Daniel 3 Cross References - Darby

¹ Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits, [and] its breadth six cubits; he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. ² And Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the justices, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. ³ Then the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the justices, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. ⁴ And the herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, [O] peoples, nations, and languages, ⁵ that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, pipe, lute, sambuca, psaltery, bagpipe, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up; ⁶ and whosoever doth not fall down and worship shall that same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. ⁷ Therefore at that time when all the peoples heard the sound of the cornet, pipe, lute, sambuca, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the languages fell down [and] worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. ⁸ Whereupon at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews. ⁹ They spoke and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever! ¹⁰ Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, pipe, lute, sambuca, psaltery, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image; ¹¹ and [that] whosoever doth not fall down and worship, shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. ¹² There are certain Jews whom thou hast appointed over the administration of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: these men, O king, regard thee not; they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image that thou hast set up. ¹³ Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then were these men brought before the king. ¹⁴ Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said unto them, Is it of purpose, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, that ye serve not my god, nor worship the golden image that I have set up? ¹⁵ Now if ye be ready at the time that ye hear the sound of the cornet, pipe, lute, sambuca, psaltery, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, [well]: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast that same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace: and who is the God that shall deliver you out of my hands? ¹⁶ Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter. ¹⁷ If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver [us] out of thy hand, O king. ¹⁸ But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image that thou hast set up. ¹⁹ Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. He spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was wont to be heated. ²⁰ And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and cast them into the burning fiery furnace. ²¹ Then these men were bound in their hosen, their tunics, and their cloaks, and their garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. ²² Forasmuch as the king`s commandment was rigorous, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that had taken up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. <sup>23</sup> And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. <sup>24</sup> Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste; he spoke and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said to the king, True, O king. <sup>25</sup> He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of God. <sup>26</sup> Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the opening of the burning fiery furnace; he spoke and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the Most High God, come forth, and come [hither]. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego came forth from the midst of the fire. <sup>27</sup> And the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, and the king`s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had had no power, nor was the hair of their head singed, neither were their hosen changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them. ²⁸ Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and who changed the king`s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God! ²⁹ Therefore I make a decree, that in every people, nation, and language, he who shall speak anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and his house shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that is able to deliver after this sort. ³⁰ Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego in the province of Babylon.

⁵ and upon Cain, and on his offering, he did not look. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.

⁵ and upon Cain, and on his offering, he did not look. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell. ⁶ And Jehovah said to Cain, Why art thou angry, and why is thy countenance fallen?

²⁶ And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman.

¹⁸ And Melchisedec king of Salem brought out bread and wine. And he was priest of the Most High ?God.

¹ And Abram was ninety-nine years old, when Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said to him, I [am] the Almighty ?God: walk before my face, and be perfect.

¹⁴ Is [any] matter too wonderful for Jehovah? At the time appointed I will return to thee, at [this] time of the year, and Sarah shall have a son.

¹⁵ And as the dawn arose, the angels urged Lot, saying, Up, take thy wife and thy two daughters who are present, lest thou perish in the iniquity of the city. ¹⁶ And as he lingered, the men laid hold on his hand, and on the hand of his wife, and on the hand of his two daughters, Jehovah being merciful to him; and they led him out, and set him without the city.

²⁸ and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and lo, a smoke went up from the land as the smoke of a furnace.

² And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and behold, it was not toward him as previously.

¹⁶ and he said, When ye help the Hebrew women in bearing, and see [them] on the stool, if it be a son, then ye shall kill him, but if a daughter, then she shall live.

²² Then Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, but every daughter ye shall save alive.

² And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, to whose voice I am to hearken to let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah, neither will I let Israel go.

³³ And the Egyptians urged the people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We are all dead [men]!

⁹ The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my soul shall be sated upon them; I will unsheath my sword, my hand shall dispossess them. ¹⁰ Thou didst blow with thy breath, the sea covered them; They sank as lead in the mighty waters.

²⁰ And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the tambour in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambours and with dances. ²¹ And Miriam answered them, Sing to Jehovah, for he is highly exalted: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

³ Thou shalt have no other gods before me. ⁴ Thou shalt not make thyself any graven image, or any form of what is in the heavens above, or what is in the earth beneath, or what is in the waters under the earth: ⁵ thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth [generation] of them that hate me,

⁵ thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth [generation] of them that hate me,

²³ Ye shall not make beside me gods of silver, and ye shall not make to you gods of gold.

¹³ But if he have not lain in wait, and God have delivered [him] into his hand, I will appoint thee a place to which he shall flee. ¹⁴ But if a man act wantonly toward his neighbour, and slay him with guile, thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

² And Aaron said to them, Break off the golden rings that are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring [them] to me. ³ Then all the people broke off the golden rings that were in their ears, and brought [them] to Aaron. ⁴ And he took [them] out of their hand, and fashioned it with a chisel and made of it a molten calf: and they said, This is thy god, Israel, who has brought thee up out of the land of Egypt!

⁴ And he took [them] out of their hand, and fashioned it with a chisel and made of it a molten calf: and they said, This is thy god, Israel, who has brought thee up out of the land of Egypt! ⁵ And Aaron saw [it], and built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation, and said, To-morrow is a feast to Jehovah! ⁶ And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered up burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to sport.

¹⁸ And he said, It is not the sound of a shout of victory, neither is it the sound of a shout of defeat: it is the noise of alternate singing I hear. ¹⁹ And it came to pass, when he came near the camp, and saw the calf and the dancing, that Moses` anger burned, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and shattered them beneath the mountain.

³¹ And Moses returned to Jehovah, and said, Alas, this people has sinned a great sin, and they have made themselves a god of gold! ³² And now, if thou wilt forgive their sin ... but if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book that thou hast written.

⁴ Ye shall not turn unto idols, and ye shall not make to yourselves molten gods: I am Jehovah your God.

¹⁸ And if for this ye hearken not unto me, I will punish you sevenfold more for your sins,

²¹ And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me, I will bring sevenfold more plagues upon you according to your sins.

²⁴ then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will smite you, even I, sevenfold for your sins.

²⁸ then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven-fold for your sins.

² And they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods; and the people ate, and bowed down to their gods.

²⁵ The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire; thou shalt not covet the silver and gold [that is] on them and take it unto thee, lest thou be ensnared therein; for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.

