Daniel 3 Cross References - MKJV

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 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the prefects, the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the justices, and all the officials of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. ³ Then were gathered the satraps, the prefects, the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the justices, and all the officials of the provinces, to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. And they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. ⁴ Then a herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, ⁵ at the time you hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, zither, the lyre, harp, bagpipe, and all kinds of music, you shall fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up. ⁶ And whoever does not fall down and worship, at that moment they will be thrown into the middle of a burning fiery furnace. ⁷ Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the horn, the pipe, zither, the lyre, harp, and all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. ⁸ Then at that time certain Chaldeans came near and accused the Jews. ⁹ They spoke and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live forever. ¹⁰ You, O king, have made a decree that every man who shall hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, zither, the lyre, harp, and the bagpipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image. ¹¹ And whoever does not fall down and worship, he should be thrown into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. ¹² There are men, Jews, whom you have set over the business of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, do not heed you. They do not serve your gods nor worship the golden image which you have set up. ¹³ Then Nebuchadnezzar in anger and wrath commanded them to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king. ¹⁴ Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said to them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego? Do you not serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up? ¹⁵ Now if you are ready, at the time you hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, zither, the lyre, harp, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, fall down and worship the image which I have made. But if you do not worship, in that moment you shall be thrown into the middle of a burning fiery furnace. And who is that god who shall deliver you out of my hand? ¹⁶ Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to return a word to you on this matter. ¹⁷ If it is so that our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, then He will deliver us out of your hand, O king. ¹⁸ But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods nor worship the golden image which you have set up. ¹⁹ Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with wrath, and the form of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He spoke and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated. ²⁰ And he commanded mighty men in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to throw them into the burning fiery furnace. ²¹ Then these men were tied up in their slippers, their tunics, and their mantles, and their other clothes, and were thrown into the middle of the burning fiery furnace. ²² Then because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. ²³ And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. ²⁴ Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was amazed. And he rose up in haste and spoke and said to his advisers, Did we not throw three men bound into the middle of the fire? They answered and said to the king, True, O king. ²⁵ He answered and said, Behold! I see four men loose, walking in the middle of the fire, and there is no harm among them. And the form of the fourth is like a son of the gods. ²⁶ Then Nebuchadnezzar came near the door of the burning fiery furnace. He answered and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come forth and come here. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth from the middle of the fire. ²⁷ And the satraps, the prefects, the governors, and the king's advisers gathered and saw these men on whose bodies the fire had no power (and the hair of their head was not scorched, nor were their slippers changed, nor had the smell of fire clung on them). ²⁸ Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His Angel and has delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and have changed the king's words and have given their bodies that they might not serve nor worship any god except their own God. ²⁹ And a decree is given by me, that every people, nation, and language, who speak anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be made into mere members, and his house shall be made an outhouse. Because there is no other God who can deliver in this way. ³⁰ Then the king made Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego prosper in the province of Babylon.

⁵ but He did not have respect to Cain and to his offering. And Cain glowed with anger, and his face fell.

⁵ but He did not have respect to Cain and to his offering. And Cain glowed with anger, and his face fell. ⁶ And Jehovah said to Cain, Why have you angrily glowed? And why did your face fall?

²⁶ And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant.

¹⁸ And Melchizedek the king of Salem brought forth bread and wine. And he was the priest of the most high God.

¹ And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, Jehovah appeared to Abram and said to him, I am the Almighty God! Walk before Me and be perfect.

¹⁴ Is anything too hard for Jehovah? At the time appointed I will return again, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

¹⁵ And when the dawn rose up, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, Rise up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city. ¹⁶ And he lingered, the angel laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters (Jehovah being merciful to him), and they brought him forth and set him outside the city.

²⁸ And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the lands of the plain, and saw, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

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

¹⁶ And he said, When you midwife the Hebrew women, and look on the birth stools, if it is a son, then you shall kill him. But if it is a daughter, then she shall live.

²² And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.

² And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah, neither will I let Israel go.

³³ And the Egyptians were urging the people, that they might send them out of the land in a hurry. For they said, We are all dead.

⁹ The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them, I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. ¹⁰ You blew with Your wind; the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

²⁰ And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand. And all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. ²¹ And Miriam answered them, Sing to Jehovah, for He has triumphed gloriously. The horse and his rider He has thrown into the sea.

³ You shall have no other gods before Me. ⁴ You shall not make to yourselves any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. ⁵ You shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them. For I Jehovah your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and fourth generation of those that hate me,

⁵ You shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them. For I Jehovah your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and fourth generation of those that hate me,

²³ You shall not make with Me gods of silver, neither shall you make to you gods of gold.

¹³ And if a man does not lie in wait, but God delivers him into his hand, then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee. ¹⁴ But if a man comes presumptuously upon his neighbor to slay him with guile, you shall take him from My altar, so that he may die.

