
The Book of Daniel

   {1:1} In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. {1:2}
And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of
the vessels of the house of God; and he carried them into the land of
Shinar to the house of his god: and he brought the vessels into the
treasure-house of his god. {1:3} And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the
master of his eunuchs, that he should bring in [certain] of the
children of Israel, even of the seed royal and of the nobles; {1:4}
youths in whom was no blemish, but well-favored, and skilful in all
wisdom, and endued with knowledge, and understanding science, and such
as had ability to stand in the king's palace; and that he should teach
them the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. {1:5} And the king
appointed for them a daily portion of the king's dainties, and of the
wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years;
that at the end thereof they should stand before the king. {1:6} Now
among these were, of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael,
and Azariah. {1:7} And the prince of the eunuchs gave names unto them:
unto Daniel he gave [the name of] Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, [of]
Shadrach; and to Mishael, [of] Meshach; and to Azariah, [of] Abed-nego.
{1:8} But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself
with the king's dainties, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore
he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile
himself. {1:9} Now God made Daniel to find kindness and compassion in
the sight of the prince of the eunuchs. {1:10} And the prince of the
eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed
your food and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse
looking than the youths that are of your own age? so would ye endanger
my head with the king. {1:11} Then said Daniel to the steward whom the
prince of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and
Azariah: {1:12} Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let
them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. {1:13} Then let our
countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the
youths that eat of the king's dainties; and as thou seest, deal with
thy servants. {1:14} So he hearkened unto them in this matter, and
proved them ten days. {1:15} And at the end of ten days their
countenances appeared fairer, and they were fatter in flesh, than all
the youths that did eat of the king's dainties. {1:16} So the steward
took away their dainties, and the wine that they should drink, and gave
them pulse. {1:17} Now as for these four youths, God gave them
knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had
understanding in all visions and dreams. {1:18} And at the end of the
days which the king had appointed for bringing them in, the prince of
the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. {1:19} And the king
communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel,
Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.
{1:20} And in every matter of wisdom and understanding, concerning
which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than
all the magicians and enchanters that were in all his realm. {1:21} And
Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.



   {2:1} And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar,
Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his
sleep went from him. {2:2} Then the king commanded to call the
magicians, and the enchanters, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to
tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.
{2:3} And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my
spirit is troubled to know the dream. {2:4} Then spake the Chaldeans to
the king in the Syrian language, O king, live for ever: tell thy
servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation. {2:5} The king
answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye
make not known unto me the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye
shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill. {2:6}
But if ye show the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall
receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor: therefore show me the
dream and the interpretation thereof. {2:7} They answered the second
time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will
show the interpretation. {2:8} The king answered and said, I know of a
certainty that ye would gain time, because ye see the thing is gone
from me. {2:9} But if ye make not known unto me the dream, there is but
one law 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 show me the interpretation thereof. {2:10} The
Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon
the earth that can show the king's matter, forasmuch as no king, lord,
or ruler, hath asked such a thing of any magician, or enchanter, or
Chaldean. {2:11} And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and
there is no other that can show it before the king, except the gods,
whose dwelling is not with flesh. {2:12} For this cause the king was
angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of
Babylon. {2:13} So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be
slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain. {2:14}
Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the
captain of the king's guard, who was gone forth to slay the wise men of
Babylon; {2:15} he answered and said to Arioch the king's captain,
Wherefore is the decree so urgent from the king? Then Arioch made the
thing known to Daniel. {2:16} And Daniel went in, and desired of the
king that he would appoint him a time, and he would show the king the
interpretation. {2:17} Then Daniel went to his house, and made the
thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: {2:18}
that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this
secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest
of the wise men of Babylon. {2:19} Then was the secret revealed unto
Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
{2:20} Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever
and ever; for wisdom and might are his. {2:21} And he changeth the
times and the seasons; he removeth kings, and setteth up kings; he
giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that have
understanding; {2:22} he revealeth the deep and secret things; he
knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
{2:23} I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who
hast given me wisdom and might, and hast now made known unto me what we
desired of thee; for thou hast made known unto us the king's matter.
