\NormalFont\ShortTitle{Daniel}
{\MTB The Book of
\par }{\MT Daniel

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
third
year
of
the
reign
of Joakim
king
of Juda, Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon
came
to
Jerusalem,
and besieged
it.
\VS{2}And
the
Lord
delivered
into
his
hands Joakim
the
king
of Juda,
and
part
of
the
vessels
of
the
house
of
God:
and
he
carried
them
away
into
the
land
of Sennaar,
to
the
house
of
his
god,
and
the
vessels
he
brought
into
the
treasure
house
of
his
god.
\VS{3}And
the
king
spoke
to Asphenez
the
master
of
the
eunuchs,
that
he
should
bring
in
some
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and
of
the
king’s
seed
and
of
the princes,
\VS{4}Children
in
whom
there
was
no
blemish,
well favoured,
and
skillful
in
all
wisdom, acute
in
knowledge,
and
instructed
in science,
and
such
as
might
stand
in
the
king’s
palace,
that
he
might
teach
them
the learning,
and
the
tongue
of
the
Chaldeans.
\VS{5}And
the
king
appointed
them
a
daily provision,
of
his
own meat,
and
of
the
wine
of
which
he
drank
himself,
that being nourished
three
years, afterwards
they might
stand
before
the
king.
\VS{6}Now
there
were among
them
of
the
children
of Juda,
Daniel, Ananias, Misael,
and Azarias.
\VS{7}And
the master
of
the
eunuchs
gave
them
names:
to
Daniel, Baltassar:
to Ananias, Sidrach:
to Misael, Misach:
and
to Azarias, Abdenago.
\VS{8}But
Daniel purposed
in
his
heart
that
he
would
not
be
defiled
with
the
king’s table,
nor
with
the
wine
which
he
drank:
and
he requested
the master
of
the
eunuchs
that
he
might
not
be
defiled.
\VS{9}And
God
gave
to
Daniel grace
and
mercy
in
the
sight
of
the
prince
of
the
eunuchs.
\VS{10}And
the
prince
of
the
eunuchs
said
to
Daniel:
I
fear
my
lord
the
king,
who hath
appointed
you meat
and
drink:
who
if
he
should
see
your
faces leaner
than
those
of
the other
youths
your equals,
you
shall endanger
my
head
to
the
king.
\VS{11}And
Daniel
said
to Malasar,
whom
the
prince
of
the
eunuchs
had
appointed
over
Daniel, Ananias, Misael,
and Azarias:
\VS{12}Try,
I
beseech thee, thy
servants
for
ten
days,
and
let pulse
be
given
us
to
eat,
and
water
to
drink:
\VS{13}And
look
upon
our
faces,
and
the
faces
of
the
children
that
eat
of
the
king’s meat:
and
as thou shalt
see,
deal
with thy
servants.
\VS{14}And
when
he
had
heard
these
words,
he
tried
them
for
ten
days.
\VS{15}And
after
ten
days
their faces
appeared fairer
and fatter
than
all
the
children
that
ate
of
the
king’s
meat.
\VS{16}So Malasar
took
their portions,
and
the
wine
that
they should
drink:
and
he
gave
them pulse.
\VS{17}And
to
these
children
God
gave
knowledge,
and
understanding
in
every
book,
and
wisdom:
but
to
Daniel
the
understanding
also
of
all
visions
and
dreams.
\VS{18}And
when
the
days
were ended,
after
which
the
king
had
ordered
they
should
be
brought
in:
the
prince
of
the
eunuchs
brought
them
in
before Nabuchodonosor.
\VS{19}And
when
the
king
had
spoken
to
them,
there
were
not
found
among
them
all
such
as
Daniel, Ananias, Misael,
and Azarias:
and
they
stood
in
the
king’s
presence.
\VS{20}And
in
all
matters
of
wisdom
and
understanding,
that
the
king
inquired
of
them,
he
found
them
ten
times
better
than
all
the diviners,
and
wise
men,
that
were
in
all
his
kingdom.
\VS{21}And
Daniel
continued
even
to
the
first
year
of
king
Cyrus.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
second
year
of
the
reign
of Nabuchodonosor, Nabuchodonosor
had
a
dream,
and
his
spirit
was terrified,
and
his
dream
went
out
of
his
mind.
\VS{2}Then
the
king
commanded
to
call together
the diviners
and
the wise
men,
and
the
magicians,
and
the
Chaldeans:
to
declare
to
the
king
his
dreams:
so
they
came
and
stood
before
the
king.
\VS{3}And
the
king
said
to
them:
I saw
a
dream:
and being
troubled
in
mind
I
know
not
what
I saw.
\VS{4}And
the
Chaldeans answered
the
king
in Syriac: O
king,
live
for
ever:
tell
to thy
servants thy
dream,
and we
will
declare
the
interpretation thereof.
\VS{5}And
the
king answering
said
to
the
Chaldeans:
The
thing
is gone
out
of my mind: unless
you
tell me
the
dream,
and
the meaning thereof,
you shall be put
to death,
and your
houses shall be confiscated.
\VS{6}But
if
you tell
the
dream,
and
the meaning
of
it,
you shall
receive
of
me
rewards,
and
gifts,
and
great honour: therefore tell
me
the
dream,
and
the
interpretation thereof.
\VS{7}They
answered again
and
said: Let
the
king
tell his
servants
the
dream,
and we
will
declare
the
interpretation
of it.
\VS{8}The
king
answered,
and
said:
I
know
for certain
that
you seek
to gain
time,
since
you
know
that
the
thing
is gone
from me.
\VS{9}If therefore
you
tell
me
not
the
dream,
there
is
one sentence concerning
you,
that
you have also framed
a lying
interpretation,
and full
of deceit,
to
speak
before
me till
the
time pass away.
Tell
me therefore
the
dream,
that
I may
know
that
you also give
a true
interpretation thereof.
\VS{10}Then
the Chaldeains
answered
before
the
king,
and
said:
There
is
no
man upon
earth,
that
can accomplish thy
word, O
king,
neither doth
any
king,
though
great
and mighty, ask
such
a
thing
of
any diviner,
or wise
man,
or
Chaldean.
\VS{11}For
the
thing
that thou askest, O
king,
is
difficult;
nor
can any
one
be found
that
can shew
it
before
the
king,
except
the
gods,
whose conversation
is
not
with men.
\VS{12}Upon hearing
this,
the
king
in fury,
and
in
great wrath,
commanded
that
all
the
wise
men
of
Babylon
should be put
to death.
\VS{13}And
the
decree being
gone
forth,
the
wise
men were
slain:
and
Daniel
and
his companions were sought
for,
to be put
to death.
\VS{14}Then
Daniel inquired
concerning
the law
and
the sentence,
of
Arioch
the general
of
the
king’s army,
who
was
gone
forth
to
kill
the
wise
men
of
Babylon.
\VS{15}And
he
asked
him
that
had received
the
orders
of
the
king,
why
so cruel
a sentence
was gone forth
from
the face
of
the
king.
And
when
Arioch
had
told
the
matter
to
Daniel,
\VS{16}Daniel
went
in
and desired
of
the
king,
that
he would
give
him
time
to resolve
the question
and declare it
to
the
king.
\VS{17}And
he
went into
his
house,
and told
the
matter
to Ananias,
and Misael,
and Azarias
his companions:
\VS{18}To
the end
that
they should ask mercy
at
the face
of
the
God
of
heaven
concerning
this secret,
and
that
Daniel
and
his companions might
not
perish
with
the
rest
of
the
wise
men
of
Babylon.
\VS{19}Then
was
the
mystery
revealed
to
Daniel
by
a
vision
in
the
night:
and
Daniel
blessed
the
God
of
heaven,
\VS{20}And speaking
he
said:
Blessed
be
the
name
of
the Lord
from eternity
and
for evermore:
for
wisdom
and fortitude
are
his.
\VS{21}And
he changeth
times
and ages: taketh
away kingdoms
and establisheth them, giveth
wisdom
to
the
wise,
and
knowledge
to them
that
have
understanding.
\VS{22}He revealeth
deep
and hidden things,
and knoweth
what
is in
darkness:
and light
is
with him.
\VS{23}To thee, O
God
of our
fathers,
I
give
thanks,
and
I
praise thee:
because thou hast
given
me
wisdom
and strength:
and
now thou hast shewn
me
what
we desired
of thee,
for thou hast
made
known
to us,
the
king’s discourse.
\VS{24}After
this
Daniel
went
in
to
Arioch,
to
whom
the
king
had
given
orders
to
destroy
the
wise
men
of
Babylon,
and
he
spoke
thus
to
him:
Destroy not
the
wise
men
of
Babylon:
bring
me
in
before
the
king,
and
I
will
tell
the solution
to
the
king.
\VS{25}Then
Arioch
in
haste
brought
in
Daniel
to
the
king,
and
said
to
him:
I
have
found
a
man
of
the
children
of
the captivity
of Juda,
that
will resolve
the question
to
the
king.
\VS{26}The
king
answered,
and
said
to
Daniel,
whose
name
was Baltassar: Thinkest thou indeed
that thou canst
tell me
the
dream
that
I
saw,
and
the
interpretation thereof?
\VS{27}And
Daniel made answer
before
the
king,
and
said:
The secret
that
the
king desireth
to know, none
of
the
wise
men,
or
the philosophers,
or
the
diviners,
or
the soothsayers
can
declare
to
the
king.
\VS{28}But
there
is
a
God
in
heaven
that revealeth
mysteries,
who hath shewn
to thee, O
king Nabuchodonosor,
what
is
to come
to pass
in
the
latter times. Thy
dream,
and
the
visions
of thy
head upon thy
bed,
are
these:
\VS{29}Thou, O
king, didst begin
to think
in thy
bed,
what
should come
to pass hereafter:
and
he
that revealeth
mysteries shewed thee
what shall come
to pass.
\VS{30}To me also
this secret
is
revealed,
not
by
any
wisdom
that
I
have
more
than
all men alive:
but
that
the
interpretation might
be
made manifest
to
the
king,
and thou mightest
know
the
thoughts
of thy
mind.
\VS{31}Thou, O
king, sawest,
and
behold there
was
as
it
were
a
great
statue:
this
statue, which
was
great
and high, tall
of stature,
stood
before thee,
and
the look thereof
was terrible.
\VS{32}The
head
of
this
statue
was
of
fine
gold,
but
the
breast
and
the
arms
of
silver,
and
the
belly
and
the
thighs
of brass:
\VS{33}And
the
legs
of
iron,
the
feet
part
of
iron
and
part
of
clay.
\VS{34}Thus thou sawest, till
a
stone
was
cut
out
of
a mountain
without
hands:
and
it
struck
the
statue upon
the
feet thereof
that
were
of
iron
and
of
clay,
and broke
them
in pieces.
\VS{35}Then
was
the
iron,
the
clay,
the brass,
the
silver,
and
the
gold broken
to pieces together,
and
became like
the
chaff
of
a summer’s thrashingfloor,
and
they
were
carried away
by
the
wind:
and
there
was
no
place
found
for
them:
but
the
stone
that
struck
the
statue,
became
a
great
mountain,
and
filled
the
whole
earth.
\VS{36}This
is
the
dream: we
will also
tell
the
interpretation thereof
before thee, O
king.
\VS{37}Thou art a
king
of
kings:
and
the
God
of
heaven hath
given thee a
kingdom,
and
strength,
and
power,
and
glory:
\VS{38}And
all places wherein
the
children
of
men,
and
the
beasts
of
the
field do
dwell:
he hath also
given
the
birds
of
the air into thy
hand,
and hath put
all
things under thy
power: thou therefore art
the
head
of
gold.
\VS{39}And
after thee shall rise up
another
kingdom,
inferior
to thee,
of silver:
and
another
third
kingdom
of brass,
which shall
rule
over
all
the world.
