Elah for ever and
ever: for wisdom and might are his:
21 And he changes the times and the seasons: he removes kings, and sets
up kings: he gives wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to those who know
understanding:
22 He reveals the deep and secret things: he knows what is in the
darkness, and the light dwells with him.
23 I thank you, and praise you, O you Elah of my fathers, who have
given me wisdom and might, and have made known unto me now what we
desired of you: for you have 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
show 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,
Are you 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 has demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the
magicians, the soothsayers, show unto the king;
28 But there is an Elah in heaven that reveals secrets, and makes known
to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Your dream,
and the visions of your head upon your bed, are these;
29 As for you, O king, your thoughts came into your mind upon your bed,
what should come to pass hereafter: and he that reveals secrets makes
known to you 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 you might know the thoughts of
your heart.
31 You, O king, saw, and behold a great image. This great image, whose
brightness was excellent, stood before you; 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 You saw till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the
image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and broke 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 You, O king, are a king of kings: for the Elah of heaven has given
you 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 has he given into your hand, and has made
you ruler over them all. You are this head of gold.
39 And after you shall arise another kingdom inferior to you, 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
breaks in pieces and subdues all things: and as iron that breaks all
these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
41 And whereas you saw 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 you saw 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 you saw 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 Elah 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 you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain
without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the
clay, the silver, and the gold; the great Elah has 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
Elah is an Elah of elahs, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of
secrets, seeing you could 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
Abednego, 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
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 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.
4 Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people,
nations, and languages,
5 That at what time you hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp,
sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, you fall down and
worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up:
6 And whoso falls not down and worships 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 music, 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 spoke and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for
ever.
10 You, O king, have made a decree, that every man that shall hear the
sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and
all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
11 And whoso falls not down and worships, that he should be cast into
the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
12 There are certain Jews whom you have set over the affairs of the
province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king,
have not regarded you: they serve not your elahs, nor worship the golden
image which you have set up.
13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the
king.
14 Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, do not you serve my elahs, nor worship the golden
image which I have set up?
15 Now if you be ready that at what time you hear the sound of the
cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of
music, you fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but
if you worship not, you shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a
burning fiery furnace; and who is that Elah that shall deliver you out
of my hands?
16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O
Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer you in this matter.
17 If it be so, our Elah whom we serve is able to deliver us from the
burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.
18 But if not, be it known unto you, O king, that we will not serve
your elahs, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.
19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was
changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spoke, 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 Abednego, 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 Abednego.
23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down
bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and
spoke, 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.
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 Elah.
26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery
furnace, and spoke, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, you
servants of the most high Elah, come forth, and come hither. Then
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.
27 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's
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.
28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spoke, and said, Blessed be the Elah of
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has 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 elah,
except their own Elah.
29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language,
which speak any thing amiss against the Elah of Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a
dunghill: because there is no other Elah that can deliver after this
sort.
30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, 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 show the signs and wonders that the high Elah
has 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 my 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 elah, and in whom is the
spirit of the holy elahs: and before him I told the dream, saying,
9 O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the
spirit of the holy elahs is in you, and no secret troubles you, tell me
the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation
thereof.
10 Thus were the visions of my 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 rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomsoever he
will, and sets up over it the basest of men.
18 This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now you, 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 you
are able; for the spirit of the holy elahs is in you.
19 Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour,
and his thoughts troubled him. The king spoke, and said, Belteshazzar,
let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble you.
Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to those who hate
you, and the interpretation thereof to your enemies.
20 The tree that you saw, 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 you, O king, that are grown and become strong: for your
greatness is grown, and reaches unto heaven, and your 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 you from men, and your dwelling shall be with
the beasts of the field, and they shall make you to eat grass as oxen,
and they shall wet you with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall
pass over you, till you know that the most High rules in the kingdom of
men, and gives it to whomsoever he will.
26 And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots;
your kingdom shall be sure unto you, after that you shall have known
that the heavens do rule.
27 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto you, and break
off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to
the poor; if it may be a lengthening of your 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 spoke, 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 you it is spoken; The kingdom
is departed from you.
32 And they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with
the beasts of the field: they shall make you to eat grass as oxen, and
seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the most High rules
in the kingdom of men, and gives it to 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 my eyes unto
heaven, and my understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most
High, and I praised and honoured him who lives 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
does 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 do you?
36 At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my
kingdom, my 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.
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 Elah 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 elahs 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 plaster 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 spoke, and said to the wise men of
Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and show 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 spoke and said, O king, live for
ever: let not your thoughts trouble you, nor let your countenance be
changed:
11 There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy
elahs; and in the days of your father light and understanding and
wisdom, like the wisdom of the elahs, was found in him; whom the king
Nebuchadnezzar your father, the king, I say, your father, made master of
the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding,
interpreting of dreams, and showing 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 show the interpretation.
13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spoke and
said unto Daniel, Are you that Daniel, which are of the children of the
captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry?
14 I have even heard of you, that the spirit of the elahs is in you,
and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in you.
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 show the interpretation of
the thing:
16 And I have heard of you, that you can make interpretations, and
dissolve doubts: now if you can read the writing, and make known to me
the interpretation thereof, you shall be clothed with scarlet, and have
a chain of gold about your neck, and shall be the third ruler in the
kingdom.
17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let your gifts be to
yourself, and give your rewards to another; yet I will read the writing
unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
18 O you king, the most high Elah gave Nebuchadnezzar your 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 Elah ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he
appoints over it whomsoever he will.