{2:24} Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had
appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus
unto him: Destroy not the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the
king, and I will show unto the king the interpretation. {2:25} Then
Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto
him, I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Judah, that
will make known unto the king the interpretation. {2:26} The king
answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able
to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the
interpretation thereof? {2:27} Daniel answered before the king, and
said, The secret which the king hath demanded can neither wise men,
enchanters, magicians, nor soothsayers, show unto the king; {2:28} but
there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and he hath made known
to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream,
and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these: {2:29} as for
thee, O king, thy thoughts came [into thy mind] upon thy bed, what
should come to pass hereafter; and he that revealeth secrets hath made
known to thee what shall come to pass. {2:30} But as for me, this
secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any
living, but to the intent that the interpretation may be made known to
the king, and that thou mayest know the thoughts of thy heart. {2:31}
Thou, O king, sawest, and, behold, a great image. This image, which was
mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the
aspect thereof was terrible. {2:32} As for this image, its head was of
fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs
of brass, {2:33} its legs of iron, its feet part of iron, and part of
clay. {2:34} Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands,
which smote the image upon its feet that were of iron and clay, and
brake them in pieces. {2:35} Then was the iron, the clay, the brass,
the silver, and the gold, broken in pieces together, and became like
the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them
away, so that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the
image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. {2:36} This
is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the
king. {2:37} Thou, O king, art king of kings, unto whom the God of
heaven hath given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the
glory; {2:38} and wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of
the field and the birds of the heavens hath he given into thy hand, and
hath made thee to rule over them all: thou art the head of gold. {2:39}
And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee; and
another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the
earth. {2:40} And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, forasmuch
as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things; and as iron that
crusheth all these, shall it break in pieces and crush. {2:41} And
whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part
of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but there shall be in it of the
strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry
clay. {2:42} And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of
clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. {2:43}
And whereas thou sawest the 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 doth not mingle with clay. {2:44} And in the
days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which
shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left to
another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these
kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. {2:45} Forasmuch as thou sawest
that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it
brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the
gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass
hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof
sure. {2:46} Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and
worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and
sweet odors unto him. {2:47} The king answered unto Daniel, and said,
Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a
revealer of secrets, seeing thou hast been able to reveal this secret.
{2:48} Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts,
and made him to rule over the whole province of Babylon, and to be
chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon. {2:49} And Daniel
requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel was
in the gate of the king.



   {3:1} Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height
was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up
in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. {3:2} Then
Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the
deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the
counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come
to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set
up. {3:3} Then the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, the
judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the
rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of
the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood
before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. {3:4} Then the herald
cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,
{3:5} that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp,
sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and
worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up;
{3:6} and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be
cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. {3:7} Therefore at that
time, when all the peoples heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp,
sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, the
nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image
that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. {3:8} Wherefore at that time
certain Chaldeans came near, and brought accusation against the Jews.
{3:9} They answered and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king, O king, live
for ever. {3:10} Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that
shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and
dulcimer, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the
golden image; {3:11} and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, shall
be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. {3:12} There are
certain Jews whom thou hast appointed over the affairs of the province
of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have
not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden
image which thou hast set up. {3:13} Then Nebuchadnezzar in [his] rage
and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they
brought these men before the king. {3:14} Nebuchadnezzar answered and
said unto them, Is it of purpose, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego,
that ye serve not my god, nor worship the golden image which I have set
up? {3:15} Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of
the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds
of music, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made, [well]:
but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of
a burning fiery furnace; and who is that god that shall deliver you out
of my hands? {3:16} Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered and said
to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this
matter. {3:17} If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver
us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of thy
hand, O king. {3:18} But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we
will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast
set up. {3:19} Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of
his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego:
[therefore] he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace
seven times more than it was wont to be heated. {3:20} And he commanded
certain mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-nego, [and] to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. {3:21}
Then these men were bound in their hosen, their tunics, and their
mantles, and their [other] garments, and were cast into the midst of
the burning fiery furnace. {3:22} 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.
{3:23} And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down
bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. {3:24} Then
Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste: he spake
and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the
midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.
{3:25} He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the
midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the aspect of the fourth
is like a son of the gods. {3:26} Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the
mouth of the burning fiery furnace: he 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 out
of the midst of the fire. {3:27} And the satraps, the deputies, and the
governors, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw
these men, that the fire had no power upon their bodies, nor was the
hair of their head singed, neither were their hosen changed, nor had
the smell of fire passed on them. {3:28} 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 have yielded their bodies, that they might
not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. {3:29} Therefore I
make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, which speak
anything 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 is able to deliver after this sort.
{3:30} Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego in the
province of Babylon.