² And Aaron said to them, Break off the golden earrings which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them to me. ³ And all the people broke off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron. ⁴ And he took them from their hand, and fashioned it with an engraving tool. And he made it a molten calf. And they said, These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

⁴ And he took them from their hand, and fashioned it with an engraving tool. And he made it a molten calf. And they said, These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. ⁵ And when Aaron saw, he built an altar before it. And Aaron made proclamation and said, Tomorrow is a feast to Jehovah. ⁶ And they rose up early on the next day and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

¹⁸ And he said, It is not a sound of a cry of victory, nor a sound of the cry of defeat. I am hearing the sound of singing. ¹⁹ And it happened, as he came near to the camp and saw the calf and dances, the anger of Moses became hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them at the bottom of the mountain.

³¹ And Moses returned to Jehovah, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold. ³² And now will You forgive their sin! And if not, I pray You, blot me out of Your book which You have written.

⁴ Do not turn to idols, nor make molten gods to yourselves. I am Jehovah your God.

¹⁸ And if you will not yet listen to Me for all this, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

²¹ And if you walk contrary to Me, and will not listen to Me, I will bring seven times more plagues on you according to your sins.

²⁴ then I will walk contrary to you and will punish you seven times more for your sins.

²⁸ then I will walk contrary to you also in fury. And I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.

² And they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

²⁵ You shall burn the graven images of their gods with fire. You shall not desire the silver or gold on them, nor take it for yourself, so that you may not be snared in it. For it is an abomination to Jehovah your God.

³¹ For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.

¹⁷ And the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the middle of Jordan. And all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people had passed completely over Jordan.

¹⁰ For the priests who bore the ark stood in the middle of the Jordan until everything was finished, all that Jehovah commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua. And the people hurried and passed over.

¹⁶ Command the priests who bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan. ¹⁷ Joshua, therefore, commanded the priests saying, Come up out of the Jordan. ¹⁸ And it happened, when the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of Jehovah had come up out of the midst of the Jordan, the soles of the feet of the priests were lifted up to the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and flowed over all its banks, as before.

¹⁵ And if it seems evil to you to serve Jehovah, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served Beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live. But as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.

²⁶ And the weight of the golden earrings which he asked for was seventeen hundred of gold, besides ornaments, and pendants, and purple clothing that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains around their camels' necks. ²⁷ And Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, in Ophrah. And all Israel went there lusting after it, which thing became a snare to Gideon and to his house.

²³ Then the lords of the Philistines gathered in order to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice. For they said, Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.

³⁰ And Jehovah, the God of Israel says, I said indeed, Your house and the house of your father should walk before Me forever. But now Jehovah says, Be it far from Me! For those who honor Me I will honor, and those that think little of Me shall be lightly regarded.

³⁷ And David said, Jehovah who has 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 may Jehovah be with you.

⁴⁶ Jehovah will deliver you into my hand today, and I will strike you and take your head from you and give the bodies of the army of the Philistines to the birds of the air today, and to the wild beasts of the earth, so that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.

⁴⁶ Jehovah will deliver you into my hand today, and I will strike you and take your head from you and give the bodies of the army of the Philistines to the birds of the air today, and to the wild beasts of the earth, so that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. ⁴⁷ And all this multitude shall know that Jehovah does not save 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 army, Abner, whose son is this young man? And Abner said, As your soul lives, O king, I cannot tell.

⁷ And the women answered as they played, and said, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. ⁸ And Saul was very angry, and this thing was evil in his eyes. And he said, They have given David ten thousands, and to me they have given only thousands. And what more can he have but the kingdom? ⁹ And Saul eyed David from that day and forward. ¹⁰ And it happened on the next day the evil spirit from God came on Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house. And David played with his hand, as at other times. And a spear was in Saul's hand. ¹¹ And Saul threw the spear. For he said, I will strike David even to the wall. And David drew back out of his presence twice.

³⁰ And Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of a perverse, rebellious woman, do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own confusion, and to the shame of your mother's nakedness? ³¹ For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you shall not be established, nor your kingdom. And now send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die. ³² And Jonathan answered Saul his father and said to him, Why shall he be killed? What has he done? ³³ And Saul threw a spear at him to strike him, and by this Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.

²⁸ And the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold and said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Behold your gods, O, Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!

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

³³ And he arranged the wood, and cut the bull in pieces, and placed it on the wood, and said, Fill four water jars with water and pour on the burnt sacrifice 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 all around the altar. And he filled the trench also with water.

¹⁰ And Ben-hadad sent to him and said, May the gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall be enough for handfuls for all the people who follow me. ¹¹ And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Do not let him who girds on boast himself like the one who loosens his armor.

³⁵ Who among all the gods of the lands have delivered their land out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

¹⁷ Truly, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands, ¹⁸ and have thrown their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone, and they have destroyed them. ¹⁹ And now, O, Jehovah our God, I beseech You, save us out of his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are Jehovah God, and You only.

²⁷ But I know your sitting down, and your going out, and your coming in, and your rage against Me. ²⁸ Because of your rage against Me, and because your arrogance has come up into My ears, even I will put My hook in your nose, and My bridle in your lips. And I will turn you back by the way in which you came.

²⁰ And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them. For they cried to God in the battle, and He was pleased to hear them, because they put their trust in Him.

¹⁶ And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to choose their brothers to be the singers with instruments of music, lyres, and harps, and cymbals, sounding by lifting the voice with joy.

²⁸ And all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with harps and lyres.

