Jubilee2000 - Daniel

Chapter 1

1:1  In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came unto Jerusalem and besieged it.

1:2  And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand with part of the vessels of the house of God which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god, and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.

1:3  And the king spoke unto Ashpenaz the prince of his eunuchs, that he should bring [certain] of the sons of Israel of the royal lineage of the princes,

1:4  young men in whom [there was] no blemish whatsoever but [who were] good looking and taught in all wisdom and wise in knowledge and of good understanding, and that [had] strength in them to stand in the king's palace, that they might be taught the letters and speech of the Chaldeans.

1:5  And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's food and of the wine which he drank, so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.

1:6  Now among these of the sons of Judah were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:

1:7  unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel [the name] of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego.

1:8  And Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's food, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

1:9  (And God brought Daniel into grace and mercy with the prince of the eunuchs.)

1:10  And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink; for when he shall see your faces more downcast than the [other] young men who [are] like unto you, then ye shall condemn my head before the king.

1:11  Then Daniel said to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

1:12  Prove, now, with thy servants ten days, and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink.

1:13  Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenances of the young men that eat of the portion of the king's food; and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.

1:14  So he consented to them in this matter and proved them ten days.

1:15  And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than the young men who ate the portion of the king's food.

1:16  Thus Melzar took the portion of their food and the wine that they should drink and gave them vegetables.

1:17  And unto these four young men, God gave them knowledge and intelligence in all letters and science; furthermore Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

1:18  Now at the end of the days after which the king had said he should bring them in, the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.

1:19  And the king communed with them, and none among them all was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; and [therefore] they stood before the king.

1:20  And in all matters of wisdom [and] intelligence, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians [and] astrologers that [were] in all his realm.

1:21  And Daniel continued [even] unto the first year of king Cyrus.:

Chapter 2

2:1  And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, with which his spirit was troubled, and his sleep fled from him.

2:2  Then the king commanded to call magicians, astrologers, enchanters, and Chaldeans, that they might show the king his dreams. So they came and presented themselves before the king.

2:3  And the king said unto them, I have dreamed [a] dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.

2:4  Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Syriack, 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 my [memory]; if ye will not make known unto me the dream with its interpretation, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

2:6  But if ye show the dream and its interpretation, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore show me the dream, and its interpretation.

2:7  They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation of it.

2:8  The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain time because ye see the thing is gone from my memory.

2:9  But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, [there is but] one decree for you for ye certainly prepare lying and corrupt words to speak before me, until the time is changed; therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can show me its interpretation.

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; furthermore [there is] no king, prince, nor lord [that] asked such a thing of any magician or astrologer or Chaldean.

2:11  Finally, the thing that the king requires is singular, and there is no one that can show it before the king except the angels [of God], whose dwelling is not with flesh.

2:12  For this cause the king was angry and very furious and commanded to destroy all the wise [men] of Babylon.

2:13  And the decree went forth, and the wise [men] were taken to be slain, and they sought Daniel and his fellows to kill them.

2:14  Then Daniel spoke with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, who was gone forth to slay the wise [men] of Babylon.

2:15  He spoke and said to Arioch the king's captain, What is the reason for which this decree has gone forth from the king with such haste? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

2:16  And Daniel went in, and asked the king that he give him time and that 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  to petition mercies of the God of heaven concerning this mystery and that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise [men]of Babylon.

2:19  Then the mystery was revealed unto Daniel in a night vision for which Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

2:20  And Daniel spoke and said, Blessed be the name of God from age to age for wisdom and might are his;

2:21  and it is he that changes the times and the opportunities; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom unto the wise and knowledge unto those that know understanding:

2:22  He reveals that which is deep and hidden; he knows what [is] in darkness, and the light dwells with him.

2:23  Unto thee, O God of my fathers, do I confess and give thee praise that thou hast given me wisdom and might and now hast shown me what we asked of thee, for thou hast shown us the king's matter.

2:24  After this Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise [men] of Babylon; he went and said thus unto him, Do not destroy 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 Daniel in before the king in haste and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah that will make known unto the king the interpretation.

2:26  The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name [was] Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make me understand the dream which I have seen and its interpretation?

2:27  Daniel answered in the presence of the king and said, The mystery which the king demands cannot be shown unto the king by wise [men], astrologers, magicians, nor fortune-tellers.

2:28  But there is [a] God in the heavens who reveals the mysteries, and he has made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall happen at the end of days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, is this:

2:29  Thou, O king, in thy bed, thy thoughts rose up to know what should come to pass in the future; and he that reveals the mysteries showed thee what shall come to pass.

2:30  And unto me this mystery has been revealed, not for [any] wisdom that is in me more than in all those living but that I notify the interpretation to the king and that thou might understand the thoughts of thy heart.

2:31  Thou, O king, didst see and behold a great image. This image, which was very large and whose glory was very sublime, stood before thee, and its form [was] terrible.

2:32  The head of this image [was] of fine gold, its breasts 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 baked clay.

2:34  Thou didst see until a stone was cut out, not with hands, which smote the image upon its feet [that were] of iron and baked clay and broke them to pieces.

