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Daniel 4:1--6:28

4:1

Nebuchadnezzar
<05020>

the king
<04430>_,

unto all
<03606>

people
<05972>_,

nations
<0524>_,

and languages
<03961>_,

that dwell
<01753> (8748)

in all
<03606>

the earth
<0772>_;

Peace
<08001>

be multiplied
<07680> (8748)

unto you.

4:2

I thought
<06925>

it good
<08232> (8754)

to shew
<02324> (8682)

the signs
<0852>

and wonders
<08540>

that the high
<05943>

God
<0426>

hath wrought
<05648> (8754)

toward
<05974>

me. {I thought...: Chaldee, It was seemly before me}

4:3

How
<04101>

great
<07260>

[are] his signs
<0852>_!

and how
<04101>

mighty
<08624>

[are] his wonders
<08540>_!

his kingdom
<04437>

[is] an everlasting
<05957>

kingdom
<04437>_,

and his dominion
<07985>

[is] from
<05974>

generation
<01859>

to generation
<01859>_.

4:4

I
<0576>

Nebuchadnezzar
<05020>

was
<01934> (8754)

at rest
<07954> (8752)

in mine house
<01005>_,

and flourishing
<07487>

in my palace
<01965>_:

4:5

I saw
<02370> (8754)

a dream
<02493>

which made me afraid
<01763> (8741)_,

and the thoughts
<02031>

upon
<05922>

my bed
<04903>

and the visions
<02376>

of my head
<07217>

troubled
<0927> (8792)

me.

4:6

Therefore
<04481> (0)

made
<07761> (8752)

I
<04481>

a decree
<02942>

to bring
<05954> (8682)

in all
<03606>

the wise
<02445>

[men] of Babylon
<0895>

before
<06925>

me, that they might make known
<03046> (8681)

unto me the interpretation
<06591>

of the dream
<02493>_.

4:7

Then
<0116>

came
<05954> (8750)

in the magicians
<02749>_,

the astrologers
<0826>_,

the Chaldeans
<03779>_,

and the soothsayers
<01505> (8750)_:

and I
<0576>

told
<0560> (8750)

the dream
<02493>

before
<06925>

them; but they did not
<03809>

make known
<03046> (8683)

unto me the interpretation
<06591>

thereof.

4:8

But at
<05705>

the last
<0318>

Daniel
<01841>

came in
<05922>

before me
<06925>_,

whose name
<08036>

[was] Belteshazzar
<01096>_,

according to the name
<08036>

of my god
<0426>_,

and in whom [is] the spirit
<07308>

of the holy
<06922>

gods
<0426>_:

and before
<06925>

him I told
<0560> (8754)

the dream
<02493>_,

[saying],

4:9

O Belteshazzar
<01096>_,

master
<07229>

of the magicians
<02749>_,

because I
<0576>

know
<03046> (8754)

that the spirit
<07308>

of the holy
<06922>

gods
<0426>

[is] in thee, and no
<03606> <03809>

secret
<07328>

troubleth
<0598> (8750)

thee, tell
<0560> (8747)

me the visions
<02376>

of my dream
<02493>

that I have seen
<02370> (8754)_,

and the interpretation
<06591>

thereof.

4:10

Thus [were] the visions
<02376>

of mine head
<07217>

in
<05922>

my bed
<04903>_;

I saw
<01934> (8754) <02370> (8751)_,

and behold
<0431>

a tree
<0363>

in the midst
<01459>

of the earth
<0772>_,

and the height
<07314>

thereof [was] great
<07690>_.

{I saw: Chaldee, I was seeing}

4:11

The tree
<0363>

grew
<07236> (8754)_,

and was strong
<08631> (8754)_,

and the height
<07314>

thereof reached
<04291> (8748)

unto heaven
<08065>_,

and the sight
<02379>

thereof to the end
<05491>

of all
<03606>

the earth
<0772>_:

4:12

The leaves
<06074>

thereof [were] fair
<08209>_,

and the fruit
<04>

thereof much
<07690>_,

and in it [was] meat
<04203>

for all
<03606>_:

the beasts
<02423>

of the field
<01251>

had shadow
<02927> (8681)

under
<08460>

it, and the fowls
<06853>

of the heaven
<08065>

dwelt
<01753> (8748)

in the boughs
<06056>

thereof, and all
<03606>

flesh
<01321>

was fed
<02110> (8729)

of it
<04481>_.

4:13

I saw
<01934> (8754) <02370> (8751)

in the visions
<02376>

of my head
<07217>

upon
<05922>

my bed
<04903>_,

and, behold
<0431>_,

a watcher
<05894>

and an holy one
<06922>

came down
<05182> (8750)

from
<04481>

heaven
<08065>_;

4:14

He cried
<07123> (8751)

aloud
<02429>_,

and said
<0560> (8750)

thus
<03652>_,

Hew down
<01414>

the tree
<0363>_,

and cut off
<07113> (8745)

his branches
<06056>_,

shake off
<05426> (8680)

his leaves
<06074>_,

and scatter
<0921> (8745)

his fruit
<04>_:

let the beasts
<02423>

get away
<05111> (8748)

from
<04481>

under it
<08479>_,

and the fowls
<06853>

from
<04481>

his branches
<06056>_:

{aloud: Chaldee, with might}

4:15

Nevertheless
<01297>

leave
<07662> (8747)

the stump
<06136>

of his roots
<08330>

in the earth
<0772>_,

even with a band
<0613>

of iron
<06523>

and brass
<05174>_,

in the tender grass
<01883>

of the field
<01251>_;

and let it be wet
<06647> (8721)

with the dew
<02920>

of heaven
<08065>_,

and [let] his portion
<02508>

[be] with
<05974>

the beasts
<02423>

in the grass
<06211>

of the earth
<0772>_:

4:16

Let his heart
<03825>

be changed
<08133> (8741)

from
<04481>

man's
<0606>_,

and let a beast's
<02423>

heart
<03825>

be given
<03052> (8725)

unto him; and let seven
<07655>

times
<05732>

pass
<02499>

over
<05922>

him.