³¹ For their rock is not as our Rock: Let our enemies themselves be judges.

²⁶ And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand seven hundred [shekels] of gold; besides the moons, and eardrops, and the purple garments that were on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels` necks. ²⁷ And Gideon made an ephod of them, and put it in his city, in Ophrah. And all Israel went thither a whoring after it; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.

²³ Then the lords of the Philistines gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands.

³⁰ Wherefore Jehovah the God of Israel saith, I said indeed, Thy house and the house of thy father should walk before me for ever. But now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

³⁷ And David said, Jehovah who delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, and Jehovah be with thee.

⁴⁶ This day will Jehovah deliver thee up into my hand; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the camp of the Philistines this day to the fowl of the heavens and to the wild beasts of the earth. And all the earth shall know that Israel has a God;

⁴⁶ This day will Jehovah deliver thee up into my hand; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the camp of the Philistines this day to the fowl of the heavens and to the wild beasts of the earth. And all the earth shall know that Israel has a God; ⁴⁷ and all this congregation shall know that Jehovah saves not with sword and spear; for the battle is Jehovah`s, and he will give you into our hands.

⁵⁵ And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this young man? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

⁷ And the women answered [one another] as they played, and said, Saul hath smitten his thousands, And David his ten thousands. ⁸ And Saul was very wroth, and that saying was evil in his sight; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to me they have ascribed the thousands; and [what] is there more for him but the kingdom? ⁹ And Saul eyed David from that day and forward. ¹⁰ And it came to pass the next day that an evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house, but David played with his hand, as on other days; and the spear was in Saul`s hand. ¹¹ And Saul cast the spear, and thought, I will smite David and the wall. But David turned away from him twice.

³⁰ And Saul`s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, Son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own shame and to the shame of thy mother`s nakedness? ³¹ For as long as the son of Jesse lives upon earth, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. And now send and fetch him to me, for he must die. ³² And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, Why should he be put to death? what has he done? ³³ Then Saul cast the spear at him to smite him; and Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to put David to death.

²⁸ And the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold. And he said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt!

³² And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made; and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.

³³ and he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it on the wood. And he said, Fill four pitchers with water, and pour it on the burnt-offering, and on the wood. ³⁴ And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time. ³⁵ And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

¹⁰ And Ben-Hadad sent to him and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me! ¹¹ And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell [him], Let not him that girdeth on boast himself as he that putteth off!

³⁵ Which are they among all the gods of the countries, who have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

¹⁷ Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands, ¹⁸ and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men`s hands, wood and stone; therefore have they destroyed them. ¹⁹ And now, Jehovah our God, I beseech thee, save us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou, Jehovah, art God, thou only.

²⁷ But I know thine abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, And thy raging against me. ²⁸ Because thy raging against me and thine arrogance is come up into mine ears, I will put my ring in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, And I will make thee go back by the way by which thou camest.

²⁰ and they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them, because they put their trust in him.

¹⁶ And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren, the singers, with instruments of music, lutes, and harps, and cymbals, that they should sound aloud, lifting up the voice with joy.

²⁸ And all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting, and with sound of the trumpet, and with clarions, and with cymbals, playing aloud with lutes and harps.

⁵ Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, with instruments of lutes and with harps; and Asaph sounding with cymbals; ⁶ and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.

¹ And David and the captains of the host separated for the service those of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun who were to prophesy with harps and lutes and cymbals; and the number of the men employed according to their service was: ² of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied at the direction of the king. ³ Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Isaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, [and Shimei] six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, to give thanks and to praise Jehovah. ⁴ Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkijah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth: ⁵ all these were sons of Heman the king`s seer in the words of God, to exalt his power; and God had given to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. ⁶ All these were under the direction of their fathers Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman, for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, lutes and harps, for the service of the house of God, under the direction of the king.

²⁰ And they rose early in the morning, and went forth towards the wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Jehovah your God, and ye shall be established; believe his prophets, and ye shall prosper!

²⁵ And he set the Levites in the house of Jehovah with cymbals, with lutes, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king`s seer, and of Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was of Jehovah through his prophets.

¹⁵ And now, let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you in this manner, neither yet believe him; for no +god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, nor out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand? ¹⁶ And his servants spoke yet more against Jehovah, the [true] God, and against his servant Hezekiah. ¹⁷ And he wrote a letter to rail at Jehovah the God of Israel, and to speak against him saying, As the gods of the nations of the countries have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of my hand.

²¹ And Jehovah sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the princes and the captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. And he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels made him fall there with the sword.

³ Whosoever there is among you of all his people, his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of Jehovah the God of Israel -- he is God -- which is at Jerusalem.

¹² Be it known to the king that the Jews who came up from thee unto us have come to Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and they complete the walls and join up the foundations. ¹³ Be it known therefore unto the king, that, if this city be built and the walls be completed, they will not pay tribute, tax, and toll, and in the end it will bring damage to the kings. ¹⁴ Now, since we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not right for us to see the king`s injury, therefore have we sent and informed the king; ¹⁵ that search may be made in the book of the annals of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the annals and know that this city is a rebellious city, which has done damage to kings and provinces, and that they have raised sedition within the same of old time, for which cause this city was destroyed. ¹⁶ We inform the king that if this city be built and its walls be completed, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.

¹¹ And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of the heavens and the earth, and build the house that was built these many years ago; and a great king of Israel built and completed it.

¹¹ Also I have given order that whosoever shall alter this rescript, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon, and let his house be made a dunghill for this.

²³ Whatever is commanded by the God of the heavens, let it be carefully done for the house of the God of the heavens; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? ²⁴ Also we inform you, as regards all the priests and Levites, singers, doorkeepers, Nethinim, and ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, tax, and toll upon them. ²⁵ And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, which is in thy hand, set magistrates and judges who may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye him that knows [them] not. ²⁶ And whosoever will not do the law of thy God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed diligently upon him, whether unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment. ²⁷ Blessed be Jehovah the God of our fathers, who has put [such a thing] as this in the king`s heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah which is at Jerusalem; <sup>28</sup> and has extended mercy to me before the king and his counsellors, and before all the king`s mighty princes. And I was strengthened, as the hand of Jehovah my God was upon me; and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

¹ And it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (that is, the Ahasuerus that reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces),

⁵ And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, Haman was full of fury. ⁶ But he scorned to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai; therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus -- the people of Mordecai.

