24 Then was the part of the hand fent from him, and this writing was written.

25 And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

26 This is the interpretation of the thing, MENE, God hath numbred thy kingdom, and finished it.

27 TEKEL, thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

28 PERES, thy kingdom is divided, and Foretold, given to the Medes and Perfians.

Ifai. 21.2. Verf. 31.

Chap.

v

29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they Chap. 9. 1. clothed Daniel with fcarlet, and put a chain of 6.28. gold about his neck, and made a proclamation * Verf. 7. concerning him, that he fhould be the third ruler in the kingdom.

Chap.

9. I. + Chald. he as the

30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans flain.

31 Y And Darius the Median took the kingfon of, &c. dom, + being about threescore and two years

||Or,

71029.

old.

Christ

4 Then the prefidents and princes fought 537to find occafion against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find none occafion nor fault: forafmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him:

5 Then faid these men, We fhall not find any occafion against this Daniel, except we find again bn these prelidents and princes || affem- 1 or him concerning the law of his God. bled together to the king, and faid thus unto among him, King Darius, live for ever.

mulinonfly.

Nch. 2.

7 All the prefidents of the kingdom, the go- Verf. 21. vernors, and the princes, the counfellers, and Chap. 2.4 the captains have confulted together to establish a royal ftatute, and to make a firm decree, that || Or, whofoever fhall ask a petition of any God or man interdict. for thirty days, fave of thee, O king, he shall

be caft into the den of lions.

8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and fign the writing; that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Perfians, & Efther which + altereth not.

I. 19. &

8.8.

9 Wherefore king Darius figned the writing + Chald. and the decree.

paffeth not.

e 1 King.

10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was figned, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerufalem, he kneeled upon his knees f three 8.44, 48. times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before f his God, as he did aforetime.

II Then these men affembled, and found Daniel praying, and making fupplication before his God.

12 Then they came near, and fpake before the king concerning the kings decree, Haft thou not figned a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man, within thirty days, fave of thee, O king, fhall be caft into the den of lions? the king anfwered, and faid, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Perfians, which altereth not.

- Efther 1.1.

Chap. 5.12.

twenty princes, which should

be over the whole kingdom;

2 And over thefe, three presidents (of whom Daniel was first) 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, b because an excellent

13 Then answered they and faid before the king, that Daniel 5 which is of the children of Chap. the captivity of Judah, h regardeth not thee, O Ch king, nor the decree that thou haft figned, but 3.12. maketh his petition three times a day.

h Chap,

14 Then the king when he heard theft words; i so Mark

was fore displeased with himself, and fet bis heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the fun, to deliver him. 15 Then these men affembled unto the king, and faid unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Perfians is, that no decree nor ftatute which the king establisheth, may be changed.

Zzz

16 Then

6.26.

17 k And a stone was brought, and laid upon So Matt. the mouth of the den, and the king fealed it with his own fignet, and with the fignet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.

|| Or, table.

18 Then the king went to his palace, and paffed the night fafting: neither were inftruments of mufick brought before him, and his fleep went from him.

19 Then the king rofe very early in the morning, and went in hafte unto the den of lions.

20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel, and the king fpake and faid to Daniel, O Daniel, fervant Chap. of the living God, m is thy God whom thou ferveft continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?

3.15.

n Chap. 2.4.

. Chap. 3.28.

Hebr.

11.33.

n

21 Then faid Daniel unto the king, "O king, live for ever.

22 My God hath fent his angel, and hath P fhut the lions mouth that they have not hurt me forafmuch 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: fo Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found Hebr. upon him, because he believed in his God.

J1.33.

7 See

16.

Deut. 24. 2 Kings

14.6.

s Chap. 4. I.

* Chap. 3.29.

4.34.

24 And the king commanded, and they brought thofe men which had accufed Daniel, and they caft them into 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 is the living God, and ftedfaft for ever, and his kingdom that which Chap. 2. fhall not be deftroyed, and his dominion fball 34. & 7." be even unto the end.

Daniels vifion of four beasts, &c.

CHAP. VII.

1 Daniels vifion of four beasts, 9 of Gods kingdom. 15 The interpretation thereof.

N the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel + had a dream, and visions of Chald. his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, Saw. and told the fum of the matters.

|| Or,

2 Daniel fpake, and faid, I faw in my vision words. by night, and behold, the four winds of the heaven ftrove upon the great fea.

beafts came up from the 4 Rev. 13.

