4 Then the presidents and Eccles. 4.4. princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

8 Or, came tumultuously. d Neh. 2. 3.

ver. 21. ch. 2. 4.

8 Or, interdict.

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 Esth. 1.19. not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which 'altereth not.

& 8. 8. ver. 12, 15. 4 Chald. passeth 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 1 Kings 8. open in his chamber toward Jerusa lem, he kneeled upon his knees & three times a day, and prayed, and gave Acts 2. 1,2. thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

44, 48. Ps. 5. 7. Jonah 2. 4. . Ps. 55. 17.

15. & 3. 1. & 10. 9.

He is cast into the lions' den.

BEFORE CHRIST cir. 537.

king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of 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 is true, according to the ver. 8. law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

ch. 1. &.

& 5. 18.

13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, 'regardeth not thee, O king,ch. & 12 nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.

|
14 Then the king, when he heard
these words," 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.

m So Mark 6. 26.

15 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that "the law of the ver. & 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 him into 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; Pand the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.

Lam. 3.53

So Matt.

27.66.

18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick 2 Or, table. brought before him: and his sleep ach. 2. 1. 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 and the 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?

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

rch. & 15.

t

ch. 2.4.

ch. 3. 28. Heb.11.38.

Vision of four beasts.

BEFORE CHRIST

cir. 537.

Vision of God's kingdom.

the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.

BEFORE CHRIST cir. 555.

19.

ed in his God.

24 And the king commanded, Deut. 19. and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast 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.

Esth. 9. 10.

See Deut. 24. 16.

2Kings14.6.

28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

IN

CHAPTER VII.

Daniel's vision of four beasts. 9 Of God's kingdom. 15 The interpretation thereof. N 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

7 After this I saw in the night

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.

fch. 8. 8, 22.

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 speak- Rev. 9.7. ing great things.

1 Ps. 12. 3. ver. 25.

m Rev. 20.4. n Ps. 90. 2. ver. 13, 22.

Ps. 104. 2.

9 I beheld till the thrones Rev. 13. 5. 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.

Rev. 1. 14.

PEzek.1.15,

16.

Ps. 50.8.

& 97.3.

10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thou-18. 30. 33. sand 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 Rev. 19.20. beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.

12.

12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolong- 2 Chald. a ed for a season and time.

2

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.

3

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.

prolonging in life was given them.

☐ Ezek.1.26. Matt. 24. 30. & 26. 64. Rev. 1.7,13.

14.14.

x ver. 9.

The vision interpreted.

BEFORE CHRIST cir. 555.

• ver. 3.

d Is. 60. 12, 13, 14.

ver. 22, 27. 2 Tim. 2.

11, 12. Rev. 2. 26, 27. & 3. 21. & 20. 4.

2 Chald. high ones, that is, things, or, places.

e ver. 7. 8 Chald. from all those.

fch.8.12,24. & 11. 31. Rev. 11. 7.

17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.

18 But the saints of the 2 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 3 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 pre13.7.& 17. vailed against them;

14. & 19. 19.

8 ver. 9.

b ver. 18.

1 Cor. 6. 2. Rev. 1. 6. &

22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the 5.10. & 20.4. time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.

1 ch. 2. 40.

k ver.7,8,20. Rev. 17. 12.

1 Is. 87. 23. ch. 8. 24, 25.

& 11. 28, 30,

31, 36. Rev. 13. 5,6.

m Rev. 17.6.

& 18. 24.
n ch. 2. 21.

o Rev. 13.7.

p ch. 12. 7. Rev. 12. 14. 4 ver. 10, 22.

r ver. 14, 18, 22.

⚫ ch. 2. 44. Luke 1. 33. John 12. 34. Rev. 11. 15. t Is. 60. 12.

4 Or, rulers.

u ver. 15. ch. 8. 27.

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 P until a time and times and the dividing of time.

28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, "my co& 10. 8, 16. gitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.

■ Luke 2.19. 51.

Of the ram and he goat.

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 Esth. 1.2 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 Heb, the higher came up last.

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.

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.

g

touched him

in the earth.

4 Heb.
a horn of
sight."

d ver. 21.

9 And out of one of them came Jer. 48.28, forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.

m

to

ver. 25. against.

• Or,

DJosh. 5.14.

• ch. 11. 81. & 12. 11.

him.
P Ex. 29. 38,
Num. 28. 3.
Ezek.46.18

10 And it waxed great, even the host of heaven; and 'it cast down Or, from 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.

6

7

12 Andan host was given him

a

ch. 11. 31. Or, the given over fragres

hust was

for the

sion against the daily sacrifice.

against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it 'practised, Ps. 119. 45, and prospered.

142.

Is. 59. 14.

t ver. 4. ch. 11. 28, 36.

u ch. 4. 13. & 12, 6.

1 Pet. 1. 12. 8 Or, the numberer of secrets, or, the wonderful numberer.

8 Heb. Palmoni. 40r,making desolate, ch. 11. 31. & 12. 11.

6 Heb. evening morning. 6 Heb. justified. See ch. 12.

8.

1 Pet. 1. 10, 11.

Ezek. 1.26. a ch. 12. 6,7. b ch. 9. 21. Luke 1. 19, 26.