\VS{40}And
the
fourth
kingdom shall
be
as
iron.
As
iron breaketh into
pieces,
and subdueth
all
things,
so shall
that
break
and destroy
all
these.
\VS{41}Arid whereas thou sawest
the
feet,
and
the
toes,
part
of
potter’s
clay,
and
part
of
iron:
the
kingdom shall
be
divided,
but yet it shall
take
its origin
from
the
iron,
according
as thou sawest
the
iron
mixed
with
the miry
clay.
\VS{42}And
as the
toes
of the
feet
were
part
of
iron,
and
part
of
clay, the
kingdom shall
be
partly
strong,
and
partly broken.
\VS{43}And whereas thou sawest
the
iron
mixed
with miry
clay,
they shall
be mingled indeed together
with
the
seed
of
man,
but
they shall
not stick fast
one
to
another,
as
iron
cannot
be
mixed
with
clay.
\VS{44}But
in
the
days
of
those
kingdoms
the
God
of
heaven
will
set up
a
kingdom
that shall never
be
destroyed,
and
his
kingdom shall
not
be delivered up
to
another
people,
and it shall break
in pieces,
and shall consume
all
these
kingdoms,
and
itself shall
stand
for
ever.
\VS{45}According
as thou sawest
that
the
stone
was
cut
out
of
the
mountain
without
hands,
and broke
in pieces,
the
clay,
and
the
iron,
and
the brass,
and
the
silver,
and
the
gold,
the
great
God hath shewn
the
king
what shall come
to pass hereafter,
and
the
dream
is true,
and
the
interpretation thereof
is
faithful.
\VS{46}Then
king Nabuchodonosor
fell
on
his
face,
and worshipped
Daniel,
and
commanded
that
they
should offer
in
sacrifice
to him victims
and
incense.
\VS{47}And
the
king
spoke
to
Daniel,
and
said: Verily your
God
is
the
God
of
gods,
and
Lord
of
kings,
and
a
revealer
of hidden things: seeing thou couldst discover
this secret.
\VS{48}Then
the
king advanced
Daniel
to
a high station,
and
gave
him
many
and
great
gifts:
and
he
made
him governor
over
all
the
provinces
of
Babylon,
and
chief
of
the magistrates
over
all
the
wise
men
of
Babylon.
\VS{49}And
Daniel
requested
of
the
king,
and
he
appointed Sidrach, Misach,
and Abdenago
over
the works
of
the
province
of
Babylon:
but
Daniel himself
was
in
the
king’s palace.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}King Nabuchodonosor
made
a
statue
of
gold,
of
sixty
cubits high,
and
six
cubits broad,
and
he
set it up
in
the
plain
of
Dura
of
the
province
of
Babylon.
\VS{2}Then Nabuchodonosor
the
king
sent
to call together
the nobles,
the
magistrates,
and
the
judges,
the captains,
the
rulers,
and
governors,
and
all
the chief men
of
the
provinces,
to
come
to
the
dedication
of
the
statue
which
king Nabuchodonosor
had
set up.
\VS{3}Then
the nobles,
the
magistrates,
and
the
judges,
the captains,
and
rulers,
and
the great men
that
were placed
in authority,
and
all
the princes
of
the
provinces,
were
gathered together
to come
to
the
dedication
of
the
statue,
which
king Nabuchodonosor
had
set up.
And
they
stood
before
the
statue
which
king Nabuchodonosor
had
set up.
\VS{4}Then a
herald cried with a strong voice:
To you it
is
commanded, O
nations, tribes,
and languages:
\VS{5}That
in
the hour
that
you
shall
hear
the sound
of
the trumpet,
and
of
the
flute,
and
of
the
harp,
of
the sackbut,
and
of
the
psaltery,
and
of
the symphony,
and
of
all kind
of
music; ye
fall
down
and adore
the
golden
statue
which
king Nabuchodonosor hath
set up.
\VS{6}But if any man
shall
not
fall
down
and adore,
he
shall
the same hour
be
cast
into a
furnace
of burning
fire.
\VS{7}Upon
this
therefore,
at
the
time
when
all
the
people
heard
the sound
of
the trumpet,
the
flute,
and
the
harp,
of
the sackbut,
and
the
psaltery,
of
the symphony,
and
of
all kind
of
music:
all
the
nations, tribes,
and languages
fell
down
and adored
the
golden
statue
which
king Nabuchodonosor
had
set up.
\VS{8}And presently at
that very
time some
Chaldeans
came
and
accused
the
Jews,
\VS{9}And
said
to
king Nabuchodonosor: O
king,
live
for
ever:
\VS{10}Thou, O
king, hast
made
a
decree
that
every
man
that
shall bear
the sound
of
the trumpet,
the
flute,
and
the
harp,
of
the sackbut,
and
the
psaltery,
of
the symphony,
and
of
all kind
of
music,
shall prostrate himself,
and adore
the
golden
statue:
\VS{11}And
that if any man
shall
not
fall
down
and adore,
he should be
cast
into a
furnace
of burning
fire.
\VS{12}Now
there
are
certain
Jews
whom thou hast
set
over
the works
of
the
province
of
Babylon, Sidrach, Misach,
and Abdenago:
these
men, O
king,
have slighted thy
decree:
they
worship
not thy
gods,
nor
do
they adore
the
golden
statue
which thou hast
set up.
\VS{13}Then Nabuchodonosor
in fury,
and
in
wrath,
commanded
that Sidrach, Misach,
and Abdenago
should be
brought: who immediately
were
brought
before
the
king.
\VS{14}And Nabuchodonosor
the king
spoke
to
them,
and
said:
Is it
true, O Sidrach, Misach,
and Abdenago,
that
you
do
not
worship
my
gods,
nor adore
the
golden
statue
that
I
have
set up?
\VS{15}Now therefore
if
you
be
ready
at
what hour soever
you
shall
hear
the sound
of
the trumpet,
flute,
harp, sackbut,
and
psaltery,
and symphony,
and
of
all kind
of
music, prostrate yourselves,
and adore
the
statue
which
I
have
made:
but
if
you
do
not adore,
you
shall
be
cast
the same hour
into
the
furnace
of burning
fire:
and
who
is
the
God
that
shall
deliver
you
out
of
my
hand?
\VS{16}Sidrach, Misach,
and Abdenago
answered
and
said
to
king Nabuchodonosor:
We
have
no occasion
to
answer thee
concerning
this
matter.
\VS{17}For behold our
God,
whom
we worship,
is
able
to save us
from
the
furnace
of burning
fire,
and
to
deliver us out
of thy
hands, O
king.
\VS{18}But
if
he
will
not,
be
it
known
to thee, O
king,
that
we
will
not
worship thy
gods,
nor adore
the
golden
statue
which thou hast
set up.
\VS{19}Then
was Nabuchodonosor
filled
with fury:
and
the countenance
of
his
face
was
changed
against Sidrach, Misach,
and Abdenago,
and
he
commanded
that
the
furnace should be
heated
seven
times
more
than
it
had been accustomed
to be
heated.
\VS{20}And
he
commanded
the strongest
men
that
were
in
his
army,
to bind
the feet
of Sidrach, Misach,
and Abdenago,
and
to
cast
them
into
the
furnace
of burning
fire.
\VS{21}And immediately
these
men
were
bound
and
were
cast
into
the
furnace
of burning
fire, with their
coats,
and their
caps,
and their shoes,
and their garments.
\VS{22}For
the
king’s commandment
was
urgent,
and
the
furnace
was
heated
exceedingly.
And
the
flame
of
the
fire
slew
those
men
that
had cast
in Sidrach, Misach,
and Abdenago.
\VS{23}But
these
three
men, that is, Sidrach, Misach,
and Abdenago,
fell
down
bound in the
midst
of the
furnace
of burning
fire.
\VS{24}And
they walked
in
the
midst
of
the flame, praising God
and blessing
the Lord.
\VS{25}Then Azarias standing up prayed
in this manner,
and opening
his mouth
in
the
midst
of
the
fire,
he
said:
\VS{26}Blessed art thou, O Lord,
the
God
of our fathers,
and thy name
is worthy
of praise,
and glorious
for ever:
\VS{27}For thou art just
in all
that thou hast done
to us,
and all thy works
are true,
and thy ways right,
and all thy judgments true.
\VS{28}For thou hast executed true judgments
in
all
the
things
that thou hast brought upon
us,
and upon Jerusalem
the holy city
of our fathers:
for according
to truth
and judgment, thou hast brought
all these
things upon
us
for our sins.
\VS{29}For
we
have sinned,
and
committed iniquity, departing
from thee:
and
we
have trespassed
in
all
things:
\VS{30}And
we
have not hearkened
to thy commandments, nor
have
we observed nor done
as thou hadst commanded us,
that it might go well with us.
\VS{31}Wherefore
all
that thou hast brought upon us,
and
every thing
that thou hast done
to us, thou hast done
in true judgment:
\VS{32}And thou hast delivered us into
the hands
of our enemies
that
are unjust,
and
most wicked,
and prevaricators,
and
to
a king unjust,
and
most wicked beyond all
that axe upon
the earth.
\VS{33}And now we cannot open our mouths: we are become a shame
and reproach
to thy servants,
and
to them that worship thee.
\VS{34}Deliver us not up for ever, we beseech thee, for thy name’s sake, and abolish not thy covenant.
\VS{35}And take not away thy mercy from us for the sake of Abraham thy beloved, and Isaac thy servant, and Israel thy holy one:
\VS{36}To whom thou hast spoken, promising that thou wouldst multiply their seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is on the sea shore.
\VS{37}For we, O Lord, are diminished more than any nation, and are brought low in all the earth this day for our sins.
\VS{38}Neither is there at this time prince, or leader, or prophet, or holocaust, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, or place of firstfruits before thee,
\VS{39}That we may find thy mercy: nevertheless in a contrite heart and humble spirit let us be accepted.
\VS{40}As in holocausts of rams, and bullocks, and as in thousands of fat lambs: so let our sacrifice be made in thy sight this day, that it may please thee: for there is no confusion to them that trust in thee.
\VS{41}And now we follow thee with all our heart, and we fear thee, and seek thy face.
\VS{42}Put us not to confusion, but deal. with us according to thy meekness, and according to the multitude of thy mercies.
\VS{43}And deliver us according to thy wonderful works, and give glory to thy name, O Lord:
\VS{44}And let all them be confounded that shew evils to thy servants, let them be confounded in all thy might, and let their strength be broken.
\VS{45}And let them know that thou art the Lord, the only God, and glorious over all the world.
\VS{46}Now the king’s servants that had cast them in, ceased not to heat the furnace with brimstone, and tow, and pitch, and dry sticks,
\VS{47}And the flame mounted up above the furnace nine and forty cubits:
\VS{48}And it broke forth, and burnt such of the Chaldeans as it found near the furnace.
\VS{49}But the angel of the Lord went down with Azarias and his companions into the furnace: and he drove the flame of the fire out of the furnace,
\VS{50}And made the midst of the furnace like the blowing of a wind bringing dew, and the fire touched them not at all, nor troubled them, nor did them any harm.
\VS{51}Then these three as with one mouth praised, and glorified, and blessed God in the furnace, saying:
\VS{52}Blessed art thou, O Lord the God of our fathers: and worthy to be praised, and glorified, and exalted above all for ever: and blessed is the holy name of thy glory: and worthy to be praised, and exalted above all in all ages.
\VS{53}Blessed art thou in the holy temple of thy glory: and exceedingly to be praised, and exceeding glorious for ever.
\VS{54}Blessed art thou on the throne of thy kingdom, and exceedingly to be praised, and exalted above all for ever.
\VS{55}Blessed art thou, that beholdest the depths, and sittest upon the cherubims: and worthy to be praised and exalted above all for ever.