2:35  Then was the iron, the baked 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 again; and the stone that smote the image was made into a great mountain that filled the whole earth.

2:36  This [is] the dream, and we will tell its interpretation before the king.

2:37  Thou, O king, [art] king of kings, for the God of heaven has given thee the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the majesty.

2:38  And everything that is inhabited by children of men, beasts of the field, and fowls of the heaven, [he] has given into thine hand, and has made thee ruler over them all. Thou [art] this head of gold.

2:39  And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the land.

2:40  And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron; and as iron breaks in pieces and subdues all [things], and as iron that breaks all these things, it shall break in pieces and bruise.

2:41  And whereas thou didst see the feet and toes, part of baked potters' clay and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divisive; but there shall be in it [some] of the strength of the iron, such as thou didst see the iron mixed with baked clay.

2:42  And [as] the toes of the feet [were] part of iron and part of baked clay, [so] the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly fragile.

2:43  Concerning that which thou didst see, the iron mixed with baked clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men, but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron does not mix with clay.

2:44  And in the days of those kings the God of heaven shall raise up a kingdom which eternally shall never become corrupted, and this kingdom shall not be left to another people, [but] it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

2:45  In the manner which thou didst see that out of the mountain was cut one stone, not with hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God has shown the king what shall come to pass hereafter; and the dream is true, and its interpretation sure.

2:46  Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face and humbled himself before Daniel and commanded that they should sacrifice presents and sweet odours unto him.

2:47  The king answered unto Daniel and said, Certainly the God [that is] your God [is] God of gods and the Lord of the kings and the revealer of the mysteries, seeing thou could reveal this mystery.

2:48  Then the king magnified Daniel and gave him many and great gifts and made him governor over the whole province of Babylon and prince of the governors over all the wise [men] of Babylon.

2:49  And Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon; but Daniel [was] at the gate of the king.:

Chapter 3

3:1  Nebuchadnezzar the king made a statue of gold, whose height [was] sixty cubits [and] its breadth 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 great [ones], the assistants and captains, the judges, the treasurers, those of the council, presidents, and all the governors of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the statue which Nebuchadnezzar the king had raised up.

3:3  Then the great [ones], the assistants and captains, the judges, the treasurers, those of the council, presidents, and all the governors of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the statue that Nebuchadnezzar the king had raised up; and they stood before the statue that Nebuchadnezzar the king had raised up.

3:4  Then a herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,

3:5  [that] when ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and of every musical instrument, ye [are to] fall down and worship the statue of gold that Nebuchadnezzar the king has raised up:

3:6  and whoever does not fall down and worship shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

3:7  Therefore, when all the peoples heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and every musical instrument, all the peoples, nations, and languages, fell down [and] worshipped the statue of gold that Nebuchadnezzar the king had raised up.

3:8  Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.

3:9  They spoke and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.

3:10  Thou, O king, hast made a law that every man upon hearing the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and every musical instrument, shall fall down and worship the statue of gold;

3:11  and whoever does not fall down and worship [that] he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

3:12  There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee; they do not worship thy gods, nor [do they] worship the statue of gold which thou hast raised up.

3:13  Then Nebuchadnezzar in [his] rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.

3:14  Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said unto them, [Is it] true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that ye do not honour my gods, nor worship the statue of gold which I have set up?

3:15  Now, are ye ready when ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and of every musical instrument to fall down and worship the statue which I made? For if ye do not worship, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who [is] that god that shall deliver you out of my hands?

3:16  Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to king Nebuchadnezzar, We [are] not careful to answer thee in this matter.

3:17  Behold, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver [us] out of thine hand, O king.

3:18  But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not worship thy god, nor honour the statue which thou hast raised up.

3:19  Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; [therefore] he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was customary to be heated.

3:20  And he commanded the most mighty men that [were] in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego [and] to cast [them] into the burning fiery furnace.

3:21  Then these men were bound in their coats, their undergarments, and their hats, 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 Abednego.

3:23  And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

3:24  Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste [and] spoke and said unto his counsellors, Did we not 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, Behold, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.

3:26  Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace [and] spoke and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth and come [here]. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.

3:27  And the great ones, the governors and the captains and the king's counsellors gathered together to see these men upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was a hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.

3:28  [Then] Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed [be] the God of these, of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants that trusted in him and have changed the king's word and yielded their bodies that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God

3:29  Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, or language which speak blasphemy against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill because there is no other god that can deliver after this sort.

3:30  Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon.:

Chapter 4

4:1  King Nebuchadnezzar, to all the peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.

4:2  The signs and wonders that the high God has wrought with me are such that I must publish them.

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 quiet in my house and flourishing in my palace;

4:5  I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the imaginations and visions of my head troubled me in my bed.

4:6  Therefore I made a decree to bring in all the wise [men] of Babylon before me that they might show me the interpretation of the dream.

4:7  Then the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the fortune-tellers came in and I told the dream before them; but they never showed me its interpretation.