   {4:1} Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all the peoples, nations, and
languages, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied unto you.
{4:2} It hath seemed good unto me to show the signs and wonders that
the Most High God hath wrought toward me. {4:3} How great are his
signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting
kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation. {4:4} I,
Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace.
{4:5} I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts upon my bed
and the visions of my head troubled me. {4:6} Therefore made I a decree
to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make
known unto me the interpretation of the dream. {4:7} Then came in the
magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers; and I
told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the
interpretation thereof. {4:8} But at the last Daniel came in before me,
whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in
whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and I told the dream before him,
[saying], {4:9} O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know
that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth
thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the
interpretation thereof. {4:10} Thus were the visions of my head upon my
bed: I saw, and, behold, a tree in the midst of the earth; and the
height thereof was great. {4:11} The tree grew, and was strong, and the
height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of
all the earth. {4:12} The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit
thereof much, and in it was food for all: the beasts of the field had
shadow under it, and the birds of the heavens dwelt in the branches
thereof, and all flesh was fed from it. {4:13} I saw in the visions of
my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and a holy one came down
from heaven. {4:14} He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree,
and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit:
let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches.
{4:15} Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even
with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and
let it be wet with the dew of heaven: and let his portion be with the
beasts in the grass of the earth: {4:16} let his heart be changed from
man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times
pass over him. {4:17} The sentence 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 lowest of
men. {4:18} This dream I, king Nebuchadnezzar, have seen; and thou, O
Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation, forasmuch as all the wise men
of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation;
but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee. {4:19}
Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was stricken dumb for a
while, and his thoughts troubled him. The king answered and said,
Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation, trouble thee.
Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate
thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine adversaries. {4:20} The
tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached
unto heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth; {4:21} whose
leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was food for
all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches
the birds of the heavens had their habitation: {4:22} it is thou, O
king, that art grown and become strong; for thy greatness is grown, and
reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth. {4:23}
And whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from
heaven, and saying, Hew down the tree, and destroy it; nevertheless
leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of
iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet
with the dew of heaven: and let his portion be with the beasts of the
field, till seven times pass over him; {4:24} this is the
interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which is
come upon my lord the king: {4:25} that thou shalt be driven from men,
and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and thou shalt
be made to eat grass as oxen, and shalt be wet with the dew of heaven,
and seven times shall pass over thee; till thou know that the Most High
ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
{4:26} And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the roots of
the tree; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt
have known that the heavens do rule. {4:27} Wherefore, O king, let my
counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by
righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if
there may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. {4:28} All this came
upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. {4:29} At the end of twelve months he was
walking in the royal palace of Babylon. {4:30} The king spake and said,
Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal
dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my
majesty? {4:31} 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: {4:32} and thou shalt be
driven from men; and they dwelling shall be with the beasts of the
field; thou shalt be made to eat grass as oxen; and seven times shall
pass over thee; until thou know that the Most High ruleth in the
kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. {4:33} The same
hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven
from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew
of heaven, till his hair was grown like eagles' [feathers], and his
nails like birds' [claws]. {4:34} And at the end of the days I,
Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding
returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and
honored him that liveth for ever; for his dominion is an everlasting
dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation. {4:35} And all
the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth
according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants
of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest
thou? {4:36} At the same time mine understanding returned unto me; and
for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and brightness returned unto
me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was
established in my kingdom, and excellent greatness was added unto me.
{4:37} Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of
heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those
that walk in pride he is able to abase.