\VS{56}Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven: and worthy of praise, and glorious for ever.
\VS{57}All ye works of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{58}O ye angels of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{59}O ye heavens, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{60}O all ye waters that are above the heavens, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{61}O all ye powers of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{62}O ye sun and moon, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{63}O ye stars of heaven, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{64}O every shower and dew, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{65}O all ye spirits of God, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{66}O ye fire and heat, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{67}O ye cold and heat, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{68}O ye dews and hoar frosts, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{69}O ye frost and cold, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{70}O ye ice and snow, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{71}O ye nights and days, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{72}O ye light and darkness, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{73}O ye lightnings and clouds, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{74}O let the earth bless the Lord: let it praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{75}O ye mountains and hills, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{76}O all ye things that spring up in the earth, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{77}O ye fountains, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{78}O ye seas and rivers, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{79}O ye whales, and all that move in the waters, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{80}O all ye fowls of the air, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{81}O all ye beasts and cattle, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{82}O ye sons of men, bless the Lord, praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{83}O let Israel bless the Lord: let them praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{84}O ye priests of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{85}O ye servants of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{86}O ye spirits and souls of the just, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{87}O ye holy and humble of heart, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
\VS{88}O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. For he hath delivered us from hell, and saved us out of the hand of death, and delivered us out of the midst of the burning flame, and saved us out of the midst of the fire.
\VS{89}O give thanks to the Lord, because he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever and ever.
\VS{90}O all ye religious, bless the Lord the God of gods: praise him and give him thanks, because his mercy endureth for ever and ever.
\VS{91}Then Nabuchodonosor the king was astonished, and rose up in haste, and said to his nobles: Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered the king, and said: True, O king.
\VS{92}He answered, and said: Behold I see four men loose, and walking in the midst of the fire, and there is no hurt in them, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
\VS{93}Then Nabuchodonosor came to the door of the burning fiery furnace, and said: Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, ye servants of the most high God, go ye forth, and come. And immediately Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago went out from the midst of the fire.
\VS{94}And the nobles, and the magistrates, and the judges, and the great men of the king being gathered together, considered these men, that the fire had no power on their bodies, and that not a hair of their head had been singed, nor their garments altered, nor the smell of the fire had passed on them.
\VS{95}Then Nabuchodonosor breaking forth, said: Blessed be the God of them, to wit, of Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that believed in him: and they changed the king’s word, and delivered up their bodies that they might not serve, nor adore any god, except their own God.
\VS{96}By me therefore this decree is made, that every people, tribe, and tongue, which shall speak blasphemy against the God of Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, shall be destroyed, and their houses laid waste: for there is no other God that can save in this manner.
\VS{97}Then the king promoted Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, in the province of Babylon.
\VS{98}Nabuchodonosor the king, to all peoples, nations, and tongues, that dwell in all the earth, peace be multiplied unto you.
\VS{99}The most high God hath wrought signs and wonders toward me. It hath seemed good to me therefore to publish
\VS{100}His signs, because they are great: and his wonders, because they are mighty: and his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, I and his power to all generations.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}I, Nabuchodonosor,
was at rest
in my
house,
and flourishing
in my
palace:
\VS{2}I
saw
a
dream
that affrighted
me:
and my thoughts
in my
bed,
and
the
visions
of my
head
troubled
me.
\VS{3}Then
I
set forth
a
decree,
that
all
the
wise
men
of
Babylon should be
brought
in
before
me,
and
that
they should shew
me
the
interpretation
of
the
dream.
\VS{4}Then
came
in
the
diviners,
the wise men,
the
Chaldeans,
and
the soothsayers,
and
I
told
the
dream
before
them:
but
they did
not shew
me
the
interpretation thereof:
\VS{5}Till their colleague
Daniel
came
in
before
me,
whose
name
is Baltassar, according
to
the
name
of
my
god,
who hath
in
him
the
spirit
of
the
holy
gods:
and
I
told
the
dream
before
him.
\VS{6}Baltassar, prince
of
the diviners,
because
I
know
that thou hast
in thee
the
spirit
of
the
holy
gods,
and
that
no secret
is impossible
to thee:
tell me
the
visions
of
my
dreams
that
I
have
seen,
and
the
interpretation
of
them.
\VS{7}This
was
the
vision
of my
head
in my
bed: I
saw,
and
behold
a
tree
in
the
midst
of
the
earth,
and
the
height thereof
was exceeding
great.
\VS{8}The
tree
was
great,
and
strong:
and
the
height thereof
reached unto
heaven:
the sight thereof
was even
to
the ends of
all
the
earth.
\VS{9}Its leaves
were most
beautiful,
and
its
fruit exceeding
much:
and
in
it
was
food
for
all:
under
it
dwelt cattle,
and
beasts,
and
in
the
branches thereof
the fowls
of
the air had
their abode:
and
all
flesh did eat
of
it.
\VS{10}I
saw
in
the
vision
of my
head upon my
bed,
and
behold
a
watcher,
and
a
holy
one came down
from
heaven.
\VS{11}He cried
aloud,
and
said
thus:
Cut
down
the
tree,
and
chop
off
the
branches thereof: shake
off
its leaves,
and
scatter
its fruits: let
the
beasts fly away that are
under
it,
and
the
birds
from
its
branches.
\VS{12}Nevertheless
leave
the stump
of its
roots
in
the
earth,
and let it be tied
with a
band
of
iron,
and
of brass,
among
the
grass,
that
is without,
and let it be wet
with
the
dew
of
heaven,
and let its
portion be
with
the
wild
beasts
in
the
grass
of
the
earth.
\VS{13}Let
his
heart
be
changed
from
man’s,
and let a
beast’s
heart
be
given
him;
and let
seven
times
pass
over
him.
\VS{14}This
is
the
decree by
the
sentence
of
the
watchers,
and
the word
And demand
of
the
holy
ones; till
the
living
know
that
the
most
High ruleth
in
the
kingdom
of
men;
and
he
will
give
it
to whomsoever
it shall please
him,
and
he
will
appoint
the basest
man
over
it.
\VS{15}I
king Nabuchodonosor
saw
this
dream: thou,
therefore, O Baltassar,
tell me quickly
the
interpretation:
for
all
the
wise
men
of
my
kingdom axe
not
able
to
declare
the meaning
of
it
to me:
but thou art
able,
because
the
spirit
of
the
holy
gods
is
in thee.
\VS{16}Then
Daniel,
whose
name
was Baltassar,
began silently
to think within himself
for about
one hour:
and
his
thoughts
troubled him.
But
the
king answering,
said: Baltassar, let not
the
dream
and
the
interpretation thereof trouble thee. Baltassar
answered,
and
said:
My
lord,
the
dream
be
to
them
that
hate thee,
and
the
interpretation thereof
to thy enemies.
\VS{17}The
tree
which thou sawest
which
was high
and
strong,
whose
height
reached
to
the skies,
and
the sight thereof into
all tire
earth:
\VS{18}And
the
branches thereof
were most
beautiful,
and its
fruit exceeding
much,
and
in
it
was
food
for
all,
under which
the
beasts
of
the
field
dwelt,
and
the
birds
of
the air had
their abode
in its
branches.
\VS{19}It
is thou, O
king,
who art
grown
great
and
become mighty:
for thy
greatness hath
grown,
and hath
reached
to
heaven,
and thy power unto
the ends
of
the
earth.
\VS{20}And whereas
the
king
saw
a
watcher,
and
a
holy
one come
down
from
heaven,
and
say: Cut
down
the
tree
and
destroy
it,
but
leave
the stump
of
the
roots thereof
in
the
earth,
and let
it be bound
with
iron
and brass
among
the
grass without,
and let
it be sprinkled
with
the
dew
of
heaven,
and let
his feeding be
with
the
wild
beasts, till
seven
times
pass
over
him.
\VS{21}This
is
the
interpretation
of
the sentence
of
the
most
High,
which
is
come upon
my
lord
the
king.
\VS{22}They shall cast thee out
from
among
men,
and thy
dwelling shall
be
with
cattle
and
with
wild
beasts,
and thou shalt
eat
grass
as an ox,
and shalt
be wet
with
the
dew
of
heaven:
and
seven
times shall
pass
over thee, till thou
know
that
the
most
High ruleth
over
the
kingdom
of
men,
and giveth
it
to whomsoever
he
will.
\VS{23}But whereas
he
commanded,
that
the stump
of
the
roots thereof,
that
is,
of
the
tree, should be
left: thy
kingdom shall remain
to thee
after thou shalt have
known
that power
is
from
heaven.
\VS{24}Wherefore, O
king, let my counsel
be acceptable
to thee,
and redeem thou thy
sins
with alms,
and thy
iniquities
with works
of
mercy
to
the poor:
perhaps he
will forgive thy offences.
\VS{25}All these
things
came upon
king Nabuchodonosor.
\VS{26}At
the
end
of
twelve
months
he
was
walking
in
the
palace
of
Babylon.
\VS{27}And
the
king
answered,
and
said:
Is
not
this
the
great
Babylon,
which
I
have
built
to be
the seat
of
the
kingdom, by
the
strength
of
my
power,
and
in
the
glory
of
my excellence?
\VS{28}And
while
the
word
was yet
in
the
king’s
mouth, a
voice
came
down
from
heaven:
To thee, O
king Nabuchodonosor, it
is
said: Thy
kingdom shall
pass
from thee,
\VS{29}And
they shall cast thee out
from
among
men,
and thy
dwelling shall be
with
cattle
and
wild
beasts: thou shalt
eat
grass
like an ox,
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.
\VS{30}The same hour
the
word
was
fulfilled upon Nabuchodonosor,
and
he
was
driven
away
from
among
men,
and did eat
grass
like
an ox,
and
his
body
was wet
with
the
dew
of
heaven: till
his hairs
grew
like
the feathers
of eagles,
and
his
nails
like
birds’
claws.
\VS{31}Now at
the
end
of
the
days,
I Nabuchodonosor
lifted up
my
eyes
to
heaven,
and
my sense
was
restored
to me:
and
I
blessed
the
most
High,
and
I
praised
and
glorified him
that liveth
for
ever:
for
his power
is an
everlasting power,
and
his
kingdom
is
to
all generations.
\VS{32}And
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
earth
are reputed
as
nothing before him:
for
he doth according
to
his
will,
I
as well
with
the powers
of
heaven,
as among
the
inhabitants
of
the
earth:
and
there
is none
that
can resist
his
hand,
and
say
to him:
Why hast thou
done it?
\VS{33}At
the same
time
my sense
returned
to me,
and
I came
to
the honour
and
glory
of
my
kingdom:
and
my shape
returned
to me:
and
my
nobles,
and
my magistrates sought
for me,
and
I
was
restored
to
my
kingdom:
and greater
majesty
was
added
to me.
\VS{34}Therefore
I Nabuchodonosor do
now
praise,
and magnify,
and glorify
the
King
of
heaven:
because
all
his
works
are
true,
and
his
ways judgments,
and
them
that
walk
in
pride
he
is
able
to abase.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Baltasar
the
king
made
a
great
feast
for
a
thousand
of his
nobles:
and every one
drank according
to his age.
\VS{2}And being
now drunk
he
commanded
that
they
should
bring
the
vessels
of
gold
and
silver
which Nabuchodonosor
his
father
had
brought away out
of
the
temple,
that
was
in
Jerusalem,
that
the
king
and
his
nobles,
and
his
wives
and
his
concubines,
might
drink
in
them.
\VS{3}Then
were
the
golden
and silver
vessels
brought,
which
he
had
brought away out
of
the
temple
that
was
in
Jerusalem:
and
the
king
and
his
nobles,
his
wives
and
his
concubines,
drank
in them.
