Daniel interpreteth dah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry? 14 I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee. the handwriting. 24 Then was the part of the cir. 538. cir. 538. hand sent from him; and this writing was written. | Or, grandfather. 4 ver. 11, 12. r ver. 7,8. 15 And now 'the wise men, the astrologers, have been broughtin before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing: 16 And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpre-† Chald. tations, and dissolve doubts: inter"now if thou canst read the wri-pret. ting, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom. 17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy || rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation. ver. 7. Or, fee, as ch.2.6. Job31.6. Ps. 62. 9. Je. 6. 30. f Foretold, Is. 21. 2 ver. 31. ch. 9. 1. g ch.6.28. h ver. 7. cir. 538. iJe.51.31, k 39, 57. ch. 9. 1. t Chald. he as the son of &c. tch. 2.37, 38.&4.17. Or, now. 18 O thou king, 'the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, 22, 25. and glory, and honour 19 And for the majesty that he gave him, "all people, nacions, "Je.27.7. and languages, trembled and ch. 3. 4. feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down. 20 But when his heart was ch.4.30, lifted up, and his mind hardened 37. in pride, he was fdeposed from his kingly throne, and they took deal 4 Or, to his glory from him: 21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. 22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this: proudly, 25 And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 26 This is the interpretation of the thing MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. 27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. 28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. 29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Danielwith scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that bhe should be the third ruler in the kingdom. 30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. 31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old. CHAPTER VI. Daniel is made chief of the presidents, 1. 4 They conspiring against him obtain an idolatrous decree. 10 Daniel, accused of the breach thereof, is cast into the lions' den. 18 Daniel is saved. 24 His adversaries devoured, 25 and God magnified by a decree. cir. 538. pleased Darius to set "over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; a Es. 1. 1. 2 And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage. 3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and Ex.18.11 b ch.5.12. princes, bbecause an excellent Chald. spirit was in him; and the king made to thought to set him over the come whole realm. down. ch.4.32. c Ec. 4. 4. &c. Or, he made his heart equal, &c. 25. ch.4.17, a 2 Ch.33. 23. & 36. 12. bver.3, 4. 23 bBut hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, fron, wood, and stone, which Ps. 115. see not, nor hear, nor know: 5,6. and the God in whose hand tuy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast chou not glorified. cir. 537. 4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither I was there any error or fault found in him. 5 Thensaid these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. 6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. 7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shail ask a petition of sians, which faltereth not. & 8.8 B. C. into the lions' den 19 Then the king arose very cir. 537. early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions. 20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, 9 Wherefore king Darius signed ver.12,15. ch. 3.15. is thy God, whom thou servest † Chald. the writing and the decree. 11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. 2.4. 3. 1. &10. 9. ch. 2. 4. tch. 3.28. u He. 11. 33. 33. continually, able to deliver thee from the lions? 21 Then said Daniel unto the king, “O king, live for ever. 22My God hath sent his angel, and hath "shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. 23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon He. 11. him, because he believed in his God. 12 Then they came near, and b ch. 3. 8. spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the i ver. 8. See De. law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. 13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Dan iel, kwhich is of the children of k ch. 1. 6. Y De. 19. 19. Es.9.10. 24.16.2Ki. 24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, "their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den. the captivity of Judah, Iregard- & 5. 13. ach. 4. 1. 25 T Then king Darius wrote eth not thee, O king, nor the de-1 ch. 3.12. a day. 14 Then the king,when he heard these words, "was sore displeas-m So Ma. ed with himself, and set his heart 6, 26. on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him. 15 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that "the a ver. 8. &7.14,27. 16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee. 17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; Pand the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel. La.3.53. PSO Mat. 27.66. 