DAN 2:1
Now in the second year of the reign of
Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his
spirit was troubled and his sleep left him.
DAN 2:2 Then the king gave orders to call in
the magicians, the conjurers, the sorcerers and the
Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams. So they came
in and stood before the king.
DAN 2:3 And the king said to them, "I had a
dream, and my spirit is anxious to understand the
dream."
DAN 2:4 Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king
in Aramaic: "O king, live forever! Tell the dream to
your servants, and we will declare the
interpretation."
DAN 2:5 The king answered and said to the
Chaldeans, "The command from me is firm: if you do
not make known to me the dream and its
interpretation, you will be torn limb from limb, and
your houses will be made a rubbish heap.
DAN 2:6 "But if you declare the dream and its
interpretation, you will receive from me gifts and a
reward and great honor; therefore declare to me the
dream and its interpretation."
DAN 2:7 They answered a second time and said,
"Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we
will declare the interpretation."
DAN 2:8 The king answered and said, "I know
for certain that you are bargaining for time,
inasmuch as you have seen that the command from me
is firm,
DAN 2:9 that if you do not make the dream
known to me, there is only one decree for you. For
you have agreed together to speak lying and corrupt
words before me until the situation is changed;
therefore tell me the dream, that I may know that
you can declare to me its interpretation."
DAN 2:10 The Chaldeans answered the king and
said, "There is not a man on earth who could declare
the matter for the king, inasmuch as no great king
or ruler has ever asked anything like this of any
magician, conjurer or Chaldean.
DAN 2:11 "Moreover, the thing which the king
demands is difficult, and there is no one else who
could declare it to the king except gods, whose
dwelling place is not with mortal flesh."
DAN 2:12 Because of this the king became
indignant and very furious, and gave orders to
destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
DAN 2:13 So the decree went forth that the
wise men should be slain; and they looked for Daniel
and his friends to kill them.
DAN 2:14 Then Daniel replied with discretion
and discernment to Arioch, the captain of the king's
bodyguard, who had gone forth to slay the wise men
of Babylon;
DAN 2:15 he answered and said to Arioch, the
king's commander, "For what reason is the decree
from the king so urgent?" Then Arioch informed
Daniel about the matter.
DAN 2:16 So Daniel went in and requested of
the king that
he would give him time, in order that he might
declare the interpretation to the king.
DAN 2:17 Then Daniel went to his house and
informed his friends, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah,
about the matter,
DAN 2:18 in order that they might request
compassion from the God of heaven concerning this
mystery, so that Daniel and his friends might not be
destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
DAN 2:19 Then the mystery was revealed to
Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the
God of heaven;
DAN 2:20 Daniel answered and said, "Let the
name of God be blessed forever and ever, For wisdom
and power belong to Him.
DAN 2:21 "And it is He who changes the times
and the epochs; He removes kings and establishes
kings; He gives wisdom to wise men, And knowledge to
men of understanding.
DAN 2:22 "It is He who reveals the profound
and hidden things; He knows what is in the darkness,
And the light dwells with Him.
DAN 2:23 "To Thee, O God of my fathers, I
give thanks and praise, For Thou hast given me
wisdom and power; Even now Thou hast made known to
me what we requested of Thee, For Thou hast made
known to us the king's matter."
DAN 2:24 Therefore, Daniel went in to Arioch,
whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men
of Babylon; he went and spoke to him as follows: "Do
not destroy the wise men of Babylon! Take me into
the king's presence, and I will declare the
interpretation to the king."
DAN 2:25 Then Arioch hurriedly brought Daniel
into the king's presence and spoke to him as
follows: "I have found a man among the exiles from
Judah who can make the interpretation known to the
king!"
DAN 2:26 The king answered and said to
Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, "Are you able
to make known to me the dream which I have seen and
its interpretation?"
DAN 2:27 Daniel answered before the king and
said, "As for the mystery about which the king has
inquired, neither wise men, conjurers, magicians,
nor diviners are able to declare it to the king.
DAN 2:28 "However, there is a God in heaven
who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King
Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the latter
days. This was your dream and the visions in your
mind while on your bed.
DAN 2:29 "As for you, O king, while on your
bed your thoughts turned to what would take place in
the future; and He who reveals mysteries has made
known to you what will take place.
DAN 2:30 "But as for me, this mystery has not
been revealed to me for any wisdom residing in me
more than in any other living man, but for the
purpose of making the interpretation known to the
king, and that you may understand the thoughts of
your mind.
DAN 2:31 "You, O king, were looking and
behold, there was a single great statue; that
statue, which was large and of extraordinary
splendor, was standing in front of you, and its
appearance was awesome.
DAN 2:32 "The head of that statue was made of
fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its
belly and its thighs of bronze,
DAN 2:33 its legs of iron, its feet partly of
iron and partly of clay.
DAN 2:34 "You continued looking until a stone
was cut out without hands, and it struck the statue
on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.
DAN 2:35 "Then the iron, the clay, the
bronze, the silver and the gold were crushed all at
the same time, and became like chaff from the summer
threshing floors; and the wind carried them away so
that not a trace of them was found. But the stone
that struck the statue became a great mountain and
filled the whole earth.
DAN 2:36 "This was the dream; now we shall
tell its interpretation before the king.
DAN 2:37 "You, O king, are the king of kings,
to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the
power, the strength, and the glory;
DAN 2:38 and wherever the sons of men dwell,
or the beasts of the field, or the birds of the sky,
He has given them into your hand and has caused you
to rule over them all. You are the head of gold.