4:17

This matter
<06600>

[is] by the decree
<01510>

of the watchers
<05894>_,

and the demand
<07595>

by the word
<03983>

of the holy ones
<06922>_:

to
<05705>

the intent
<01701>

that the living
<02417>

may know
<03046> (8748)

that the most High
<05943>

ruleth
<07990>

in the kingdom
<04437>

of men
<0606>_,

and giveth
<05415> (8748)

it to whomsoever
<04479>

he will
<06634> (8748)_,

and setteth up
<06966> (8681)

over
<05922>

it the basest
<08215>

of men
<0606>_.

4:18

This
<01836>

dream
<02493>

I
<0576>

king
<04430>

Nebuchadnezzar
<05020>

have seen
<02370> (8754)_.

Now thou
<0607>_,

O Belteshazzar
<01096>_,

declare
<0560> (8747)

the interpretation
<06591>

thereof, forasmuch as
<06903>

all
<03606>

the wise
<02445>

[men] of my kingdom
<04437>

are not
<03809>

able
<03202> (8750)

to make known
<03046> (8682)

unto me the interpretation
<06591>_:

but thou
<0607>

[art] able
<03546> (8751)_;

for the spirit
<07308>

of the holy
<06922>

gods
<0426>

[is] in thee.

4:19

Then
<0116>

Daniel
<01841>_,

whose name
<08036>

[was] Belteshazzar
<01096>_,

was astonied
<08075> (8733)

for one
<02298>

hour
<08160>_,

and his thoughts
<07476>

troubled
<0927> (8792)

him. The king
<04430>

spake
<06032> (8750)_,

and said
<0560> (8750)_,

Belteshazzar
<01096>_,

let not
<0409>

the dream
<02493>_,

or the interpretation
<06591>

thereof, trouble
<0927> (8792)

thee. Belteshazzar
<01096>

answered
<06032> (8750)

and said
<0560> (8750)_,

My lord
<04756>_,

the dream
<02493>

[be] to them that hate
<08131> (8750)

thee, and the interpretation
<06591>

thereof to thine enemies
<06146>_.

4:20

The tree
<0363>

that thou sawest
<02370> (8754)_,

which grew
<07236> (8754)_,

and was strong
<08631> (8754)_,

whose height
<07314>

reached
<04291> (8748)

unto the heaven
<08065>_,

and the sight
<02379>

thereof to all
<03606>

the earth
<0772>_;

4:21

Whose leaves
<06074>

[were] fair
<08209>_,

and the fruit
<04>

thereof much
<07690>_,

and in it [was] meat
<04203>

for all
<03606>_;

under
<08460>

which the beasts
<02423>

of the field
<01251>

dwelt
<01753> (8748)_,

and upon whose branches
<06056>

the fowls
<06853>

of the heaven
<08065>

had their habitation
<07932> (8748)_:

4:22

It [is] thou
<0607>_,

O king
<04430>_,

that art grown
<07236> (8754)

and become strong
<08631> (8748)_:

for thy greatness
<07238>

is grown
<07236> (8754)_,

and reacheth
<04291> (8754)

unto heaven
<08065>_,

and thy dominion
<07985>

to the end
<05491>

of the earth
<0772>_.

4:23

And whereas the king
<04430>

saw
<02370> (8754)

a watcher
<05894>

and an holy one
<06922>

coming down
<05182> (8750)

from
<04481>

heaven
<08065>_,

and saying
<0560> (8750)_,

Hew
<01414> (0)

the tree
<0363>

down
<01414>_,

and destroy
<02255> (8740)

it; yet
<01297>

leave
<07662> (8747)

the stump
<06136>

of the roots
<08330>

thereof in the earth
<0772>_,

even with a band
<0613>

of iron
<06523>

and brass
<05174>_,

in the tender grass
<01883>

of the field
<01251>_;

and let it be wet
<06647> (8721)

with the dew
<02920>

of heaven
<08065>_,

and [let] his portion
<02508>

[be] with
<05974>

the beasts
<02423>

of the field
<01251>_,

till
<05705>

seven
<07655>

times
<05732>

pass
<02499>

over
<05922>

him;

4:24

This
<01836>

[is] the interpretation
<06591>_,

O king
<04430>_,

and this
<01932>

[is] the decree
<01510>

of the most High
<05943>_,

which is come
<04291> (8754)

upon
<05922>

my lord
<04756>

the king
<04430>_:

4:25

That they shall drive
<02957> (8751)

thee from
<04481>

men
<0606>_,

and thy dwelling
<04070>

shall be
<01934> (8748)

with
<05974>

the beasts
<02423>

of the field
<01251>_,

and they shall make thee to eat
<02939> (8748)

grass
<06211>

as oxen
<08450>_,

and they shall wet
<06647> (8743)

thee with the dew
<02920>

of heaven
<08065>_,

and seven
<07655>

times
<05732>

shall pass
<02499>

over
<05922>

thee, till
<05705>

thou know
<03046> (8748)

that the most High
<05943>

ruleth
<07990>

in the kingdom
<04437>

of men
<0606>_,

and giveth
<05415> (8748)

it to whomsoever
<04479>

he will
<06634> (8748)_.