⁶ But he scorned to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai; therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus -- the people of Mordecai.

⁸ And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from [those of] every people, and they keep not the king`s laws; and it is not for the king`s profit to suffer them.

⁸ And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from [those of] every people, and they keep not the king`s laws; and it is not for the king`s profit to suffer them. ⁹ If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those that have charge of the affairs, to bring [it] into the king`s treasuries.

¹² Then were the king`s scribes called, in the first month, on the thirteenth day of the [month], and there was written according to all that Haman commanded unto the king`s satraps, and to the governors over every province, and to the princes of every people; to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people according to their language: in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king`s ring. <sup>13</sup> And the letters were sent by couriers into all the king`s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, upon the thirteenth of the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, and [to take] the spoil of them for a prey. ¹⁴ That the decree might be given in every province, a copy of the writing was published to all peoples, that they should be ready against that day.

⁷ And the king in his wrath rose up from the banquet of wine, [and went] into the palace garden; but Haman stayed to make request for his life to Esther the queen, for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.

⁹ Then were the king`s scribes called at that time, in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth [day] thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors, and the princes of the provinces which are from India even to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people according to their language, and to the Jews according to their writing and according to their language.

⁶ And there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah; and Satan came also among them.

¹⁹ He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

¹⁵ Behold, if he slay me, yet would I trust in him; but I will defend mine own ways before him.

²⁹ When he giveth quietness, who then will disturb? and when he hideth [his] face, who shall behold him? and this towards a nation, or towards a man alike;

⁷ When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

³ And he [is] as a tree planted by brooks of water, which giveth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf fadeth not; and all that he doeth prospereth.

⁸ Salvation is of Jehovah; thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.

¹⁰ And he rode upon a cherub and did fly; yea, he flew fast upon the wings of the wind. ¹¹ He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

⁴ Our fathers confided in thee: they confided, and thou didst deliver them. ⁵ They cried unto thee, and were delivered; they confided in thee, and were not confounded.

¹ {[A Psalm] of David.} Jehovah is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? ² When evil-doers, mine adversaries and mine enemies, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

¹⁸ Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his loving-kindness,

²¹ For in him shall our heart rejoice, because we have confided in his holy name.

⁷ The angel of Jehovah encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

⁷ The angel of Jehovah encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. ⁸ Taste and see that Jehovah is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him!

¹⁹ Many are the adversities of the righteous, but Jehovah delivereth him out of them all:

²² Jehovah redeemeth the soul of his servants; and none of them that trust in him shall bear guilt.

¹ {To the chief Musician. On Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.} Upon God alone doth my soul rest peacefully; from him is my salvation. ² He only is my rock and my salvation; my high fortress: I shall not be greatly moved. ³ How long will ye assail a man; will ye [seek], all of you, to break him down as a bowing wall or a tottering fence? ⁴ They only consult to thrust [him] down from his excellency; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but in their inward part they curse. Selah. ⁵ Upon God alone, O my soul, rest peacefully; for my expectation is from him. ⁶ He only is my rock and my salvation; my high fortress: I shall not be moved.

⁸ Confide in him at all times, ye people; pour out your heart before him: God is our refuge. Selah.

¹¹ Thou broughtest us into a net, thou didst lay a heavy burden upon our loins; ¹² Thou didst cause men to ride over our head; we went through fire and through water: but thou hast brought us out into abundance.

²⁰ As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image.

¹⁰ For the fury of man shall praise thee; the remainder of fury wilt thou gird on thyself.

¹ {To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph.} Sing ye joyously unto God our strength, shout aloud unto the God of Jacob; ² Raise a song, and sound the tambour, the pleasant harp with the lute. ³ Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the set time, on our feast day:

¹ {A Psalm of Asaph.} God standeth in the assembly of ?God, he judgeth among the gods. ² How long will ye judge unrighteously, and accept the person of the wicked? Selah. ³ Judge the poor and the fatherless, do justice to the afflicted and the destitute; ⁴ Rescue the poor and needy, deliver them out of the hand of the wicked. ⁵ They know not, neither do they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are moved. ⁶ I have said, Ye are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High; ⁷ But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. ⁸ Arise, O God, judge the earth; for *thou* shalt inherit all the nations.

¹⁸ That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, art the Most High over all the earth.

¹¹ For Jehovah Elohim is a sun and shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. ¹² Jehovah of hosts, blessed is the man that confideth in thee!

³ Surely *he* shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, [and] from the destructive pestilence. ⁴ He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou find refuge: his truth is a shield and buckler. ⁵ Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, for the arrow that flieth by day, ⁶ For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. ⁷ A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; [but] it shall not come nigh thee. ⁸ Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and see the reward of the wicked. ⁹ Because *thou* hast made Jehovah, my refuge, the Most High, thy dwelling-place,

¹⁴ Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

¹ {A Psalm, a Song, for the Sabbath day.} It is good to give thanks unto Jehovah, and to sing psalms unto thy name, O Most High; ² To declare thy loving-kindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness in the nights, ³ Upon an instrument of ten strings and upon the lute; upon the Higgaion with the harp.

²⁰ Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law?

⁷ Give unto Jehovah, ye families of peoples, give unto Jehovah glory and strength; ⁸ Give unto Jehovah the glory of his name; bring an oblation and come into his courts; ⁹ Worship Jehovah in holy splendour; tremble before him, all the earth.

²⁰ Bless Jehovah, ye his angels, mighty in strength, that execute his word, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

³ But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he pleased. ⁴ Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men`s hands: ⁵ They have a mouth, and they speak not; eyes have they, and they see not; ⁶ They have ears, and they hear not; a nose have they, and they smell not; ⁷ They have hands, and they handle not; feet have they, and they walk not; they give no sound through their throat. ⁸ They that make them are like unto them, -- every one that confideth in them.

⁵ Jehovah is thy keeper, Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand; ⁶ The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. ⁷ Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul.