DAN 2:39 "And after you there will arise
another kingdom inferior to you, then another third
kingdom of bronze, which will rule over all the
earth.
DAN 2:40 "Then there will be a fourth kingdom
as strong as iron; inasmuch as iron crushes and
shatters all things, so, like iron that breaks in
pieces, it will crush and break all these in pieces.
DAN 2:41 "And in that you saw the feet and
toes, partly of potter's clay and partly of iron, it
will be a divided kingdom; but it will have in it
the toughness of iron, inasmuch as you saw the iron
mixed with common clay.
DAN 2:42 "And as the toes of the feet were
partly of iron and partly of pottery, so some of the
kingdom will be strong and part of it will be
brittle.
DAN 2:43 "And in that you saw the iron mixed
with common clay, they will combine with one another
in the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one
another, even as iron does not combine with pottery.
DAN 2:44 "And in the days of those kings the
God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never
be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be left for
another people; it will crush and put an end to all
these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever.
DAN 2:45 "Inasmuch as you saw that a stone
was cut out of the mountain without hands and that
it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the
silver, and the gold, the great God has made known
to the king what will take place in the future; so
the dream is true, and its interpretation is
trustworthy."
DAN 2:46 Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his
face and did homage to Daniel, and gave orders to
present to him an offering and fragrant incense.
DAN 2:47 The king answered Daniel and said,
"Surely your God is a God of gods and a Lord of
kings and a revealer of mysteries, since you have
been able to reveal this mystery."
DAN 2:48 Then the king promoted Daniel and
gave him many great gifts, and he made him ruler
over the whole province of Babylon and chief prefect
over all the wise men of Babylon.
DAN 2:49 And Daniel made request of the king,
and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego
over the administration of the province of Babylon,
while Daniel was at the king's court.
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DAN 3:1
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, the
height of which was sixty cubits and its width six
cubits; he set it up on the plain of Dura in the
province of Babylon.
DAN 3:2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent
word to assemble the satraps, the prefects and the
governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the
judges, the magistrates and all the rulers of the
provinces to come to the dedication of the image
that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
DAN 3:3 Then the satraps, the prefects and
the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the
judges, the magistrates and all the rulers of the
provinces were assembled for the dedication of the
image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and
they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had
set up.
DAN 3:4 Then the herald loudly proclaimed:
"To you the command is given, O peoples, nations and
men of every language,
DAN 3:5 that at the moment you hear the sound
of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe,
and all kinds of music, you are to fall down and
worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the
king has set up.
DAN 3:6 "But whoever does not fall down and
worship shall immediately be cast into the midst of
a furnace of blazing fire."
DAN 3:7 Therefore at that time, when all the
peoples heard the sound of the horn, flute, lyre,
trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all kinds of music,
all the peoples, nations and men of every language
fell down and worshiped the golden image that
Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
DAN 3:8 For this reason at that time certain
Chaldeans came forward and brought charges against
the Jews.
DAN 3:9 They responded and said to
Nebuchadnezzar the king: "O king, live forever!
DAN 3:10 "You yourself, O king, have made a
decree that every man who hears the sound of the
horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, and bagpipe,
and all kinds of music, is to fall down and worship
the golden image.
DAN 3:11 "But whoever does not fall down and
worship shall be cast into the midst of a furnace of
blazing fire.
DAN 3:12 "There are certain Jews whom you
have appointed over the administration of the
province of Babylon, namely Shadrach, Meshach and
Abed-nego. These men, O king, have disregarded you;
they do not serve your gods or worship the golden
image which you have set up."
DAN 3:13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and
anger gave orders to bring Shadrach, Meshach and
Abed-nego; then these men were brought before the
king.
DAN 3:14 Nebuchadnezzar responded and said to
them, "Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego,
that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden
image that I have set up?
DAN 3:15 "Now if you are ready, at the moment
you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon,
psaltery, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, to
fall down and worship the image that I have made,
very well. But if you will not worship, you will
immediately be cast into the midst of a furnace of
blazing fire; and what god is there who can deliver
you out of my hands?"
DAN 3:16 Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego
answered and said to the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we
do not need to give you an answer concerning this
matter.
DAN 3:17 "If it be so, our God whom we serve
is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing
fire; and He will deliver us out of your hand, O
king.
DAN 3:18 "But even if He does not, let it be
known to you, O king, that we are not going to serve
your gods or worship the golden image that you have
set up."
DAN 3:19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with
wrath, and his facial expression was altered toward
Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego. He answered by
giving orders to heat the furnace seven times more
than it was usually heated.
DAN 3:20 And he commanded certain valiant
warriors who were in his army to tie up Shadrach,
Meshach and Abed-nego, in order to cast them into
the furnace of blazing fire.
DAN 3:21 Then these men were tied up in their
trousers, their coats, their caps and their other
clothes, and were cast into the midst of the furnace
of blazing fire.
DAN 3:22 For this reason, because the king's
command was urgent and the furnace had been made
extremely hot, the flame of the fire slew those men
who carried up Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego.
DAN 3:23 But these three men, Shadrach,
Meshach and Abed-nego, fell into the midst of the
furnace of blazing fire still tied up.
DAN 3:24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was
astounded and stood up in haste; he responded and
said to his high officials, "Was it not three men we
cast bound into the midst of the fire?" They
answered and said to the king, "Certainly, O king."
DAN 3:25 He answered and said, "Look! I see
four men loosed and walking about in the midst of
the fire without harm, and the appearance of the
fourth is like a son of the gods!"