4:26

And whereas they commanded
<0560> (8754)

to leave
<07662> (8749)

the stump
<06136>

of the tree
<0363>

roots
<08330>_;

thy kingdom
<04437>

shall be sure
<07011>

unto thee, after
<04481>

that thou shalt have known
<03046> (8748)

that the heavens
<08065>

do rule
<07990>_.

4:27

Wherefore
<03861>_,

O king
<04430>_,

let my counsel
<04431>

be acceptable
<08232> (8748)

unto thee
<05922>_,

and break off
<06562> (8747)

thy sins
<02408>

by righteousness
<06665>_,

and thine iniquities
<05758>

by shewing mercy
<02604> (8749)

to the poor
<06033> (8750)_;

if
<02006>

it may be
<01934> (8748)

a lengthening
<0754>

of thy tranquillity
<07963>_.

{a lengthening...: or, an healing of thine error}

4:28

All
<03606>

this came
<04291> (8754)

upon
<05922>

the king
<04430>

Nebuchadnezzar
<05020>_.

4:29

At the end
<07118>

of twelve
<08648> <06236>

months
<03393>

he walked
<01934> (8754) <01981> (8750)

in
<05922>

the palace
<01965>

of the kingdom
<04437>

of Babylon
<0895>_.

{in: or, upon}

4:30

The king
<04430>

spake
<06032> (8750)_,

and said
<0560> (8750)_,

Is not
<03809>

this
<01932> <01668>

great
<07229>

Babylon
<0895>_,

that I
<0576>

have built
<01124> (8754)

for the house
<01005>

of the kingdom
<04437>

by the might
<08632>

of my power
<02632>_,

and for the honour
<03367>

of my majesty
<01923>_?

4:31

While
<05751>

the word
<04406>

[was] in the king's
<04430>

mouth
<06433>_,

there fell
<05308> (8754)

a voice
<07032>

from
<04481>

heaven
<08065>_,

[saying], O king
<04430>

Nebuchadnezzar
<05020>_,

to thee it is spoken
<0560> (8750)_;

The kingdom
<04437>

is departed
<05709> (8754)

from
<04481>

thee.

4:32

And they shall drive
<02957> (8751)

thee from
<04481>

men
<0606>_,

and thy dwelling
<04070>

[shall be] with
<05974>

the beasts
<02423>

of the field
<01251>_:

they shall make thee to eat
<02939> (8748)

grass
<06211>

as oxen
<08450>_,

and seven
<07655>

times
<05732>

shall pass
<02499>

over
<05922>

thee, until
<05705>

thou know
<03046> (8748)

that the most High
<05943>

ruleth
<07990>

in the kingdom
<04437>

of men
<0606>_,

and giveth
<05415> (8748)

it to whomsoever
<04479>

he will
<06634> (8748)_.

4:33

The same hour
<08160>

was the thing
<04406>

fulfilled
<05487> (8754)

upon
<05922>

Nebuchadnezzar
<05020>_:

and he was driven
<02957> (8752)

from
<04481>

men
<0606>_,

and did eat
<0399> (8748)

grass
<06211>

as oxen
<08450>_,

and his body
<01655>

was wet
<06647> (8721)

with the dew
<02920>

of heaven
<08065>_,

till
<05705>

his hairs
<08177>

were grown
<07236> (8754)

like eagles
<05403>_'

[feathers], and his nails
<02953>

like birds
<06853>_'

[claws].

4:34

And at the end
<07118>

of the days
<03118>

I
<0576>

Nebuchadnezzar
<05020>

lifted up
<05191> (8754)

mine eyes
<05870>

unto heaven
<08065>_,

and mine understanding
<04486>

returned
<08421> (8748)

unto me
<05922>_,

and I blessed
<01289> (8745)

the most High
<05943>_,

and I praised
<07624> (8745)

and honoured
<01922> (8745)

him that liveth
<02417>

for ever
<05957>_,

whose dominion
<07985>

[is] an everlasting
<05957>

dominion
<07985>_,

and his kingdom
<04437>

[is] from
<05974>

generation
<01859>

to generation
<01859>_:

4:35

And all
<03606>

the inhabitants
<01753> (8748)

of the earth
<0772>

[are] reputed
<02804> (8752)

as nothing
<03809>_:

and he doeth
<05648> (8751)

according to his will
<06634> (8749)

in the army
<02429>

of heaven
<08065>_,

and [among] the inhabitants
<01753> (8748)

of the earth
<0772>_:

and none
<03809>

can
<0383>

stay
<04223> (8741)

his hand
<03028>_,

or say
<0560> (8748)

unto him, What
<04101>

doest
<05648> (8754)

thou?

4:36

At the same time
<02166>

my reason
<04486>

returned
<08421> (8748)

unto me
<05922>_;

and for the glory
<03367>

of my kingdom
<04437>_,

mine honour
<01923>

and brightness
<02122>

returned
<08421> (8748)

unto me
<05922>_;

and my counsellors
<01907>

and my lords
<07261>

sought
<01156> (8748)

unto me
<05922>_;

and I was established
<08627> (8717)

in my kingdom
<04437>_,

and excellent
<03493>

majesty
<07238>

was added
<03255> (8717)

unto me.

4:37

Now
<03705>

I
<0576>

Nebuchadnezzar
<05020>

praise
<07624> (8743)

and extol
<07313> (8751)

and honour
<01922> (8743)

the King
<04430>

of heaven
<08065>_,

all
<03606>

whose works
<04567>

[are] truth
<07187>_,

and his ways
<0735>

judgment
<01780>_:

and those that walk
<01981> (8683)

in pride
<01467>

he is able
<03202> (8750)

to abase
<08214> (8682)_.