\VS{4}They
drank
wine,
and
praised their
gods
of
gold,
and
of
silver,
of brass,
of
iron,
and
of
wood,
and
of
stone.
\VS{5}In
the same hour
there
appeared
fingers,
as
it
were
of
the
hand
of
a
man,
writing
over
against
the candlestick upon
the surface
of
the
wall
of
the
king’s
palace:
and
the
king beheld
the joints
of
the
hand
that
wrote.
\VS{6}Then
was
the
king’s countenance
changed,
and his
thoughts
troubled him:
and
the
joints
of his loins
were
loosed,
and his knees struck
one against
the other.
\VS{7}And
the
king cried
out
aloud
to
bring
in
the
wise
men,
the
Chaldeans,
and
the soothsayers.
And
the
king
spoke,
and
said
to
the
wise
men
of
Babylon: Whosoever shall
read
this
writing,
and shall make known
to
me
the
interpretation thereof, shall be
clothed
with
purple,
and shall
have
a
golden chain
on
his
neck,
and shall be
the
third
man
in
my
kingdom.
\VS{8}Then
came
in
all
the
king’s
wise
men,
but
they
could
neither
read
the
writing,
nor declare
the
interpretation
to
the
king.
\VS{9}Wherewith
king Baltasar
was
much
troubled,
and
his countenance
was
changed:
and
his
nobles also
were
troubled.
\VS{10}Then
the
queen, on occasion
of
what
had happened
to
the
king,
and
his
nobles,
came
into
the
banquet
house:
and
she
spoke
and
said: O
king,
live
for
ever: let not thy
thoughts trouble thee, neither let thy countenance
be
changed.
\VS{11}There
is
a
man
in thy
kingdom
that hath
the
spirit
of
the
holy
gods
in
him:
and
in
the
days
of thy
father knowledge
and
wisdom
were
found
in
him:
for
king Nabuchodonosor thy
father
appointed
him prince
of
the wise
men, enchanters,
Chaldeans,
and soothsayers, thy
father,
I say, O
king:
\VS{12}Because
a greater
spirit,
and
knowledge,
and understanding,
and
interpretation
of
dreams,
and shewing
of secrets,
and resolving
of
difficult
things,
were
found
in him,
that
is,
in
Daniel:
whom
the
king
named Baltassar.
Now
therefore
let
Daniel
be
called
for,
and
he
will tell
the
interpretation.
\VS{13}Then
Daniel
was
brought
in
before
the
king.
And
the
king
spoke,
and
said
to
him: Art thou
Daniel
of
the
children
of
the captivity
of Juda,
whom
my
father
the
king
brought out
of Judea?
\VS{14}I have
heard
of thee,
that thou hast
the
spirit
of
the
gods,
and excellent knowledge,
and understanding,
and
wisdom
are
found
in thee.
\VS{15}And
now
the
wise
men
the magicians have come
in
before
me,
to
read
this
writing,
and shew
me
the
interpretation thereof:
and
they
could
not declare
to
me
the meaning
of
this
writing.
\VS{16}But
I
have
heard
of thee,
that thou canst interpret obscure things,
and resolve
difficult things:
now
if thou art
able
to
read
the
writing,
and
to shew me
the
interpretation thereof, thou shalt
be
clothed
with
purple,
and shalt
have a chain
of
gold
about thy
neck,
and shalt
be
the
third prince
in
my
kingdom.
\VS{17}To which
Daniel
made answer,
and
said
before
the
king: Thy
rewards
be
to thyself,
and
the
gifts
of thy house
give
to
another:
but
the
writing
I
will
read
to thee, O
king,
and shew thee
the
interpretation thereof.
\VS{18}O
king,
the
most
high
God
gave
to Nabuchodonosor thy
father a
kingdom,
and
greatness,
and
glory,
and honour.
\VS{19}And
for
the
greatness
that
he
gave
to
him,
all
people, tribes,
and languages
trembled,
and
were afraid
of
him:
whom
he would,
he
slew:
and
whom
he would,
he destroyed:
and
whom
he would,
he set
up:
and
whom
he would,
he brought down.
\VS{20}But
when
his
heart
was
lifted up,
and
his
spirit hardened unto pride,
he
was
put down
from
the
throne
of
his
kingdom,
and
his
glory
was
taken
away.
\VS{21}And
he
was
driven out
from
the
sons
of
men,
and
his
heart
was
made
like
the
beasts,
and
his
dwelling
was
with
the
wild asses,
and
he did
eat
grass
like an ox,
and
his
body
was wet
with
the
dew
of
heaven: till
he
knew
that
the
most
High ruled
in
the
kingdom
of
men,
and
that
he
will
set
over
it whomsoever
it shall please
him.
\VS{22}Thou also
his
son, O Baltasar, hast
not
humbled thy
heart, whereas thou knewest
all
these
things:
\VS{23}But hast
lifted thyself
up
against
the
Lord
of
heaven:
and
the
vessels
of
his
house have been
brought
before thee:
and thou,
and thy
nobles,
and thy
wives,
and thy
concubines have drunk
wine
in them:
and thou hast
praised
the
gods
of
silver,
and
of
gold,
and
of brass,
of
iron,
and
of
wood,
and
of
stone,
that
neither
see,
nor
hear,
nor feel:
but
the
God
who hath thy breath
in
his
hand,
and
all thy
ways, thou hast
not
glorified.
\VS{24}Wherefore
he hath
sent
the
part
of
the
hand
which hath
written
this
that
is set down.
\VS{25}And
this
is
the
writing
that
is
written: MANE, THECEL, PHARES.
\VS{26}And
this
is
the
interpretation
of
the
word. MANE:
God hath
numbered thy
kingdom,
and hath finished it.
\VS{27}THECEL: thou art weighed in the balance,
and art
found wanting.
\VS{28}PHARES: thy
kingdom
is divided,
and
is
given
to
the
Medes
and
Persians.
\VS{29}Then by
the king’s
command
Daniel
was
clothed
with
purple,
and
a chain
of
gold
was put
about
his
neck:
and
it
was
proclaimed
of him
that
he
had power
as
the
third man
in
the
kingdom.
\VS{30}The same
night Baltasar
the
Chaldean
king
was
slain.
\VS{31}And Darius the Mede succeeded to the kingdom, being threescore and two years old.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}It seemed good
to
Darius,
and he appointed over
the
kingdom a hundred
and twenty governors
to be over his whole
kingdom.
\VS{2}And three princes
over them,
of
whom Daniel
was one:
that
the governors might give an
account
to them,
and
the king might
have no trouble.
\VS{3}And
Daniel excelled all
the princes,
and governors:
because
a greater spirit
of God
was
in
him.
\VS{4}And
the
king thought
to
set
him
over
all
the
kingdom: whereupon
the princes,
and
the governors sought
to find occasion
against
Daniel
with regard
to
the
king:
and
they
could find no cause, nor suspicion,
because
he
was faithful,
and no fault, nor suspicion
was found
in
him.
\VS{5}Then these men said:
We shall
not
find
any occasion
against
this
Daniel, unless perhaps
concerning
the law
of
his God.
\VS{6}Then
the princes,
and
the governors craftily suggested
to
the king,
and
spoke
thus unto him: King Darius, live
for ever:
\VS{7}All
the princes
of
the kingdom,
the magistrates,
and governors,
the senators,
and judges
have consulted together,
that an imperial decree,
and an edict be published:
That whosoever shall ask any petition
of any god,
or man,
for thirty days,
but
of thee, O
king, shall be cast into
the den
of lions.
\VS{8}Now,
therefore, O
king, confirm
the sentence,
and sign
the decree:
that
what
is decreed
by
the Medes
and Persians may not
be altered, nor
any
man
be allowed
to transgress it.
\VS{9}So
king Darius
set forth
the
decree,
and established it.
\VS{10}Now when Daniel knew
this,
that is
to say,
that
the law
was made, he went into
his house:
and opening
the windows
in
his upper chamber towards Jerusalem, he knelt down three times a day,
and adored,
and gave thanks
before
his God,
as he
had been accustomed
to do
before.
\VS{11}Wherefore
those men carefully watching
him, found
Daniel
praying
and
making supplication
to
his
God.
\VS{12}And
they
came
and spoke
to
the king concerning
the edict: O king, hast thou not decreed,
that every
man
that should make
a
request
to any
of
the
gods,
or
men,
for thirty days,
but
to thyself, O king, should
be cast into
the den
of
the lions?
And
the king answered
them, saying:
The word
is true according
to
the decree
of
the Medes
and Persians, which it
is not lawful
to violate.
\VS{13}Then
they
answered,
and
said
before
the
king: Daniel,
who
is
of
the children
of
the captivity
of Juda, hath
not regarded thy
law,
nor
the
decree
that thou hast
made:
but three times
a
day
he maketh
his prayer.
\VS{14}Now
when
the
king
had heard these words,
he
was very much grieved,
and
in behalf
of
Daniel
he
set
his heart
to deliver
him
and
even till sunset
he laboured
to save
him.
\VS{15}But
those men perceiving
the
king’s design, said
to him: Know thou, O
king,
that
the law
of
the Medes
and Persians
is,
that no decree
which
the
king hath
made, may
be altered.
\VS{16}Then
the
king
commanded,
and
they brought Daniel,
and cast
him into
the den
of
the lions.
And
the
king
said
to Daniel: Thy God,
whom thou always servest,
he
will deliver thee.
\VS{17}And
a stone
was
brought,
and laid upon
the mouth
of
the
den:
which
the
king sealed
with
his own ring,
and
with
the ring
of
his nobles,
that nothing
should
be done
against
Daniel.
\VS{18}And
the
king
went away
to
his house
and
laid himself down
without taking supper,
and meat
was
not
set before him,
and
even sleep departed
from him.
\VS{19}Then
the
king rising very early
in
the morning,
went
in haste
to
the lions’ den:
\VS{20}And coming near
to
the
den, cried with
a lamentable voice
to Daniel,
and said
to
him: Daniel, servant
of
the living God, hath thy God,
whom thou servest always, been able, thinkest thou,
to deliver thee
from
the
lions?
\VS{21}And
Daniel answering
the
king,
said: O
king, live
for ever:
\VS{22}My God hath sent his angel,
and hath shut up
the mouths
of
the lions,
and
they
have not hurt me: forasmuch
as before him justice hath been found
in me: yea
and before thee, O
king,
I
have done no offence.
\VS{23}Then
was
the
king exceeding glad
for
him,
and
he commanded
that Daniel
should
be taken
out
of
the den:
and Daniel
was taken
out
of
the den,
and
no hurt
was
found
in
him,
because
he believed
in
his
God.
\VS{24}And
by
the
king’s commandment,
those men
were brought
that bad accused
Daniel:
and
they
were cast into
the lions’
den,
they
and
their children,
and
their wives:
and
they did
not reach
the bottom
of
the
den, before
the lions caught
them,
and broke
all
their bones
in pieces.
\VS{25}Then
king Darius wrote
to
all
people, tribes,
and languages, dwelling
in
the
whole earth: PEACE be multiplied unto
you.
\VS{26}It
is decreed by me,
that
in
all
my empire
and
my kingdom
all men dread
and fear
the God
of Daniel.
For
he
is
the
living
and eternal God
for ever:
and
his kingdom shall not be destroyed,
and
his power shall be
for ever.
\VS{27}He
is
the deliverer,
and saviour, doing signs
and wonders
in heaven,
and
in earth:
who hath delivered
Daniel out
of
the lions’ den.
\VS{28}Now
Daniel continued unto
the reign
of Darius,
and
the reign
of Cyrus
the Persian.

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
first
year
of Baltasar
king
of
Babylon,
Daniel
saw
a
dream:
and
the
vision
of
his
head
was upon
his
bed:
and
writing
the
dream,
he comprehended
it
in few
words:
and relating
the sum
of
it
in short,
he
said:
\VS{2}I
saw
in my
vision
by
night,
and
behold
the
four
winds
of
the
heaven strove upon
the
great
sea.