DAN 3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the
door of the furnace of blazing fire; he responded
and said, "Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, come
out, you servants of the Most High God, and come
here!" Then Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego came out
of the midst of the fire.
DAN 3:27 And the satraps, the prefects, the
governors and the king's high officials gathered
around and saw in regard to these men that the fire
had no effect on the bodies of these men nor was the
hair of their head singed, nor were their trousers
damaged, nor had the smell of fire even come upon
them.
DAN 3:28 Nebuchadnezzar responded and said,
"Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego,
who has sent His angel and delivered His servants
who put their trust in Him, violating the king's
command, and yielded up their bodies so as not to
serve or worship any god except their own God.
DAN 3:29 "Therefore, I make a decree that any
people, nation or tongue that speaks anything
offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and
Abed-nego shall be torn limb from limb and their
houses reduced to a rubbish heap, inasmuch as there
is no other god who is able to deliver in this way."
DAN 3:30 Then the king caused Shadrach,
Meshach and Abed-nego to prosper in the province of
Babylon.
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DAN 4:1
Nebuchadnezzar the king to all the peoples, nations,
and men of every language that live in all the
earth: "May your peace abound!
DAN 4:2 "It has seemed good to me to declare
the signs and wonders which the Most High God has
done for me.
DAN 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.
DAN 4:4 "I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my
house and flourishing in my palace.
DAN 4:5 "I saw a dream and it made me
fearful; and these fantasies as I lay on my bed and
the visions in my mind kept alarming me.
DAN 4:6 "So I gave orders to bring into my
presence all the wise men of Babylon, that they
might make known to me the interpretation of the
dream.
DAN 4:7 "Then the magicians, the conjurers,
the Chaldeans, and the diviners came in, and I
related the dream to them; but they could not make
its interpretation known to me.
DAN 4:8 "But finally Daniel came in before
me, whose name is Belteshazzar according to the name
of my god, and in whom is a spirit of the holy gods;
and I related the dream to him, saying,
DAN 4:9 'O Belteshazzar, chief of the
magicians, since I know that a spirit of the holy
gods is in you and no mystery baffles you, tell me
the visions of my dream which I have seen, along
with its interpretation.
DAN 4:10 'Now these were the visions in my
mind as I lay on my bed: I was looking, and behold,
there was a tree in the midst of the earth, and its
height was great.
DAN 4:11 'The tree grew large and became
strong, And its height reached to the sky, And it
was visible to the end of the whole earth.
DAN 4:12 'Its foliage was beautiful and its
fruit abundant, And in it was food for all. The
beasts of the field found shade under it, And the
birds of the sky dwelt in its branches, And all
living creatures fed themselves from it.
DAN 4:13 'I was looking in the visions in my
mind as I lay on my bed, and behold, an angelic
watcher, a holy one, descended from heaven.
DAN 4:14 'He shouted out and spoke as
follows: "Chop down the tree and cut off its
branches, Strip off its foliage and scatter its
fruit; Let the beasts flee from under it, And the
birds from its branches.
DAN 4:15 "Yet leave the stump with its roots
in the ground, But with a band of iron and bronze
around it In the new grass of the field; And let him
be drenched with the dew of heaven, And let him
share with the beasts in the grass of the earth.
DAN 4:16 "Let his mind be changed from that
of a man, And let a beast's mind be given to him,
And let seven periods of time pass over him.
DAN 4:17 "This sentence is by the decree of
the angelic watchers, And the decision is a command
of the holy ones, In order that the living may know
That the Most High is ruler over the realm of
mankind, And bestows it on whom He wishes, And sets
over it the lowliest of men."
DAN 4:18 'This is the dream which I, King
Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. Now you, Belteshazzar,
tell me its interpretation, inasmuch as none of the
wise men of my kingdom is able to make known to me
the interpretation; but you are able, for a spirit
of the holy gods is in you.'
DAN 4:19 "Then Daniel, whose name is
Belteshazzar, was appalled for a while as his
thoughts alarmed him. The king responded and said, 'Belteshazzar,
do not let the dream or its interpretation alarm
you.' Belteshazzar answered and said, 'My lord, if
only the dream applied to those who hate you, and
its interpretation to your adversaries!
DAN 4:20 'The tree that you saw, which became
large and grew strong, whose height reached to the
sky and was visible to all the earth,
DAN 4:21 and whose foliage was beautiful and
its fruit abundant, and in which was food for all,
under which the beasts of the field dwelt and in
whose branches the birds of the sky lodged - -
DAN 4:22 it is you, O king; for you have
become great and grown strong, and your majesty has
become great and reached to the sky and your
dominion to the end of the earth.
DAN 4:23 'And in that the king saw an angelic
watcher, a holy one, descending from heaven and
saying, "Chop down the tree and destroy it; yet
leave the stump with its roots in the ground, but
with a band of iron and bronze around it in the new
grass of the field, and let him be drenched with the
dew of heaven, and let him share with the beasts of
the field until seven periods of time pass over
him";
DAN 4:24 this is the interpretation, O king,
and this is the decree of the Most High, which has
come upon my lord the king:
DAN 4:25 that you be driven away from
mankind, and your dwelling place be with the beasts
of the field, and you be given grass to eat like
cattle and be drenched with the dew of heaven; and
seven periods of time will pass over you, until you
recognize that the Most High is ruler over the realm
of mankind, and bestows it on whomever He wishes.
DAN 4:26 'And in that it was commanded to
leave the stump with the roots of the tree, your
kingdom will be assured to you after you recognize
that it is Heaven that rules.