⁵ Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom. And Jeiel praised with instruments of harps and with lyres; and Asaph made a sound with cymbals. ⁶ Also Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests praised with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

¹ And David and the army commanders separated to the service those of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who were prophets with lyres and with cymbals. And the number of the workmen according to their service was: ² of the sons of Asaph, Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons under the hands of Asaph, who prophesied according to the order of the king. ³ Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, and Shimei, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the lyre to give thanks and to praise Jehovah. ⁴ Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Josh-bekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. ⁵ All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. ⁶ All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, harps and lyres, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.

²⁰ And they rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. And as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and you people of Jerusalem. Believe in Jehovah your God, and so you shall be established. Believe His prophets, and so you shall be blessed.

²⁵ And he set the Levites in the house of Jehovah with cymbals, with harps, and with lyres, according to the command of David, and of Gad the king's seer and Nathan the prophet. For the commandment was by the hand of Jehovah by His prophets.

¹⁵ And now do not let Hezekiah deceive you or persuade you in this way, nor yet believe him. For no god of any nation was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers. How much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand? ¹⁶ And his servants spoke still more against Jehovah God, and against His servant Hezekiah. ¹⁷ He also wrote letters to revile Jehovah, the God of Israel, and to speak against Him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands 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 to cut off all the mighty men of power, and the leaders and commanders in the camp of the king of Assyria. And he returned with shame of face to his own land. And he came into the house of his god, and those from his own bowels killed him there with the sword.

³ Who is there among you of all His people? Let 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 in Jerusalem.

¹² let it be known to the king that the Jews who came up from you to us have come to Jerusalem, and are building the rebellious and the evil city, and have set up its walls, and have joined the foundations. ¹³ And let it be known to the king that if this city is built and the walls set up, then they will not pay toll, taxes, or custom, and you shall endanger the revenue of the kings. ¹⁴ And because we have eaten the salt of the palace, and it was not right for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore we have sent and notified the king, ¹⁵ so that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers, and you shall find in the book of the records, and shall know that this city is a rebellious city, hurtful to kings and provinces, and that they have rebelled in it in the past, for which cause that city was destroyed. ¹⁶ We notify the king that if this city is built and the walls of it set up, then you shall have no portion Beyond the River.

¹¹ And they returned this answer to us, saying, We are the servants of the God of Heaven and earth. And we build the house that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and set up.

¹¹ Also I have made a decree that whoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house and be set up, and let him be hanged on it. And let his house be made a dunghill for this.

²³ Whatever is commanded by the God of Heaven, let it be carefully done for the house of the God of Heaven, for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? ²⁴ Also, we notify you, that in regard to any of the priests and the Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple slaves, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, taxes, or custom on them. ²⁵ And now, Ezra, after the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, set officers and judges who may judge all the people who are Beyond the River, all who know the Laws of your God; and teach them who do not know. ²⁶ And whoever will not do the Law of your God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily on him, whether it is to death, or to exile, or to confiscation of goods, or imprisonment. ²⁷ Blessed be Jehovah, the God of our fathers, who has put this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem, ²⁸ and has extended mercy before the king and his counselors and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was made strong as the hand of Jehovah my God was on me, and I gathered out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

¹ And it happened in the days of Ahasuerus (this is the Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces).

⁵ And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow nor worship him, then Haman was full of wrath. ⁶ And he scorned to lay hands only on Mordecai, for they had revealed to him the people of Mordecai. And Haman sought to destroy all the Jews throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, the people of Mordecai.

⁶ And he scorned to lay hands only on Mordecai, for they had revealed to him the people of Mordecai. And Haman sought to destroy all the Jews throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, the people of Mordecai.

⁸ And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people, in all the provinces of your kingdom. And their laws are different from all people, neither do they keep the king's laws. And it is not for the king's gain to allow them to live.

⁸ And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people, in all the provinces of your kingdom. And their laws are different from all people, neither do they keep the king's laws. And it is not for the king's gain to allow them to live. ⁹ If it pleases the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed. And I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those who have charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.

¹² Then the king's scribes were called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded to the king's lieutenants, and to the governors who were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province, according to the writing of it, and to every people according to their language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king's ring. ¹³ And the letters were sent by postal riders 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, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take what they owned for a prize. ¹⁴ The copy of the writing, for a command to be given in every province, was published to all people, to be ready for that day.

⁷ And the king, arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath, went into the palace garden. And Haman stood up to beg for his life from Esther the queen, for he saw that evil was determined against him by the king.

⁹ Then the king's scribes were called at that time in the third month, the month Sivan, on the twenty-third of it. And it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the lieutenants and the governors and rulers of the provinces from India to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to the writing of it, and to every people in their writing, and to the Jews according to their writing and according to their language.

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

¹⁹ He will deliver you in six troubles; yea, in seven no evil shall touch you.

¹⁵ Though he slay me, I will not wait, but I will maintain my own ways before Him.

²⁹ And He gives quietness, who then can condemn? And when He hides His face, who can behold Him? And it may be against a nation and a man together;

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

³ And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivulets of water that brings forth its fruit in its seasons, and its leaf shall not wither, and all which he does shall be blessed.

⁸ Salvation belongs to Jehovah. Your blessing is on Your people. Selah.

