Daniel 1

Daniel and His Friends Obey God 1 In the third year of the reign ofJehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, withsome of the articles of the house of God, which he carriedinto the land of […]

Daniel 2

Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream 1 Now in the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams;and his spirit wassotroubled thathis sleep left him. 2 Then the king gave the command to call the magicians, the astrologers, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans to tell the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. 3 And […]

Daniel 3

The Image of Gold 1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose heightwassixty cubitsandits width six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. 2 And King Nebuchadnezzar sentwordto gather together the satraps, the administrators, the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and […]

Daniel 4

Nebuchadnezzar’s Second Dream 1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, # To all peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you. 2 I thought it good to declare the signs and wondersthat the Most High God has worked for me. 3 How greatareHis signs, And how mighty His wonders! # His […]

Daniel 5

Belshazzar’s Feast 1 Belshazzar the kingmade a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine in the presence of the thousand. 2 While he tasted the wine, Belshazzar gave the command to bring the gold and silver vesselswhich his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple whichhadbeenin Jerusalem, that the king and […]

Daniel 6

The Plot Against Daniel 1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred and twenty satraps, to be over the whole kingdom; 2 and over these, three governors, of whom Danielwasone, that the satraps might give account to them, so that the king would suffer no loss. 3 Then this Daniel distinguished himself […]

Daniel 7

Vision of the Four Beasts 1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon,Daniel had a dream andvisions of his headwhileon his bed. Then he wrote down the dream, telling the main facts. 2 Daniel spoke, saying, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up […]

Daniel 8

Vision of a Ram and a Goat 1 In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar a vision appearedtome—to me, Daniel—after the one that appeared to methe first time. 2 I saw in the vision, and it so happened while I was looking, that IwasinShushan, the citadel, whichisin the province of Elam; and […]

Daniel 9

Daniel’s Prayer for the People 1 In the first yearof Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the lineage of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans— 2 in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the yearsspecifiedby the word of theLordthroughJeremiah the […]

Daniel 10

Vision of the Glorious Man 1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel, whosename was called Belteshazzar. The messagewastrue, but the appointed timewaslong; and he understood the message, and had understanding of the vision. 2 In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three full weeks. 3 I […]