• Ezek. 1.28. Rev. 1. 17.

d ch.10.9,10. Luke 9. 32.

⚫ Ezek. 2. 2. 7 Heb.made

me stand upon my standing.

fch. 9. 27.

& 11. 27, 35, 36. & 12.7. Hab. 2. 3. 8 ver. 3.

b ver. 5.

i ch. 11. 8. k ver. 8. ch. 11. 4.

8 Heb. are accomplished.

in Deut. 28. 50.

n ver. 6.

• Rev. 17.13, 17.

p ver. 12. ch. 11. 36. q ver. 10. ch. 7. 25. 9 Heb.

Twly unes.

13 Then I heard "one saint speaking, and another saint said unto 23 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.

13 11 And it came to pass, wheel, 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 a between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.

с

b

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.

e

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 h 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.

m

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.

r

24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, P and shall people of the prosper, and practise, and shall deestroy 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 prosperity in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many "he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he ch. 2. 34, 45. shall be broken without hand.

Daniel's confession of sins.

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, band did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.

BEFORE CHRIST cir. 553.

y ch. 10. 1. z Ezek. 12.

27.

ch. 10. 14.

12.4,9. ch. 7. 28. & 10.8, 16.

Rev. 22. 10.

b ch. 6. 2, 3. • See ver. 16.

Jam. 4.8, 9,

ch. 6. 10.

10.

Deut. 7. 9.

Ex. 20. 6. Neh.1.5. & 9.32.

1 Kings 8. Neh. 1.6.7. Ps. 106. 6. 18.64.5,6,7.

47, 48.

& 9. 33, 34.

Jer. 14.7. ver. 15.

15, 16.

ver. 10.

6 Neither have we hearkened 12 Chr. 36. 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.

8 Neh, 9.33. 8 Or, thou

7 O Lord, & righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion hast, &c. 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.

h

con

8 O Lord, to us belongeth fusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.

b ver. 7.

Ps. 130. 4,7.

9 To the Lord our God belong Neh. 9. 17. mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;

10 Neither have we obeyed the ver. 6. 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 transgressJer. 8.5, 10. ed 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 m law Deut. 27.15, of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.

m Lev. 26. 14, &c.

&c.

& 28. 15, &c. & 29. 20, &c. & 30. 17, 18.

& 31. 17, &c. Lam. 2. 17. a Zech. 1.6. Lam. 1.12.

& 32. 19, &c.

& 2. 13. Ezek. 5.9. Amos 3.2.

P Lev.26.14, &c.

Deut. 28.15. Lam. 2. 17.

q Is. 9. 13. Jer. 2.30. & 5.3. Hos. 7.7.10. 2 Heb. intreated we not the face of the, &c.

r Jer. 31. 28. & 44. 27.

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 P 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 upon us: for the LORD our God Neh. 9. 33. is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.

ver. 7.
t ver. 10.

Ex. 6.1.6.

& 32. 11.
1 Kings 8.
51.

Neh. 1. 10.

Jer. 32. 21. 3 Heb.

made thee a

name.

x Ex. 14. 18.

Neh. 9. 10.

Jer. 32. 20. y ver. 5.

7.

1 Sam. 12.

Ps. 31. 1. & 71.2. Mic. 6.4, 5. a ver. 20. Zech. 8.3. dEx. 20.5. • Lam. 2.15,

16.

it

ם

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, band for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.

d

17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and 14.& 70. his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.

4.

e Num. 6. 25.

Ps. 67.1. & 80.8, 7, 19. Lam. 5.18. g ver. 19. John 16. 24. b Is. 37. 17.

f

18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city * 4 which is called by thy name: for we do not 'present our supplications *Jer. 25. 29. before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

1 Ex. 3. 7. Ps. 80. 14, &c.

4 Heb.

whereupon thy name is called.

6 Heb.

cause to fall.

Jer. 36.7.

1 Pa. 79. 9, 10. & 102.15, 16.

m Pa. 32. 5. Is. 65. 24.

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 m 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;

Or, and the Jews) they shall be no more his people. ch. 11 17, or, and the prince's Messiah's, ver. 25. future people 1.8.7, 8. ch. 11.10, 22. Nah. 1.8. 7 Or, it shall be cut off by desolaMatt. 22. 7. g Luke 19. 44. h Matt. 24. 2. Matt. 24. 6, 14. tions. 8 Or, a. 1 Is. 42. 6. & 55. 3. Jer. 31. 31. Ezek. 16. 60, 61, 62. m Is. 53. 11. Matt. 26. 28. Rom. 5. 15, 19. Heb. 9. 28. 9 Or, and upon the battlements shall be the idols of the desolator. n Matt. 24. 15. Mark 13. 14. Luke 21. 20. o See Is. 10. 22, 23. & 28. 22. ch. 11.36.

1 Pet. 2. 21. & 3. 18. 6 Or, and shall have nothing, John 14. 30.

Luke 21. 24. Rom. 11. 26. 2 Or, upon the desolator.
CHAPTER X.

21 Yea, whiles I was speaking in

Heb. great.

d ch. 1. 17. & 8. 16.