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