¹ {A Song of degrees. Of David.} If it had not been Jehovah who was for us -- oh let Israel say -- ² If it had not been Jehovah who was for us, when men rose up against us, ³ Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us; ⁴ Then the waters had overwhelmed us, a torrent had gone over our soul; ⁵ Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

¹⁵ The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men`s hands:

⁵ Blessed is he who hath the ?God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Jehovah his God, ⁶ Who made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is therein; who keepeth truth for ever;

¹¹ Jehovah taketh pleasure in those that fear him, in those that hope in his loving-kindness.

³ Let them praise his name in the dance; let them sing psalms unto him with the tambour and harp. ⁴ For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people; he beautifieth the meek with salvation.

³ Praise him with the sound of the trumpet; praise him with lute and harp; ⁴ Praise him with the tambour and dance; praise him with stringed instruments and the pipe; ⁵ Praise him with loud cymbals; praise him with high sounding cymbals. ⁶ Let everything that hath breath praise Jah. Hallelujah!

¹³ The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupid, and knoweth nothing. ¹⁴ And she sitteth at the entry of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, ¹⁵ to call passers-by who go right on their ways:

⁸ The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

¹⁴ The fury of a king is [as] messengers of death; but a wise man will pacify it.

¹² Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a fool in his folly.

¹⁸ The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and a treacherous [man] in the stead of the upright.

²⁴ Proud, arrogant, scorner is his name who dealeth in proud wrath.

³ A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool`s vexation is heavier than them both.

³ A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool`s vexation is heavier than them both. ⁴ Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

⁴ Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

¹ The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion.

¹² If a ruler hearken to lying words, all his servants are wicked.

²² An angry man exciteth contention; and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

⁴ Who hath ascended up into the heavens, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in a mantle? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son`s name, if thou knowest?

¹⁶ And moreover I saw under the sun, that in the place of judgment, wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, wickedness was there.

⁴ And I saw all labour, and all success of work, that it is man`s jealousy of his neighbour. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

²⁰ In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which they made [each] for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

¹ Woe unto them that decree iniquitous decrees, and to the writers that prescribe oppression,

² Behold, ?God is my salvation: I will trust, and not be afraid; for Jah, Jehovah, is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation.

³ Thou wilt keep in perfect peace the mind stayed [on thee], for he confideth in thee. ⁴ Confide ye in Jehovah for ever; for in Jah, Jehovah, is the rock of ages.

¹¹ Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, but they do not see: [yet] they shall see [thy] jealousy [for] the people, and be ashamed; yea, the fire which is for thine adversaries shall devour them.

¹⁶ Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I lay for foundation in Zion a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-stone, a sure foundation: he that trusteth shall not make haste.

²² And ye shall defile the silver covering of your graven images, and the gold overlaying of your molten images; thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth: Out! shalt thou say unto it.

¹⁸ Let not Hezekiah persuade you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us. Has any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? ¹⁹ Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? ²⁰ Who are they among all the gods of these countries that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

²³ Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted the voice? Against the Holy One of Israel hast thou lifted up thine eyes on high.

³⁶ And an angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.

⁹ O Zion, that bringest glad tidings, get thee up into a high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest glad tidings, lift up thy voice with strength: lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!

¹⁹ The workman casteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains [for it]. ²⁰ He that is impoverished, so that he hath no offering, chooseth a tree that doth not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilled workman to prepare a graven image that shall not be moved. ²¹ -- Do ye not know? Have ye not heard? Hath it not been told you from the beginning? Have ye not understood the foundation of the earth? ²² [It is] he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a gauze curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in; ²³ that bringeth the princes to nothing, that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. ²⁴ Scarcely are they planted, scarcely are they sown, scarcely hath their stock taken root in the earth, but he also bloweth upon them and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble. ²⁵ To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. ²⁶ Lift up your eyes on high, and see! Who hath created these things, bringing out their host by number? He calleth them all by name; through the greatness of his might and strength of power, not one faileth. ²⁷ Why sayest thou, Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and my right is passed away from my God? ²⁸ Dost thou not know, hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not nor tireth? There is no searching of his understanding. ²⁹ He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength. ³⁰ Even the youths shall faint and shall tire, and the young men shall stumble and fall; ³¹ but they that wait upon Jehovah shall renew [their] strength: they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not tire; they shall walk, and not faint.

² When thou passest through the waters, I [will be] with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

¹⁷ And with the remainder thereof he maketh a ?god, his graven image; he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me, for thou art my ?god.

¹ Bel is bowed down, Nebo bendeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: the things ye carried are laid on, a burden to the weary [beast].

⁶ -- They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance; they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a ?god: they fall down, yea, they worship.

¹² I, [even] I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou fearest a man that shall die, and the son of man that shall become as grass; ¹³ and forgettest Jehovah thy Maker, who hath stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and thou art afraid continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he prepareth to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor?

²³ and I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; who have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over; and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street to them that went over.

¹² For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight; for Jehovah will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear-guard.

¹⁴ In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression, for thou shalt not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near thee.

¹ Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.

⁸ Be not afraid of them; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith Jehovah.

⁹ Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artizan and of the hands of the founder; blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of skilful [men].

²⁰ Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no-gods?

⁷ Blessed is the man that confideth in Jehovah, and whose confidence Jehovah is. ⁸ For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out its roots by the stream, and he shall not see when heat cometh, but his leaf shall be green; and in the year of drought he shall not be careful, neither shall he cease to yield fruit.

²² And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah that are in Babylon, saying, Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;

⁶ Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the son of Hammelech, which was in the court of the guard, and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

² Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and lift up a banner; publish, conceal not! Say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed: her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.

⁷ Babylon hath been a golden cup in Jehovah`s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore have the nations become mad.

⁵² They that are mine enemies without cause have chased me sore like a bird. ⁵³ They have cut off my life in a pit, and cast a stone upon me. ⁵⁴ Waters streamed over my head; I said, I am cut off.

¹⁸ Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross to me: they are all copper, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace: they are become the dross of silver. ¹⁹ Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye are all become dross, therefore behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. ²⁰ [As] they gather silver, and copper, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it, so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will lay you on and melt you. ²¹ Yea, I will collect you, and blow upon you the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof. ²² As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I Jehovah have poured out my fury upon you.

⁷ And the prince of the eunuchs gave them names: to Daniel he gave [the name] Belteshazzar, and to Hananiah, Shadrach, and to Mishael, Meshach, and to Azariah, Abed-nego.