¹⁰ And He rode on a cherub, and flew; yea, He soared on the wings of the wind. ¹¹ He made darkness His secret place, His pavilion around Him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

⁴ Our fathers trusted in You; they trusted, and You delivered them. ⁵ They cried to You, and were delivered; they trusted in You, and were not ashamed.

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 the wicked, my enemies and my foes, came on me to eat my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

¹⁸ Behold, the eye of Jehovah is to those who fear Him, on those who hope in His mercy;

²¹ For our heart shall rejoice in Him, because we trust in His holy name.

⁷ The Angel of Jehovah camps round about those who fear Him, and delivers them.

⁷ The Angel of Jehovah camps round about those who fear Him, and delivers them. ⁸ Taste and see that Jehovah is good; blessed is the man who trusts in Him.

¹⁹ Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Jehovah delivers him out of them all.

²² Jehovah redeems the soul of His servants; and none of them who trust in Him shall be guilty.

¹ To the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. Only to God is my soul in silence; from Him comes my salvation. ² He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my tower; I shall not be greatly moved. ³ How long will you imagine mischief against a man? You will shatter him, all of you; you shall be like a bowing wall and a tottering fence. ⁴ Surely they have plotted to cast him down from his great height; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but they curse in their heart. Selah. ⁵ My soul, be silent only to God; for my hope is from Him. ⁶ He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my strong tower; I shall not be shaken.

⁸ Trust in Him at all times; you people, pour out your heart before Him; God is a hiding-place for us. Selah.

¹¹ You have brought us into the net; You have laid affliction on our loins. ¹² You have allowed men to ride at our head; we have gone through fire and through water, but You have brought us out to plenty.

²⁰ like a dream when one awakens; so, O Jehovah, when You awake, You shall despise their image.

¹⁰ Surely the wrath of man shall praise You; the wrath that is left, You shall bind up.

¹ To the Chief Musician. On Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob. ² Lift up a psalm, and bring the timbrel here, the pleasing lyre and harp. ³ Blow the ram's horn in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

¹ A Psalm of Asaph. God stands in the congregation of the mighty; in the midst of the gods He judges. ² How long will you judge unjustly and lift up the faces of the wicked? Selah. ³ Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy. ⁴ Deliver the poor and needy; save them out of the hand of the wicked. ⁵ They neither know nor will understand; they walk on in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken. ⁶ I have said, You are gods; and all of you sons of the Most High. ⁷ But you shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. ⁸ Arise, O God, judge the earth; for You shall inherit in all nations.

¹⁸ so that men may know that Your name is JEHOVAH, that You alone are the Most High over all the earth.

¹¹ For Jehovah God is a sun and shield; Jehovah will give grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly. ¹² O Jehovah of Hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in You.

³ Surely He will deliver you from the fowler's trap and from the destroying plague. ⁴ He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall trust. His truth shall be your shield, and buckler. ⁵ You shall not fear the terror by night; nor because of the arrow that flies by day; ⁶ nor for the plague that walks in darkness, of the destruction laying waste at noonday. ⁷ A thousand shall fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; it shall not come near you. ⁸ Only with your eyes you shall look and see the reward of the wicked. ⁹ Because You, O Jehovah, are My refuge; if You have made the Most High Your dwelling-place,

¹⁴ Because He has set His love on Me, therefore I will deliver Him; I will set Him on high, because He has known My name.

¹ A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day. It is good to give thanks to Jehovah, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; ² to show forth Your loving-kindness in the morning, and Your faithfulness every night; ³ on the ten strings, and on the harp, with sounding music on the lyre.

²⁰ Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with You, which frames mischief by a law?

⁷ Give to Jehovah, O families of the people; give to Jehovah glory and strength. ⁸ Give to Jehovah the glory due to His name; bring an offering, and come into His courts. ⁹ O worship Jehovah in the beauty of holiness; fear before Him, all the earth.

²⁰ Bless Jehovah, O angels of His, who excel in strength, who do His command, listening to the voice of His Word.

³ But our God is in Heaven; He has done whatever He has pleased. ⁴ Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. ⁵ They have mouths, but they do not speak; they have eyes, but they do not see; ⁶ they have ears, but they do not hear; they have noses, but they do not smell; ⁷ they have hands, but they do not handle; they have feet, but they do not walk; they do not mutter through their throat. ⁸ The ones who make them are like them, and everyone who trusts in them.

⁵ Jehovah is your keeper; Jehovah is your shade on your right hand. ⁶ The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. ⁷ Jehovah shall keep you from all evil; He shall keep your soul.

¹ A Song of degrees; of David. Except that it was Jehovah who was for us, O may Israel say; ² Except that it was Jehovah who was for us when men rose up against us, ³ then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us; ⁴ then the waters would have flowed over us, the stream would have gone over our soul; ⁵ then the proud waters would have 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 has the God of Jacob for his help, whose help is in Jehovah his God, ⁶ who made the heavens and earth, the sea and all that is in it; who keeps truth forever;

¹¹ Jehovah takes pleasure in those who fear Him, who hope in His mercy.

³ Let them praise His name in the dance; let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp. ⁴ For Jehovah takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the meek with salvation.

³ Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet; praise Him with the harp and lyre. ⁴ Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; praise Him with stringed instruments and pipes. ⁵ Praise Him on the sounding cymbals; praise Him with the resounding cymbals. ⁶ Let everything that breathes praise Jehovah. Praise Jehovah!

¹³ A foolish woman is noisy; she is simple and knows nothing. ¹⁴ For she sits at the door of her house, in a seat in the high places of the city, ¹⁵ to call those who pass by, who are going straight on their ways;

⁸ The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his place.

¹⁴ The wrath of a king is as messengers of death, but a wise man will quiet it.

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

¹⁸ The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

²⁴ Proud, haughty scorner is his name, he who deals in proud wrath.

³ A stone is heavy, and sand is heavy; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

³ A stone is heavy, and sand is heavy; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. ⁴ Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before envy?

⁴ Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before envy?

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

¹² If a ruler listens to lies, all his servants are wicked.

²² An angry man stirs up fighting, and a furious man abounds in sin.

⁴ Who has gone up to Heaven and has come down? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in His garments? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son's name? Surely you know.

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

⁴ Again, I considered all labor, and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

²⁰ In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made for him to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

¹ Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the scribes who write toil;

² Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; He also has become my salvation.

³ You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You; because he trusts in You. ⁴ Trust in Jehovah forever; for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.

¹¹ Jehovah, Your hand is lifted up, they will not see; but they shall see and be ashamed for their envy toward Your people. Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.

¹⁶ therefore so says the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I place in Zion a Stone for a foundation, a tried Stone, a precious Cornerstone, a sure Foundation; he who believes shall not hurry.

²² You shall also defile the covering of your graven images of silver, and the ornament of your molten images of gold. You shall cast them away like a menstruous cloth. You shall say to it, Get away.

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 Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? And when have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? ²⁰ Who among all the gods of these lands have delivered their land out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

²³ Whom have you mocked and blasphemed? And against whom have you raised your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Even against the Holy One of Israel.

³⁶ Then the angel of Jehovah went out and struck a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of Assyria. And they rose early in the morning, and behold! They were all dead corpses.

⁹ Go up for yourself on the high mountain, bringer of good tidings to Zion. Lift up your voice with strength, O you who bring good tidings to Jerusalem; lift up, do not be afraid. Say to the cities of Judah, Behold your God!

¹⁹ The workman melts a graven image, and the goldsmith spreads it over with gold, and casts silver chains. ²⁰ He too poor for that offering chooses a tree that will not rot; he looks for a skillful workman to prepare a graven image that will not totter. ²¹ Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? ²² It is He who sits on the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in; ²³ who brings the rulers to nothing; He makes the judges of the earth as vanity. ²⁴ Yes, they shall not be planted; yes, they shall not be sown. Yes, their stump shall not take root in the earth. And He shall also blow on them, and they shall wither, and the tempest shall take them away like stubble. ²⁵ To whom then will you compare Me, or am I equaled? says the Holy One. ²⁶ Lift up your eyes on high, and behold, who has created these, who brings out their host by number? He calls them all by names by the greatness of His might, for He is strong in power; not one is lacking. ²⁷ Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, My way is hidden from Jehovah and my judgment has passed over from my God? ²⁸ Have you not known? Have you not heard, that the everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, does not grow weak nor weary? There is no searching of His understanding. ²⁹ He gives power to the weary; and to him with no vigor; He increases strength. ³⁰ Even the young shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall; ³¹ but those who wait on Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

² When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned; nor shall the flame kindle on you.

¹⁷ And the rest of it he makes into a god, his graven image; he falls down to it and worships, and prays to it, and says, Deliver me! for you are my god.

¹ Bel bows down, Nebo stoops; their idols were on the beasts and on the cattle; the things you carried about have become a load, a burden for the weary.

⁶ They pour gold out of the bag, and weigh silver out of the measuring rod, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it a god; they fall down, yea, they bow down.

¹² I, I, am He who comforts you. Who are you, that you should fear a man. He shall die, or from the son of man? He shall be made as grass? ¹³ And you forget Jehovah your Maker, who has stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. And you dread continually, every day, because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy. And where is the fury of the oppressor?

²³ But I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, who have said to your soul, Bow down so that we may cross; and put your back as the ground, even as the street to those who cross.

¹² For you shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight; for Jehovah will go before you; and the God of Israel gathers you.

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

¹ Cry aloud, do not spare, lift up your voice like a ram's horn, and show My people their rebellion, and the house of Jacob their sins.

⁸ Do not be afraid of their faces; for I am with you to deliver you, says Jehovah.

⁹ Silver beaten into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the goldsmith. Violet and purple is their clothing; they are all the work of skillful ones.

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

⁷ Blessed is the man who trusts in Jehovah, and Jehovah is his trust. ⁸ For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters; it sends out its roots by the river, and it shall not fear when the heat comes, but its foliage shall be green; and he is not worried in the year of drought, nor will it cease from yielding fruit.

²² And a curse shall be taken up from them by all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, May Jehovah make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire,

⁶ And they took Jeremiah and threw him into the pit of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, which was in the court of the prison. And they let Jeremiah down with ropes. And there was no water in the pit, only mud. So Jeremiah sank into the mud.

