For how can I watch the calamity that will befall my people, and how can I watch the destruction of my relatives?”

I realized that wisdom is preferable to folly, just as light is preferable to darkness:

I saw that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full measuring stick of 10½ feet high.

I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are. I will speak about you to my father. When I find out what the problem is, I will let you know.”

So I perceived there is nothing better than for people to enjoy their work, because that is their reward; for who can show them what the future holds?

As I watched, I saw tendons on them, then muscles appeared, and skin covered over them from above, but there was no breath in them.

I, Daniel, watched as two others stood there, one on each side of the river.

The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, so that when I see the blood I will pass over you, and this plague will not fall on you to destroy you when I attack the land of Egypt.

Then I considered all the skillful work that is done: Surely it is nothing more than competition between one person and another. This also is profitless – like chasing the wind.

Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men who were with me did not see it. On the contrary, they were overcome with fright and ran away to hide.

then I discerned all that God has done: No one really comprehends what happens on earth. Despite all human efforts to discover it, no one can ever grasp it. Even if a wise person claimed that he understood, he would not really comprehend it.