5:1

Belshazzar
<01113>

the king
<04430>

made
<05648> (8754)

a great
<07229>

feast
<03900>

to a thousand
<0506>

of his lords
<07261>_,

and drank
<08355> (8750)

wine
<02562>

before
<06903>

the thousand
<0506>_.

5:2

Belshazzar
<01113>_,

whiles he tasted
<02942>

the wine
<02562>_,

commanded
<0560> (8754)

to bring
<0858> (8682)

the golden
<01722>

and silver
<03702>

vessels
<03984>

which his father
<02>

Nebuchadnezzar
<05020>

had taken
<05312> (8684)

out of
<04481>

the temple
<01965>

which [was] in Jerusalem
<03390>_;

that the king
<04430>_,

and his princes
<07261>_,

his wives
<07695>_,

and his concubines
<03904>_,

might drink
<08355> (8748)

therein. {father: or, grandfather} {taken: Chaldee, brought forth}

5:3

Then
<0116>

they brought
<0858> (8684)

the golden
<01722>

vessels
<03984>

that were taken
<05312> (8684)

out of
<04481>

the temple
<01965>

of the house
<01005>

of God
<0426>

which [was] at Jerusalem
<03390>_;

and the king
<04430>_,

and his princes
<07261>_,

his wives
<07695>_,

and his concubines
<03904>_,

drank
<08355> (8754)

in them.

5:4

They drank
<08355> (8754)

wine
<02562>_,

and praised
<07624> (8745)

the gods
<0426>

of gold
<01722>_,

and of silver
<03702>_,

of brass
<05174>_,

of iron
<06523>_,

of wood
<0636>_,

and of stone
<069>_.

5:5

In the same hour
<08160>

came forth
<05312> (8754)

fingers
<0677>

of a man's
<0606>

hand
<03028>_,

and wrote
<03790> (8751)

over against
<06903>

the candlestick
<05043>

upon
<05922>

the plaister
<01528>

of the wall
<03797>

of the king's
<04430>

palace
<01965>_:

and the king
<04430>

saw
<02370> (8751)

the part
<06447>

of the hand
<03028>

that wrote
<03790> (8751)_.

5:6

Then
<0116>

the king's
<04430>

countenance
<02122>

was changed
<08133> (8754)_,

and his thoughts
<07476>

troubled
<0927> (8792)

him, so that the joints
<07001>

of his loins
<02783>

were loosed
<08271> (8723)_,

and his knees
<0755>

smote
<05368> (8750)

one
<01668>

against another
<01668>_.

{countenance: Chaldee, brightnesses} {was changed: Chaldee, changed it} {joints: or, girdles: Chaldee, bindings, or, knots}

5:7

The king
<04430>

cried
<07123> (8748)

aloud
<02429>

to bring
<05954> (8682)

in the astrologers
<0826>_,

the Chaldeans
<03779>_,

and the soothsayers
<01505> (8750)_.

[And] the king
<04430>

spake
<06032> (8750)_,

and said
<0560> (8750)

to the wise
<02445>

[men] of Babylon
<0895>_,

Whosoever
<0606> <03606>

shall read
<07123> (8751)

this
<01836>

writing
<03792>_,

and shew
<02324> (8741)

me the interpretation
<06591>

thereof, shall be clothed
<03848> (8748)

with scarlet
<0711>_,

and [have] a chain
<02002>

of gold
<01722>

about
<05922>

his neck
<06676>_,

and shall be the third
<08523>

ruler
<07981> (8748)

in the kingdom
<04437>_.

{aloud: Chaldee, with might} {scarlet: or, purple}

5:8

Then
<0116>

came
<05954> (8750)

in all
<03606>

the king's
<04430>

wise
<02445>

[men]: but they could
<03546> (8751)

not
<03809>

read
<07123> (8749)

the writing
<03792>_,

nor make known
<03046> (8682)

to the king
<04430>

the interpretation
<06591>

thereof.

5:9

Then
<0116>

was king
<04430>

Belshazzar
<01113>

greatly
<07690>

troubled
<0927> (8727)_,

and his countenance
<02122>

was changed
<08133> (8750)

in him
<05922>_,

and his lords
<07261>

were astonied
<07672> (8723)_.

{countenance: Chaldee, brightnesses}

5:10

[Now] the queen
<04433>_,

by reason
<06903>

of the words
<04406>

of the king
<04430>

and his lords
<07261>_,

came
<05954> (8754)

into the banquet
<04961>

house
<01005>_:

[and] the queen
<04433>

spake
<06032> (8754)

and said
<0560> (8754)_,

O king
<04430>_,

live
<02418> (8747)

for ever
<05957>_:

let not
<0409>

thy thoughts
<07476>

trouble
<0927> (8792)

thee, nor let thy countenance
<02122>

be changed
<08133> (8721)_:

5:11

There is
<0383>

a man
<01400>

in thy kingdom
<04437>_,

in whom [is] the spirit
<07308>

of the holy
<06922>

gods
<0426>_;

and in the days
<03118>

of thy father
<02>

light
<05094>

and understanding
<07924>

and wisdom
<02452>_,

like the wisdom
<02452>

of the gods
<0426>_,

was found
<07912> (8728)

in him; whom the king
<04430>

Nebuchadnezzar
<05020>

thy father
<02>_,

the king
<04430>_,

[I say], thy father
<02>_,

made
<06966> (8684)

master
<07229>

of the magicians
<02749>_,

astrologers
<0826>_,

Chaldeans
<03779>_,

[and] soothsayers
<01505> (8750)_;

{father: or, grandfather}

5:12

Forasmuch as
<06903> <03606>

an excellent
<03493>

spirit
<07308>_,

and knowledge
<04486>_,

and understanding
<07924>_,

interpreting
<06590> (8743)

of dreams
<02493>_,

and shewing
<0263>

of hard sentences
<0280>_,

and dissolving
<08271> (8743)

of doubts
<07001>_,

were found
<07912> (8728)

in the same Daniel
<01841>_,

whom the king
<04430>

named
<07761> (8754) <08036>

Belteshazzar
<01096>_:

now
<03705>

let Daniel
<01841>

be called
<07123> (8729)_,

and he will shew
<02324> (8681)

the interpretation
<06591>_.

