29 At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.
30 The king spake, 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 honour of my majesty?
31 While the word wasin the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king
Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.
32 And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall bewith the beasts of the field:
they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know
that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and
did eat 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.
34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine
understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him
that liveth for ever, whose dominion isan everlasting dominion, and his kingdom isfrom
generation to generation:
35 And all the inhabitants of the earth arereputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his
will in the army of heaven, and amongthe inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand,
or say unto him, What doest thou?
36 At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour
and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was
established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me.
37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are
truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the
thousand.
2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels
which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which wasin Jerusalem; that the
king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God
which wasat Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in
them.
4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of
stone.
5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick
upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that
wrote.
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.
7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. Andthe
king spake, and said to the wise menof Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew
me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and havea chain of gold about his
neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
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 thereof.
9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his
lords were astonied.
10 Nowthe queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet
house: andthe queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor
let thy countenance be changed:

11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom isthe 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, andsoothsayers;
12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams,
and shewing 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 shew the interpretation.
13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. Andthe king spake and said unto Daniel, Artthou
that Daniel, which artof the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father
brought out of Jewry?
14 I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods isin thee, and thatlight and
understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
15 And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should
read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew
the interpretation of the thing:
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 thereof, thou shalt be
clothed with scarlet, and havea chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the
kingdom.
17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy
rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the
interpretation.
18 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and
glory, and honour:
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.
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:
21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his
dwelling waswith the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with
the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and thathe
appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
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 drunk 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 areall thy ways,
hast thou not glorified:
24 Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
25 And this isthe writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
26 This isthe interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished
it.
27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and puta chain of gold
about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the
kingdom.
30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.

31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, beingabout threescore and two years old.
1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be
over the whole kingdom;
2 And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel wasfirst: that the princes might give
accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.
3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit
wasin him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the
kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he wasfaithful, neither was
there any error or fault found in him.
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 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him,
King Darius, live for ever.
7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the
captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that
whosoever 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.
8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to
the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
9 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows
being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and
prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.
12 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not
signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petitionof 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
istrue, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which isof 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.
14 Then the king, when he heard thesewords, was sore displeased with himself, and set his
heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.
15 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law
of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be
changed.
16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast himinto the den of lions. Now
the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver
thee.
17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; 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.
18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of
musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.
20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: andthe king
spake 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?