   {5:1} Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his
lords, and drank wine before the thousand. {5:2} Belshazzar, while he
tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which
Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in
Jerusalem; that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines,
might drink therefrom. {5:3} Then they brought the golden vessels that
were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at
Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines,
drank from them. {5:4} They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold,
and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. {5:5} In the
same hour came forth the fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over
against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's
palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. {5:6} Then
the king's countenance was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled
him; and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one
against another. {5:7} The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters,
the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spake and said to the wise
men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and show me the
interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain
of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
{5:8} Then came in all the king's wise men; but they could not read the
writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation. {5:9} Then was
king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in
him, and his lords were perplexed. {5:10} [Now] the queen by reason of
the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: the
queen spake and said, O king, live forever; let not thy thoughts
trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed. {5:11} There is a man
in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days
of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of
the gods, were found in him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father,
the king, [I say], thy father, made him master of the magicians,
enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers; {5:12} forasmuch as an
excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of
dreams, and showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were
found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let
Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation. {5:13} Then was
Daniel brought in before the king. The king spake and said unto Daniel,
Art thou that Daniel, who art of the children of the captivity of
Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah? {5:14} I have
heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light
and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in thee. {5:15} And
now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me, that
they should read this writing, and make known unto me the
interpretation thereof; but they could not show the interpretation of
the thing. {5:16} But I have heard of thee, that thou canst give
interpretations, and dissolve doubts; now if thou canst read the
writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be
clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt
be the third ruler in the kingdom. {5:17} Then Daniel answered and said
before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to
another; nevertheless I will read the writing unto the king, and make
known to him the interpretation. {5:18} O thou king, the Most High God
gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory,
and majesty: {5:19} and because of the greatness that he gave him, all
the peoples, 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 raised up, and whom he would he put down. {5:20} But when his
heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt
proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory
from him: {5:21} and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart
was made like the beasts', and his dwelling was with the wild asses; he
was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of
heaven; until he knew that the Most High God ruleth in the kingdom of
men, and that he setteth up over it whomsoever he will. {5:22} And thou
his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart, though thou knewest
all this, {5:23} but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven;
and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou
and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine from them;
and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron,
wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in
whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not
glorified. {5:24} Then was the part of the hand sent from before him,
and this writing was inscribed. {5:25} And this is the writing that was
inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. {5:26} This is the
interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and
brought it to an end; {5:27} TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances,
and art found wanting. {5:28} PERES; thy kingdom is divided, and given
to the Medes and Persians. {5:29} Then commanded Belshazzar, and they
clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and
made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in
the kingdom. {5:30} In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was
slain. {5:31} And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about
threescore and two years old.



   {6:1} It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty
satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom; {6:2} and over
them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; that these satraps might
give account unto them, and that the king should have no damage. {6:3}
Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the
satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought
to set him over the whole realm. {6:4} Then the presidents and the
satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom;
but they could find no occasion nor fault, forasmuch as he was
faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. {6:5} Then
said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel,
except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. {6:6} Then
these presidents and satraps assembled together to the king, and said
thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. {6:7} All the presidents of
the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the counsellors and the
governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to
make a strong interdict, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god
or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the
den of lions. {6:8} Now, O king, establish the interdict, and sign the
writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and
Persians, which altereth not. {6:9} Wherefore king Darius signed the
writing and the interdict. {6:10} And when Daniel knew that the writing
was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his
chamber toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled upon his knees three times a
day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
{6:11} Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making
petition and supplication before his God. {6:12} Then they came near,
and spake before the king concerning the king's interdict: Hast thou
not signed an interdict, that every man that shall make petition unto
any god or man within thirty days, save unto thee, O king, shall be
cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is
true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth
not. {6:13} Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel,
who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O
king, nor the interdict that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition
three times a day. {6:14} Then the king, when he heard these words, was
sore displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he
labored till the going down of the sun to rescue him. {6:15} Then these
men assembled together unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O
king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no interdict nor
statute which the king establisheth may be changed. {6:16} Then the
king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of
lions. [Now] the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou
servest continually, he will deliver thee. {6:17} And a stone was
brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it
with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that nothing
might be changed concerning Daniel. {6:18} Then the king went to his
palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were instruments of music
brought before him: and his sleep fled from him. {6:19} Then the king
arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of
lions. {6:20} And when he came near unto the den to Daniel, he cried
with a lamentable voice; the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel,
servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually,
able to deliver thee from the lions? {6:21} Then said Daniel unto the
king, O king, live for ever. {6:22} My God hath sent his angel, and
hath shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me; forasmuch as
before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king,
have I done no hurt. {6:23} Then was the king exceeding glad, 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 had trusted in his God. {6:24} And the king commanded, and
they brought those men that 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, before
they came to the bottom of the den. {6:25} Then king Darius wrote unto
all the peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth:
Peace be multiplied unto you. {6:26} I make a decree, that in all the
dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel;
for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, And his kingdom that
which shall not be destroyed; and his dominion shall be even unto the
end. {6:27} He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and
wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the
power of the lions. {6:28} So this Daniel prospered in the reign of
Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.