4:8  But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name is Belteshazzar, who when I name him it seems to me that I name my god, and in whom [is] the spirit of the holy God; and before him I told the dream, [saying],

4:9  Belteshazzar, prince of the wise [men], [now that] I have understood that the spirit of the holy God is in thee, and that no mystery is hidden from thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen and its interpretation.

4:10  Thus [were] the visions of my head in my bed: It seemed that I saw a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.

4:11  The tree grew and made itself strong, and its height reached unto heaven, and its sight to the end of all the earth:

4:12  His leaves [were] fair, and his fruit abundant, and in him [was] food for all; underneath him the beasts of the field lay down in his shadow, and in his branches dwelt the fowls of the heaven, and all flesh was fed of him.

4:13  I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, one who was a watchman and holy descended from heaven;

4:14  he cried aloud and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit; let the beasts get away from under him and the fowls from his branches:

4:15  nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and of brass shall he be bound in the green grass of the field; and let him 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 a man's heart, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.

4:17  By sentence of the watchmen is the matter [resolved], and the case by the word of the holy ones to the intent that the living may know that the most High takes rule over the kingdom of men and gives it to whoever he will and sets up over it the man who is the lowest.

4:18  I, king Nebuchadnezzar, saw this dream. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, shall declare its interpretation, forasmuch as all the wise [men] of my kingdom could never show me its interpretation; but thou [art] able, for the spirit of the holy God in thee.

4:19  Then Daniel, whose name [was] Belteshazzar, was silent for almost one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. [Then] the king spoke and said, Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its interpretation trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, [let] the dream [be] to thine enemies, and its interpretation to those that wish thee evil.

4:20  The tree that thou didst see, which grew and made himself strong, whose height reached unto the heaven and the sight thereof to all the earth;

4:21  whose leaves [were] fair and his fruit abundant and in him [was] food for all, under whom the beasts of the field dwelt, and in whose branches the fowls of the heaven dwelt:

4:22  it [is] thou, O king, that grew and made thyself strong; for thy greatness has grown and has reached unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.

4:23  And regarding that which the king saw, one who was a watchman and holy who came down from heaven and said, Hew the tree down and destroy it; yet leave the stump of its roots in the earth, and with a band of iron and of brass [let it remain bound] in the green 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 until seven times pass over him:

4:24  this [is] the interpretation, O king, and this [is] the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:

4:25  that they shall drive thee from among men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall feed thee with grass of the field as the oxen, and with the dew of heaven shalt thou be bathed, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou shalt understand that the most High takes rule over the kingdom of men and that he shall give it to whoever he will.

4:26  And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots in the earth; thy kingdom shall remain sure unto thee, that thou shalt understand that the rule [is] in the heavens.

4:27  Therefore, O king, approve my counsel and redeem thy sins with righteousness and thine iniquities with mercies unto the poor: behold the medicine for thy sin.

4:28  All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.

4:29  At the end of twelve months as he was walking upon the palace of the kingdom of Babylon,

4:30  the king spoke and said, Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for [the] house of the kingdom by the might of my power and for the glory of my greatness?

4:31  The word was yet in the king's mouth when there fell a voice from heaven, [saying], O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee;

4:32  and they drive thee from among men, and thy dwelling [shall be] with the beasts of the field; and they shall feed thee as the oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee until thou know that the most High takes rule in the kingdom of men and gives it to whoever he will.

4:33  The same hour the word was fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from among men and ate grass as the oxen, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like eagles' [feathers] and his nails like birds' [claws].

4:34  But at the end of the time I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up my eyes unto heaven, and my understanding was returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and glorified him that lives for ever, whose dominion [is] an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom [is] through all ages:

4:35  and all the inhabitants of the earth [are] counted as nothing; and in the army of heaven and in the inhabitants of the earth, he does according to his will; nor is there anyone who can interfere with his hand and say unto him, What doest thou?

4:36  In the same time my reason was returned unto me, and I [turned] to the majesty of my kingdom; my dignity and greatness returned unto me; and my governors and my great [ones] sought me; and I was restored in my kingdom, and more [excellent] greatness was added unto me.

4:37  Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and build up and glorify the King of heaven because all his works [are] truth, and his ways judgment: and he is able to humble those that walk with arrogance.:

Chapter 5

5:1  Belshazzar the king made a great banquet to a thousand of his lords, and against the thousand he drank wine.

5:2  Belshazzar, under the influence of the wine, commanded that they bring the vessels of gold and of silver which Nebuchadnezzar his father had brought from the Temple of Jerusalem; that the king and his princes, his wives and his concubines, might drink with them.

5:3  Then they brought the vessels of gold that they had brought from the Temple of the House of God which [was] in Jerusalem; and the king and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank with 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 that same hour some fingers of [a] man's hand came forth and wrote in front of the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the palm of the hand that wrote.

5:6  Then the king became pale, and his thoughts troubled him, and the girdings of his loins were unloosed, and his knees smote one against another.

5:7  The king cried in [a] loud voice that they bring in the magicians, the Chaldeans, and the fortune-tellers. The king spoke and said to the wise [men] of Babylon, Whoever shall read this writing and show me its interpretation, 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 all the king's wise [men] came in, but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king its interpretation.