⁴ And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, O king, live for ever! tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation. ⁵ The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The command is gone forth from me: If ye do not make known unto me the dream, and its interpretation, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

¹⁰ The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king`s matter; therefore there is no king, however great and powerful, that hath asked such a thing of any scribe, or magician, or Chaldean.

¹² For this cause the king was irritated and very wroth, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

¹² For this cause the king was irritated and very wroth, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. ¹³ And the decree went forth that the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to slay them.

¹⁵ he answered and said to Arioch the king`s captain, Why is the decree so rigorous from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

³¹ Thou, O king, sawest, and behold, a great image. This image was mighty and its brightness excellent; it stood before thee, and its appearance was terrible. ³² This image`s head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,

⁴⁷ The king answered Daniel and said, Of a truth it is that your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, because thou wast able to reveal this secret. ⁴⁸ Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon. ⁴⁹ And Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego over the administration of the province of Babylon. And Daniel was in the gate of the king.

¹ Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits, [and] its breadth six cubits; he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. ² And Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the justices, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. ³ Then the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the justices, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. ⁴ And the herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, [O] peoples, nations, and languages,

⁴ And the herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, [O] peoples, nations, and languages, ⁵ that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, pipe, lute, sambuca, psaltery, bagpipe, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up;

⁵ that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, pipe, lute, sambuca, psaltery, bagpipe, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up;

⁵ that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, pipe, lute, sambuca, psaltery, bagpipe, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up; ⁶ and whosoever doth not fall down and worship shall that same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

⁶ and whosoever doth not fall down and worship shall that same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. ⁷ Therefore at that time when all the peoples heard the sound of the cornet, pipe, lute, sambuca, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the languages fell down [and] worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

⁷ Therefore at that time when all the peoples heard the sound of the cornet, pipe, lute, sambuca, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the languages fell down [and] worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

⁹ They spoke and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever! ¹⁰ Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, pipe, lute, sambuca, psaltery, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;

¹⁰ Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, pipe, lute, sambuca, psaltery, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image; ¹¹ and [that] whosoever doth not fall down and worship, shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. ¹² There are certain Jews whom thou hast appointed over the administration of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: these men, O king, regard thee not; they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image that thou hast set up. ¹³ Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then were these men brought before the king.

¹⁵ Now if ye be ready at the time that ye hear the sound of the cornet, pipe, lute, sambuca, psaltery, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, [well]: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast that same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace: and who is the God that shall deliver you out of my hands?

¹⁵ Now if ye be ready at the time that ye hear the sound of the cornet, pipe, lute, sambuca, psaltery, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, [well]: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast that same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace: and who is the God that shall deliver you out of my hands? ¹⁶ Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter. ¹⁷ If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver [us] out of thy hand, O king.

¹⁷ If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver [us] out of thy hand, O king. ¹⁸ But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image that thou hast set up.

¹⁸ But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image that thou hast set up. ¹⁹ Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. He spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

²¹ Then these men were bound in their hosen, their tunics, and their cloaks, and their garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

²⁵ He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of God.

²⁷ And the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, and the king`s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had had no power, nor was the hair of their head singed, neither were their hosen changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them. <sup>28</sup> Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and who changed the king`s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God!

²⁸ Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and who changed the king`s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God! ²⁹ Therefore I make a decree, that in every people, nation, and language, he who shall speak anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and his house shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that is able to deliver after this sort. ³⁰ Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego in the province of Babylon.

¹ Nebuchadnezzar the king unto all the peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied unto you. ² It hath seemed good unto me to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God hath wrought toward me.

⁸ But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name is Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and before him I told the dream:

¹⁴ he cried aloud, and said thus: Hew down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit; let the beasts get away from under it, and the birds from its branches.

²² it is thou, O king, who art grown and become strong; for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto the heavens, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.

²⁷ Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

³⁴ And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto the heavens, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation. ³⁵ And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the army of the heavens, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

⁶ Then the king`s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

¹⁰ -- The queen, by reason of the words of the king and his nobles, came into the banquet-house. The queen spoke and said, O king, live for ever! let not thy thoughts trouble thee, neither let thy countenance be changed.

¹⁸ O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty;

²³ but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of the heavens; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

¹ It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be in all the kingdom; ² and over these, three presidents -- of whom Daniel was one -- to whom these satraps should render account, and that the king should suffer no loss. ³ Now this Daniel surpassed the presidents and the satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to appoint him over the whole realm. ⁴ Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find a pretext against Daniel with respect to the kingdom; but they could not find any pretext or fault; inasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

⁶ Then these presidents and satraps came in a body to the king, and said thus unto him: King Darius, live for ever!

⁶ Then these presidents and satraps came in a body to the king, and said thus unto him: King Darius, live for ever! ⁷ All the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects, and the satraps, the counsellors, and the governors 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, except of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

⁷ All the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects, and the satraps, the counsellors, and the governors 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, except of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

¹² Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king`s decree: Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask [anything] of any god or man within thirty days, except of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be revoked.

¹² Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king`s decree: Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask [anything] of any god or man within thirty days, except of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be revoked. ¹³ Then they answered and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.

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

¹⁶ Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast [him] into the den of lions. The king spoke and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will save thee.

¹⁶ Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast [him] into the den of lions. The king spoke and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will save thee. ¹⁷ And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his nobles, that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.

²⁰ And when he came near unto the den, he cried with a mournful voice unto Daniel: the king spoke and said unto Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, hath thy God whom thou servest continually been able to save thee from the lions?

²⁰ And when he came near unto the den, he cried with a mournful voice unto Daniel: the king spoke and said unto Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, hath thy God whom thou servest continually been able to save thee from the lions? ²¹ Then Daniel spoke unto the king, O king, live for ever!

²¹ Then Daniel spoke 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 innocence was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

²² My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions` mouths, that they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before him innocence was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

²² My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions` mouths, that they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before him innocence was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. ²³ Thereupon was the king exceeding glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God. ²⁴ And the king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and broke all their bones in pieces ere they came to the bottom of the den. ²⁵ Then king Darius wrote unto all peoples, 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 steadfast for ever, and his kingdom [that] which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.

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 steadfast for ever, and his kingdom [that] which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end. ²⁷ He saveth and delivereth, and he worketh signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth: who hath saved Daniel from the power of the lions.