DAN 4:27 'Therefore, O king, may my advice be
pleasing to you: break away now from your sins by
doing righteousness, and from your iniquities by
showing mercy to the poor, in case there may be a
prolonging of your prosperity.'
DAN 4:28 "All this happened to Nebuchadnezzar
the king.
DAN 4:29 "Twelve months later he was walking
on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon.
DAN 4:30 "The king reflected and said, 'Is
this not Babylon the great, which I myself have
built as a royal residence by the might of my power
and for the glory of my majesty?'
DAN 4:31 "While the word was in the king's
mouth, a voice came from heaven, saying, 'King
Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is declared: sovereignty
has been removed from you,
DAN 4:32 and you will be driven away from
mankind, and your dwelling place will be with the
beasts of the field. You will be given grass to eat
like cattle, and seven periods of time will pass
over you, until you recognize that the Most High is
ruler over the realm of mankind, and bestows it on
whomever He wishes.'
DAN 4:33 "Immediately the word concerning
Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled; and he was driven away
from mankind and began eating grass like cattle, and
his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until
his hair had grown like eagles' feathers and his
nails like birds' claws.
DAN 4:34 "But at the end of that period I,
Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my
reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High
and praised and honored Him who lives forever; For
His dominion is an everlasting dominion, And His
kingdom endures from generation to generation.
DAN 4:35 "And all the inhabitants of the
earth are accounted as nothing, But He does
according to His will in the host of heaven And
among the inhabitants of earth; And no one can ward
off His hand Or say to Him, 'What hast Thou done?'
DAN 4:36 "At that time my reason returned to
me. And my majesty and splendor were restored to me
for the glory of my kingdom, and my counselors and
my nobles began seeking me out; so I was
reestablished in my sovereignty, and surpassing
greatness was added to me.
DAN 4:37 "Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise, exalt,
and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are
true and His ways just, and He is able to humble
those who walk in pride."
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DAN 5:1
Belshazzar the king held a great feast for a
thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in
the presence of the thousand.
DAN 5:2 When Belshazzar tasted the wine, he
gave orders to bring the gold and silver vessels
which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the
temple which was in Jerusalem, in order that the
king and his nobles, his wives, and his concubines
might drink from them.
DAN 5:3 Then they brought the gold vessels
that had been taken out of the temple, the house of
God which was in Jerusalem; and the king and his
nobles, his wives, and his concubines drank from
them.
DAN 5:4 They drank the wine and praised the
gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood, and
stone.
DAN 5:5 Suddenly the fingers of a man's hand
emerged and began writing opposite the lampstand on
the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, and
the king saw the back of the hand that did the
writing.
DAN 5:6 Then the king's face grew pale, and
his thoughts alarmed him; and his hip joints went
slack, and his knees began knocking together.
DAN 5:7 The king called aloud to bring in the
conjurers, the Chaldeans and the diviners. The king
spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, "Any man
who can read this inscription and explain its
interpretation to me will be clothed with purple,
and have a necklace of gold around his neck, and
have authority as third ruler in the kingdom."
DAN 5:8 Then all the king's wise men came in,
but they could not read the inscription or make
known its interpretation to the king.
DAN 5:9 Then King Belshazzar was greatly
alarmed, his face grew even paler, and his nobles
were perplexed.
DAN 5:10 The queen entered the banquet hall
because of the words of the king and his nobles; the
queen spoke and said, "O king, live forever! Do not
let your thoughts alarm you or your face be pale.
DAN 5:11 "There is a man in your kingdom in
whom is a spirit of the holy gods; and in the days
of your father, illumination, insight, and wisdom
like the wisdom of the gods were found in him. And
King Nebuchadnezzar, your father, your father the
king, appointed him chief of the magicians,
conjurers, Chaldeans, and diviners.
DAN 5:12 "This was because an extraordinary
spirit, knowledge and insight, interpretation of
dreams, explanation of enigmas, and solving of
difficult problems were found in this Daniel, whom
the king named Belteshazzar. Let Daniel now be
summoned, and he will declare the interpretation."
DAN 5:13 Then Daniel was brought in before
the king. The king spoke and said to Daniel, "Are
you that Daniel who is one of the exiles from Judah,
whom my father the king brought from Judah?
DAN 5:14 "Now I have heard about you that a
spirit of the gods is in you, and that illumination,
insight, and extraordinary wisdom have been found in
you.
DAN 5:15 "Just now the wise men and the
conjurers were brought in before me that they might
read this inscription and make its interpretation
known to me, but they could not declare the
interpretation of the message.
DAN 5:16 "But I personally have heard about
you, that you are able to give interpretations and
solve difficult problems. Now if you are able to
read the inscription and make its interpretation
known to me, you will be clothed with purple and
wear a necklace of gold around your neck, and you
will have authority as the third ruler in the
kingdom."
DAN 5:17 Then Daniel answered and said before
the king, "Keep your gifts for yourself, or give
your rewards to someone else; however, I will read
the inscription to the king and make the
interpretation known to him.
DAN 5:18 "O king, the Most High God granted
sovereignty, grandeur, glory, and majesty to
Nebuchadnezzar your father.
DAN 5:19 "And because of the grandeur which
He bestowed on him, all the peoples, nations, and
men of every language feared and trembled before
him; whomever he wished he killed, and whomever he
wished he spared alive; and whomever he wished he
elevated, and whomever he wished he humbled.
DAN 5:20 "But when his heart was lifted up
and his spirit became so proud that he behaved
arrogantly, he was deposed from his royal throne,
and his glory was taken away from him.
