Daniel 8:1

¹ In the third year ²  of King Belshazzar’s reign, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that had appeared to me previously. ³ 

biblegateway Dan 8:1

In the third year of King Belshazzar’s reign, I, Daniel, had a vision, after the one that had already appeared to me.

biblegateway Dan 8:1

In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king a vision appeared to me, Daniel, subsequent to the one which appeared to me previously.

biblegateway Dan 8:1

During the third year of King Belshazzar’s reign, I, Daniel, saw another vision, following the one that had already appeared to me.

biblegateway Dan 8:1

"In King Belshazzar's third year as king, another vision came to me, Daniel. This was now the second vision.

SABDAweb Dan 8:1

In the third year of the rule of Belshazzar the king, a vision was seen by me, Daniel, after the one I saw at first.

bibleoremus Dan 8:1

In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that had appeared to me at first.

biblegateway Dan 8:1

In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar a vision appeared to me––to me, Daniel––after the one that appeared to me the first time.

biblegateway Dan 8:1

¹ In the third year ²  of King Belshazzar’s reign, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that had appeared to me previously. ³ 

¹ sn Dan 8:1 marks the switch from Aramaic (= 2:4b-7:28) back to Hebrew as the language in which the book is written in its present form. The remainder of the book from this point on (8:1-12:13) is in Hebrew. The bilingual nature of the book has been variously explained, but it most likely has to do with the book’s transmission history.

² sn The third year of King Belshazzar’s reign would have been ca. 551 B.C. Daniel would have been approximately 69 years old at the time of this vision.

³ tn Heb “in the beginning.” This refers to the vision described in chapter seven.