22 And you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though
you knew all this;
23 But have lifted up yourself against the Mare of heaven; and they
have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you, and your
lords, your wives, and your concubines, have drunk wine in them; and you
have praised the elahs of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and
stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the Elah in whose hand
your breath is, and whose are all your ways, have you 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; Elah has numbered
your kingdom, and finished it.
27 TEKEL; You are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.
28 PERES; Your 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 Elah.
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 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 elah or man for thirty days, save of you, 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
alters 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 Elah, as he did aforetime.
11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making
supplication before his Elah.
12 Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king's
decree; Have you not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a
petition of any elah or man within thirty days, save of you, 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
alters not.
13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is
of the children of the captivity of Judah, regards not you, O king, nor
the decree that you have signed, but makes 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 establishes may be changed.
16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into
the den of lions. Now the king spoke and said unto Daniel, Your Elah
whom you serve continually, he will deliver you.
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 music 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 spoke and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the
living Elah, is your Elah, whom you serve continually, able to deliver
you from the lions?
21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
22 My Elah has sent his angel, and has shut the lions' mouths, that
they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in
me; and also before you, 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 Elah.
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 broke 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 Elah of Daniel: for he is the living Elah, and
stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed,
and his dominion shall be even unto the end.
27 He delivers and rescues, and he works signs and wonders in heaven
and in earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
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 spoke 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 broke 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
spoke: 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 those who 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, broke 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 spoke 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 my eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before
the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but
one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
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 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 broke his two horns: and there was
no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the
ground, and 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 Yes, 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
practiced, and prospered.
13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that
certain saint which spoke, 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 you know what shall be in the last
end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.
20 The ram which you saw 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 practice, 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 you 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 YHWH came to Jeremiah the
prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of
Jerusalem.
3 And I set my face unto Adonai Elohim, to seek by prayer and
supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
4 And I prayed unto YHWH my Elohim, and made my confession, and said, O
Adonai, the great and dreadful El, keeping the covenant and mercy to
those who love him, and to those who keep his commandments;
5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly,
and have rebelled, even by departing from your precepts and from your
judgments:
6 Neither have we hearkened unto your servants the prophets, which
spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to
all the people of the land.
7 O Adonai, righteousness belongs unto you, 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 where you have driven them, because of their
trespass that they have trespassed against you.
8 O Adonai, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our
princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you.
9 To Adonai our Elohim belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have
rebelled against him;
10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of YHWH our Elohim, to walk in his
laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
11 Yes, all Israel have transgressed your law, even by departing, that
they might not obey your voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us,
and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of Elohim,
because we have sinned against him.
12 And he has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us, and
against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for
under the whole heaven has not been done as has 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 YHWH our Elohim, that we might turn
from our iniquities, and understand your truth.
14 Therefore has YHWH watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us:
for YHWH our Elohim is righteous in all his works which he does: for we
obeyed not his voice.
15 And now, O Adonai our Elohim, who have brought your people forth out
of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have gotten you renown, as
at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
16 O Adonai, according to all your righteousness, I beseech you, let
your anger and your fury be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your
holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our
fathers, Jerusalem and your people are become a reproach to all that are
about us.
17 Now therefore, O our Elohim, hear the prayer of your servant, and
his supplications, and cause your face to shine upon your sanctuary that
is desolate, for the Adonai's sake.
18 O my Elohim, incline your ear, and hear; open your eyes, and behold
our desolations, and the city which is called by your name: for we do
not present our supplications before you for our righteousnesses, but
for your great mercies.
19 O Adonai, hear; O Adonai, forgive; O Adonai, hearken and do; defer
not, for your own sake, O my Elohim: for your city and your people are
called by your 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 YHWH
my Elohim for the holy mountain of my Elohim;
21 Yes, 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 you skill and understanding.
23 At the beginning of your supplications the commandment came forth,
and I am come to show you; for you are greatly beloved: therefore
understand the matter, and consider the vision.
24 Seventy weeks are determined upon your people and upon your 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 my 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 you, and stand upright: for unto you 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
you did set your heart to understand, and to chasten yourself before
your Elohim, your words were heard, and I am come for your 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 you understand what shall befall your 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 spoke, and said unto him who stood
before me, O my adon, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I
have retained no strength.
17 For how can the servant of this my adon talk with this my adon? 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 you, be
strong, yes, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was
strengthened, and said, Let my adon speak; for you have strengthened me.
20 Then said he, Know you wherefore I come unto you? 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 show you that which is noted in the scripture of truth:
and there is none that holds 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 show you the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet
three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all:
and 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 those who
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 elohim, 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 has 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 your 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 comes 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; yes, 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: yes, 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 Yes, those who 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 those
who 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 makes desolate.
32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by
flatteries: but the people that do know their Elohim shall be strong,
and do exploits.
33 And those who 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 helped 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 el, and shall speak marvellous
things against the El of el(s), and shall prosper till the indignation
be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the Elohim of his fathers, nor the desire of
women, nor regard any eloah: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the Eloah of forces: and a elohim
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 eloah, 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
stands for the children of your people: and there shall be a time of
trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same
time: and at that time your people shall be delivered, every one that
shall be found written in the book.
2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,
some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
3 And those who be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament;
and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
4 But you, 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 swore by him who lives 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 Adon, what shall
be the end of these things?
9 And he said, Go your 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 makes desolate set up, there shall be a thousand
two hundred and ninety days.
12 Blessed is he that waits, and comes to the thousand three hundred
and five and thirty days.
13 But go you your way till the end be: for you shall rest, and stand
in your lot at the end of the days.
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Latest update: 30 January 1999
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