DAN 5:21 "He was also driven away from
mankind, and his heart was made like that of beasts,
and his dwelling place was with the wild donkeys. He
was given grass to eat like cattle, and his body was
drenched with the dew of heaven, until he recognized
that the Most High God is ruler over the realm of
mankind, and that He sets over it whomever He
wishes.
DAN 5:22 "Yet you, his son, Belshazzar, have
not humbled your heart, even though you knew all
this,
DAN 5:23 but you have exalted yourself
against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought
the vessels of His house before you, and you and
your nobles, your wives and your concubines have
been drinking wine from them; and you have praised
the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood
and stone, which do not see, hear or understand. But
the God in whose hand are your life-breath and your
ways, you have not glorified.
DAN 5:24 "Then the hand was sent from Him,
and this inscription was written out.
DAN 5:25 "Now this is the inscription that
was written out: 'MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.'
DAN 5:26 "This is the interpretation of the
message: 'MENE' - - God has numbered your kingdom
and put an end to it.
DAN 5:27 "'TEKEL' - - you have been weighed
on the scales and found deficient.
DAN 5:28 "'PERES' - - your kingdom has been
divided and given over to the Medes and Persians."
DAN 5:29 Then Belshazzar gave orders, and
they clothed Daniel with purple and put a necklace
of gold around his neck, and issued a proclamation
concerning him that he now had authority as the
third ruler in the kingdom.
DAN 5:30 That same night Belshazzar the
Chaldean king was slain.
DAN 5:31 So Darius the Mede received the
kingdom at about the age of sixty-two.
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DAN 6:1
It seemed good to Darius to appoint 120 satraps over
the kingdom, that they should be in charge of the
whole kingdom,
DAN 6:2 and over them three commissioners (of
whom Daniel was one), that these satraps might be
accountable to them, and that the king might not
suffer loss.
DAN 6:3 Then this Daniel began distinguishing
himself among the commissioners and satraps because
he possessed an extraordinary spirit, and the king
planned to appoint him over the entire kingdom.
DAN 6:4 Then the commissioners and satraps
began trying to find a ground of accusation against
Daniel in regard to government affairs; but they
could find no ground of accusation or evidence of
corruption, inasmuch as he was faithful, and no
negligence or corruption was to be found in him.
DAN 6:5 Then these men said, "We shall not
find any ground of accusation against this Daniel
unless we find it against him with regard to the law
of his God."
DAN 6:6 Then these commissioners and satraps
came by agreement to the king and spoke to him as
follows: "King Darius, live forever!
DAN 6:7 "All the commissioners of the
kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the high
officials and the governors have consulted together
that the king should establish a statute and enforce
an injunction that anyone who makes a petition to
any god or man besides you, O king, for thirty days,
shall be cast into the lions' den.
DAN 6:8 "Now, O king, establish the
injunction and sign the document so that it may not
be changed, according to the law of the Medes and
Persians, which may not be revoked."
DAN 6:9 Therefore King Darius signed the
document, that is, the injunction.
DAN 6:10 Now when Daniel knew that the
document was signed, he entered his house (now in
his roof chamber he had windows open toward
Jerusalem); and he continued kneeling on his knees
three times a day, praying and giving thanks before
his God, as he had been doing previously.
DAN 6:11 Then these men came by agreement and
found Daniel making petition and supplication before
his God.
DAN 6:12 Then they approached and spoke
before the king about the king's injunction, "Did
you not sign an injunction that any man who makes a
petition to any god or man besides you, O king, for
thirty days, is to be cast into the lions' den?" The
king answered and said, "The statement is true,
according to the law of the Medes and Persians,
which may not be revoked."
DAN 6:13 Then they answered and spoke before
the king, "Daniel, who is one of the exiles from
Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the
injunction which you signed, but keeps making his
petition three times a day."
DAN 6:14 Then, as soon as the king heard this
statement, he was deeply distressed and set his mind
on delivering Daniel; and even until sunset he kept
exerting himself to rescue him.
DAN 6:15 Then these men came by agreement to
the king and said to the king, "Recognize, O king,
that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no
injunction or statute which the king establishes may
be changed."
DAN 6:16 Then the king gave orders, and
Daniel was brought in and cast into the lions' den.
The king spoke and said to Daniel, "Your God whom
you constantly serve will Himself deliver you."
DAN 6:17 And a stone was brought and laid
over the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it
with his own signet ring and with the signet rings
of his nobles, so that nothing might be changed in
regard to Daniel.
DAN 6:18 Then the king went off to his palace
and spent the night fasting, and no entertainment
was brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.
DAN 6:19 Then the king arose with the dawn,
at the break of day, and went in haste to the lions'
den.
DAN 6:20 And when he had come near the den to
Daniel, he cried out with a troubled voice. The king
spoke and said to Daniel, "Daniel, servant of the
living God, has your God, whom you constantly serve,
been able to deliver you from the lions?"
DAN 6:21 Then Daniel spoke to the king, "O
king, live forever!
DAN 6:22 "My God sent His angel and shut the
lions' mouths, and they have not harmed me, inasmuch
as I was found innocent before Him; and also toward
you, O king, I have committed no crime."
DAN 6:23 Then the king was very pleased and
gave orders for Daniel to be taken up out of the
den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no
injury whatever was found on him, because he had
trusted in his God.
DAN 6:24 The king then gave orders, and they
brought those men who had maliciously accused
Daniel, and they cast them, their children, and
their wives into the lions' den; and they had not
reached the bottom of the den before the lions
overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
DAN 6:25 Then Darius the king wrote to all
the peoples, nations, and men of every language who
were living in all the land: "May your peace abound!
DAN 6:26 "I make a decree that in all the
dominion of my kingdom men are to fear and tremble
before the God of Daniel; For He is the living God
and enduring forever, And His kingdom is one which
will not be destroyed, And His dominion will be
forever.
DAN 6:27 "He delivers and rescues and
performs signs and wonders In heaven and on earth,
Who has also delivered Daniel from the power of the
lions."
DAN 6:28 So this Daniel enjoyed success in
the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the
Persian.
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DAN 7:1
In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon
Daniel saw a dream and visions in his mind as he lay
on his bed; then he wrote the dream down and related
the following summary of it.
DAN 7:2 Daniel said, "I was looking in my
vision by night, and behold, the four winds of
heaven were stirring up the great sea.
DAN 7:3 "And four great beasts were coming up
from the sea, different from one another.
DAN 7:4 "The first was like a lion and had
the wings of an eagle. I kept looking until its
wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the
ground and made to stand on two feet like a man; a
human mind also was given to it.
DAN 7:5 "And behold, another beast, a second
one, resembling a bear. And it was raised up on one
side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its
teeth; and thus they said to it, 'Arise, devour much
meat!'
DAN 7:6 "After this I kept looking, and
behold, another one, like a leopard, which had on
its back four wings of a bird; the beast also had
four heads, and dominion was given to it.
DAN 7:7 "After this I kept looking in the
night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful
and terrifying and extremely strong; and it had
large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and
trampled down the remainder with its feet; and it
was different from all the beasts that were before
it, and it had ten horns.
DAN 7:8 "While I was contemplating the horns,
behold, another horn, a little one, came up among
them, and three of the first horns were pulled out
by the roots before it; and behold, this horn
possessed eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth
uttering great boasts.
DAN 7:9 "I kept looking Until thrones were
set up, And the Ancient of Days took His seat; His
vesture was like #663300 snow, And the hair of His
head like pure wool. His throne was ablaze with
flames, Its wheels were a burning fire.
DAN 7:10 "A river of fire was flowing And
coming out from before Him; Thousands upon thousands
were attending Him, And myriads upon myriads were
standing before Him; The court sat, And the books
were opened.
DAN 7:11 "Then I kept looking because of the
sound of the boastful words which the horn was
speaking; I kept looking until the beast was slain,
and its body was destroyed and given to the burning
fire.
DAN 7:12 "As for the rest of the beasts,
their dominion was taken away, but an extension of
life was granted to them for an appointed period of
time.
DAN 7:13 "I kept looking in the night
visions, And behold, with the clouds of heaven One
like a Son of Man was coming, And He came up to the
Ancient of Days And was presented before Him.
DAN 7:14 "And to Him was given dominion,
Glory and a kingdom, That all the peoples, nations,
and men of every language Might serve Him. His
dominion is an everlasting dominion Which will not
pass away; And His kingdom is one Which will not be
destroyed.
DAN 7:15 "As for me, Daniel, my spirit was
distressed within me, and the visions in my mind
kept alarming me.
DAN 7:16 "I approached one of those who were
standing by and began asking him the exact meaning
of all this. So he told me and made known to me the
interpretation of these things:
DAN 7:17 'These great beasts, which are four
in number, are four kings who will arise from the
earth.
DAN 7:18 'But the saints of the Highest One
will receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom
forever, for all ages to come.'
DAN 7:19 "Then I desired to know the exact
meaning of the fourth beast, which was different
from all the others, exceedingly dreadful, with its
teeth of iron and its claws of bronze, and which
devoured, crushed, and trampled down the remainder
with its feet,
DAN 7:20 and the meaning of the ten horns
that were on its head, and the other horn which came
up, and before which three of them fell, namely,
that horn which had eyes and a mouth uttering great
boasts, and which was larger in appearance than its
associates.
DAN 7:21 "I kept looking, and that horn was
waging war with the saints and overpowering them
DAN 7:22 until the Ancient of Days came, and
judgment was passed in favor of the saints of the
Highest One, and the time arrived when the saints
took possession of the kingdom.
DAN 7:23 "Thus he said: 'The fourth beast
will be a fourth kingdom on the earth, which will be
different from all the other kingdoms, and it will
devour the whole earth and tread it down and crush
it.
DAN 7:24 'As for the ten horns, out of this
kingdom ten kings will arise; and another will arise
after them, and he will be different from the
previous ones and will subdue three kings.
DAN 7:25 'And he will speak out against the
Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest
One, and he will intend to make alterations in times
and in law; and they will be given into his hand for
a time, times, and half a time.
DAN 7:26 'But the court will sit for
judgment, and his dominion will be taken away,
annihilated and destroyed forever.
DAN 7:27 'Then the sovereignty, the dominion,
and the greatness of all the kingdoms under the
whole heaven will be given to the people of the
saints of the Highest One; His kingdom will be an
everlasting kingdom, and all the dominions will
serve and obey Him.'
DAN 7:28 "At this point the revelation ended.
As for me, Daniel, my thoughts were greatly alarming
me and my face grew pale, but I kept the matter to
myself."
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DAN 8:1
In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the
king a vision appeared to me, Daniel, subsequent to
the one which appeared to me previously.
DAN 8:2 And I looked in the vision, and it
came about while I was looking, that I was in the
citadel of Susa, which is in the province of Elam;
and I looked in the vision, and I myself was beside
the Ulai Canal.