²⁷ He saveth and delivereth, and he worketh signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth: who hath saved Daniel from the power of the lions.

¹¹ Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because in selfwill he walked after the commandment [of man].

⁴ They have set up kings, but not by me; they have made princes, and I knew it not; of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.

⁵ that chant to the sound of the lute, [and] invent them instruments of music, like David;

¹⁶ For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab; and ye walk in their counsels: that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing; and ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

¹⁹ Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake! to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall it teach? Behold it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

² Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of bewilderment unto all the peoples round about, and also against Judah shall it be in the siege against Jerusalem. ³ And it shall come to pass in that day [that] I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone unto all peoples: all that burden themselves with it shall certainly be wounded, and all the nations of the earth shall be assembled together against it.

⁹ and says to him, All these things will I give thee if, falling down, thou wilt do me homage. ¹⁰ Then says Jesus to him, Get thee away, Satan, for it is written, Thou shalt do homage to [the] Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve.

¹⁸ and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations. ¹⁹ But when they deliver you up, be not careful how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given to you in that hour what ye shall speak.

²⁸ And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

³⁰ but of you even the hairs of the head are all numbered.

³² Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, *I* also will confess him before my Father who is in [the] heavens. ³³ But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will *I* also deny before my Father who is in [the] heavens.

³⁹ He that finds his life shall lose it, and he who has lost his life for my sake shall find it.

⁴² and they shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

⁵⁰ and shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

² But he answering said to them, When evening is come, ye say, Fine weather, for the sky is red;

⁵ And having cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, he left the place, and went away and hanged himself.

⁴³ He trusted upon God; let him save him now if he will [have] him. For he said, I am Son of God.

⁶³ saying, Sir, we have called to mind that that deceiver said when he was still alive, After three days I arise. ⁶⁴ Command therefore that the sepulchre be secured until the third day, lest his disciples should come and steal him away, and say to the people, He is risen from the dead; and the last error shall be worse than the first. ⁶⁵ And Pilate said to them, Ye have a watch: go, secure it as well as ye know how. ⁶⁶ And they went and secured the sepulchre, having sealed the stone, with the watch [besides].

²⁷ And immediately the king, having sent one of the guard, ordered his head to be brought. And he went out and beheaded him in the prison,

⁹ But *ye*, take heed to yourselves, for they shall deliver you up to sanhedrims and to synagogues: ye shall be beaten and brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them;

¹¹ But when they shall lead you away to deliver you up, be not careful beforehand as to what ye shall say, [nor prepare your discourse]: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak; for *ye* are not the speakers, but the Holy Spirit.

¹⁸ they shall take up serpents; and if they should drink any deadly thing it shall not injure them; they shall lay hands upon the infirm, and they shall be well.

³⁵ And the angel answering said to her, [The] Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and power of [the] Highest overshadow thee, wherefore the holy thing also which shall be born shall be called Son of God.

³⁷ for nothing shall be impossible with God.

⁷ If therefore *thou* wilt do homage before me, all [of it] shall be thine. ⁸ And Jesus answering him said, It is written, Thou shalt do homage to [the] Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve.

¹¹ But *they* were filled with madness, and they spoke together among themselves what they should do to Jesus.

³ therefore whatever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light, and what ye have spoken in the ear in chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. ⁴ But I say to you, my friends, Fear not those who kill the body and after this have no more that they can do.

⁴ But I say to you, my friends, Fear not those who kill the body and after this have no more that they can do. ⁵ But I will shew you whom ye shall fear: Fear him who after he has killed has authority to cast into hell; yea, I say to you, Fear *him*.

⁵ But I will shew you whom ye shall fear: Fear him who after he has killed has authority to cast into hell; yea, I say to you, Fear *him*. ⁶ Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? and one of them is not forgotten before God. ⁷ But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore, ye are better than many sparrows. ⁸ But I say to you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, the Son of man will confess him also before the angels of God; ⁹ but he that shall have denied me before men shall be denied before the angels of God;

¹¹ But when they bring you before the synagogues and rulers and the authorities, be not careful how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say;

⁹ and if it shall bear fruit -- but if not, after that thou shalt cut it down.

¹² But before all these things they shall lay their hands upon you and persecute you, delivering [you] up to synagogues and prisons, bringing [you] before kings and governors on account of my name;

¹⁴ Settle therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand [your] defence, ¹⁵ for *I* will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your opposers shall not be able to reply to or resist.

¹⁷ and ye will be hated of all for my name`s sake. ¹⁸ And a hair of your head shall in no wise perish.

⁵⁷ Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment that if any one knew where he was, he should make it known, that they might take him.

²⁶ If any one serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall be *my* servant. [And] if any one serve me, him shall the Father honour.

⁷ The Jews answered him, We have a law, and according to [our] law he ought to die, because he made himself Son of God. ⁸ When Pilate therefore heard this word, he was the rather afraid,

⁶ But the rumour of this having spread, the multitude came together and were confounded, because each one heard them speaking in his own dialect. ⁷ And all were amazed and wondered, saying, Behold, are not all these who are speaking Galilaeans? ⁸ and how do *we* hear [them] each in our own dialect in which we have been born, ⁹ Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and those who inhabit Mesopotamia, and Judaea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰ both Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt, and the parts of Libya which adjoin Cyrene, and the Romans sojourning [here], both Jews and proselytes, ¹¹ Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking in our own tongues the great things of God? ¹² And they were all amazed and in perplexity, saying one to another, What would this mean?

⁸ Then Peter, filled with [the] Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders [of Israel], ⁹ if *we* this day are called upon to answer as to the good deed [done] to the infirm man, how *he* has been healed, ¹⁰ be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean, whom *ye* have crucified, whom God has raised from among [the] dead, by *him* this [man] stands here before you sound [in body].

¹⁰ be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean, whom *ye* have crucified, whom God has raised from among [the] dead, by *him* this [man] stands here before you sound [in body]. ¹¹ *He* is the stone which has been set at nought by you the builders, which is become the corner stone.

¹¹ *He* is the stone which has been set at nought by you the builders, which is become the corner stone. ¹² And salvation is in none other, for neither is there another name under heaven which is given among men by which we must be saved.