3 And four great fea, divers one from another.

I.

4 The first was b like a lion, and had eagles Jer.4.7, wings and I beheld till the wings thereof were 40. 13. & 48. pluckt, and it was lifted up from the earth, and Ezek. 17. made ftand upon the feet as a man, and a mans Hab. 1.8. heart was given to it.

C

Or,

where

2.39

5c And behold, another beast, a fecond like with. to a bear, and it raised up it felf on one fide, Chap. and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between or, the teeth of it: and they faid thus unto it, Arife, traifed up 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 beaft had alfo four heads; and dominion was given to it.

• Ezek. I. 26.

13.& 14.

14.

*

S

14 And there was given him dominion, and Rev. 1.7 glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages fhould ferve him: his dominion is Pfal. 2. an everlafting dominion, which fhall not pafs 110.1, 2. away, and his kingdom that which fhall not be Chap. deftroyed. 15

6,7,8. &

3.4. t Pfal.

46

v

IDaniel was grieved in my spirit in body, and the vifions of my

145.13. the midft of my

Chap. 2.

44.

Mic. 4.7.

Luke 1.

head troubled me.

16 I came near unto one of them that stood

all

33. by, and asked him the John 12. bold me, and made the know the interpretation Hebr. 12. of the things.

34.

28.

v Verf. 28.

17 Thefe great beafts, which are four, are +Chald. four kings, which fhall arife out of the earth.

Sheath.

* Ifaiah

18 But the faints of the + moft High fhall take the kingdom, and poffels the kingdom for +Chald. ever, even for ever and ever.

60.13. Verf. 22.

high ones, that is, things, or, places. +Chald. from all shofe.

19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was divers + from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whofe teeth were of iron, and his nails of brafs, which devoured, brake in pieces, and ftamped the refidue with his

feet,

y Chap. 8. 21 I beheld, and the fame horn made war 12, 24.& with the faints, and prevailed against them; Rev. 11.7. 22 Until the ancient of days came, and &13.7.& judgment was given to the faints of the and most * Verf. 18. High; and the time came that the faints poffeffed 1 Cor. 6.2. the kingdom.

Rev. 1.6.

& 5. 10. & 20.4.

23 Thus he faid, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which fhall be divers from all kingdoms, and fhall devour the Verf.7,8. whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break Rev. 17. it in pieces.

12.

b Ifai. 37. 23.

24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom Chap. 8. are ten kings that fhall arife: and another fhall 24,25.& rife after them, and he fhall be divers from the 11.28, 30, firft, and he fhall fubdue three kings.

31, 36.

46.

I Mac. I. 25 And he fhall fpeak great words against Rev. 13.5. the most High, and fhall wear out the faints of Chap. the most High, and think to change times and laws and they fhall be given into his hand,

2.21.

d Chap. 12.7. Rev. 12. 14. • Verfe

10.22.

f Luke 1. 33.

:

C

d until a time and times and the dividing of time. 26 But the judgment fhall fit, and they fhall take away his dominion, to confume, and to destroy it unto the end.

f

27 And the kingdom and dominion, and John 11. the greatness of the kingdom under the whole

34

His vifion of the ram. heaven, fhall be given to the people of the faints Before of the moft High, whofe kingdom is an ever- Christ lafting kingdom, and all dominions fhall ferve 555 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. CHAP. VIII.

I Daniels vifion of the ram, and he-goat. 13 The two thousand three hundred days of facrifice. 15 Gabriel comforteth Daniel, and interpreteth the vifion.

2 And I saw in a vifion (and it came to pass 7.1. when I faw, that I was at Shufhan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam) and I faw in a vifion, and I was by the river of Ulai.

behold, there ftood by the river, a ram which 3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and faw, and had two horns, and the two horns were high: but one was higher than the other, and the + Hea. higher came up last.

the fecond.

north-ward, and fouth-ward: so that no beast 4 I faw the ram pufhing weft-ward, and might ftand before him, neither was there that could deliver out of his hand, but he did & Chap. according to his will, and became great.

b

any

5.19.& 11.3.

or, none touched him in the

5 And as I was confidering, behold, an he goat came from the weft 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 feen standing before the river, and th ran unto him in the fury of his

power.

7 And I faw him come clofe unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and fmote the ram, and brake his two horns, and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he caft him down to the ground, and ftamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.

earth,

a horn of fight.

.E

Chap.

II.4. d Chap. 7.8.& 11.