² Declare among the nations, and cause them to hear, and lift up a banner. Cause them to hear, do not hide it; say, Babylon is captured, Bel is ashamed, Merodach is broken in pieces; her images are shamed, her idols are broken in pieces.

⁷ Babylon has been a golden cup in Jehovah's hand, which made all the earth drunk. The nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations rage.

⁵² My haters have hunted me, like a bird, without cause. ⁵³ They have cut off my life in the pit, and cast a stone at me. ⁵⁴ Waters flowed over my head; then I said, I am cut off.

¹⁸ Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are bronze, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the middle of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver. ¹⁹ Therefore so says the Lord Jehovah: Because you have all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the middle of Jerusalem. ²⁰ As they gather silver, and bronze, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the middle of the furnace, to blow the fire on it to melt it, so I will gather you in My anger and in My fury, and I will leave you there and melt you. ²¹ And I will gather you and blow on you in the fire of My wrath, and you shall be melted in the middle of it. ²² As silver is melted in the middle of the furnace, so you shall be melted in the middle of it; and you shall know that I Jehovah have poured out My fury on you.

⁷ to whom the ruler of the eunuchs gave names. For he called Daniel, Belteshazzar; and Hananiah, Shadrach; and Mishael, Meshach; and Azariah, Abednego.

⁴ And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, O king, live forever. Tell your servants the dream, and we will reveal the meaning. ⁵ The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing has gone from me. If you will not make known to me the dream, with its meaning, you will be made into mere members, and your houses shall be made an outhouse.

¹⁰ The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, There is not a man on the earth who can reveal the king's matter, because not any king, lord, nor ruler has asked such a thing from any horoscopist or conjurer or Chaldean.

¹² For this cause the king was enraged and angered, and commanded all the wise men of Babylon to be destroyed.

¹² For this cause the king was enraged and angered, and commanded all the wise men of Babylon to be destroyed. ¹³ And the law went out that the wise men should be killed. And they sought Daniel and his fellows to be killed.

¹⁵ He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

³¹ You, O king, were seeing. And, behold! A great image! That great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before you. And its form was dreadful. ³² This image's head was of fine gold; his breast and his arms were of silver; his belly and his thighs were of bronze;

⁴⁷ The king answered Daniel and said, It is true that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you could reveal this secret. ⁴⁸ Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over all the province of Babylon, and chief of the prefects over all the wise men of Babylon. ⁴⁹ And Daniel asked the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of the province of Babylon. But Daniel sat 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 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the prefects, the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the justices, and all the officials of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. ³ Then were gathered the satraps, the prefects, the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the justices, and all the officials of the provinces, to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. And they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. ⁴ Then a herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,

⁴ Then a herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, ⁵ at the time you hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, zither, the lyre, harp, bagpipe, and all kinds of music, you shall fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up.

⁵ at the time you hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, zither, the lyre, harp, bagpipe, and all kinds of music, you shall fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up.

⁵ at the time you hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, zither, the lyre, harp, bagpipe, and all kinds of music, you shall fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up. ⁶ And whoever does not fall down and worship, at that moment they will be thrown into the middle of a burning fiery furnace.

⁶ And whoever does not fall down and worship, at that moment they will be thrown into the middle of a burning fiery furnace. ⁷ Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the horn, the pipe, zither, the lyre, harp, and all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

⁷ Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the horn, the pipe, zither, the lyre, harp, and all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

⁹ They spoke and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live forever. ¹⁰ You, O king, have made a decree that every man who shall hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, zither, the lyre, harp, and the bagpipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image.

¹⁰ You, O king, have made a decree that every man who shall hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, zither, the lyre, harp, and the bagpipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image. ¹¹ And whoever does not fall down and worship, he should be thrown into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. ¹² There are men, Jews, whom you have set over the business of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, do not heed you. They do not serve your gods nor worship the golden image which you have set up. ¹³ Then Nebuchadnezzar in anger and wrath commanded them to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.

¹⁵ Now if you are ready, at the time you hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, zither, the lyre, harp, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, fall down and worship the image which I have made. But if you do not worship, in that moment you shall be thrown into the middle of a burning fiery furnace. And who is that god who shall deliver you out of my hand?

¹⁵ Now if you are ready, at the time you hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, zither, the lyre, harp, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, fall down and worship the image which I have made. But if you do not worship, in that moment you shall be thrown into the middle of a burning fiery furnace. And who is that god who shall deliver you out of my hand? ¹⁶ Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to return a word to you on this matter. ¹⁷ If it is so that our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, then He will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

¹⁷ If it is so that our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, then He will deliver us out of your hand, O king. ¹⁸ But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods nor worship the golden image which you have set up.

¹⁸ But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods nor worship the golden image which you have set up. ¹⁹ Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with wrath, and the form of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He spoke and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.

²¹ Then these men were tied up in their slippers, their tunics, and their mantles, and their other clothes, and were thrown into the middle of the burning fiery furnace.

²⁵ He answered and said, Behold! I see four men loose, walking in the middle of the fire, and there is no harm among them. And the form of the fourth is like a son of the gods.