¹² And salvation is in none other, for neither is there another name under heaven which is given among men by which we must be saved. ¹³ But seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and perceiving that they were unlettered and uninstructed men, they wondered; and they recognised them that they were with Jesus.

¹⁹ But Peter and John answering said to them, If it be righteous before God to listen to you rather than to God, judge ye;

¹⁹ But an angel of [the] Lord during the night opened the doors of the prison, and leading them out, said,

²³ saying, We found the prison shut with all security, and the keepers standing at the doors; but when we had opened [them], within we found no one. ²⁴ And when they heard these words, both the priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests were in perplexity as to them, what this would come to. ²⁵ And some one coming reported to them, Lo, the men whom ye put in the prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people.

²⁵ And some one coming reported to them, Lo, the men whom ye put in the prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people. ²⁶ Then the captain, having gone with the officers, brought them, not with violence, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned. ²⁷ And they bring them and set them in the council. And the high priest asked them, ²⁸ saying, We strictly enjoined you not to teach in this name: and lo, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and purpose to bring upon us the blood of this man. ²⁹ But Peter answering, and the apostles, said, God must be obeyed rather than men.

²⁹ But Peter answering, and the apostles, said, God must be obeyed rather than men. ³⁰ The God of our fathers has raised up Jesus, whom *ye* have slain, having hanged on a cross. ³¹ Him has God exalted by his right hand as leader and saviour, to give repentance to Israel and remission of sins. ³² And *we* are [his] witnesses of these things, and the Holy Spirit also, which God has given to those that obey him. ³³ But they, when they heard [these things], were cut to the heart, and took counsel to kill them.

¹⁵ And all who sat in the council, looking fixedly on him, saw his face as [the] face of an angel.

⁵⁴ And hearing these things they were cut to the heart, and gnashed their teeth against him.

⁶ But rise up and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

⁴ whom having seized he put in prison, having delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep, purposing after the passover to bring him out to the people. ⁵ Peter therefore was kept in the prison; but unceasing prayer was made by the assembly to God concerning him.

⁷ And lo, an angel of [the] Lord came there, and a light shone in the prison: and having smitten the side of Peter, he roused him up, saying, Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off his hands. ⁸ And the angel said to him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And he did so. And he says to him, Cast thine upper garment about thee and follow me. ⁹ And going forth he followed [him] and did not know that what was happening by means of the angel was real, but supposed he saw a vision. ¹⁰ And having passed through a first and second guard, they came to the iron gate which leads into the city, which opened to them of itself; and going forth they went down one street, and immediately the angel left him. ¹¹ And Peter, being come to himself, said, Now I know certainly that [the] Lord has sent forth his angel and has taken me out of the hand of Herod and all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

¹³ And when he had knocked at the door of the entry, a maid came to listen, by name Rhoda;

¹⁹ And Herod having sought him and not found him, having examined the guards, commanded [them] to be executed. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea and stayed [there].

¹⁶ who in the past generations suffered all the nations to go in their own ways,

¹⁷ She, having followed Paul and us, cried saying, These men are bondmen of the Most High God, who announce to you [the] way of salvation.

²⁰ and having brought them up to the praetors, said, These men utterly trouble our city, being Jews, ²¹ and announce customs which it is not lawful for us to receive nor practise, being Romans. ²² And the crowd rose up too against them; and the praetors, having torn off their clothes, commanded to scourge [them]. ²³ And having laid many stripes upon them they cast [them] into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely;

²⁵ And at midnight Paul and Silas, in praying, were praising God with singing, and the prisoners listened to them.

³⁷ But Paul said to them, Having beaten us publicly uncondemned, us who are Romans, they have cast us into prison, and now they thrust us out secretly? no, indeed, but let them come themselves and bring us out.

⁶ and not having found them, dragged Jason and certain brethren before the politarchs, crying out, These [men] that have set the world in tumult, are come here also, ⁷ whom Jason has received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying, that there is another king, Jesus.

⁷ whom Jason has received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying, that there is another king, Jesus. ⁸ And they troubled the crowd and the politarchs when they heard these things.

²⁹ Being therefore [the] offspring of God, we ought not to think that which is divine to be like gold or silver or stone, [the] graven form of man`s art and imagination.

²⁶ and ye see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great crowd, not only of Ephesus, but almost of all Asia, saying that they are no gods which are made with hands.

³⁴ But, recognising that he was a Jew, there was one cry from all, shouting for about two hours, Great [is] Artemis of the Ephesians. ³⁵ And the townclerk, having quieted the crowd, said, Ephesians, what man is there then who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of Artemis the great, and of the [image] which fell down from heaven?

²⁴ But I make no account of [my] life [as] dear to myself, so that I finish my course, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the glad tidings of the grace of God.

¹³ But Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for *I* am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

¹⁰ But Paul, the governor having beckoned to him to speak, answered, Knowing that for many years thou hast been judge to this nation, I answer readily as to the things which concern myself. ¹¹ As thou mayest know that there are not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem, ¹² and neither in the temple did they find me discoursing to any one, or making any tumultuous gathering together of the crowd, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city; ¹³ neither can they make good the things of which they now accuse me.

²⁴ And after certain days, Felix having arrived with Drusilla his wife, who was a Jewess, he sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.

¹³ at mid-day, on the way, I saw, O king, a light above the brightness of the sun, shining from heaven round about me and those who were journeying with me.

²⁶ for the king is informed about these things, to whom also I speak with all freedom. For I am persuaded that of these things nothing is hidden from him; for this was not done in a corner. ²⁷ King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.

²⁰ And neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no small storm lying on us, in the end all hope of our being saved was taken away. ²¹ And when they had been a long while without taking food, Paul then standing up in the midst of them said, Ye ought, O men, to have hearkened to me, and not have made sail from Crete and have gained this disaster and loss. ²² And now I exhort you to be of good courage, for there shall be no loss at all of life of [any] of you, only of the ship. ²³ For an angel of the God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood by me this night,

²³ For an angel of the God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood by me this night, ²⁴ saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted to thee all those that sail with thee. ²⁵ Wherefore be of good courage, men, for I believe God that thus it shall be, as it has been said to me.

³⁴ Wherefore I exhort you to partake of food, for this has to do with your safety; for not a hair from the head of any one of you shall perish.

