21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me:
forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no
hurt.
23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up
out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him,
because he believed in his God.
24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they
cast theminto the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the
mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
25 Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth;
Peace be multiplied unto you.
26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God
of Daniel: for he isthe living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom thatwhich shall not be
destroyed, and his dominion shall be evenunto the end.
27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who
hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
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, andtold 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 waslike 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
hadthree 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 wasdiverse from all the beasts that werebefore 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 likethe fiery flame,
andhis wheels asburning 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 eventill
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, onelike the Son of man came with the clouds of
14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and
languages, should serve him: his dominion isan everlasting dominion, which shall not pass
away, and his kingdom thatwhich shall not be destroyed.
15 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of mybody, 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, arefour kings, whichshall 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 ofiron, and his nails ofbrass; whichdevoured, brake in
pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
20 And of the ten horns that werein his head, and ofthe other which came up, and before whom
three fell; even ofthat horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look
wasmore 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 areten kings thatshall 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 greatwords 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 itunto 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 isan everlasting
kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
28 Hitherto isthe 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 untome
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 wasat Shushan inthe palace,
which isin 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
twohorns: and the twohorns werehigh; but one washigher 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 anythat 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 hada notable horn between his eyes.
6 And he came to the ram that had twohorns, 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, evento the host of heaven; and it cast down someof the host and of the
stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
11 Yea, he magnified himselfeven to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrificewas
taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
12 And an host was given himagainst the daily sacrificeby 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 saintwhich spake,
How long shall bethe vision concerningthe 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, evenI 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 ofUlai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make
this manto 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 bethe 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 twohorns arethe kings of Media and Persia.
21 And the rough goat isthe king of Grecia: and the great horn that isbetween his eyes isthe
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
himselfin 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 istrue: wherefore shut thou
up the vision; for it shall befor many days.
27 And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certaindays; 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