18 T Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instru-Or, ments of music brought before table. † Heb. 27 He delivereth and rescueth, fand he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the tpower of the lions. 28 So this Daniel prospered in ch.1.21. the reign of Darius, sand in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. h Ezra 1. CHAPTER VII. him and his sleep went from 4 ch. 2. 1. Re. 13.1. 3 And four great beasts came him. Daniel's vision of four beasts. up from the sea, diverse one from another. CHAPTER VII. 5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it whereraised up itself on one side, and with. it had three ribs in the mouthch. 2.39. of it between the teeth of it: and Or,. they said thus unto it, Arise, it raised devour much flesh. up one dominion. b ver. 28. † Chald, sheath. c ver. 3. dI8.60.12, 13,14.ver 6 After this, I beheld, and lo, another, like a leopard, which ch. 8. 8, 22, 27. 2 had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also ffour heads; and dominion was given to it. 7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold & a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; hand it had ten horns. 22. 5 ch.2.40. ver. 19, 23. ch.241. Re. 13. 1. ver. 20. 21, 24.ch. 8. 9. k Re. 9.7. 1 Ps. 12.3. ver. 25. Re. 13. 5. Re. 20. Ti. 2. 11, 12. Re. 2. 26,27.&3. 21. & 20.4. Chald. high ones, that is, things, or, plac es. e ver. 7. Chald. from all those. 81 considered the horns, and behold, ithere came up among 4. them another little horn, before "Ps.90.2. whom there were three of the ver 13, first horus plucked up by the 22. roots: and behold, in this horn Ps. 104. were eyes like the eyes kof man, 2. Re. 1.7. & 13. 7. land a mouth speaking great 14. & 19. 19. things. PEz.1.15, feh. 8.12. 24. & 11. 31.Re.11. & 17. 14. ver. 9. 1 Co. 6. 2. Re.1.6.& 5.10.&20. 9 I beheld till the thrones 16. were cast down, and "the An-Ps.50.3. h ver. 18. cient of days did sit, "whose gar- &97.3.Is. ment was white as snow, and the 30. 33. & hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the1 Ki. 22. fiery Hame, Pand his wheels as burning fire. 66. 15. 17.He.12. kver.7,8, 19. Ps.68. ich. 2.40. 22. Re. 5. 20. Re.17. 10 A fiery stream issued and 11. came forth from before him thousand thousands ministered 12. unto him and ten thousand times Re. ten thousand stood before him: 20. the judgment was set, and the t Chald. books were opened. 11 I beheld then because of the longing m Re. 17. voice of the great words which in life 6. & 18. the horn spake: 1 beheld even was giv-24. till the beast was slain, and his en them. body destroyed, and given to the "Ez.1.26. burning flame. 12 As concerning the rest of the 30. & 26. ceasts, they had their dominion 64. Re. 1. taken away: yet their lives were 7.13. & 14. prolonged for a season and time. 13 I saw in the night visions, and behold, "one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. Of the kingdom of God. his dominion is "an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom. thut which shall not be destroyed. 15 TI Daniel bwas grieved in my spirit in the midst of my f body, and the visions of my head troubled me. 16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things. 17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. 18 But dthe saints of the Most and possess the kingdom for High shall take the kingdom, ever, even for ever and ever. 19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; 20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. 21 I beheld, fand the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; 22 Until the Ancient of days came, band judgment was given to the saints of the Most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. 23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be ithe fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and and shall tread it down, and shall devour the whole earth, break it in pieces. 24 kAnd the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that rise after them; and he shall be shall arise: and another shall diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. 25 And he shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and "think to they shall be given into his change times and laws: and hand Puntil a time and times and the dividing of time. 26 But the judgment shall sit, minion to consume and to desand they shall take away his do troy it unto the end. 27 And the kingdom and dokingdom under the whole heav minion, and the greatness of the en, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlast ing kingdom, tand all || dominions shall serve and obey him. Cır. 553. sacrifice. 13 Then I heard "one saint Ps. 119. speaking, and another saint said 43,142.Is. unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sa crifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanc tuary and the host to be trodden 59. 14. IN the third year of the reign 3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, 4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great. the se- 5 And as I was considering, be-t hold, an he-goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground and the goat had † da notable horn between his eyes. 6 And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. 7 And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand. 8 Therefore, the he-goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it, came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven. ch.5.19. &11.3,16. || Or, none touched un in the earth Or, the number er of secrets, or, the won derful number. er. ↑ Heb. ni. morning 1. 10, 11. Heb. an horn of sight. d ver. 21. 7. "ch. 7. 6. ch. 12.6, bch. 9.21. fch. 7. 8. & 11. 21. g ch. 11. 25. on my stand ing. fch. 9. 27. Re. 12.4. 11. 36. from 9 (And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land. 10 i And it waxed great, even him. to the host of heaven; and lit cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. m 50. Re. 17. aver. 6. 38. Nu.28. P Ex. 20. 13, 17. 3. Ez. 46. 13. make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indigna 19 And he said, Behold, I will tion: ffor at the time appointed the end shall be. 20 The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia. 21 And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. 22k Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power. 23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors fare come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, "shall stand up. 24 And his power shall be mighty, "but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and the tholy people. Pand shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty P ver. 12. ch. 11.36. 4 ver. 10. ch.7. 25. †Heb. people of the holy ones. Daniel's confession, and prayer CHAPTER IX. 4, 9. Re. king's business; and I was as-z Ez. 12. tonished at the vision, but none understood it. CHAPTER IX. Daniel, considering the time of the captivity, 1, 3 maketh confession of sins, 16 and prayeth for the restoration of Jerusalem. 20 Gabriel informeth him of the seventy weeks, IN the first year" of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes,which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; 2 In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to b Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. 31 And I set my face unto the Lord GoD,to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: B. C. k ver. 6. 15,&c. & 29.20,&c. & 30. 17, 18. & 31. 17, &c. & 32.19, &c. La. 2. 17. "Zec.1.6. La.1.12. cir. 538. ach. 1.21. & 5.31.& 6. 28. "See ver. 5.3. Ho.7. Or,, 21. Je.25. ver. 10. "Ex. 6.1, 6.&32.11. Iki. 8.51. Ne. 1. 4. Ne. 1. 10. 29. 10. ch. 6. 10. Je. 32.21. made Je. 29.12, Heb. 4 And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the name. great and dreadful God, keepEx. 14. ing the covenant and mercy to 18Ne.9.10 them that love him, and to them Je.32.20. that keep his commandments; ver. 5. 5 We have sinned, and have 47,48.Ne. Sa. 12. committed iniquity, and have 1.6.7.& 9. 7.P.31.1. done wickedly, and have rebelled 33,34. Ps. & 71. 2. even by departing from thy pre- 106. 6. Is. Mi.6. 4,5. cepts and from thy judgments: 64. 5, 6,7. ver. 20. 6 Neither have we hearkened Je. 14. 7. Zec. 8. 3. unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land ver. 15. bEx.20.5. La.2.15, f2 Ch.36. 16. 10. 70 Lord, Brighteousness belong-Or, thou g ver. 19. iEx. 3. 7. for Jerusalem's restoration, 10 kNeither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. 11 Yea, lall Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy Voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the "law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him. 12 And he hath "confirmed his words, which he spake against judged us, by bringing upon us us, and against our judges that great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem. a 13 PAs it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us; yet made we not our that we might turn from our iniprayer before the LORD our God, quities,and understand thy truth. 14 Therefore hath the LORD 'watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: 'for we obeyed not his voice. 15 And now, O Lord our God, "that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly. 16 T O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, "thy holy mountain: because for our sins, band for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people dare become a reproach to all that are about us. 17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. 18 O my God, incline thine ear, dps 44.13 and hear; open thine eyes, and 14.&79.4. behold our desolations, and the Nu.6.25. city k/which is called by thy name: 80.3,7,19. tions before thee for our righteousPs.67.1.& for we do not present our supplicaLa.5.18. nesses, but for thy great mercies. Jn. 16.24. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forhls.37.17. give; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake,O Ps.80.14, my God: for thy city and thy &c. people are called by thy name. Je.25.29 20 T And while I was speak† Heb. ing, and praying, and confessing my sin, and the sin of my people Israel,and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God; 21 Yea, while I was speaking in prayer, even the man "Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at 8 O Lord, to us belongeth bcon- hver. 7. whereup fusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. 9 To the Lord our God belong iNe. 9.17. mercies and forgivenesses, though Ps.130 4, we have rebelled against him; 17. on thy fall. Je. 79. 9, 10. & 102. 15.16. Ps.32.5. Is. 65.24 ch. 8. 16, |