⁵ *He* however, having shaken off the beast into the fire, felt no harm.

²² But we beg to hear of thee what thou thinkest, for as concerning this sect it is known to us that it is everywhere spoken against.

⁴ marked out Son of God in power, according to [the] Spirit of holiness, by resurrection of [the] dead) Jesus Christ our Lord;

²¹ Because, knowing God, they glorified [him] not as God, neither were thankful; but fell into folly in their thoughts, and their heart without understanding was darkened: ²² professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, ²³ and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into [the] likeness of an image of corruptible man and of birds and quadrupeds and reptiles. ²⁴ Wherefore God gave them up [also] in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies between themselves: ²⁵ who changed the truth of God into falsehood, and honoured and served the creature more than him who had created [it], who is blessed for ever. Amen. ²⁶ For this reason God gave them up to vile lusts; for both their females changed the natural use into that contrary to nature; ²⁷ and in like manner the males also, leaving the natural use of the female, were inflamed in their lust towards one another; males with males working shame, and receiving in themselves the recompense of their error which was fit. ²⁸ And according as they did not think good to have God in [their] knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind to practise unseemly things;

¹¹ there is not the [man] that understands, there is not one that seeks after God.

³¹ What shall we then say to these things? If God [be] for us, who against us?

¹ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the compassions of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, [which is] your intelligent service.

⁷ Render to all their dues: to whom tribute [is due], tribute; to whom custom, custom; to whom fear, fear; to whom honour, honour.

⁷ For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself. ⁸ For both if we should live, [it is] to the Lord we live; and if we should die, [it is] to the Lord we die: both if we should live then, and if we should die, we are the Lord`s.

²⁴ but to those that [are] called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ God`s power and God`s wisdom. ²⁵ Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. ²⁶ For consider your calling, brethren, that [there are] not many wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many high-born.

⁸ For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, as to our tribulation which happened [to us] in Asia, that we were excessively pressed beyond [our] power, so as to despair even of living. ⁹ But we ourselves had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not have our trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead; ¹⁰ who has delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver; in whom we confide that he will also yet deliver;

¹⁷ For our momentary [and] light affliction works for us in surpassing measure an eternal weight of glory;

¹⁰ For do I now seek to satisfy men or God? or do I seek to please men? If I were yet pleasing men, I were not Christ`s bondman.

¹² that we should be to [the] praise of his glory who have pre-trusted in the Christ: ¹³ in whom *ye* also [have trusted], having heard the word of the truth, the glad tidings of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, ye have been sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

²⁰ according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but in all boldness, as always, now also Christ shall be magnified in my body whether by life or by death.

¹⁴ Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out for service on account of those who shall inherit salvation?

²⁵ Whence also he is able to save completely those who approach by him to God, always living to intercede for them.

³⁴ quenched [the] power of fire, escaped [the] edge of the sword, became strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, made [the] armies of strangers give way.

³⁷ They were stoned, were sawn asunder, were tempted, died by the death of the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, destitute, afflicted, evil treated,

²¹ who by him do believe on God, who has raised him from among [the] dead and given him glory, that your faith and hope should be in God.

¹³ And who shall injure you if ye have become imitators of that which [is] good?

³ For the time past [is] sufficient [for us] to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, walking in lasciviousness, lusts, wine-drinking, revels, drinkings, and unhallowed idolatries. ⁴ Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with [them] to the same sink of corruption, speaking injuriously [of you];

¹² Beloved, take not [as] strange the fire [of persecution] which has taken place amongst you for [your] trial, as if a strange thing was happening to you; ¹³ but as ye have share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, that in the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice with exultation.

¹⁹ We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the wicked [one].

¹⁰ Fear nothing [of] what thou art about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of life. ¹¹ He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He that overcomes shall in no wise be injured of the second death.

² And it opened the pit of the abyss; and there went up smoke out of the pit as [the] smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke of the pit.

²⁰ And the rest of men who were not killed with these plagues repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and the golden and silver and brazen and stone and wooden idols, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.

⁹ And the great dragon was cast out, the ancient serpent, he who is called Devil and Satan, he who deceives the whole habitable world, he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

¹¹ and *they* have overcome him by reason of the blood of the Lamb, and by reason of the word of their testimony, and have not loved their life even unto death.

³ and one of his heads [was] as slain to death, and his wound of death had been healed: and the whole earth wondered after the beast.

⁸ and all that dwell on the earth shall do it homage, [every one] whose name had not been written from [the] founding of [the] world in the book of life of the slain Lamb.

¹³ And it works great signs, that it should cause even fire to come down from heaven to the earth before men. ¹⁴ And it deceives those that dwell upon the earth by reason of the signs which it was given to it to work before the beast, saying to those that dwell upon the earth to make an image to the beast, which has the wound of the sword, and lived.

¹⁴ And it deceives those that dwell upon the earth by reason of the signs which it was given to it to work before the beast, saying to those that dwell upon the earth to make an image to the beast, which has the wound of the sword, and lived. ¹⁵ And it was given to it to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should also speak, and should cause that as many as should not do homage to the image of the beast should be killed.

¹⁵ And it was given to it to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should also speak, and should cause that as many as should not do homage to the image of the beast should be killed. ¹⁶ And it causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bondmen, that they should give them a mark upon their right hand or upon their forehead;

¹⁶ And it causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bondmen, that they should give them a mark upon their right hand or upon their forehead; ¹⁷ and that no one should be able to buy or sell save he that had the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of its name.

¹¹ And the smoke of their torment goes up to ages of ages, and they have no respite day and night who do homage to the beast and to its image, and if any one receive the mark of its name.

² with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication; and they that dwell on the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

⁸ The beast which thou sawest was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go into destruction: and they who dwell on the earth, whose names are not written from the founding of the world in the book of life, shall wonder, seeing the beast, that it was, and is not, and shall be present.

¹³ These have one mind, and give their power and authority to the beast.

¹⁷ for God has given to their hearts to do his mind, and to act with one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

⁵ And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his bondmen, [and] ye that fear him, small and great.

²⁰ And the beast was taken, and the false prophet that [was] with him, who wrought the signs before him by which he deceived them that received the mark of the beast, and those that worship his image. Alive were both cast into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone;