CHAPTERS 7-12
DANIEL#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.
2
Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the
four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
3 And four great
beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
4 The first was
like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked,
and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
5 And behold
another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side,
and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said
thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
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 After this I
saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and
strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in
pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from
all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
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 man, and a mouth
speaking great things.
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.
10 A fiery stream
issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him,
and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and
the books were opened.
11
I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn
spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and
given to the burning flame.
12 As concerning
the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives
were prolonged for a season and time.
13
I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came
with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought
him near before him.
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.
15 ¶ I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my
body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
16 I came near
unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told
me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
17
These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise
out of the earth.
18 But the saints
of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even
for ever and ever.
19 Then I would
know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his
nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with
his feet;
20 And of the ten
horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom
three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great
things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
21
I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed
against them;
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.
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.
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.
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.
26 But the
judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to
destroy it unto the end.
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.
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.
1 ¶ In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a
vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me
at the first.
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 of Ulai.
3 Then I lifted
up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which
had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other,
and the higher came up last.
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.
5 And as I was
considering, behold, an 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.
6
And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing
before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.
7 And I saw him
come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote
the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand
before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his
hand.
8 Therefore the
he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken;
and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
9 And out of one
of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the
south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
10
And it waxed 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.
11 Yea, 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.
12 And an host
was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised,
and prospered.
13 Then I heard
one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake,
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?
14
And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then
shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
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.
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.
17 So he came
near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but
he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be
the vision.
18 Now as he was
speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground:
but he touched me, and set me upright.
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.
20 The ram which
thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
21 And the rough
goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
22 Now that being
broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the
nation, but not in his power.
23 And in the latter
time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of
fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
24
And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall
destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the
mighty and the holy people.
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.
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.
27 And I Daniel fainted,
and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king's business;
and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.
1 ¶ In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of
the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;
2 In the first
year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof
the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
3 And I set my
face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and
sackcloth, and ashes:
4 ¶ And I prayed unto 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;
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:
6 Neither have we
hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings,
our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
7
O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces,
as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and
unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries
whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have
trespassed against thee.
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 To the Lord our
God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
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.
11
Yea, 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.
12 And he hath
confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that
judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
13 As it is
written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our
prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and
understand thy truth.
14 Therefore hath
the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for
we obeyed not his voice.
15 And now, O
Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a
mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we
have done wickedly.
16
O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine
anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain:
because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy
people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
17 Now therefore,
O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is
desolate, for the Lord's sake.
18 O my God,
incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and
the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications
before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
19 O Lord, hear;
O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own
sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
20 ¶ And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and
confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my
supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;
21 Yea, whiles 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.
22 And he
informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to
give thee skill and understanding.
23 At the
beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore
understand the matter, and consider the vision.
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.
25 Know therefore
and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to
build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and
threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even
in troublous times.
26
And after threescore 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 the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end
of the war desolations are determined.
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.
1 ¶ In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was
revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar;
and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the
thing, and had understanding of the vision.
2 In those days I
Daniel was mourning three full weeks.
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.
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;
5 Then I lifted
up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose
loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:
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
colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a
multitude.
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.
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.
9 Yet heard I the
voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a
deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.
10 ¶ And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon
my knees and upon the palms of my hands.
11 And he said
unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak
unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had
spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.
12 Then said he
unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy
God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
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.
14
Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in
the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.
15 And when he
had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became
dumb.
16 And, behold,
one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before
me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained
no strength.
17 For how can
the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway
there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.
18 Then there
came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
19 And said, O
man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong.
And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord
speak; for thou hast strengthened me.
20 Then said he,
Knowest thou wherefore I come unto 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.
21 But I will shew
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.
1 ¶ Also I in the first year of
Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
2 And now will I
shew 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.
3
And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion,
and do according to his will.
4 And when he
shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward 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.
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.
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.
7 But out of a
branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which 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:
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.
9 So the king of
the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land.
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 And the king
of the south shall be moved with choler, 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.
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.
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.
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.
15
So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the
most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his
chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.
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.
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.
18 After this
shall he turn his face unto 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.
19 Then he shall
turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall,
and not be found.
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.
21 ¶ And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to
whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in
peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
22 And with the
arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
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.
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: yea, and
he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
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.
26
Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and
his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.
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.
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.
29 At the time
appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as
the former, or as the latter.
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.
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.
32 And such as do
wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do
exploits.
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.
34 Now when they
shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to
them with flatteries.
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.
36 And the king
shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself
above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and
shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
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.
38 But in his
estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall
he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant
things.
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.
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.
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.
42 He shall
stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not
escape.
43 But he shall
have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious
things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
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.
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.
1 ¶ And at that time shall Michael
stand up, the great prince which 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.
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.
3 And they that
be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many
to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
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.
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.
6 And one said to
the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long
shall it be to the end of these wonders?
7 And I heard the
man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when
he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that
liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he
shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these
things shall be finished.
8 And I heard,
but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
9 And he said, Go
thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the
end.
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.
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 Blessed is he
that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty
days.
13 But go thou
thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end
of the days.