{interpreting: or, of an interpreter} {dissolving: or, of a dissolver} {doubts: Chaldee, knots}

5:13

Then
<0116>

was Daniel
<01841>

brought in
<05954> (8717)

before
<06925>

the king
<04430>_.

[And] the king
<04430>

spake
<06032> (8750)

and said
<0560> (8750)

unto Daniel
<01841>_,

[Art] thou
<0607>

that Daniel
<01841>_,

which [art] of
<04481>

the children
<01123>

of the captivity
<01547>

of Judah
<03061>_,

whom the king
<04430>

my father
<02>

brought
<0858> (8684)

out of
<04481>

Jewry
<03061>_?

{father: or, grandfather}

5:14

I have even heard
<08086> (8754)

of thee, that the spirit
<07308>

of the gods
<0426>

[is] in thee
<05922>_,

and [that] light
<05094>

and understanding
<07924>

and excellent
<03493>

wisdom
<02452>

is found
<07912> (8728)

in thee.

5:15

And now
<03705>

the wise
<02445>

[men], the astrologers
<0826>_,

have been brought
<05954> (8717)

in before
<06925>

me, that they should read
<07123> (8748)

this
<01836>

writing
<03792>_,

and make known
<03046> (8682)

unto me the interpretation
<06591>

thereof: but they could
<03546> (8751)

not
<03809>

shew
<02324> (8682)

the interpretation
<06591>

of the thing
<04406>_:

5:16

And I
<0576>

have heard
<08086> (8754)

of thee
<05922>_,

that thou canst
<03202> (8748)

make
<06590> (8749)

interpretations
<06591>_,

and dissolve
<08271> (8749)

doubts
<07001>_:

now
<03705>

if
<02006>

thou canst
<03202> (8748)

read
<07123> (8749)

the writing
<03792>_,

and make known
<03046> (8682)

to me the interpretation
<06591>

thereof, thou shalt be clothed
<03848> (8748)

with scarlet
<0711>_,

and [have] a chain
<02002>

of gold
<01722>

about
<05922>

thy neck
<06676>_,

and shalt be the third
<08531>

ruler
<07981> (8748)

in the kingdom
<04437>_.

{make interpretations: Chaldee, interpret, etc}

5:17

Then
<0116>

Daniel
<01841>

answered
<06032> (8750)

and said
<0560> (8750)

before
<06925>

the king
<04430>_,

Let thy gifts
<04978>

be
<01934> (8748)

to thyself, and give
<03052> (8747)

thy rewards
<05023>

to another
<0321>_;

yet
<01297>

I will read
<07123> (8748)

the writing
<03792>

unto the king
<04430>_,

and make known
<03046> (8681)

to him the interpretation
<06591>_.

{rewards: or, fee}

5:18

O thou
<0607>

king
<04430>_,

the most high
<05943>

God
<0426>

gave
<03052> (8754)

Nebuchadnezzar
<05020>

thy father
<02>

a kingdom
<04437>_,

and majesty
<07238>_,

and glory
<03367>_,

and honour
<01923>_:

5:19

And for
<04481>

the majesty
<07238>

that he gave
<03052> (8754)

him, all
<03606>

people
<05972>_,

nations
<0524>_,

and languages
<03961>_,

trembled
<01934> (8754) <02112>

and feared
<01763> (8751)

before
<04481>

him
<06925>_:

whom he would
<01934> (8754) <06634> (8750)

he slew
<01934> (8754) <06992> (8751)_;

and whom he would
<01934> (8754) <06634> (8750)

he kept alive
<01934> (8754) <02418> (8683)_;

and whom he would
<01934> (8754) <06634> (8750)

he set up
<01934> (8754) <07313> (8683)_;

and whom he would
<01934> (8754) <06634> (8750)

he put down
<01934> (8754) <08214> (8683)_.

5:20

But when his heart
<03825>

was lifted up
<07313> (8752)_,

and his mind
<07308>

hardened
<08631> (8748)

in pride
<02103> (8682)_,

he was deposed
<05182> (8717)

from
<04481>

his kingly
<04437>

throne
<03764>_,

and they took
<05709> (8684)

his glory
<03367>

from him
<04481>_:

{in pride: or, to deal proudly} {deposed: Chaldee, made to come down}

5:21

And he was driven
<02957> (8752)

from
<04481>

the sons
<01123>

of men
<0606>_;

and his heart
<03825>

was made
<07739> (8745)

like
<05974>

the beasts
<02423>_,

and his dwelling
<04070>

[was] with the wild asses
<06167>_:

they fed
<02939> (8748)

him with grass
<06211>

like oxen
<08450>_,

and his body
<01655>

was wet
<06647> (8721)

with the dew
<02920>

of heaven
<08065>_;

till
<05705>

he knew
<03046> (8754)

that the most high
<05943>

God
<0426>

ruled
<07990>

in the kingdom
<04437>

of men
<0606>_,

and [that] he appointeth
<06966> (8681)

over
<05922>

it whomsoever
<04479>

he will
<06634> (8748)_.