   {7:1} In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a
dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream and
told the sum of the matters. {7:2} Daniel spake and said, I saw in my
vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of heaven brake forth upon
the great sea. {7:3} And four great beasts came up from the sea,
diverse one from another. {7:4} The first was like a lion, and had
eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was
lifted up from the earth, and made to stand upon two feet as a man; and
a man's heart was given to it. {7:5} And, behold, another beast, a
second, like to a bear; and it was raised up on one side, and three
ribs were in its mouth between its teeth: and they said thus unto it,
Arise, devour much flesh. {7:6} After this I beheld, and, lo, another,
like a leopard, which had upon its back four wings of a bird; the beast
had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. {7:7} After this I
saw in the night-visions, and, behold, a fourth beast, terrible and
powerful, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth; it
devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet:
and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had
ten horns. {7:8} I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up
among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first
horns were plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes
like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things. {7:9} I
beheld till thrones were placed, and one that was ancient of days did
sit: his raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure
wool; his throne was fiery flames, [and] the wheels thereof burning
fire. {7:10} A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him:
thousands of thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten
thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were
opened. {7:11} I beheld at that time because of the voice of the great
words which the horn spake; I beheld even till the beast was slain, and
its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire. {7:12} And
as for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away: yet their
lives were prolonged for a season and a time. {7:13} I saw in the
night-visions, and, behold, there came with the clouds of heaven one
like unto a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and
they brought him near before him. {7:14} And there was given him
dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and
languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be
destroyed. {7:15} As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved in the midst
of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. {7:16} I came near
unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth concerning all
this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
{7:17} These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, that shall
arise out of the earth. {7:18} But the saints of the Most High shall
receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever
and ever. {7:19} Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth
beast, which was diverse from all of them, exceeding terrible, whose
teeth were of iron, and its nails of brass; which devoured, brake in
pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet; {7:20} and concerning
the ten horns that were on its head, and the other [horn] which came
up, and before which three fell, even that horn that had eyes, and a
mouth that spake great things, whose look was more stout than its
fellows. {7:21} I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints,
and prevailed against them; {7:22} until the ancient of days came, and
judgment was given to the saints of the Most High, and the time came
that the saints possessed the kingdom. {7:23} Thus he said, The fourth
beast shall be a fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from
all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it
down, and break it in pieces. {7:24} And as for the ten horns, out of
this kingdom shall ten kings arise: and another shall arise after them;
and he shall be diverse from the former, and he shall put down three
kings. {7:25} And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall
wear out the saints of the Most High; and he shall think to change the
times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until a time
and times and half a time. {7:26} But the judgment shall be set, and
they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto
the end. {7:27} And the kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of
the kingdoms under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of
the saints of the Most High: his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and
all dominions shall serve and obey him. {7:28} Here is the end of the
matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts much troubled me, and my
countenance was changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.



   {8:1} In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision
appeared unto me, even unto me, Daniel, after that which appeared unto
me at the first. {8:2} And I saw in the vision; now it was so, that
when I saw, I was in Shushan the palace, which is in the province of
Elam; and I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai. {8:3} Then
I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the
river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one
was higher than the other, and the higher came up last. {8:4} I saw the
ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; and no beasts could
stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his
hand; but he did according to his will, and magnified himself. {8:5}
And as I was considering, behold, a he-goat came from the west over the
face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a
notable horn between his eyes. {8:6} And he came to the ram that had
the two horns, which I saw standing before the river, and ran upon him
in the fury of his power. {8:7} And I saw him come close unto the ram,
and he was moved with anger 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 trampled upon him; and there
was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand. {8:8} And the
he-goat magnified himself exceedingly: and when he was strong, the
great horn was broken; and instead of it there came up four notable
[horns] toward the four winds of heaven. {8:9} And out of one of them
came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the
south, and toward the east, and toward the glorious [land]. {8:10} And
it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and some of the host and of
the stars it cast down to the ground, and trampled upon them. {8:11}
Yea, it magnified itself, even to the prince of the host; and it took
away from him the continual [burnt-offering], and the place of his
sanctuary was cast down. {8:12} And the host was given over [to it]
together with the continual [burnt-offering] through transgression; and
it cast down truth to the ground, and it did [its pleasure] and
prospered. {8:13} Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy
one said unto that certain one who spake, How long shall be the vision
[concerning] the continual [burnt-offering], and the transgression that
maketh desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden
under foot? {8:14} And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three
hundred evenings [and] mornings; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
{8:15} And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision,
that I sought to understand it; and, behold, there stood before me as
the appearance of a man. {8:16} And I heard a man's voice between [the
banks of] the Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to
understand the vision. {8:17} So he came near where I stood; and when
he came, I was affrighted, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me,
Understand, O son of man; for the vision belongeth to the time of the
end. {8:18} Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep
with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright.