5:9  Then king Belshazzar was greatly troubled, and his colour was changed, and his princes were upset.

5:10  [Now] the queen, by reason of the words of the king and of his princes, came into the banquet room. The queen spoke and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy [countenance] be pale.

5:11  There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom [lives] the spirit of the holy God; and in the days of thy father light and intelligence and wisdom, like the knowledge of God, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar, thy father, made prince over all the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, [and] fortune-tellers; [thus did] thy father, the king,

5:12  because Daniel, whom the king named Beltechazzar, was found to have a more excellent spirit and greater knowledge and understanding interpreting dreams, unraveling questions, and dissolving doubts. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show [thee] the interpretation.

5:13  Then Daniel was brought in before the king. [And] the king spoke and said unto Daniel, [Art] thou that Daniel, who [art] of the sons of the captivity of Judah, whom my father brought out of Judea?

5:14  I have heard of thee, that the spirit of the holy God is in thee and [that] light and understanding and greater wisdom was found in thee.

5:15  And now the wise [men], the astrologers, have been brought in before me that they should read this writing and make known unto me its interpretation, but they could not show the interpretation of the thing:

5:16  And I have heard of thee, that thou canst declare that which is in doubt and unravel difficulties: now if thou canst read this writing and show me its interpretation, 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 for thyself and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king and show him the interpretation.

5:18  O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom and the greatness and the glory and the magnificence:

5:19  and by 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 set up; and whom he would he humbled.

5:20  But when his heart made itself arrogant, and his spirit hardened itself in pride, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom, and they took his glory from him:

5:21  and he was driven from among the sons of men; and his heart was put with the beasts, and his dwelling [was] with the wild asses: they made him eat grass like an ox, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven until he understood that the most high God takes rule of the kingdom of men and [that] he appoints over it whoever he will.

5:22  And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;

5:23  but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy princes, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; furthermore, thou hast praised gods of silver and of gold, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone, which do not see, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand [is] thy soul and whose [are] all thy ways, thou hast never honoured.

5:24  Then from his presence was sent the palm of the hand that sculpted this writing.

5:25  And the writing that he sculpted is, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

5:26  This [is] the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God has audited thy kingdom and finished it.

5:27  TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances and art found wanting.

5:28  PERES; Thy kingdom has been broken and is given to the Medes and Persians.

5:29  Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple and [put] a chain of gold about his neck and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

5:30  That same night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was slain.

5:31  And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being sixty-two years old.:

Chapter 6

6:1  It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred and twenty governors who should be in all the kingdom;

6:2  and over these three presidents, of whom Daniel [was] first, that the governors might give accounts unto them, and the king should not be bothered.

6:3  Then this Daniel was preferred above these governors and presidents because an over abundance of [the] Spirit [was] in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole kingdom.

6:4  Then the presidents and governors looked for occasions against Daniel on behalf of the kingdom, but they could find no occasion or fault because he was faithful, and no vice nor fault was found in him.

6:5  Then these men said, We shall never find any occasion against this Daniel except we find [it] against him in the law of his God.

6:6  Then these governors and presidents assembled together before the king and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.

6:7  All the presidents of the kingdom, magistrates, governors, great [ones], and captains have agreed in common accord to promote a royal decree and to confirm it that whoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, except of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

6:8  Now, O king, confirm the decree and sign the writing that it not be moved, according to the law of Media and of Persia, which does not change.

6:9  Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

6:10  Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he entered into his house; and with the windows open toward Jerusalem in his dining chamber, he knelt three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God as he was used to doing before.

6:11  Then these men assembled and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.

6:12  Then they went and spoke before the king concerning the royal decree; Hast thou not confirmed a decree that whoever 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 Media and Persia, which does not change.

6:13  Then they answered and said before the king, That Daniel, which [is] of the sons of the captivity of the Jews, has not regarded thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast confirmed, but makes his petition three times a day.

6:14  When the king, heard the matter, it weighed very heavy upon him, and [he] set [his] heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured until the going down of the sun to deliver him.

6:15  Then those men assembled near the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that this is the law of Media and of Persia: No decree nor statute which the king has confirmed may be moved.

6:16  Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast [him] into the den of lions. [Now] the king, speaking unto Daniel, said, Thy God whom thou servest continually, [may] he 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 [ring] and with the signet [ring] of his princes that the agreement concerning Daniel might not be changed.

6:18  Then the king went to his palace and lay down without eating; neither were instruments of music brought before him, and his sleep fled from him.

6:19  Therefore, the king arose very early in the morning at dawn and went in haste unto the den of lions.

6:20  And when he came to the den, he cried loudly with a sad voice unto Daniel; [and] the king, in speaking to Daniel said, Daniel, servant of the living God, has thy God, whom thou servest continually, been able to deliver thee from the lions?

6:21  Then Daniel said unto the king, O king, live for ever.

6:22  My God has sent his angel, who shut the lions' mouths, that they do me no evil because before him righteousness was found in me; and even before thee, O king, I have done no corruption.