{his heart...: or, he made his heart equal, etc}

5:22

And thou
<0607>

his son
<01247>_,

O Belshazzar
<01113>_,

hast not
<03809>

humbled
<08214> (8684)

thine heart
<03825>_,

though
<06903>

thou knewest
<03046> (8754)

all
<03606>

this
<01836>_;

5:23

But hast lifted up
<07313> (8712)

thyself against
<05922>

the Lord
<04756>

of heaven
<08065>_;

and they have brought
<0858> (8684)

the vessels
<03984>

of his house
<01005>

before
<06925>

thee, and thou
<0607>_,

and thy lords
<07261>_,

thy wives
<07695>_,

and thy concubines
<03904>_,

have drunk
<08355> (8750)

wine
<02562>

in them; and thou hast praised
<07624> (8745)

the gods
<0426>

of silver
<03702>_,

and gold
<01722>_,

of brass
<05174>_,

iron
<06523>_,

wood
<0636>_,

and stone
<069>_,

which see
<02370> (8751)

not
<03809>_,

nor
<03809>

hear
<08086> (8750)_,

nor
<03809>

know
<03046> (8751)_:

and the God
<0426>

in whose hand
<03028>

thy breath
<05396>

[is], and whose [are] all
<03606>

thy ways
<0735>_,

hast thou not
<03809>

glorified
<01922> (8745)_:

5:24

Then
<0116>

was the part
<06447>

of the hand
<03028>

sent
<07972> (8750)

from
<04481>

him
<06925>_;

and this
<01836>

writing
<03792>

was written
<07560> (8752)_.

5:25

And this
<01836>

[is] the writing
<03792>

that was written
<07560> (8752)_,

MENE
<04484> (8752)_,

TEKEL
<08625> (8752)_,

UPHARSIN
<06537> (8751)_.

5:26

This
<01836>

[is] the interpretation
<06591>

of the thing
<04406>_:

MENE
<04484> (8752)_;

God
<0426>

hath numbered
<04483> (8754)

thy kingdom
<04437>_,

and finished
<08000> (8684)

it.

5:27

TEKEL
<08625> (8752)_;

Thou art weighed
<08625> (8760)

in the balances
<03977>_,

and art found
<07912> (8728)

wanting
<02627>_.

5:28

PERES
<06537> (8752)_;

Thy kingdom
<04437>

is divided
<06537> (8752)_,

and given
<03052> (8753)

to the Medes
<04076>

and Persians
<06540>_.

5:29

Then
<0116>

commanded
<0560> (8754)

Belshazzar
<01113>_,

and they clothed
<03848> (8684)

Daniel
<01841>

with scarlet
<0711>_,

and [put] a chain
<02002>

of gold
<01722>

about
<05922>

his neck
<06676>_,

and made a proclamation
<03745> (8684)

concerning
<05922>

him, that he should be
<01934> (8748)

the third
<08531>

ruler
<07990>

in the kingdom
<04437>_.

5:30

In that night
<03916>

was Belshazzar
<01113>

the king
<04430>

of the Chaldeans
<03779>

slain
<06992> (8752)_.

5:31

And Darius
<01868>

the Median
<04077>

took
<06902> (8745)

the kingdom
<04437>_,

[being] about threescore
<08361>

and two
<08648>

years
<08140>

old
<01247>_.

{being...: Chaldee, he as the son of, etc} {about: or, now}

6:1

It pleased
<06925> <08232> (8754)

Darius
<01868>

to set
<06966> (8684)

over
<05922>

the kingdom
<04437>

an hundred
<03969>

and twenty
<06243>

princes
<0324>_,

which should be
<01934> (8748)

over the whole
<03606>

kingdom
<04437>_;

6:2

And over
<05924>

these
<04481>

three
<08532>

presidents
<05632>_;

of whom
<04481>

Daniel
<01841>

[was] first
<02298>_:

that
<0459>

the princes
<0324>

might
<01934> (8748)

give
<03052> (8751)

accounts
<02941>

unto them, and the king
<04430>

should have
<01934> (8748)

no
<03809>

damage
<05142> (8752)_.

6:3

Then
<0116>

this
<01836>

Daniel
<01841>

was
<01934> (8754)

preferred
<05330> (8723)

above
<05922>

the presidents
<05632>

and princes
<0324>_,

because
<03606> <06903>

an excellent
<03493>

spirit
<07308>

[was] in him; and the king
<04430>

thought
<06246> (8754)

to set
<06966> (8682)

him over
<05922>

the whole
<03606>

realm
<04437>_.

6:4

Then
<0116>

the presidents
<05632>

and princes
<0324>

sought
<01934> (8754) <01156> (8750)

to find
<07912> (8682)

occasion
<05931>

against Daniel
<01841>

concerning
<06655>

the kingdom
<04437>_;

but
<03606>

they could
<03202> (8750)

find
<07912> (8682)

none
<03809>

occasion
<05931>

nor
<03809>

fault
<07844> (8752)_;

forasmuch
<06903>

as he [was] faithful
<0540> (8683)_,

neither
<03809>

was there any
<03606>

error
<07960>

or fault
<07844> (8752)

found
<07912> (8728)

in him
<05922>_.

6:5

Then
<0116>

said
<0560> (8750)

these
<0479>

men
<01400>_,

We shall not
<03809>

find
<07912> (8684)

any
<03606>

occasion
<05931>

against
<05922>

this
<01836>

Daniel
<01841>_,

except
<03861>

we find
<07912> (8681)

[it] against him concerning the law
<01882>

of his God
<0426>_.