{8:19} And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the
latter time of the indignation; for it belongeth to the appointed time
of the end. {8:20} The ram which thou sawest, that had the two horns,
they are the kings of Media and Persia. {8:21} And the rough he-goat is
the king of Greece: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the
first king. {8:22} And as for that which was broken, in the place
whereof four stood up, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation,
but not with his power. {8:23} And in the latter time of their kingdom,
when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce
countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. {8:24}
And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall
destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper and do [his pleasure]; and he
shall destroy the mighty ones and the holy people. {8:25} And through
his policy he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall
magnify himself in his heart, and in [their] security shall he destroy
many: he shall also stand up against the prince of princes; but he
shall be broken without hand. {8:26} And the vision of the evenings and
mornings which hath been told is true: but shut thou up the vision; for
it belongeth to many days [to come]. {8:27} And I, Daniel, fainted, and
was sick certain days; then I rose up, and did the king's business: and
I wondered at the vision, but none understood it.



   {9:1} In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed
of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans, {9:2}
in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the
number of the years whereof the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah the
prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even
seventy years. {9:3} And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by
prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. {9:4}
And I prayed unto Jehovah my God, and made confession, and said, Oh,
Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keepeth covenant and
lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments, {9:5}
we have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and
have rebelled, even turning aside from thy precepts and from thine
ordinances; {9:6} neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the
prophets, that spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our
fathers, and to all the people of the land. {9:7} O Lord, righteousness
belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of face, as at this day; to
the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all
Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries
whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have
trespassed against thee. {9:8} O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of
face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have
sinned against thee. {9:9} To the Lord our God belong mercies and
forgiveness; for we have rebelled against him; {9:10} neither have we
obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God, to walk in his laws, which he set
before us by his servants the prophets. {9:11} Yea, all Israel have
transgressed thy law, even turning aside, that they should not obey thy
voice: therefore hath the curse been poured out upon us, and the oath
that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God; for we have
sinned against him. {9:12} And he hath confirmed his words, which he
spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing
upon us a great evil; for under the whole heaven hath not been done as
hath been done upon Jerusalem. {9:13} As it is written in the law of
Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet have we not entreated the
favor of Jehovah our God, that we should turn from our iniquities, and
have discernment in thy truth. {9:14} Therefore hath Jehovah watched
over the evil, and brought it upon us; for Jehovah our God is righteous
in all his works which he doeth, and we have not obeyed his voice.
{9:15} And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out
of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown,
as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly. {9:16} O Lord,
according to all thy righteousness, let thine anger and thy wrath, I
pray thee, 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 round about us.
{9:17} Now therefore, O our God, hearken unto the prayer of thy
servant, and to his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy
sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. {9:18} O my God,
incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our
desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not
present our supplications before thee for our righteousness, but for
thy great mercies' sake. {9:19} O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord,
hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God, because thy
city and thy people are called by thy name. {9:20} And while I was
speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people
Israel, and presenting my supplication before Jehovah my God for the
holy mountain of my God; {9:21} yea, while I was speaking in prayer,
the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being
caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening
oblation. {9:22} And he instructed me, and talked with me, and said, O
Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee wisdom and understanding.
{9:23} At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment went
forth, and I am come to tell thee; for thou art greatly beloved:
therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision. {9:24}
Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to
finish transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make
reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness,
and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy. {9:25}
Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the
commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the anointed one,
the prince, shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: it
shall be built again, with street and moat, even in troublous times.
{9:26} And after the threescore and two weeks shall the anointed one be
cut off, and shall have nothing: 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 even unto the end shall be war;
desolations are determined. {9:27} And he shall make a firm covenant
with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the
sacrifice and the oblation to cease; and upon the wing of abominations
[shall come] one that maketh desolate; and even unto the full end, and
that determined, shall [wrath] be poured out upon the desolate.