\VS{3}And
four
great
beasts,
different
one
from
another, came
up out
of
the
sea.
\VS{4}The
first
was like
a lioness,
and
had
the
wings
of
an
eagle:
I beheld till her
wings
were
plucked off,
and she
was
lifted up
from
the
earth,
and
stood upon her
feet
as
a
man,
and
the
heart
of
a
man
was
given
to her.
\VS{5}And
behold
another
beast
like
a
bear
stood up on
one
side:
and there
were
three rows
in
the
mouth thereof,
and
in
the
teeth thereof,
and
thus
they
said
to
it:
Arise,
devour
much
flesh.
\VS{6}After
this
I beheld,
and lo,
another
like
a
leopard,
and
it
had upon
it
four
wings
as
of
a fowl,
and
the
beast
had
four
heads,
and power
was
given
to
it.
\VS{7}After
this
I beheld
in
the
vision
of
the
night,
and lo,
a
fourth
beast,
terrible
and wonderful,
and exceeding
strong, it
had
great
iron
teeth,
eating
and breaking
in pieces,
and treading
down
the
rest with
its
feet:
and it
was unlike
to
the other
beasts
which
I
had
seen
before it,
and
had
ten
horns.
\VS{8}I considered
the
horns,
and
behold
another
little
horn sprung out
of
the midst
of them:
and
three
of
the
first
horns
were plucked
up at
the
presence thereof:
and
behold
eyes like
the
eyes
of
a
man
were in
this
horn,
and
a
mouth
speaking
great things.
\VS{9}I beheld till
thrones
were placed,
and
the
Ancient
of
days
sat:
his garment
was
white
as
snow,
and
the
hair
of
his
head
like clean
wool:
his
throne
like
flames
of
fire:
the
wheels
of it
like
a
burning
fire.
\VS{10}A swift stream
of
fire issued
forth
from
before
him:
thousands
of
thousands ministered
to
him,
and ten
thousand times
a hundred
thousand
stood
before
him:
the
judgment
sat,
and
the
books
were
opened.
\VS{11}I beheld
because
of
the
voice
of
the
great
words
which
that
horn
spoke:
and
I
saw
that
the
beast
was
slain,
and
the
body thereof
was
destroyed,
and
given
to
the
fire
to
be burnt:
\VS{12}And that
the power
of
the other
beasts
was
taken
away:
and that
times
of
life
were
appointed them
for
a
time,
and
time.
\VS{13}I beheld therefore in
the
vision
of
the
night,
and lo, one like
the
son
of
man
came
with
the
clouds
of
heaven,
and he
came even
to
the
Ancient
of
days:
and they
presented
him
before
him.
\VS{14}And
he
gave
him power,
and
glory,
and a
kingdom:
and
all
peoples, tribes
and tongues shall
serve
him:
his power
is an
everlasting power
that shall
not be
taken
away:
and
his
kingdom
that shall
not be
destroyed.
\VS{15}My
spirit trembled,
I
Daniel
was affrighted at these things,
and the
visions
of my
head
troubled me.
\VS{16}I went
near
to
one
of
them
that
stood
by,
and
asked
the truth
of
him
concerning
all
these
things,
and he
told me
the
interpretation
of
the
words,
and instructed me:
\VS{17}These
four
great
beasts
are
four kingdoms,
which shall
arise out
of
the
earth.
\VS{18}But
the
saints
of
the most high God shall take
the
kingdom:
and they shall
possess
the
kingdom
for
ever
and
ever.
\VS{19}After
this
I
would diligently learn
concerning
the
fourth
beast.
which
was very
different
from
all,
and exceeding terrible:
his
teeth
and
claws
were
of
iron:
he
devoured
and broke
in pieces,
and
the
rest
he stamped upon
with
his
feet:
\VS{20}And
concerning
the
ten
horns
that
he
had
on
his
head:
and
concerning
the other
that
came
up,
before
which
three
horns
fell:
and
of
that
horn
that
had
eyes,
and a
mouth
speaking
great things,
and
was greater
than
the rest.
\VS{21}I beheld,
and lo,
that
horn
made
war
against
the
saints,
and prevailed over
them,
\VS{22}Till
the
Ancient
of
days
came
and
gave
judgment
to
the
saints
of
the most High,
and
the
time
came,
and
the
saints obtained
the
kingdom.
\VS{23}And
thus
he
said:
The
fourth
beast shall
be
the
fourth
kingdom upon
earth,
which shall
be greater
than
all
the
kingdoms,
and shall
devour
the
whole
earth,
and shall
tread
it
down,
and break
it
in pieces.
\VS{24}And
the
ten
horns
of
the same
kingdom, shall be
ten
kings:
and
another shall rise up
after them,
and
he shall be mightier
than
the former,
and
he shall bring down
three
kings.
\VS{25}And he shall
speak
words
against
the
High
One,
and shall crush
the
saints
of
the
most
High:
and he shall think himself able
to
change
times
and
laws,
and they shall be delivered into his
hand
until
a
time,
and
times,
and
half
a
time.
\VS{26}And
judgment shall
sit, that his power may
be
taken
away,
and
be broken
in pieces,
and
perish even
to
the
end.
\VS{27}And
that
the
kingdom,
and power,
and
the
greatness
of
the
kingdom,
under
the
whole
heaven, may be
given
to
the
people
of
the
saints
of
the most High:
whose
kingdom
is an
everlasting
kingdom,
and
all kings shall
serve
him,
and shall
obey
him.
\VS{28}Hitherto
is
the
end
of
the
word.
I
Daniel
was
much
troubled
with
my
thoughts,
and
my countenance
was
changed
in me:
but
I
kept
the
word
in
my heart.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
third
year
of
the
reign
of
king Baltasar,
a
vision
appeared
to
me.
I
Daniel,
after what
I
had
seen
in
the
beginning,
\VS{2}Saw
in
my
vision
when
I
was
in
the castle
of
Susa,
which
is
in
the
province
of
Elam:
and
I
saw
in
the
vision
that
I
was
over
the gate
of
Ulai.
\VS{3}And
I
lifted
up
my
eyes,
and
saw:
and
behold
a
ram
stood
before
the water,
having
two
high
horns,
and
one
higher
than
the
other,
and
growing
up.
Afterward
\VS{4}I
saw
the
ram pushing
with
his horns
against
the
west,
and
against
the
north,
and
against
the
south:
and
no
beasts
could
withstand
him,
nor
be
delivered
out
of
his
hand:
and
he
did
according
to
his
own
will,
and
became
great.
\VS{5}And
I
understood:
and
behold
a
he
goat
came
from
the
west
on
the
face
of
the
whole
earth,
and
he
touched
not
the
ground,
and
the
he
goat
had
a notable
horn
between
his
eyes.
\VS{6}And
he
went
up
to
the
ram
that
had
the
horns,
which
I
had
seen
standing
before
the gate,
and
he
ran towards
him
in
the force
of
his
strength.
\VS{7}And
when
he
was
come
near
the
ram,
he
was
enraged
against
him,
and
struck
the
ram:
and
broke
his
two
horns,
and
the
ram
could
not
withstand
him:
and
when
he
had
cast
him
down
on
the
ground,
he stamped
upon
him,
and
none
could
deliver
the
ram
out
of
his
hand.
\VS{8}And
the
he
goat
became
exceeding
great:
and
when
he
was
grown,
the
great
horn
was
broken,
and
there
came
up
four
horns
under
it towards
the
four
winds
of
heaven.
\VS{9}And
out
of
one
of
them
came
forth
a little
horn:
and
it
became
great
against
the
south,
and
against
the
east,
and
against
the
strength.
\VS{10}And
it
was
magnified
even unto
the strength
of
heaven:
and
it
threw
down
of
the strength,
and
of
the
stars,
and trod
upon
them.
\VS{11}And
it
was
magnified
even
to
the
prince
of
the strength:
and
it
took
away
from
him
the
continual
sacrifice,
and
cast
down
the
place
of
his
sanctuary.
\VS{12}And strength
was
given
him
against
the
continual
sacrifice,
because
of sins:
and
truth
shall
be
cast
down
on
the
ground,
and
he
shall
do
and
shall
prosper.
\VS{13}And
I
heard
one
of
the
saints
speaking,
and
one saint
said
to
another,
I know not
to
whom
that
was
speaking:
How
long shall
be
the
vision, concerning
the
continual
sacrifice,
and
the sin
of
the
desolation
that
is
made:
and
the
sanctuary,
and
the strength
be trodden under foot?
\VS{14}And
he
said
to
him: Unto
evening
and
morning
two
thousand
three
hundred days:
and
the
sanctuary shall be cleansed.
\VS{15}And
it
came
to
pass
when
I
Daniel
saw
the
vision,
and
sought
the meaning,
that
behold
there
stood
before
me
as
it
were
the
appearance
of
a
man.
\VS{16}And
I
heard
the
voice
of
a
man
between
Ulai:
and
he
called,
and
said:
Gabriel,
make
this
man
to
understand
the
vision.
\VS{17}And
he
came
and
stood
near
where
I
stood:
and
when
he
was
come,
I
fell
on
my
face trembling,
and
he
said
to
me:
Understand, O
son
of
man,
for
in
the
time
of
the
end
the
vision
shall
be
fulfilled.
\VS{18}And
when
he
spoke
to
me
I
fell flat
on
the
ground:
and
he
touched
me,
and
set
me
upright,
\VS{19}And
he
said
to
me:
I
will shew thee
what
things
are
to
come
to
pass
in
the
end
of
the malediction:
for
the
time hath
its
end.
\VS{20}The
ram,
which thou sawest
with
horns,
is
the
king
of
the
Medes
and Persians.
\VS{21}And
the
he
goat,
is
the
king
of
the Greeks,
and
the
great
horn
that
was
between
his
eyes,
the
same
is
the
first
king.
\VS{22}But
whereas
when
that
was
broken,
there
arose
up
four
for
it:
four kings
shall
rise
up
of
his
nation,
but
not
with
his
strength.
\VS{23}And after
their
reign,
when iniquities
shall
be grown
up,
there
shall
arise
a
king
of
a shameless
face,
and
understanding
dark sentences.
\VS{24}And
his
power
shall
be strengthened,
but
not
by
his own force:
and
he
shall lay all
things
waste,
and
shall
prosper,
and
do
more
than
can
be believed.
And
he
shall
destroy
the
mighty,
and
the
people
of
the
saints,
\VS{25}According
to
his
will,
and craft
shall
be
successful
in
his
hand:
and
his
heart
shall
be puffed
up,
and
in
the abundance
of all
things
he
shall
kill
many:
and
he
shall
rise
up
against
the
prince
of
princes,
and
shall
be
broken
without
hand.
\VS{26}And
the
vision
of
the
evening
and
the
morning,
which
was
told,
is
true: thou
therefore seal
up
the
vision,
because
it
shall come
to pass
after
many
days.
\VS{27}And
I
Daniel languished,
and
was
sick
for
some
days:
and
when
I
was
risen
up,
I
did
the
king’s
business,
and
I
was
astonished
at
the
vision,
and
there
was
none
that
could
interpret
it.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
first
year
of
Darius
the
son
of Assuerus
of
the
seed
of
the
Medes,
who
reigned
over
the
kingdom
of
the
Chaldeans:
\VS{2}The
first
year
of
his
reign,
I
Daniel
understood
by
books
the
number
of
the
years,
concerning
which
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Jeremias
the
prophet,
that
seventy
years
should
be
accomplished
of
the
desolation
of
Jerusalem.
\VS{3}And
I
set
my
face
to
the
Lord
my
God,
to
pray
and
make
supplication
with
fasting,
and
sackcloth,
and
ashes.
\VS{4}And
I
prayed
to
the
Lord
my
God,
and
I
made
my
confession,
and
said:
I
beseech thee,
O
Lord
God,
great
and terrible,
who keepest
the
covenant,
and
mercy
to
them
that
love thee,
and
keep thy
commandments.
\VS{5}We have
sinned, we have
committed iniquity, we have
done
wickedly,
and have revolted:
and we have
gone
aside
from thy
commandments,
and thy
judgments.
\VS{6}We
have
not hearkened
to thy
servants
the
prophets,
that
have
spoken
in thy
name
to
our
kings,
to
our
princes,
to
our
fathers,
and
to
all
the
people
of
the
land.
\VS{7}To thee,
O
Lord,
justice:
but
to
us confusion
of
face,
as
at
this
day
to
the
men
of Juda,
and
to
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
and
to
all
Israel
to
them
that
are
near,
and
to
them
that
are
far
off
in
all
the
countries whither thou hast
driven
them,
for
their iniquities
by
which
they
have sinned
against thee.
\VS{8}O
Lord,
to
us belongeth confusion
of
face,
to
our
princes,
and
to
our
fathers
that
have
sinned.
\VS{9}But
to thee,
the
Lord
our
God,
mercy
and
forgiveness,
for
we
have departed
from thee:
\VS{10}And
we
have
not hearkened
to
the
voice
of
the
Lord
our
God,
to walk
in
his
law,
which
he
set
before
us
by
his
servants
the
prophets.
\VS{11}And
all
Israel
have transgressed thy
law,
and
have
turned
away
from
hearing thy
voice,
and
the malediction,
and
the
curse,
which
is
written
in
the book
of
Moses
the
servant
of
God,
is fallen
upon
us,
because
we
have
sinned
against
him.
\VS{12}And
he hath
confirmed
his
words
which
he
spoke
against
us,
and
against
our princes
that
judged
us,
that
he
would
bring
in
upon
us
a
great
evil,
such
as
never
was
under
all
the
heaven,
according
to
that
which hath
been
done
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{13}As
it
is
written
in
the
law
of
Moses,
all
this
evil
is
come
upon
us:
and
we entreated
not thy
face,
O
Lord
our
God,
that
we
might
turn
from
our
iniquities,
and think
on thy
truth.
\VS{14}And
the
Lord hath
watched
upon
the
evil,
and hath
brought
it
upon
us:
the
Lord
our
God
is
just
in
all
his
works
which
he hath
done:
for
we
have
not hearkened
to
his
voice.
\VS{15}And
now,
O
Lord
our
God,
who hast
brought
forth thy
people
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
with
a
strong
hand,
and hast
made thee
a
name
as
at
this
day:
we
have
sinned,
we
have
committed iniquity,
\VS{16}O
Lord,
against
all thy
justice:
let thy
wrath
and thy indignation
be
turned
away,
I
beseech thee,
from thy
city
Jerusalem,
and
from thy
holy
mountain.
For
by reason
of
our
sins,
and
the
iniquities
of
our
fathers,
Jerusalem,
and thy
people
are
a
reproach
to
all
that
are
round
about
us.
\VS{17}Now
therefore,
O
our
God,
hear
the
supplication
of thy
servant,
and
his
prayers:
and shew thy
face
upon thy
sanctuary which
is
desolate,
for thy
own
sake.
\VS{18}Incline,
O
my
God, thy
ear,
and
hear:
open thy
eyes,
and
see
our
desolation,
and
the
city
upon
which thy
name
is
called:
for
it
is
not
for
our justifications
that
we
present
our prayers
before thy
face,
but
for
the multitude
of thy tender
mercies.
\VS{19}O
Lord,
hear:
O
Lord,
be appeased: hearken
and
do:
delay
not
for thy own
sake,
O
my
God:
because thy
name
is invocated
upon thy
city,
and
upon thy
people.
\VS{20}Now
while
I
was
yet
speaking,
and
praying,
and
confessing
my
sins,
and
the
sins
of
my
people
of
Israel,
and
presenting
my
supplications
in
the
sight
of
my
God,
for
the
holy
mountain
of
my
God:
\VS{21}As
I
was
yet
speaking
in
prayer,
behold
the
man
Gabriel,
whom
I
had
seen
in
the
vision
at
the
beginning, flying swiftly
touched
me
at
the
time
of
the
evening
sacrifice.
\VS{22}And
he
instructed
me,
and
spoke
to
me,
and
said: O
Daniel,
I am
now
come
forth
to teach thee,
and
that thou mightest
understand.
\VS{23}From
the
beginning
of thy prayers
the
word
came
forth:
and
I
am
come
to shew
it
to thee,
because thou art
a man
of
desires:
therefore
do thou mark
the
word,
and
understand
the
vision.
\VS{24}Seventy
weeks
are shortened
upon thy
people,
and
upon thy
holy
city,
that
transgression may
be finished,
and
sin may
have
an end,
and
iniquity may
be abolished;
and
everlasting
justice may
be
brought;
and
vision
and
prophecy may
be
fulfilled;
and
the saint
of saints may
be
anointed.
\VS{25}Know thou
therefore,
and
take
notice:
that
from
the
going
forth
of
the
word,
to
build
up
Jerusalem
again, unto Christ
the
prince,
there
shall
be
seven
weeks,
and sixty-two
weeks:
and
the
street
shall
be
built
again,
and
the walls
in straitness
of
times.
\VS{26}And
after sixty-two
weeks Christ
shall
be slain:
and
the
people
that
shall deny
him
shall
not
be
his.
And
a
people
with
their
leader
that
shall
come,
shall
destroy
the
city
and
the
sanctuary:
and
the
end thereof
shall
be
waste,
and
after
the
end
of
the
war
the appointed
desolation.
\VS{27}And
he shall confirm
the
covenant
with
many,
in
one
week:
and
in
the
half
of
the
week
the victim
and
the
sacrifice shall fall:
and
there shall
be
in
the temple
the
abomination
of
desolation:
and
the
desolation shall continue
even
to
the consummation,
and
to
the
end.

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
third
year
of
Cyrus
king
of
the Persians,
a
word
was
revealed
to
Daniel surnamed Baltassar,
and
a
true
word,
and
great strength:
and
he
understood
the
word:
for
there
is
need
of
understanding
in
a
vision.
\VS{2}In
those
days
I
Daniel
mourned
the
days
of
three
weeks.
\VS{3}I
ate
no
desirable
bread,
and
neither
flesh,
nor
wine
entered
into
my
mouth,
neither
was
I anointed
with ointment:
till
the
days
of
three
weeks
were
accomplished.
\VS{4}And
in
the
four
and
twentieth
day
of
the
first
month
I
was
by
the
great
river
which
is
the
Tigris.
\VS{5}And
I
lifted
up
my
eyes,
and
I
saw:
and
behold
a
man
clothed
in
linen,
and
his
loins
were
girded
with
the finest
gold:
\VS{6}And
his body
was
like
the chrysolite,
and
his
face
as
the
appearance
of
lightning,
and
his
eyes
as
a
burning lamp:
and
his
arms,
and
all downward even
to
the
feet,
like
in
appearance
to
glittering
brass:
and
the
voice
of
his
word
like
the
voice
of
a
multitude.
\VS{7}And
I
Daniel
alone
saw
the
vision:
for
the
men
that
were
with
me
saw
it
not:
but
an exceeding
great
terror
fell
upon
them,
and
they
fled
away,
and
hid
themselves.
\VS{8}And
I being
left
alone
saw
this
great
vision:
and
there
remained
no
strength
in
me,
and
the appearance
of
my countenance
was
changed
in
me,
and
I fainted
away,
and
retained
no
strength.
\VS{9}And
I
heard
the
voice
of
his
words:
and
when
I
heard,
I
lay
in
a consternation,
upon
my
face,
and
my
face
was close
to
the
ground.
\VS{10}And
behold
a
hand
touched
me,
and lifted
me
up
upon
my
knees,
and
upon
the joints
of
my
hands.
\VS{11}And
he
said
to
me:
Daniel, thou
man
of
desires,
understand
the
words
that
I
speak
to thee,
and
stand
upright:
for
I
am
sent
now
to thee.
And
when
he
had
said
this
word
to
me,
I
stood
trembling.
\VS{12}And
he
said
to
me:
Fear
not,
Daniel:
for
from
the
first
day
that thou didst
set thy
heart
to
understand,
to
afflict thyself
in
the
sight
of thy
God, thy
words
have
been
heard:
and
I
am
come
for thy
words.
\VS{13}But
the
prince
of
the
kingdom
of
the Persians resisted
me
one
and
twenty
days:
and
behold
Michael,
one
of
the
chief
princes,
came
to
help
me,
and
I
remained
there
by
the
king
of
the Persians.
\VS{14}But
I am
come
to teach thee
what
things
shall befall thy
people
in
the
latter
days,
for
as
yet
the
vision
is
for
days.
\VS{15}And
when
he
was
speaking
such
words
to
me,
I
cast
down
my
countenance
to
the
ground,
and
held
my peace.
\VS{16}And
behold,
as
it
were
the
likeness
of
a
son
of
man
touched
my
lips:
then
I
opened
my
mouth,
and
spoke,
and
said
to
him
that
stood
before
me: O
my
Lord,
at
the
sight
of thee
my joints
are loosed,
and
no
strength hath
remained
in
me.
\VS{17}And
how
can
the
servant
of
my
lord
speak
with
my
lord?
for
no
strength remaineth
in
me,
moreover
my
breath
is
stopped.
\VS{18}Therefore
he that
looked
like
a
man
touched
me
again,
and
strengthened
me.
\VS{19}And
he
said:
Fear
not, O
man
of
desires,
peace
be
to thee:
take
courage
and
be
strong.
And
when
he
spoke
to
me,
I grew
strong:
and
I
said:
Speak, O
my
lord,
for thou hast
strengthened
me.
\VS{20}And
he
said: Dost thou
know wherefore
I
am
come
to thee?
and
now
I
will
return,
to
fight
against
the
prince
of
the Persians.
When
I
went
forth,
there
appeared
the
prince
of
the Greeks
coming.
\VS{21}But
I
will
tell thee
what
is set
down
in
the scripture
of
truth:
and
none
is
my helper
in
all
these
things,
but
Michael
your
prince.

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
from
the
first
year
of
Darius
the
Mede
I
stood
up
that
he might
be
strengthened
and
confirmed.
\VS{2}And
now
I
will shew thee
the
truth.
Behold
there
shall
stand
yet
three
kings
in
Persia,
and
the
fourth
shall
be
enriched
exceedingly above
them
all:
and
when
he
shall
be grown
mighty
by
his
riches,
he
shall
stir
up
all
against
the
kingdom
of
Greece.
\VS{3}But
there
shall
rise
up
a
strong
king,
and
shall
rule
with
great power:
and
he
shall
do
what
he pleaseth.
\VS{4}And
when
he
shall
come
to
his height,
his
kingdom
shall
be
broken,
and
it
shall
be
divided towards
the
four
winds
of
the
heaven:
but
not
to
his
posterity,
nor according
to
his power
with
which
he
ruled.
For
his
kingdom
shall
be rent
in
pieces,
even
for strangers, beside
these.
\VS{5}And
the
king
of
the
south
shall
be
strengthened,
and
one
of
his
princes
shall prevail
over
him,
and
he
shall
rule
with
great
power:
for
his
dominion
shall
be
great.
\VS{6}And
after
the
end
of
years
they
shall
be
in league
together:
and
the
daughter
of
the
king
of
the
south
shall
come
to
the
king
of
the
north
to
make friendship,
but
she
shall
not obtain
the
strength
of
the
arm,
neither
shall
her seed
stand:
and
she
shall
be
given
up,
and
her young
men
that
brought
her,
and
they
that
strengthened
her
in
these
times.
\VS{7}And
a plant
of
the bud
of
her
roots,
shall
stand
up:
and
he
shall
come
with
an
army,
and
shall
enter
into
the province
of
the
king
of
the
north:
and
he
shall abuse
them,
and
shall
prevail.
\VS{8}And
he
shall
also
carry
away captive
into
Egypt
their
gods,
and
their graven
things,
and
their
precious
vessels
of
gold
and
silver:
he
shall
prevail
against
the
king
of
the
north.
\VS{9}And
the
king
of
the
south
shall
enter
into
the
kingdom,
and
shall
return
to
his own
land.
\VS{10}And
his
sons
shall
be provoked,
and
they
shall
assemble
a
multitude
of
great
forces:
and
he
shall
come
with haste
like
a flood:
and
he
shall
return
and
be stirred
up,
and
he
shall join battle
with
his
forces.
\VS{11}And
the
king
of
the
south being provoked
shall
go
forth,
and
shall
fight
against
the
king
of
the
north,
and
shall prepare
an exceeding
great
multitude,
and
a
multitude
shall
be
given
into
his
hand.
\VS{12}And
he
shall
take
a
multitude,
and
his
heart
shall
be
lifted
up,
and
he
shall
cast
down
many
thousands:
but
he
shall
not
prevail.
\VS{13}For
the
king
of
the
north
shall
return
and
shall prepare
a
multitude
much
greater
than
before:
and
in
the
end
of
times
and
years,
be
shall
come
in haste
with
a
great
army,
and
much
riches.
\VS{14}And
in
those
times
many
shall
rise
up
against
the
king
of
the
south,
and
the
children
of prevaricators
of thy
people
shall
lift
up
themselves
to
fulfill
the
vision,
and
they
shall
fall.
\VS{15}And
the
king
of
the
north
shall
come,
and
shall
cast
up
a mount,
and
shall
take
the best fenced
cities:
and
the
arms
of
the
south
shall
not
withstand,
and
his chosen
ones
shall
rise
up
to resist,
and
they
shall
not
have
strength.
\VS{16}And
he
shall
come
upon
him
and
do
according
to
his
pleasure,
and
there
shall
be
none
to
stand
against
his
face:
and
he
shall
stand
in
the glorious
land,
and
it
shall
be
consumed
by
his
hand.
\VS{17}And
he
shall
set
his
face
to
come
to possess
all
his
kingdom,
and
he
shall
make
upright conditions
with
him:
and
he
shall
give
him
a
daughter
of
women,
to overthrow
it:
and
she
shall
not
stand,
neither
shall
she
be
for
him.
\VS{18}And
he
shall
turn
his
face
to
the
islands,
and
shall
take
many:
and
he
shall
cause
the prince
of
his
reproach
to
cease,
and
his
reproach
shall
be
turned upon
him.
\VS{19}And
he
shall
turn
his
face
to
the empire
of
his
own
land,
and
he
shall
stumble,
and
fall,
and
shall
not
be
found.
\VS{20}And
there
shall
stand
up
in
his
place,
one most vile,
and unworthy
of kingly honour:
and
in
a
few
days
he
shall
be destroyed,
not
in rage
nor
in
battle.
\VS{21}And
there
shall
stand
up
in
his
place
one
despised,
and
the kingly honour
shall
not
be
given
him:
and
he
shall
come privately,
and
shall obtain
the
kingdom
by fraud.
\VS{22}And
the
arms
of
the fighter
shall
be overcome
before
his
face,
and
shall
be
broken; yea
also
the
prince
of
the
covenant.
\VS{23}And
after friendships,
he
will
deal
deceitfully
with
him:
and
he
shall
go
up,
and
shall overcome
with
a
small
people.
\VS{24}And
he
shall
enter
into rich
and plentiful
cities:
and
he
shall
do
that
which
his
fathers
never
did,
nor
his
fathers’
fathers:
he
shall scatter
their
spoils,
and
their prey,
and
their riches,
and
shall forecast devices
against
the best fenced places:
and
this
until
a
time.
\VS{25}And
his
strength
and
his
heart
shall
be
stirred
up
against
the
king
of
the
south
with
a
great
army:
and
the
king
of
the
south
shall
be
stirred
up
to
battle
with
many
and
very
strong succours:
and
they
shall
not
stand,
for
they
shall form
designs
against
him.
\VS{26}And
they
that
eat bread
with
him, shall
destroy
him,
and
his
army shall
be overthrown:
and
many shall
fall
down
slain.
\VS{27}And
the
heart
of
the
two
kings
shall
be
to do evil,
and
they
shall
speak
lies
at
one
table,
and
they
shall
not
prosper:
because
as
yet
the
end
is unto
another
time.
\VS{28}And
he
shall
return
into
his
land
with
much riches:
and
his
heart
shall
be
against
the
holy
covenant,
and
he
shall succeed
and
shall
return
into
his own
land.
\VS{29}At
the
time
appointed
he
shall
return,
and
he
shall
come
to
the
south,
but
the
latter
time
shall
not
be
like
the
former.
\VS{30}And
the galleys
and
the Romans shall
come
upon
him,
and
he shall
be struck,
and shall
return,
and shall
have
indignation
against
the
covenant
of
the
sanctuary,
and
he shall succeed:
and
he shall
return
and shall devise
against
them
that
have forsaken
the
covenant
of
the
sanctuary.
\VS{31}And
arms shall
stand
on
his
part,
and
they shall
defile
the
sanctuary
of
strength,
and shall
take
away
the
continual
sacrifice,
and
they shall
place
there
the
abomination unto
desolation.
\VS{32}And such
as
deal
wickedly against
the
covenant
shall deceitfully dissemble:
but
the
people
that
know
their
God
shall prevail
and succeed.
\VS{33}And
they
that
are
learned among
the
people
shall teach
many:
and
they
shall
fall
by
the
sword,
and
by fire,
and
by
captivity,
and
by
spoil
for
many
days.
\VS{34}And
when
they shall
have fallen
they shall
be relieved
with
a
small
help:
and
many shall
be joined
to
them deceitfully.
\VS{35}And
some
of
the learned
shall
fall,
that
they
may
be
tried,
and
may
be
chosen,
and made
white
even
to
the
appointed
time,
because
yet
there
shall
be
another
time.
\VS{36}And
the
king
shall
do
according
to
his
will,
and
he
shall
be
lifted
up,
and
shall
magnify
himself
against
every
god:
and
he
shall
speak
great
things
against
the
God
of
gods,
and
shall
prosper,
till
the
wrath
be
accomplished.
For
the determination
is
made.
\VS{37}And
he
shall
make
no
account
of
the
God
of
his
fathers:
and
he
shall follow
the lust
of
women,
and
he
shall
not
regard
any
gods:
for
he
shall rise
up
against
all
things.
\VS{38}But
he
shall worship
the
god Maozim
in
his
place:
and
a
god
whom
his
fathers
knew
not,
he
shall worship
with
gold,
and
silver,
and
precious
stones,
and
things
of
great
price.
\VS{39}And
he
shall
do
this
to fortify Maozim
with
a
strange
god,
whom
he hath acknowledged,
and
he
shall
increase
glory
and
shall give
them power
over
many,
and
shall
divide
the
land gratis.
\VS{40}And
at
the
time prefixed
the
king
of
the
south
shall fight
against
him,
and
the
king
of
the
north
shall
come
against
him
like
a tempest,
with
chariots,
and
with
horsemen,
and
with
a
great navy,
and
he
shall
enter
into
the
countries,
and
shall destroy,
and
pass
through.
\VS{41}And
he
shall
enter
into
the glorious
land,
and
many
shall
fall:
and
these only
shall
be
saved
out
of
his
hand,
Edom,
and
Moab,
and
the principality
of
the
children
of
Ammon.
\VS{42}And
he
shall
lay
his
hand
upon
the
lands:
and
the
land
of
Egypt
shall
not
escape.
\VS{43}And
he
shall
have power
over
the
treasures
of
gold,
and
of
silver,
and
all
the
precious
things
of
Egypt:
and
he
shall pass
through
Libya,
and
Ethiopia.
\VS{44}And
tidings
out
of
the
east,
and
out
of
the
north shall trouble
him:
and
he shall
come
with
a
great multitude
to
destroy
and slay
many.
\VS{45}And
he
shall fix
his
tabernacle Apadno
between
the
seas,
upon
a glorious
and
holy
mountain:
and
he
shall
come
even
to
the top thereof,
and
none
shall
help
him.

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
at
that
time
shall
Michael
rise
up,
the
great
prince,
who standeth
for
the
children
of thy
people:
and
a
time
shall
come
such
as
never
was
from
the
time
that
nations
began
even
until
that
time.
And
at
that
time
shall thy
people
be
saved,
every
one
that
shall
be
found
written
in
the
book.
\VS{2}And
many
of
those that
sleep
in
the
dust
of
the
earth,
shall awake:
some unto
life
everlasting,
and
others unto
reproach,
to see it
always.
\VS{3}But they that
are learned
shall shine as
the
brightness
of
the
firmament:
and they that instruct
many
to
justice, as
stars
for
all
eternity.
\VS{4}But thou,
O
Daniel,
shut
up
the
words,
and
seal
the
book,
even
to
the
time
appointed:
many
shall pass
over,
and
knowledge
shall
be manifold.
\VS{5}And
I
Daniel
looked,
and
behold
as
it
were
two
others
stood:
one
on
this
side
upon
the
bank
of
the
river,
and
another
on
that
side,
on
the
other
bank
of
the
river.
\VS{6}And
I
said
to
the
man
that
was
clothed
In
linen,
that stood
upon
the
waters
of
the
river:
How
long
shall
it
be
to
the
end
of
these
wonders?
\VS{7}And
I
heard
the
man
that
was
clothed
in
linen,
that stood
upon
the
waters
of
the
river:
when
he
had
lifted
up
his
right
hand,
and
his
left
hand
to
heaven,
and
had
sworn,
by
him
that liveth
for
ever,
that
it
should
be unto
a
time,
and
times,
and
half
a
time.
And
when
the scattering
of
the band
of
the
holy
people
shall
be
accomplished,
all
these
things
shall
be
finished.
\VS{8}And
I
heard,
and
understood
not.
And
I
said:
O
my
lord,
what
shall
be after
these
things?
\VS{9}And
he
said: Go,
Daniel,
because
the
words
are
shut
up,
and
sealed
until
the
appointed
time.
\VS{10}Many
shall
be
chosen,
and
made
white,
and
shall
be
tried as fire:
and
the
wicked
shall deal
wickedly,
and
none
of
the
wicked
shall
understand,
but
the
learned
shall
understand.
\VS{11}And
from
the
time
when
the
continual
sacrifice
shall
be
taken
away,
and
the
abomination unto
desolation
shall
be
set
up, there
shall
be
a
thousand
two
hundred
ninety
days,
\VS{12}Blessed
is
he
that waiteth
and cometh unto
a
thousand
three
hundred thirty-five
days.
\VS{13}But go thou thy ways until
the
time
appointed:
and thou shalt
rest,
and
stand
in thy
lot unto
the
end
of
the
days.

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now there was a man that dwelt in Babylon, and his name was Joakim:
\VS{2}And he took a wife whose name was Susanna, the daughter of Helcias, a very beautiful woman, and one that feared God.
\VS{3}For her parents being just, had instructed their daughter according to the law of Moses.
\VS{4}Now Joakim was very rich, and had an orchard near his house: and the Jews resorted to him, because he was the most honourable of them all.
\VS{5}And there were two of the ancients of the people appointed judges that year, of whom the Lord said: Iniquity came out from Babylon from the ancient judges, that seemed to govern the people.
\VS{6}These men frequented the house of Joakim, and all that had any matters of judgment came to them.
\VS{7}And when the people departed away at noon, Susanna went in, and walked in her husband’s orchard.
\VS{8}And the old men saw her going in every day, and walking: and they were inflamed with lust towards her:
\VS{9}And they perverted their own mind and turned away their eyes that they might not look unto heaven, nor remember just judgments.
\VS{10}So they were both wounded with the love of her, yet they did not make known their grief one to the other:
\VS{11}For they were ashamed to declare to one another their lust, being desirous to have to do with her.
\VS{12}And they watched carefully every day to see her. And one said to the other:
\VS{13}Let us now go home, for it is dinner time. So going out they departed one from another.
\VS{14}And turning back again, they came both to the same place: and asking one another the cause, they acknowledged their lust; and then they agreed upon a time, when they might find her alone.
\VS{15}And it fell out, as they watched a fit day, she went in on a time, as yesterday and the day before, with two maids only, and was desirous to wash herself in the orchard: for it was hot weather.
\VS{16}And there was nobody there, but the two old men that had hid themselves and were beholding her.
\VS{17}So she said to the maids: Bring me oil, and washing balls, and shut the doors of the orchard, that I may wash me.
\VS{18}And they did as she bade them: and they shut the doors of the orchard, and went out by a back door to fetch what she had commanded them, and they knew not that the elders were hid within.
\VS{19}Now when the maids were gone forth, the two elders arose, and ran to her, and said:
\VS{20}Behold the doors of the orchard are shut, and nobody seeth us, and we are in love with thee: wherefore consent to us, and lie with us.
\VS{21}But if thou wilt not, we will bear witness against thee, that a young man was with thee, and therefore thou didst send away thy maids from thee.
\VS{22}Susanna sighed, and said: I am straitened on every side: for if I do this thing, it is death to me: and if I do it not, I shall not escape your hands.
\VS{23}But it is better for me to fall into your hands without doing it, than to sin in the sight of the Lord.
\VS{24}With that Susanna cried out with a loud voice: and the elders also cried out against her.
\VS{25}And one of them ran to the door of the orchard, and opened it.
\VS{26}So when the servants of the house heard the cry in the orchard, they rushed in by the back door to see what was the matter.
\VS{27}But after the old men had spoken, the servants were greatly ashamed: for never had there been any such word said of Susanna. And on the next day,
\VS{28}When the people were come to Joakim her husband, the two elders also came full of wicked device against Susanna, to put her to death.
\VS{29}And they said before the people: Send to Susanna daughter of Helcias the wife of Joakim. And presently they sent.
\VS{30}And she came with her parents, and children, and all her kindred.
\VS{31}Now Susanna was exceeding delicate, and beautiful to behold.
\VS{32}But those wicked men commanded that her face should be uncovered, (for she was covered,) that so at least they might be satisfied with her beauty.
\VS{33}Therefore her friends and all her acquaintance wept.
\VS{34}But the two elders rising up in the midst of the people, laid their hands upon her head.
\VS{35}And she weeping looked up to heaven, for her heart had confidence in the Lord.
\VS{36}And the elders said: As we walked in the orchard alone, this woman came in with two maids, and shut the doors of the orchard, and sent away the maids from her.
\VS{37}Then a young man that was there hid came to her, and lay with her.
\VS{38}But we that were in a corner of the orchard, seeing this wickedness, ran up to them, and we saw them lie together.
\VS{39}And him indeed we could not take, because he was stronger than us, and opening the doors be leaped out:
\VS{40}But having taken this woman, we asked who the young man was, but she would not tell us: of this thing we are witnesses.
\VS{41}The multitude believed them as being the elders and the judges of the people, and they condemned her to death.
\VS{42}Then Susanna cried out with a loud voice, and said: O eternal God, who knowest hidden things, who knowest all things before they come to pass,
\VS{43}Thou knowest that they have borne false witness against me: and behold I must die, whereas I have done none of these things, which these men have maliciously forged against me.
\VS{44}And the Lord heard her voice.
\VS{45}And when she was led to be put to death, the Lord raised up the holy spirit of a young boy, whose name was Daniel.
\VS{46}And he cried out with a loud voice I am clear from the blood of this woman.
\VS{47}Then all the people turning themselves towards him, said: What meaneth this word that thou hast spoken?
\VS{48}But he standing in the midst of them, said: Are ye so foolish, ye children of Israel, that without examination or knowledge of the truth, you have condemned a daughter of Israel?
\VS{49}Return to judgment, for they have borne false witness against her.
\VS{50}So all the people turned again in haste, and the old men said to him: Come, and sit thou down among us, and shew it as: seeing God hath given thee the honour of old age.
\VS{51}And Daniel said to the people: Separate these two far from one another, and I will examine them.
\VS{52}So when they were put asunder one from the other, he called one of them, and said to him: O thou that art grown old in evil days, now are thy sins come out, which thou hast committed before:
\VS{53}In judging unjust judgments, oppressing the innocent, and letting the guilty to go free, whereas the Lord saith: I The innocent and the just thou shalt not kill.
\VS{54}Now then, if thou sawest her, tell me under what tree thou sawest them conversing together. He said: Under a mastic tree.
\VS{55}And Daniel said: Well hast thou lied against thy own head: for behold the angel of God having received the sentence of him, shall cut thee in two.
\VS{56}And having put him aside, he commanded that the other should come, and he said to him: O thou seed of Chanaan, and not of Juda, beauty hath deceived thee, and lust hath perverted thy heart:
\VS{57}Thus did you do to the daughters of Israel, and they for fear conversed with you: but a daughter of Juda would not abide your wickedness.
\VS{58}Now therefore tell me, under what tree didst thou take them conversing together. And he answered: Under a holm tree.
\VS{59}And Daniel said to him: Well hast thou also lied against thy own head: for the angel of the Lord waiteth with a sword to cut thee in two, and to destroy you.
\VS{60}With that all the assembly cried out with a loud voice, and they blessed God, who saveth them that trust in him.
\VS{61}And they rose up against the two elders, (for Daniel had convicted them of false witness by their own mouth,) and they did to them as they had maliciously dealt against their neighbour,
\VS{62}To fulfill the law of Moses: and they put them to death, and innocent blood was saved in that day.
\VS{63}But Helcias and his wife praised God, for their daughter Susanna, with Joakim her husband, and all her kindred, because there was no dishonesty found in her.
\VS{64}And Daniel became great in the sight of the people from that day, and thenceforward.
\VS{65}And king Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus the Persian received his kingdom.

\par }\Chap{14}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And Daniel was the king’s guest, and was honoured above all his friends.
\VS{2}Now the Babylonians had an idol called Bel: and there were spent upon him every day twelve great measures of fine flour, and forty sheep, and sixty vessels of wine.
\VS{3}The king also worshipped him, and went every day to adore him: but Daniel adored his God. And the king said to him: Why dost thou not adore Bel?
\VS{4}And he answered, and said to him: Because I do not worship idols made with hands, but the living God, that created heaven and earth, and hath power over all flesh.
\VS{5}And the king said to him: Doth not Bel seem to thee to be a living god? Seest thou not how much he eateth and drinketh every day?
\VS{6}Then Daniel smiled and said: O king, be not deceived: for this is but clay within, and brass without, neither hath he eaten at any time.
\VS{7}And the king being angry called for his priests, and said to them: If you tell me not, who it is that eateth up these expenses, you shall die.
\VS{8}But if you can shew that Bel eateth these things, Daniel shall die, because he hath blasphemed against Bel. And Daniel said to the king: Be it done according to thy word.
\VS{9}Now the priests of Bel were seventy, besides their wives, and little ones, and children. And the king went with Daniel into the temple of Bel.
\VS{10}And the priests of Bel said: Behold we go out: and do thou, O king, set on the meats, and make ready the wine, and shut the door fast, and seal it with thy own ring:
\VS{11}And when thou comest in the morning, if thou findest not that Bel hath eaten up all, we will suffer death, or else Daniel that hath lied against us.
\VS{12}And they little regarded it, because they had made under the table a secret entrance, and they always came in by it, and consumed those things.
\VS{13}So it came to pass after they were gone out, the king set the meats before Bel: and Daniel commanded his servants, and they brought ashes, and he sifted them all over the temple before the king: and going forth they shut the door, and having sealed it with the king’s ring, they departed.
\VS{14}But the priests went in by night, according to their custom, with their wives and their children: and they ate and drank up all.
\VS{15}And the king arose early in the morning, and Daniel with him.
\VS{16}And the king said: Are the seals whole, Daniel? And he answered: They are whole, O king.
\VS{17}And as soon as he had opened the door, the king looked upon the table, and cried out with a loud voice: Great art thou, O Bel, and there is not any deceit with thee.
\VS{18}And Daniel laughed: and he held the king that he should not go in: and he said: Behold the pavement, mark whose footsteps these are.
\VS{19}And the king said: I see the footsteps of men, and women, and children. And the king was angry.
\VS{20}Then he took the priests, and their wives, and their children: and they shewed him the private doors by which they came in, and consumed the things that were on the table.
\VS{21}The king therefore put them to death, and delivered Bel into the power of Daniel: who destroyed him, and his temple.
\VS{22}And there was a great dragon in that place, and the Babylonians worshipped him.
\VS{23}And the king said to Daniel: Behold thou canst not say now, that this is not a living god: adore him therefore.
\VS{24}And Daniel said: I adore the Lord my God: for he is the living God: but that is no living god.
\VS{25}But give me leave, O king, and I will kill this dragon without sword or club. And the king said: I give thee leave.
\VS{26}Then Daniel took pitch, and fat, and hair, and boiled them together: and he made lumps, and put them into the dragon’s mouth, and the dragon burst asunder. And he said: Behold him whom you worshipped.
\VS{27}And when the Babylonians had heard this, they took great indignation: and being gathered together against the king, they said: The king is become a Jew. He hath destroyed Bel, he hath killed the dragon, and he hath put the priests to death.
\VS{28}And they came to the king, and said: Deliver us Daniel, or else we will destroy thee and thy house.
\VS{29}And the king saw that they pressed upon him violently: and being constrained by necessity he delivered Daniel to them.
\VS{30}And they cast him into the den of lions, and he was there six days.
\VS{31}And in the den there were seven lions, and they had given to them two carcasses every day, and two sheep: but then they were not given unto them, that they might devour Daniel.
\VS{32}Now there was in Judea a prophet called Habacuc, and he had boiled pottage, and had broken bread in a bowl: and was going into the field, to carry it to the reapers.
\VS{33}And the angel of the Lord said to Habacuc: Carry the dinner which thou hast into Babylon to Daniel, who is in the lions’ den.
\VS{34}And Habacuc said: Lord, I never saw Babylon, nor do I know the den.
\VS{35}And the angel of the Lord took him by the top of his head, and carried him by the hair of his head, and set him in Babylon over the den in the force of his spirit.
\VS{36}And Habacuc cried, saying: O Daniel, thou servant of God, take the dinner that God hath sent thee.
\VS{37}And Daniel said: Thou hast remembered me, O God, and thou hast not forsaken them that love thee.
\VS{38}And Daniel arose and ate. And the angel of the Lord presently set Habacuc again in his own place.
\VS{39}And upon the seventh day the king came to bewail Daniel: and he came to the den, and looked in, and behold Daniel was sitting in the midst of the lions.
\VS{40}And the king cried out with a loud voice, saying: Great art thou, O Lord the God of Daniel. And he drew him out of the lions’ den.
\VS{41}But those that bad been the cause of his destruction, he cast into the den, and they were devoured in a moment before him.
\VS{42}Then the king said: Let all the inhabitants of the whole earth fear the God of Daniel: for he is the Saviour, working signs, and wonders in the earth: who hath delivered Daniel out of the lions’ den.
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