6:6

Then
<0116>

these
<0459>

presidents
<05632>

and princes
<0324>

assembled together
<07284> (8684)

to the king
<04430>_,

and said
<0560> (8750)

thus
<03652>

unto him
<05922>_,

King
<04430>

Darius
<01868>_,

live
<02418> (8747)

for ever
<05957>_.

{assembled...: or, came tumultuously}

6:7

All
<03606>

the presidents
<05632>

of the kingdom
<04437>_,

the governors
<05460>_,

and the princes
<0324>_,

the counsellors
<01907>_,

and the captains
<06347>_,

have consulted together
<03272> (8724)

to establish
<06966> (8742)

a royal
<04430>

statute
<07010>_,

and to make a firm
<08631> (8742)

decree
<0633>_,

that whosoever shall ask
<01156> (8748)

a petition
<01159>

of
<04481>

any
<03606>

God
<0426>

or man
<0606>

for
<05705>

thirty
<08533>

days
<03118>_,

save
<03861>

of thee
<04481>_,

O king
<04430>_,

he shall be cast
<07412> (8729)

into the den
<01358>

of lions
<0744>_.

{decree: or, interdict}

6:8

Now
<03705>_,

O king
<04430>_,

establish
<06966> (8681)

the decree
<0633>_,

and sign
<07560> (8748)

the writing
<03792>_,

that it be not
<03809>

changed
<08133> (8682)_,

according to the law
<01882>

of the Medes
<04076>

and Persians
<06540>_,

which altereth
<05709> (8748)

not
<03809>_.

{altereth not: Chaldee, passeth not}

6:9

Wherefore
<03606> <01836> <06903>

king
<04430>

Darius
<01868>

signed
<07560> (8754)

the writing
<03792>

and the decree
<0633>_.

6:10

Now when Daniel
<01841>

knew
<03046> (8754)

that the writing
<03792>

was signed
<07560> (8752)_,

he went
<05954> (8754)

into his house
<01005>_;

and his windows
<03551>

being open
<06606> (8759)

in his chamber
<05952>

toward
<05049>

Jerusalem
<03390>_,

he kneeled
<01289> (8750)

upon
<05922>

his knees
<01291>

three
<08532>

times
<02166>

a day
<03118>_,

and prayed
<06739> (8743)_,

and gave thanks
<03029> (8683)

before
<06925>

his God
<0426>_,

as
<06903> <03606>

he did
<01934> (8754) <05648> (8751)

aforetime
<04481> <01836> <06928>_.

6:11

Then
<0116>

these
<0479>

men
<01400>

assembled
<07284> (8684)_,

and found
<07912> (8684)

Daniel
<01841>

praying
<01156> (8750)

and making supplication
<02604> (8723)

before
<06925>

his God
<0426>_.

6:12

Then
<0116>

they came near
<07127> (8754)_,

and spake
<0560> (8750)

before
<06925>

the king
<04430>

concerning
<05922>

the king's
<04430>

decree
<0633>_;

Hast thou not
<03809>

signed
<07560> (8754)

a decree
<0633>_,

that every
<03606>

man
<0606>

that shall ask
<01156> (8748)

[a petition] of
<04481>

any
<03606>

God
<0426>

or man
<0606>

within
<05705>

thirty
<08533>

days
<03118>_,

save
<03861>

of thee
<04481>_,

O king
<04430>_,

shall be cast
<07412> (8729)

into the den
<01358>

of lions
<0744>_?

The king
<04430>

answered
<06032> (8750)

and said
<0560> (8750)_,

The thing
<04406>

[is] true
<03330>_,

according to the law
<01882>

of the Medes
<04076>

and Persians
<06540>_,

which altereth
<05709> (8748)

not
<03809>_.

6:13

Then
<0116>

answered
<06032> (8754)

they and said
<0560> (8750)

before
<06925>

the king
<04430>_,

That Daniel
<01841>_,

which [is] of
<04481>

the children
<01123>

of the captivity
<01547>

of Judah
<03061>_,

regardeth
<07761> (8754) <02942>

not
<03809>

thee
<05922>_,

O king
<04430>_,

nor the decree
<0633>

that thou hast signed
<07560> (8754)_,

but maketh
<01156> (8750)

his petition
<01159>

three
<08532>

times
<02166>

a day
<03118>_.

6:14

Then
<0116>

the king
<04430>_,

when he heard
<08086> (8754)

[these] words
<04406>_,

was sore
<07690>

displeased
<0888> (8754)

with himself, and set
<07761> (8754)

[his] heart
<01079>

on
<05922>

Daniel
<01841>

to deliver
<07804> (8756)

him: and he laboured
<01934> (8754) <07712> (8723)

till
<05705>

the going down
<04606>

of the sun
<08122>

to deliver
<05338> (8682)

him.

6:15

Then
<0116>

these
<0479>

men
<01400>

assembled
<07284> (8684)

unto
<05922>

the king
<04430>_,

and said
<0560> (8750)

unto the king
<04430>_,

Know
<03046> (8747)_,

O king
<04430>_,

that the law
<01882>

of the Medes
<04076>

and Persians
<06540>

[is], That no
<03606>

decree
<0633>

nor statute
<07010>

which the king
<04430>

establisheth
<06966> (8681)

may be changed
<08133> (8682)_.

6:16

Then
<0116>

the king
<04430>

commanded
<0560> (8754)_,

and they brought
<0858> (8684)

Daniel
<01841>_,

and cast
<07412> (8754)

[him] into the den
<01358>

of lions
<0744>_.

[Now] the king
<04430>

spake
<06032> (8750)

and said
<0560> (8750)

unto Daniel
<01841>_,

Thy God
<0426>

whom thou
<0607>

servest
<06399> (8750)

continually
<08411>_,

he will deliver
<07804> (8755)

thee.

6:17

And a
<02298>

stone
<069>

was brought
<0858> (8717)_,

and laid
<07761> (8752)

upon
<05922>

the mouth
<06433>

of the den
<01358>_;

and the king
<04430>

sealed
<02857> (8754)

it with his own signet
<05824>_,

and with the signet
<05824>

of his lords
<07261>_;

that the purpose
<06640>

might not
<03809>

be changed
<08133> (8748)

concerning Daniel
<01841>_.

6:18

Then
<0116>

the king
<04430>

went
<0236> (8754)

to his palace
<01965>_,

and passed the night
<0956> (8754)

fasting
<02908>_:

neither
<03809>

were instruments
<01761>

of musick brought
<05954> (8684)

before
<06925>

him: and his sleep
<08139>

went
<05075> (8754)

from him
<05922>_.

{instruments...: or, table}

6:19

Then
<0116>

the king
<04430>

arose
<06966> (8748)

very early
<08238>

in the morning
<05053>_,

and went
<0236> (8754)

in haste
<0927> (8726)

unto the den
<01358>

of lions
<0744>_.

6:20

And when he came
<07127> (8749)

to the den
<01358>_,

he cried
<02200> (8754)

with a lamentable
<06088> (8750)

voice
<07032>

unto Daniel
<01841>_:

[and] the king
<04430>

spake
<06032> (8750)

and said
<0560> (8750)

to Daniel
<01841>_,

O Daniel
<01841>_,

servant
<05649>

of the living
<02417>

God
<0426>_,

is thy God
<0426>_,

whom thou servest
<06399> (8750)

continually
<08411>_,

able
<03202> (8754)

to deliver
<07804> (8756)

thee from
<04481>

the lions
<0744>_?

6:21

Then
<0116>

said
<04449> (8745)

Daniel
<01841>

unto
<05974>

the king
<04430>_,

O king
<04430>_,

live
<02418> (8747)

for ever
<05957>_.

6:22

My God
<0426>

hath sent
<07972> (8754)

his angel
<04398>_,

and hath shut
<05463> (8754)

the lions
<0744>_'

mouths
<06433>_,

that they have not
<03809>

hurt
<02255> (8745)

me: forasmuch as
<03606> <06903>

before
<06925>

him innocency
<02136>

was found
<07912> (8728)

in me; and also
<0638>

before
<06925>

thee, O king
<04430>_,

have I done
<05648> (8754)

no
<03809>

hurt
<02248>_.

6:23

Then
<0116>

was the king
<04430>

exceeding
<07690>

glad
<02868> (8754)

for him
<05922>_,

and commanded
<0560> (8754)

that they should take
<05267> (0)

Daniel
<01841>

up
<05267> (8682)

out of
<04481>

the den
<01358>_.

So Daniel
<01841>

was taken up
<05267> (8717)

out of
<04481>

the den
<01358>_,

and no
<03809>

manner
<03606>

of hurt
<02257>

was found
<07912> (8728)

upon him, because he believed
<0540> (8684)

in his God
<0426>_.

6:24

And the king
<04430>

commanded
<0560> (8754)_,

and they brought
<0858> (8684)

those
<0479>

men
<01400>

which had accused
<0399> (8754) <07170>

Daniel
<01841>_,

and they cast
<07412> (8754)

[them] into the den
<01358>

of lions
<0744>_,

them
<0581>_,

their children
<01123>_,

and their wives
<05389>_;

and the lions
<0744>

had the mastery
<05705> <07981> (8754)

of them, and brake
<01855> (0)

all
<03606>

their bones
<01635>

in pieces
<01855> (8684)

or ever
<03809>

they came
<04291> (8754)

at the bottom
<0773>

of the den
<01358>_.

6:25

Then
<0116>

king
<04430>

Darius
<01868>

wrote
<03790> (8754)

unto all
<03606>

people
<05972>_,

nations
<0524>_,

and languages
<03961>_,

that dwell
<01753> (8748)

in all
<03606>

the earth
<0772>_;

Peace
<08001>

be multiplied
<07680> (8748)

unto you.

6:26

I
<04481> <06925>

make
<07761> (8752)

a decree
<02942>_,

That in every
<03606>

dominion
<07985>

of my kingdom
<04437>

men tremble
<01934> (8748) <02112>

and fear
<01763> (8751)

before
<04481> <06925>

the God
<0426>

of Daniel
<01841>_:

for he [is] the living
<02417>

God
<0426>_,

and stedfast
<07011>

for ever
<05957>_,

and his kingdom
<04437>

[that] which shall not
<03809>

be destroyed
<02255> (8721)_,

and his dominion
<07985>

[shall be even] unto
<05705>

the end
<05491>_.

6:27

He delivereth
<07804> (8757)

and rescueth
<05338> (8683)_,

and he worketh
<05648> (8751)

signs
<0852>

and wonders
<08540>

in heaven
<08065>

and in earth
<0772>_,

who hath delivered
<07804> (8758)

Daniel
<01841>

from
<04481>

the power
<03028>

of the lions
<0744>_.

{power: Chaldee, hand}

6:28

So this
<01836>

Daniel
<01841>

prospered
<06744> (8684)

in the reign
<04437>

of Darius
<01868>_,

and in the reign
<04437>

of Cyrus
<03567>

the Persian
<06543>_.