   {10:1} In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was
revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing
was true, even a great warfare: and he understood the thing, and had
understanding of the vision. {10:2} In those days I, Daniel, was
mourning three whole weeks. {10:3} I ate no pleasant bread, neither
came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all,
till three whole weeks were fulfilled. {10:4} And in the four and
twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great
river, which is Hiddekel, {10:5} I lifted up mine eyes, and looked,
and, behold, a man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with pure
gold of Uphaz: {10:6} his body also was like the beryl, and his face as
the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as flaming torches, and his
arms and his feet like unto burnished brass, and the voice of his words
like the voice of a multitude. {10:7} And I, Daniel, alone saw the
vision; for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great
quaking fell upon them, and they fled to hide themselves. {10:8} So 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. {10:9} Yet heard I the voice of his words; and
when I heard the voice of his words, then was I fallen into a deep
sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground. {10:10} And, behold,
a hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my
hands. {10:11} And he said unto me, O Daniel, thou man greatly beloved,
understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright; for
unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I
stood trembling. {10:12} Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel; for
from the first day that thou didst set thy heart to understand, and to
humble thyself before thy God, thy words were heard: and I am come for
thy words' sake. {10:13} But the prince of the kingdom of Persia
withstood me one and twenty days; but, lo, Michael, one of the chief
princes, came to help me: and I remained there with the kings of
Persia. {10:14} Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall
thy people in the latter days; for the vision is yet for [many] days:
{10:15} and when he had spoken unto me according to these words, I set
my face toward the ground, and was dumb. {10:16} And, behold, one in
the likeness 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
reason of the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I retain no
strength. {10:17} For how can the servant of this my lord talk with
this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in
me, neither was there breath left in me. {10:18} Then there touched me
again one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me. {10:19}
And he said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be
strong, yea, be strong. And when he spake unto me, I was strengthened,
and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me. {10:20}
Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I am come unto thee? and now will
I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I go forth, lo,
the prince of Greece shall come. {10:21} But I will tell thee that
which is inscribed in the writing of truth: and there is none that
holdeth with me against these, but Michael your prince.



   {11:1} And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood
up to confirm and strengthen him. {11:2} And now will I show thee the
truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the
fourth shall be far richer than they all: and when he is waxed strong
through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece.
{11:3} And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great
dominion, and do according to his will. {11:4} And when he shall stand
up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four
winds of heaven, but not to his posterity, nor according to his
dominion wherewith he ruled; for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even
for others besides these. {11:5} And the king of the south shall be
strong, and [one] of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and
have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion. {11:6} And at
the end of years they shall join themselves together; and the daughter
of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an
agreement: but she shall not retain the strength of her 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
those times. {11:7} But out of a shoot from her roots shall one stand
up in his place, who shall come unto the army, and shall enter into the
fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and
shall prevail. {11:8} And also their gods, with their molten images,
[and] with their goodly vessels of silver and of gold, shall he carry
captive into Egypt; and he shall refrain some years from the king of
the north. {11:9} And he shall come into the realm of the king of the
south, but he shall return into his own land. {11:10} And his sons
shall war, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces, which shall
come on, and overflow, and pass through; and they shall return and war,
even to his fortress. {11:11} And the king of the south shall be moved
with anger, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king
of the north; and he shall set forth a great multitude, and the
multitude shall be given into his hand. {11:12} And the multitude shall
be lifted up, and his heart shall be exalted; and he shall cast down
tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail. {11:13} And the king of
the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than
the former; and he shall come on at the end of the times, [even of]
years, with a great army and with much substance. {11:14} And in those
times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the
children of the violent among thy people shall lift themselves up to
establish the vision; but they shall fall. {11:15} So the king of the
north shall come, and cast up a mound, and take a well-fortified city:
and the forces of the south shall not stand, neither his chosen people,
neither shall there be any strength to stand. {11:16} But he that
cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall
stand before him; and he shall stand in the glorious land, and in his
hand shall be destruction. {11:17} And he shall set his face to come
with the strength of his whole kingdom, and with him equitable
conditions; and he shall perform them: and he shall give him the
daughter of women, to corrupt her; but she shall not stand, neither be
for him. {11:18} After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and
shall take many: but a prince shall cause the reproach offered by him
to cease; yea, moreover, he shall cause his reproach to turn upon him.