6:23  Then the king was exceeding glad because of him and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no injury was found upon him because he believed in his God.

6:24  And the king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast [them] into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and even before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions had the mastery of them, and broke all their bones in pieces.

6:25  Then king Darius wrote unto all the peoples, nations, and tongues, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied unto you.

6:26  On my behalf a statute is put into effect, That in all the dominion of my kingdom everyone tremble at the presence of the God of Daniel for he [is] the Living God and endures for all ages, and his kingdom [is such] that it shall never come apart, and his dominion [shall be even] unto the end:

6:27  that saves and frees, and makes signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.

6:28  So this Daniel was prospered during the reign of Darius and during the reign of Cyrus, [the] Persian.:

Chapter 7

7:1  In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream [and] penned the sum of the matters.

7:2  Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven fought the great sea.

7:3  And four great beasts came up from the sea, different one from another.

7:4  The first [was] like a lion, and had eagle's wings; I beheld until the its wings were plucked off, and it was removed from the earth, and it stood up on its feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.

7:5  And behold the second beast, like unto a bear, which went off to one side, and [it had] three ribs between its teeth; and thus was said unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.

7:6  After this I beheld, and behold another, like a tiger, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; this beast also had four heads; and power was given to it.

7:7  After this I saw in the night visions, and behold the fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and exceedingly strong; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces and trod down that which was left with its feet; and it was very different from all the beasts that had been before her; and it had ten horns.

7:8  As I was considering the horns, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom three of the first horns were plucked up [by the roots]; and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking grand things.

7:9  I beheld until thrones were placed, and an Elder of great age did sit, whose garment [was] white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool: his throne [a] flame of fire, his wheels burning fire.

7:10  A river of fire issued and came forth from before him; thousands of thousands served him, and ten thousands of ten thousands stood before him; the Judge sat down, and the books were opened.

7:11  I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spoke; I beheld [even] until the beast was slain and its body was undone and given over to be burned in the fire.

7:12  They had also taken from the other beasts their rule because their lives had been prolonged until a certain time.

7:13  I saw in the vision of the night, and, behold, in the clouds of heaven like a Son of man that came and drew near unto the Elder of great age, and they brought him near before him.

7:14  And he gave him dominion and glory and kingdom; and all the peoples, nations, and tongues served him: his dominion [is] an eternal dominion, which shall not pass away, and his Kingdom such that it shall never be corrupted.

7:15  My spirit was troubled, I Daniel, in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head astonished me.

7:16  I came near unto one of those that stood by and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me and made me know the interpretation of the things.

7:17  These great beasts, which are four, [are] four kings, [which] shall arise in the earth.

7:18  And they shall take the kingdom of the Holy [One who is] most High and possess the kingdom until the age and until the age of the ages.

7:19  Then I had the desire to know the truth regarding the fourth beast, which was so different from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of brass; [which] devoured and broke in pieces and trod down that which was left with its feet;

7:20  also regarding the ten horns that [were] in its head, and [of] the other which came up, and before whom three fell; and that same horn had eyes and [a] mouth that spoke very grand things, whose appearance was greater than his fellows.

7:21  I saw that this horn made war against the saints and overcame them;

7:22  until such time as the Elder of great age came, and the judgment was given unto the saints of the most High; and the time came, and the saints possessed the Kingdom.

7:23  Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be a fourth king in earth, which shall be greater than all the other kingdoms and shall devour the whole earth and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.

7:24  And the ten horns [signify] that of this kingdom ten kings shall arise; and another shall rise after them; and he shall be greater than the first [kings], and he shall bring down three kings.

7:25  And he shall speak [great] words against the most High and shall break down the saints of the most High and think to move the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until [a] time and times and the half [or dividing] of a time.

7:26  And the Judge shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion to destroy and to cast out unto the end;

7:27  and that the kingdom and the dominion, and the majesty of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, be given to the holy people of the most High, His Kingdom [shall be] an eternal Kingdom, and all the dominions shall serve him and hear [him].

7:28  Up unto here was the end of the word. I, Daniel, was very troubled in my thoughts, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the word in my heart.:

Chapter 8

8:1  In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, Daniel, after that [vision] which had appeared unto me before.

8:2  And I saw in [the] vision; (and it came to pass, when I saw it, that I [was] at Shushan, which is [the] head of the kingdom in the province of Persia); so that I saw in that vision, being by the river of Ulai,

8:3  and I lifted up my eyes and saw, and, behold, a ram was standing before the river, which had two horns; and even though they were high, the one [was] higher than the other, and the higher one came up last.

8:4  I saw that the ram smote with the horns to the west, to the north, and to the south and that no beast could stand before him, nor could anyone escape from his hand; but he did according to his will and made himself great.

8:5  And as I was considering, behold, a he goat came from the west upon the face of the whole earth and did not touch the earth: 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]had seen standing before the river and ran against him in the fury of his power.

8:7  And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he rose up against him and smote him, and broke his two horns: because the ram did not have the strength to stand before him; therefore he cast him down to the ground and trod him under; and there was no one to deliver the ram out of his hand.

8:8  And the he goat made himself very great, and when he was at his greatest strength, that great horn was broken; and in its place came up another four marvellous ones toward the four winds of heaven.

8:9  And out of the first of them came forth a little horn, which grew much toward the south and toward the east and toward the desirable [land].

8:10  And it magnified itself unto the host of heaven, and it cast down [part] of the host and of the stars to the ground and trod them under.

8:11  Even [against] the prince of the host did he magnify himself, and by him the daily [sacrifice] was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast to [the] earth.

8:12  And the host was given over by reason of the prevarication upon the daily [sacrifice]; and he cast the truth to the ground; and he did [whatever he would] and prospered.

8:13  Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto the one which spoke, How long [shall] the vision of the daily [sacrifice last] and the prevarication of desolation that places [both] the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?

8:14  And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred [days of] evening and morning; then shall the sanctuary be justified.

8:15  And it came to pass, as I, Daniel, was considering the vision and seeking to understand it, behold, there stood before me the likeness of a man.

8:16  And I heard a man's voice between [the banks of the] Ulai, which called and said, Gabriel, teach this [man] the vision.

8:17  So he came near where I stood, and with his coming, I was afraid and fell upon my face; and he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time appointed [by God] the vision shall be fulfilled.

8:18  Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a [deep] sleep on the ground upon my face; and he touched me and changed my state.

8:19  And he said, Behold, I will show thee that [which] is to come in the last end of the wrath; for at the time appointed [this] shall be fulfilled.

8:20  The ram which thou didst see having [two] horns [are] the kings of Media and Persia.

8:21  And the he goat [is] the king of Grecia, and the great horn that he [had] between his eyes [is] the first king.

8:22  Now that being broken, whereas four stood up in its place, [means that] four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his strength.

8:23  And at the end of their empire, when the prevaricators are come to the full, a king of arrogant countenance and expert in enigmas shall raise [himself] up.

8:24  And his power shall be strengthened, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy marvellously and shall prosper and do [according to his will] and shall destroy the mighty and the people of the saints.

8:25  And with his understanding he shall cause the deceit in his hand to prosper, and he shall magnify [himself] in his heart, and by peace he shall destroy many; he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes, and without hand he shall be broken.

8:26  And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told [is] true; therefore shut thou up the vision; for it [shall be] for many days.

8:27  And I Daniel was broken and was sick [certain] days; and after I rose up, I did the king's business; but I was astonished at the vision, and there was no one who could understand it.:

Chapter 9

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 saw diligently in the books the number of the years, of which the LORD spoke unto Jeremiah the prophet, which would conclude the desolation of Jerusalem in seventy years.

9:3  And I turned my face unto the Lord God, seeking him in prayer and supplication, in fasting and sackcloth, and ashes:

9:4  and I prayed unto the LORD my God and made my confession and said, Now O Lord, [thou] great God who is worthy to be feared, who keeps the covenant and the mercy with those that love thee and keep thy commandments;

9:5  we have sinned, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly, and we have been rebels, and we have departed from thy commandments and from thy judgments.

9:6  We have not hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, who spoke in thy name to our kings and to our princes, to our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

9:7  O Lord, the righteousness [belongs] unto thee, but unto us the 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 lands where thou hast driven them because of their rebellion with which they have rebelled against thee.

9:8  O Lord, to us [belongs] confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.

9:9  Of the Lord our God is [the ability] to have mercy and to forgive, even though [we] have rebelled against him

9:10  and have not listened to the voice of the LORD our God to walk by his laws, which he set before us by the hand of his servants the prophets.

9:11  And all Israel transposed thy law, departing by not hearing thy voice; by which the curse has fallen upon us and the oath that [is] written in the law of Moses, the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.

9:12  And he has confirmed his words, which he spoke over us and over our judges that governed us, by bringing upon us such a great evil: that [such] has never been done under the whole heaven as has been done upon Jerusalem.

9:13  As [it is] written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us, and we never sought the face of the LORD our God, that we might be converted from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.

9:14  And the LORD hastened upon the chastisement and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God [is] just in all his works which he has done, for we did not listen to his voice.

9:15  And now, O Lord our God, who hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and hast won for thyself a very clear name as appears unto this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.

9:16  O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, 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 all thy people is given in reproach to all [that are] about us.

9:17  Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant and his supplications and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is made desolate, by the Lord.

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 [confiding] in our righteousnesses, but in thy many mercies.

9:19  O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

9:20  And whiles I [was] speaking and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;

9:21  I [was] even yet speaking in prayer, and that man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, flying swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening sacrifice.

9:22  And he caused me to understand and spoke with me and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to cause thee to understand the interpretation.

9:23  At the beginning of thy supplications, the word went forth, and I have come to teach it unto thee; for thou [art a man] greatly beloved: therefore understand the word, and understand the vision.

9:24  Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city to finish the prevarication and to conclude the sin and to make reconciliation for iniquity and to bring in everlasting righteousness and seal the vision and the prophecy, and to anoint the Holy of Holies.

