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