8 Therefore the he-goat waxed very great, and when he was ftrong, the great horn was 21. broken: and for it came up four notable ones, Chap. toward the four winds of heaven.

11.25. f Pfal.48.

Ezek. 20.

9 d And out of one of them came forth a little 2. horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward 6 15. pleafant land. the fouth, and toward the eait, and toward the Chap. 11. 16.41,45 g Chap. # Or,

f

10 8 And it waxed great, even to the hoft 11.28. of heaven, and hit caft down fome of the hoft, against the and of the ftars to the ground, and stamped upon them.

Zz3

hoft.

4.

11 Yea,

14 And he said unto me, Unto two thoufand and three hundred + days; then fhall the fan&tuary be cleanfed. the heft was ctuary be

28.3. Or,

given over for the tranfgref fion again

the daily facrifice. n 1 Mac.

2 Mac. 4.

And it came when even I Daniel had feen the vifion, and fought for the meaning, then behold there stood before me as the appearance of a man.

16 And I heard a mans voice between the 1. 11, &c. banks of Ulai, which called, and faid, Gabriel, 13-17. make this man to understand the vision. . Pfal. 119. 43,142.

4.13.

Or,

17 So he came near where I stood: and when Chap. he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he faid unto me, Understand, O fon of the numbe- man; for at the time of the end fhall be the ger of fe- vifion. crets,or, the wonderful

+ Heb.

18t Now as he was fpeaking with me, I was umberer in a deep fleep on my face toward the ground: Palmoni. but he touched me, and † fet me upright. 19 And he faid, Behold, I will make thee know what fhall be in the laft end of the indix for at the time appointed the end gnation:

Or,

making

defolate. + Heb. evening

morning. fhall be.

+ Heb. jaftified.

12.6,7.

4

20 The ram which thou faweft having two 9 Chap. 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, y is Luke 1 the first king.

▾ Chap.

9.21.

19 26.

s Ezek.

1.28.

Rev. 1. 17..

1 Chap. 30.99 10.

22 Now that being broken, whereas four ftood 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, Lake 9. when the tranfgreffors † are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark fentences fhall stand up.

32.

Ezek.

2.2.

+ Heb. made me

ing.

24 And his power fhall be mighty, but not and upon by his own power: and he fhall deftroy wonderfully, and fhall profper, and practife, and fhall Chap. 9.deftroy the mighty, and the holy people. 25 And through his policy alfo he fhall caufe craft to profper in his hand, and he fhall magnifie bimfelf in his heart, fand by peace fhall

27. & 11. 35.36.8 12.7.

7 Chap. 11.3.

zChap 11.4. 4 1 Mac. L. 11, &e. & 2.15 + Heb. accomplished. &'Dent!” 28.50.

Rev. 17.13, 17. d Chap. 11.36. † Heb. people of the holy ones. ea Mac. 9.7,8,11. ƒ Chap. 11.21. 1 Mac, 1-30, &c. Or, prosperity.

I

N the first a of Darius the fon of Aha- 538. fuerus, of the feed of the Medes, I which - g. a Chap. was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans ; & 6. 28. 2 In the first year of his reign, I Daniel un- Or, derftood by books the number of the years, &c. whereof the word of the LORD came to Jere- 2 Chron. miah the prophet, that he would accomplish fe- 36.21. venty years in the defolations of Jerufalem. 3 < And I fet my face unto the Lord GOD Chap. to feek by prayer and fupplications, with fasting, and fackcloth, and afhes.

Jer. 25.12.

& 29.10.

6.10.

7.9.

4 And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confeffion, and faid, O Lord, the Deut. great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant, Neh.1.5. and mercy to them that love him, and to them & 9.32. that keep his commandments:

5

8.47,48.

We have finned, and have committed King iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have re- p. 100. belled, even by departing from thy precepts, and 6. from thy judgments.

Ifai. 64. S 6,7.

6 Neither have we hearkned unto thy fer-Baruch 1. vants the prophets, which spake in thy name to '7 our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

&c.

7 O Lord, righteoufnefs belongeth unto Or, thee, but unto us confufion of faces, as at this theshaft, day to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerufalem, and unto all Ifrael that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou haft driven them, because of their trefpafs that they have trefpaffed againft thee.

1.15.

8 O Lord, to us belongeth confufion of face, ƒ Baruch to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have finned against thee.

98 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveneffes, though we have rebelled against him.

o Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws which

be

17.

p.