9:25  Know therefore and understand [that] from the going forth of the word to cause [the people] to return and to build Jerusalem unto the Anointed Prince, [there shall be] seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks, [while] the street shall be built again and the wall, [even] in troublous times.

9:26  And after the sixty-two weeks the Anointed [One] shall be killed and shall have nothing: (and the ruling people that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; whose end [shall be as] a flood, until at the end of the war it shall be cut off [with] desolation.)

9:27  In one week (they are now seventy) he shall confirm the covenant by many: and at the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and because of the many abominations, desolation shall come, even until complete destruction shall be poured out upon the abominable [people].:

Chapter 10

10:1  In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia the Word was revealed unto Daniel, whose name [was called] Belteshazzar; and the Word [was] true, but the time appointed [was] long: and he understood the word, and had intelligence in the vision.

10:2  In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three weeks of days.

10:3  I ate no pleasant bread, neither did flesh nor wine come into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all until the three weeks of days were fulfilled.

10:4  And in the twenty-fourth day of the first month as I was by the side of the great river, which [is] Hiddekel;

10:5  and lifting up my eyes, I saw, and behold a man clothed in linens, whose loins [were] girded with very pure gold:

10:6  his body [was] like the [stone of] Tarsis [turquoise], and his face as a [bolt of] lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to brilliant brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of [an] army.

10:7  And only I, Daniel, saw that vision: for the men that were with me did not see the vision; but a great fear fell upon them, and they fled and hid themselves.

10:8  Therefore I was left alone and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me, for my strength was turned into dismay, and I retained no strength.

10:9  Yet I heard the voice of his words, and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I placed into a deep sleep on my face, and my face [was] toward the ground.

10:10  And, behold, a hand touched me and caused me to move upon my knees and [upon] the palms of my hands.

10:11  And he said unto me, Daniel, O man greatly beloved, pay attention to the words that I shall speak unto thee, and stand up upon thy feet: for I am sent now unto thee. And as he was speaking this with me, I was trembling.

10:12  And he said unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst give thy heart to understand and to afflict thy soul before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come because of thy words.

10:13  But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days: and behold, 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 know what shall befall thy people in the latter days, for there shall still [be] vision for [several] days.

10:15  And as he was speaking such words unto me, I looked toward the ground and became dumb.

10:16  And, behold, [one] like the similitude of [the] son of man touched my lips; then I opened my mouth and spoke and said unto him that stood before me, O my Lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.

10:17  For how can the servant of my Lord talk with my Lord? for as for me, for in that instant I had no more strength in me, neither was there any breath left in me.

10:18  Then there came again and touched me [one] like the appearance of a man, and he comforted me,

10:19  and said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace [be] unto thee, be of good cheer, and be well. And as he spoke unto me, I was strengthened and said, Let my Lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.

10:20  Then said he, Knowest thou why I have come unto thee? Because now I must return to fight with the prince of the Persians; and when I am gone forth, next the prince of Grecia shall come.

10:21  But I will interpret unto thee that which is written in the scripture of truth: and [there is] no one that holds with me in these [things], but Michael your prince.:

Chapter 11

11:1  And in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood to encourage and to strengthen him.

11:2  And now will I show thee the truth. Behold, there shall yet be three kings in Persia, and the fourth shall obtain far greater riches than [they] all; and by his strengthening himself with his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.

11:3  And a valiant king shall stand up, that shall rule over [a] great dominion and do according to his will.

11:4  But when he is reigning, his kingdom shall be broken and shall be divided by the four winds of heaven, and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion by which he ruled; for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.

11:5  And the king of the south, and of his principalities, shall make himself strong; and he shall exceed him and make himself powerful; his dominion [shall be] a great dominion.

11:6  But at the end of [some] 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; for she shall be given up and those that brought her and he that begat her, and those that were for her in [this] time.

11:7  But of the new shoot from her roots shall [one] stand up upon his throne and shall come unto the army and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north and do in them [according to his will] and shall prevail:

11:8  and even their gods, with their princes, with their precious vessels of silver and of gold, shall be taken captive in Egypt; and for [some] years he shall maintain himself against the king of the north.

11:9  Thus shall the king of the south enter into the kingdom and return to his own land.

11:10  But the sons of that one shall be stirred up and shall assemble a multitude of great armies and shall come in great haste, and overflow and pass through and turn and come with wrath unto his fortress.

11:11  Therefore the king of the south shall become furious and shall come forth and fight with him [even] with the king of the north; and he shall put a great multitude into [the] field, but all that multitude shall be given into his hand.

11:12  Therefore the multitude shall be filled with pride, his heart shall be lifted up, and he shall cast down many thousands, but he shall not prevail.

11:13  And the king of the north shall put another multitude greater than the former in [the] field and at the end of a time of some years shall come in great haste with a great army and with much riches.

11:14  But in those times many shall stand up against the king of the south, and sons of robbers of thy people shall raise themselves up to establish the vision, but they shall fall.

11:15  So the king of the north shall come and cast up a mount and shall take the strong cities, and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be [any] fortress that can withstand.