²⁷ And the satraps, the prefects, the governors, and the king's advisers gathered and saw these men on whose bodies the fire had no power (and the hair of their head was not scorched, nor were their slippers changed, nor had the smell of fire clung on them). ²⁸ Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His Angel and has delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and have changed the king's words and have given 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 Abednego, who has sent His Angel and has delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and have changed the king's words and have given their bodies that they might not serve nor worship any god except their own God. ²⁹ And a decree is given by me, that every people, nation, and language, who speak anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be made into mere members, and his house shall be made an outhouse. Because there is no other God who can deliver in this way. ³⁰ Then the king made Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego prosper in the province of Babylon.

¹ Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you. ² It seemed good before me to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has done with me.

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

¹⁴ He cried aloud and said this, Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches; shake off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the animals get away from under it, and the birds from its branches.

²² it is you, O king, for you have become great and strong, for your greatness has grown and reached to the heaven, and your rule to the end of the earth.

²⁷ Therefore, O king, let my advice be pleasing to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, whether there will be duration to your prosperity.

³⁴ And at the end of days, I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up my eyes to Heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored Him who lives forever, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His rule is from generation to generation. ³⁵ And all the people of the earth are counted as nothing; and He does according to His will in the army of heaven, and among the people of the earth. And none can strike His hand, or say to Him, What are You doing?

⁶ Then the king's face was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosened, and his knees knocked against one another.

¹⁰ The queen came into the banquet house because of the king's words, and his nobles. And the queen spoke and said, O king, live forever. Do not let your thoughts trouble you, nor let your face be changed.

¹⁸ O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honor.

²³ But you have lifted up yourself against the Lord of Heaven. And they have brought the vessels of His house before you; and you, and your lords, your wives, and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see, nor hear, nor know. And you have not glorified the God in whose hand is your breath and all your ways.

¹ It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, that they might be over the whole kingdom. ² And over them were three presidents (Daniel was one of them), so that these satraps might give account to them, and the king should have no loss. ³ Then this Daniel was made overseer of the presidents and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him. And the king was planning to set him over all the kingdom. ⁴ Then the presidents and rulers sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom. But they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful. Neither was there any error or fault found in him.

⁶ Then these presidents and rulers assembled to the king, and said this to him: King Darius, live forever.

⁶ Then these presidents and rulers assembled to the king, and said this to him: King Darius, live forever. ⁷ All the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects, and the satraps, and the officials and governors, have planned together to establish a royal law, and to make a strong ban that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except from you, O king, he shall be thrown into the den of lions.

⁷ All the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects, and the satraps, and the officials and governors, have planned together to establish a royal law, and to make a strong ban that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except from you, O king, he shall be thrown into the den of lions.

¹² Then they came near and spoke before the king concerning the king's ban, Have you not signed a ban that every man who shall ask a petition of any god or man within thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be thrown into the lion's den? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed.

¹² Then they came near and spoke before the king concerning the king's ban, Have you not signed a ban that every man who shall ask a petition of any god or man within thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be thrown into the lion's den? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed. ¹³ Then they answered and said before the king, Daniel, who is of the exiled sons of Judah, has not respected you, O king, nor the ban that you have signed, but makes his prayer three times a day.

¹³ Then they answered and said before the king, Daniel, who is of the exiled sons of Judah, has not respected you, O king, nor the ban that you have signed, but makes his prayer three times a day.

¹⁶ Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions' den. The king answered and said to Daniel, Your God, whom you always serve, will deliver you.

¹⁶ Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions' den. The king answered and said to Daniel, Your God, whom you always serve, will deliver you. ¹⁷ And a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den. And the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords, that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.

²⁰ And when he came to the den, he cried with a grieved voice to Daniel. The king spoke and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God whom you always serve able to deliver you from the lions?

²⁰ And when he came to the den, he cried with a grieved voice to Daniel. The king spoke and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God whom you always serve able to deliver you from the lions? ²¹ Then Daniel said to the king, O king, live forever.

²¹ Then Daniel said to the king, O king, live forever. ²² My God has sent His Angel, and has shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me, because before Him purity was found in me. And also before you, O king, I have done no harm.

²² My God has sent His Angel, and has shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me, because before Him purity was found in me. And also before you, O king, I have done no harm.

²² My God has sent His Angel, and has shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me, because before Him purity was found in me. And also before you, O king, I have done no harm. ²³ Then the king was exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of hurt was found on him, because he trusted in his God. ²⁴ And the king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they threw them into the lions' den; them, their sons, and their wives. And the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces before they came to the bottom of the den. ²⁵ Then King Darius wrote to all people, nations, and languages who dwell in all the earth. Peace be multiplied to you. ²⁶ I make a decree that in all the domain of my kingdom, there shall be trembling and fear before the God of Daniel. For He is the living God, and endures forever, and His kingdom is that which shall not be destroyed, and His rule shall be to the end.

²⁶ I make a decree that in all the domain of my kingdom, there shall be trembling and fear before the God of Daniel. For He is the living God, and endures forever, and His kingdom is that which shall not be destroyed, and His rule shall be to the end. ²⁷ He delivers and rescues, and He works signs and wonders in the heavens and in earth, He who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.

²⁷ He delivers and rescues, and He works signs and wonders in the heavens and in earth, He who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.