{11:19} Then he shall turn his face toward the fortresses of his own
land; but he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found. {11:20}
Then shall stand up in his place one that shall cause an exactor to
pass through the glory of the kingdom; but within few days he shall be
destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle. {11:21} And in his place
shall stand up a contemptible person, to whom they had not given the
honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in time of security, and shall
obtain the kingdom by flatteries. {11:22} And the overwhelming forces
shall be overwhelmed from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also
the prince of the covenant. {11:23} And after the league made with him
he shall work deceitfully; for he shall come up, and shall become
strong, with a small people. {11:24} In time of security shall he come
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 prey, and spoil, and substance: yea, he shall devise
his devices against the strongholds, even for a time. {11:25} And he
shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south
with a great army; and the king of the south shall war in battle with
an exceeding great and mighty army; but he shall not stand; for they
shall devise devices against him. {11:26} Yea, they that eat of his
dainties shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow; and many shall
fall down slain. {11:27} And as for both these kings, their hearts
shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table: but it
shall not prosper; for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
{11:28} Then shall he return into his land with great substance; and
his heart [shall be] against the holy covenant; and he shall do [his
pleasure], and return to his own land. {11:29} At the time appointed he
shall return, and come into the south; but it shall not be in the
latter time as it was in the former. {11:30} For ships of Kittim shall
come against him; therefore he shall be grieved, and shall return, and
have indignation against the holy covenant, and shall do [his
pleasure]: he shall even return, and have regard unto them that forsake
the holy covenant. {11:31} And forces shall stand on his part, and they
shall profane the sanctuary, even the fortress, and shall take away the
continual [burnt-offering], and they shall set up the abomination that
maketh desolate. {11:32} And such as do wickedly against the covenant
shall he pervert by flatteries; but the people that know their God
shall be strong, and do [exploits]. {11:33} And they that are wise
among the people shall instruct many; yet they shall fall by the sword
and by flame, by captivity and by spoil, [many] days. {11:34} Now when
they shall fall, they shall be helped with a little help; but many
shall join themselves unto them with flatteries. {11:35} And some of
them that are wise shall fall, to refine them, and to purify, and to
make them white, even to the time of the end; because it is yet for the
time appointed. {11:36} And the king shall do according to his will;
and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and
shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods; and he shall
prosper till the indignation be accomplished; for that which is
determined shall be done. {11:37} Neither shall he regard the gods of
his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall
magnify himself above all. {11:38} But in his place shall he honor the
god of fortresses; and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honor
with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
{11:39} And he shall deal with the strongest fortresses by the help of
a foreign god: whosoever acknowledgeth [him] he will increase with
glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the
land for a price. {11:40} And at the time of the end shall the king of
the south contend with 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 through. {11:41} He shall enter also into the
glorious land, and many [countries] shall be overthrown; but these
shall be delivered out of his hand: Edom, and Moab, and the chief of
the children of Ammon. {11:42} He shall stretch forth his hand also
upon the countries; and the land of Egypt shall not escape. {11:43} But
he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over
all the precious things of Egypt; and the Libyans and the Ethiopians
shall be at his steps. {11:44} But tidings out of the east and out of
the north shall trouble him; and he shall go forth with great fury to
destroy and utterly to sweep away many. {11:45} And he shall plant the
tents of his palace between the sea and the glorious holy mountain; yet
he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.



   {12:1} And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who
standeth for the children of thy people; and there shall be a time of
trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same
time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that
shall be found written in the book. {12:2} And many of them that sleep
in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and
some to shame and everlasting contempt. {12:3} And they that are wise
shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many
to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. {12:4} But thou, O
Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the
end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
{12:5} Then I, Daniel, looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the
one on the brink of the river on this side, and the other on the brink
of the river on that side. {12:6} And one said to the man clothed in
linen, who was above the waters of the river, How long shall it be to
the end of these wonders? {12:7} And I heard the man clothed in linen,
who was above 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 a half; and when they have made
an end of breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these
things shall be finished. {12:8} And I heard, but I understood not:
then said I, O my lord, what shall be the issue of these things? {12:9}
And he said, Go thy way, Daniel; for the words are shut up and sealed
till the time of the end. {12:10} Many shall purify themselves, and
make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do
wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but they that are
wise shall understand. {12:11} And from the time that the continual
[burnt-offering] shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh
desolate set up, there shall be a thousand and two hundred and ninety
days. {12:12} Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand
three hundred and five and thirty days. {12:13} But go thou thy way
till the end be; for thou shalt rest, and shalt stand in thy lot, at
the end of the days.