DAN 8:3 Then I lifted my gaze and looked, and
behold, a ram which had two horns was standing in
front of the canal. Now the two horns were long, but
one was longer than the other, with the longer one
coming up last.
DAN 8:4 I saw the ram butting westward,
northward, and southward, and no other beasts could
stand before him, nor was there anyone to rescue
from his power; but he did as he pleased and
magnified himself.
DAN 8:5 While I was observing, behold, a male
goat was coming from the west over the surface of
the whole earth without touching the ground; and the
goat had a conspicuous horn between his eyes.
DAN 8:6 And he came up to the ram that had
the two horns, which I had seen standing in front of
the canal, and rushed at him in his mighty wrath.
DAN 8:7 And I saw him come beside the ram,
and he was enraged at him; and he struck the ram and
shattered his two horns, and the ram had no strength
to withstand him. So he hurled him to the ground and
trampled on him, and there was none to rescue the
ram from his power.
DAN 8:8 Then the male goat magnified himself
exceedingly. But as soon as he was mighty, the large
horn was broken; and in its place there came up four
conspicuous horns toward the four winds of heaven.
DAN 8:9 And out of one of them came forth a
rather small horn which grew exceedingly great
toward the south, toward the east, and toward the
Beautiful Land.
DAN 8:10 And it grew up to the host of heaven
and caused some of the host and some of the stars to
fall to the earth, and it trampled them down.
DAN 8:11 It even magnified itself to be equal
with the Commander of the host; and it removed the
regular sacrifice from Him, and the place of His
sanctuary was thrown down.
DAN 8:12 And on account of transgression the
host will be given over to the horn along with the
regular sacrifice; and it will fling truth to the
ground and perform its will and prosper.
DAN 8:13 Then I heard a holy one speaking,
and another holy one said to that particular one who
was speaking, "How long will the vision about the
regular sacrifice apply, while the transgression
causes horror, so as to allow both the holy place
and the host to be trampled?"
DAN 8:14 And he said to me, "For 2,300
evenings and mornings; then the holy place will be
properly restored."
DAN 8:15 And it came about when I, Daniel,
had seen the vision, that I sought to understand it;
and behold, standing before me was one who looked
like a man.
DAN 8:16 And I heard the voice of a man
between the banks of Ulai, and he called out and
said, "Gabriel, give this man an understanding of
the vision."
DAN 8:17 So he came near to where I was
standing, and when he came I was frightened and fell
on my face; but he said to me, "Son of man,
understand that th
e vision pertains to the time of the end." DAN
8:18 Now while he was talking with me, I sank
into a deep sleep with my face to the ground; but he
touched me and made me stand upright.
DAN 8:19 And he said, "Behold, I am going to
let you know what will occur at the final period of
the indignation, for it pertains to the appointed
time of the end.
DAN 8:20 "The ram which you saw with the two
horns represents the kings of Media and Persia.
DAN 8:21 "And the shaggy goat represents the
kingdom of Greece, and the large horn that is
between his eyes is the first king.
DAN 8:22 "And the broken horn and the four
horns that arose in its place represent four
kingdoms which will arise from his nation, although
not with his power.
DAN 8:23 "And in the latter period of their
rule, When the transgressors have run their course,
A king will arise Insolent and skilled in intrigue.
DAN 8:24 "And his power will be mighty, but
not by his own power, And he will destroy to an
extraordinary degree And prosper and perform his
will; He will destroy mighty men and the holy
people.
DAN 8:25 "And through his shrewdness He will
cause deceit to succeed by his influence; And he
will magnify himself in his heart, And he will
destroy many while they are at ease. He will even
oppose the Prince of princes, But he will be broken
without human agency.
DAN 8:26 "And the vision of the evenings and
mornings Which has been told is true; But keep the
vision secret, For it pertains to many days in the
future."
DAN 8:27 Then I, Daniel, was exhausted and
sick for days. Then I got up again and carried on
the king's business; but I was astounded at the
vision, and there was none to explain it.
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DAN 9:1
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of
Median descent, who was made king over the kingdom
of the Chaldeans - -
DAN 9:2 in the first year of his reign I,
Daniel, observed in the books the number of the
years which was revealed as the word of the Lord to
Jeremiah the prophet for the completion of the
desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years.
DAN 9:3 So I gave my attention to the Lord
God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with
fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
DAN 9:4 And I prayed to the Lord my God and
confessed and said, "Alas, O Lord, the great and
awesome God, who keeps His covenant and
lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His
commandments,
DAN 9:5 we have sinned, committed iniquity,
acted wickedly, and rebelled, even turning aside
from Thy commandments and ordinances.
DAN 9:6 "Moreover, we have not listened to
Thy servants the prophets, who spoke in Thy name to
our kings, our princes, our fathers, and all the
people of the land.
DAN 9:7 "Righteousness belongs to Thee, O
Lord, but to us open shame, as it is this day - - to
the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and
all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are
far away in all the countries to which Thou hast
driven them, because of their unfaithful deeds which
they have committed against Thee.
DAN 9:8 "Open shame belongs to us, O Lord, to
our kings, our princes, and our fathers, because we
have sinned against Thee.
DAN 9:9 "To the Lord our God belong
compassion and forgiveness, for we have rebelled
against Him;
DAN 9:10 nor have we obeyed the voice of the
Lord our God, to walk in His teachings which He set
before us through His servants the prophets.
DAN 9:11 "Indeed all Israel has transgressed
Thy law and turned aside, not obeying Thy voice; so
the curse has been poured out on us, along with the
oath which is written in the law of Moses the
servant of God, for we have sinned against Him.
DAN 9:12 "Thus He has confirmed His words
which He had spoken against us and against our
rulers who ruled us, to bring on us great calamity;
for under the whole heaven there has not been done
anything like what was done to Jerusalem.
DAN 9:13 "As it is written in the law of
Moses, all this calamity has come on us; yet we have
not sought the favor of the Lord our God by turning
from our iniquity and giving attention to Thy truth.
DAN 9:14 "Therefore, the Lord has kept the
calamity in store and brought it on us; for the Lord
our God is righteous with respect to all His deeds
which He has done, but we have not obeyed His voice.
DAN 9:15 "And now, O Lord our God, who hast
brought Thy people out of the land of Egypt with a
mighty hand and hast made a name for Thyself, as it
is this day - - we have sinned, we have been wicked.
DAN 9:16 "O Lord, in accordance with all Thy
righteous acts, let now Thine anger and Thy wrath
turn away from Thy city Jerusalem, Thy holy
mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities
of our fathers, Jerusalem and Thy people have become
a reproach to all those around us.
DAN 9:17 "So now, our God, listen to the
prayer of Thy servant and to his supplications, and
for Thy sake, O Lord, let Thy face shine on Thy
desolate sanctuary.
DAN 9:18 "O my God, incline Thine ear and
hear! Open Thine eyes and see our desolations and
the city which is called by Thy name; for we are not
presenting our supplications before Thee on account
of any merits of our own, but on account of Thy
great compassion.
DAN 9:19 "O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O
Lord, listen and take action! For Thine own sake, O
my God, do not delay, because Thy city and Thy
people are called by Thy name."
DAN 9:20 Now while 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 in behalf of the holy mountain of my
God,
DAN 9:21 while I was still speaking in
prayer, then the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the
vision previously, came to me in my extreme
weariness about the time of the evening offering.
DAN 9:22 And he gave me instruction and
talked with me, and said, "O Daniel, I have now come
forth to give you insight with understanding.
DAN 9:23 "At the beginning of your
supplications the command was issued, and I have
come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed; so
give heed to the message and gain understanding of
the vision.
DAN 9:24 "Seventy weeks have been decreed for
your people and your holy city, to finish the
transgression, to make an end of sin, to make
atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting
righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and
to anoint the most holy place.
DAN 9:25 "So you are to know and discern that
from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild
Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be
seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built
again, with plaza and moat, even in times of
distress.
DAN 9:26 "Then after the sixty-two weeks the
Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the
people of the prince who is to come will destroy the
city and the sanctuary. And its end will come with a
flood; even to the end there will be war;
desolations are determined.
DAN 9:27 "And he will make a firm covenant
with the many for one week, but in the middle of the
week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain
offering; and on the wing of abominations will come
one who makes desolate, even until a complete
destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on
the one who makes desolate."
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DAN 10:1
In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a message
was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar;
and the message was true and one of great conflict,
but he understood the message and had an
understanding of the vision.
DAN 10:2 In those days I, Daniel, had been
mourning for three entire weeks.
DAN 10:3 I did not eat any tasty food, nor
did meat or wine enter my mouth, nor did I use any
ointment at all, until the entire three weeks were
completed.
DAN 10:4 And on the twenty-fourth day of the
first month, while I was by the bank of the great
river, that is, the Tigris,
DAN 10:5 I lifted my eyes and looked, and
behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen,
whose waist was girded with a belt of pure gold of
Uphaz.
DAN 10:6 His body also was like beryl, his
face had the appearance of lightning, his eyes were
like flaming torches, his arms and feet like the
gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words
like the sound of a tumult.
DAN 10:7 Now I, Daniel, alone saw the vision,
while the men who were with me did not see the
vision; nevertheless, a great dread fell on them,
and they ran away to hide themselves.
DAN 10:8 So I was left alone and saw this
great vision; yet no strength was left in me, for my
natural color turned to a deathly pallor, and I
retained no strength.
DAN 10:9 But I heard the sound of his words;
and as soon as I heard the sound of his words, I
fell into a deep sleep on my face, with my face to
the ground.
DAN 10:10 Then behold, a hand touched me and
set me trembling on my hands and knees.
DAN 10:11 And he said to me, "O Daniel, man
of high esteem, understand the words that I am about
to tell you and stand upright, for I have now been
sent to you." And when he had spoken this word to
me, I stood up trembling.
DAN 10:12 Then he said to me, "Do not be
afraid, Daniel, for from the first day that you set
your heart on understanding this and on humbling
yourself before your God, your words were heard, and
I have come in response to your words.
DAN 10:13 "But the prince of the kingdom of
Persia was withstanding me for twenty-one days; then
behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to
help me, for I had been left there with the kings of
Persia.
DAN 10:14 "Now I have come to give you an
understanding of what will happen to your people in
the latter days, for the vision pertains to the days
yet future."
DAN 10:15 And when he had spoken to me
according to these words, I turned my face toward
the ground and became speechless.
DAN 10:16 And behold, one who resembled a
human being was touching my lips; then I opened my
mouth and spoke, and said to him who was standing
before me, "O my lord, as a result of the vision
anguish has come upon me, and I have retained no
strength.
DAN 10:17 "For how can such a servant of my
lord talk with such as my lord? As for me, there
remains just now no strength in me, nor has any
breath been left in me."
DAN 10:18 Then this one with human appearance