11:16  And he that comes against him shall do according to his own will, and there shall be no one that can stand before him, and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.

11:17  He shall then set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom and shall do upright things with him, and he shall give him a daughter of [his] women to persuade her, but she shall not stand, neither be for him.

11:18  After this he shall turn his face unto the isles and shall take many, but a prince shall cause him to cease his affront and shall even turn his reproach upon him.

11:19  Then he shall turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land, but he shall stumble and fall and not appear again.

11:20  Then shall succeed in his throne a taker of taxes [who shall be the] Glory of the Kingdom, but within few days he shall be broken, neither in anger, nor in battle.

11:21  And a vile [person] shall succeed in his place, to whom they shall not give the honour of the Kingdom: nevertheless he shall come in with peace and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

11:22  And with the arms they shall be overflown of a flood before him and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.

11:23  And after the union [made] with him he shall work deceit and shall rise and shall overcome with few people.

11:24  With the province in peace and in abundance, he shall enter and do [that] which his fathers have never done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall distribute prey and spoil and riches to his soldiers; and against the fortresses he shall forecast his devices, even for [a] time.

11:25  And he shall stir up his forces and his heart against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall move to the war with a great and mighty army, but he shall not prevail, for they shall betray him.

11:26  Even those that ate his bread shall break him, and his army shall be destroyed; and many shall fall down slain.

11:27  And the heart of both these kings [shall be] to do evil, and at the same table they shall speak lies; but it shall not prosper, for the time appointed is not yet come.

11:28  Then he shall return into his land with great riches; and his heart [shall be] against the holy covenant; and he shall do [exploits] and return to his own land.

11:29  At the time appointed he shall turn toward the south, but the latter [coming] shall not be as the former.

11:30  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 [an] understanding with those that have forsaken the holy covenant.

11:31  And arms shall be placed on his behalf, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength and shall take away the daily [sacrifice], and they shall place the abomination that makes desolate.

11:32  And with flatteries he shall cause to sin those that violate the covenant, but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do [exploits].

11:33  And the wise among the people shall give wisdom to many, yet they shall fall by the sword, and by fire, by captivity, and by spoil, for [some] days.

11:34  And in their fall, they shall be helped with a little help, but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.

11:35  And [some] of the wise shall fall to be purged and cleaned and made white, [even] to the time of the end because even for this [there is] 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 marvels against the God of gods and shall prosper until the indignation is accomplished, for the determination has been made.

11:37  Neither shall he care for the God of his fathers, nor the love of women, nor care for any god, for he shall magnify himself above all.

11:38  But in his place shall he honour the god of fortresses, [a] god whom his fathers did not know; he shall honour it with gold and silver and precious stones and with things of great price.

11:39  And with the [people of] the strange god that he shall know, he shall make strong fortresses, increase their glory; and cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.

11:40  But at the end of the time the king of the south shall lock horns with him, and the king of the north shall raise up a storm against him with chariots and with horsemen and with many ships, and he shall enter into the lands and shall overflow and pass over.

11:41  He shall come to the glorious land, and many [provinces] shall fall, but these shall escape out of his hand, [even] Edom and Moab and the first of the sons of Ammon.

11:42  He shall stretch forth his hand to the lands, and the land of Egypt shall not escape.

11:43  And he shall take over the treasures of gold and of silver and of all the precious things of Egypt, of Libya, and Ethiopia where he passes.

11:44  But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him; therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy and to kill many.

11:45  And he shall plant the tents of his palace between the seas, in the desirable mountain of the Sanctuary; and he shall come to his end, and shall have no one to help him.:

Chapter 12

12:1  And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who is for the sons of thy people, and it shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there were people until now, but in that time thy people shall escape, all those that are found written in the book.

12:2  And many of those that sleep in the dust of the earth shall be awakened, some for eternal life, and some for shame [and] everlasting confusion.

12:3  And those that understand shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and those that teach righteousness [to] the multitude as the stars in perpetual eternity.

12:4  But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end: many shall pass by, and knowledge shall be multiplied.

12:5  Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, another two who stood, one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.

12:6  And [one] said to the Man clothed in linens, who [was] upon the waters of the river, When [shall be] the end of these wonders?

12:7  And I heard the Man clothed in linens, who [was] upon the waters of the river, who raised his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and swore by the Living one in the ages that [it shall be] for [a] time, times, and a half; and when the scattering of the power of the holy people shall be finished, all these [things] shall be fulfilled.

12:8  And I heard, but I did not understand; then I said, O my Lord, what [is] the fulfillment of these things?

12:9  And he said, Go thy way, Daniel, for these words [are] closed up and sealed until the time of the fulfillment.

12:10  Many shall be purified and made white and purged, but [the] wicked shall get worse; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.

12:11  And from the time [that] the daily [sacrifice] is taken away until the abomination of desolation, [there shall be] a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

12:12  Blessed [is] he that waits and comes unto one thousand three hundred and thirty-five days.

12:13  And thou shall go to the end and shalt rest, and thou shalt raise up in thy lot at the end of the days.