¹¹ Ephraim is crushed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

⁴ They have set up kings, but not by Me; they have made rulers, and I knew it not. They have made themselves idols with their silver and their gold, so that they may be cut off.

⁵ who chant with the mouth of the harp; they invent instruments of music for themselves, like David;

¹⁶ For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and you walk in their counsels, so that I should make you a ruin and its people a hissing; therefore you shall bear the shame of My people.

¹⁹ Woe to him who says to the wood. Awake! To a dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and no breath is in its midst.

² Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling to all the peoples all around, and it shall also be against Judah in the siege against Jerusalem. ³ And in that day I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all peoples. All who lift it shall be slashed, and all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it.

⁹ And he said to Him, All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me. ¹⁰ Then Jesus said to him, Go, Satan! For it is written, "You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve."

¹⁸ And you shall be brought before governors and kings for My sake, for a testimony against them and the nations. ¹⁹ But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what you shall speak; for it shall be given you in that same hour what you shall speak.

²⁸ And do not fear those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

³⁰ But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.

³² Then everyone who shall confess Me before men, I will confess him before My Father who is in Heaven. ³³ But whoever shall deny Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in Heaven.

³⁹ He who finds his life shall lose it. And he who loses his life for My sake shall find it.

⁴² and shall cast them into a furnace of fire. There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

⁵⁰ and shall cast them into the furnace of fire. There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

² He answered and said to them, When it is evening, you say, Fair weather; for the sky is red.

⁵ And he threw the pieces of silver down in the temple and departed. And he went and hanged himself.

⁴³ He trusted in God, let Him deliver Him now, if He will have Him. (For He said, I am the Son of God.)

⁶³ saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while He was living, After three days I will rise again. ⁶⁴ Then command that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night and steal him away and say to the people, He has risen from the dead. So the last error will be worse than the first. ⁶⁵ Pilate said to them, You have a watch. Go and make it as secure as you can. ⁶⁶ And going they made the tomb secure, sealing the stone along with the guard.

²⁷ And immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded his head to be brought. And he went and beheaded him in the prison,

⁹ But take heed to yourselves. For they shall deliver you up to sanhedrins, and in the synagogues you shall be beaten. And you shall be brought before rulers and kings for My sake, for a testimony against them.

¹¹ But whenever they lead you away and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what you should speak or think. But speak whatever shall be given to you in that hour. For it is not you who speaks, but the Holy Spirit.

¹⁸ they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will be well.

³⁵ And the angel answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit shall come on you, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow you. Therefore also that Holy One which will be born of you shall be called Son of God.

³⁷ For with God nothing shall be impossible.

⁷ Therefore if you will worship me, all shall be yours. ⁸ And Jesus answered and said to him, Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, "You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve."

¹¹ And they were filled with madness, and talked with one another as to what they might do to Jesus.

³ Therefore whatever you have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light. And that which you have spoken in the ear in secret rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops. ⁴ And I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

⁴ And I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. ⁵ But I will warn you of whom you 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 warn you of whom you 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 not one of them is forgotten before God. ⁷ But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore do not fear, you are of more value than many sparrows. ⁸ Also I say to you, Whoever shall confess Me before men, the Son of Man also shall confess him before the angels of God. ⁹ But he who denies Me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.

¹¹ And when they bring you into the synagogues, and to rulers and authorities, take no thought as to how or what thing you shall answer, or what you shall say.

⁹ And if it bears fruit, well; and if not, then after that you shall cut it down.

¹² But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for My name's sake.

¹⁴ Therefore settle it in your hearts not to meditate beforehand what you shall answer. ¹⁵ For I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

¹⁷ And you shall be hated by all for My name's sake. ¹⁸ But there shall not a hair of your head perish.

⁵⁷ And all the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commands, that if anyone knew where He was, he should make it known so that they might seize Him.

²⁶ If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there also My servant shall be. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

⁷ The Jews answered him, We have a Law, and by our Law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. ⁸ Then when Pilate heard that saying, he was the more afraid.

⁶ But this sound occurring, the multitude came together and were confounded, because they each heard them speaking in his own dialect. ⁷ And they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, Behold, are not these who speak all Galileans? ⁸ And how do we each hear in our own dialect in which we were born? ⁹ Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, ¹⁰ Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya around Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, ¹¹ Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking the great things of God in our own languages. ¹² And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying to one another, What does this mean?

⁸ Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders of Israel, ⁹ if we are examined today on a good work for an infirm man, by what this one has been healed, ¹⁰ be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in this name does this man stand before you whole.

¹⁰ be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in this name does this man stand before you whole. ¹¹ This is the Stone which you builders have counted worthless, and He has become the Head of the Corner.

¹¹ This is the Stone which you builders have counted worthless, and He has become the Head of the Corner. ¹² And there is salvation in no other One; for there is no other name under Heaven given among men by which we must be saved.

¹² And there is salvation in no other One; for there is no other name under Heaven given among men by which we must be saved. ¹³ But seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and perceiving that they were unlearned and uneducated men, they marveled. And they recognized them, that they had been with Jesus.

¹⁹ But Peter and John answered and said to them, Whether it is right before God to listen to you more than to God, you judge.

¹⁹ But the angel of the Lord opened the prison doors by night and brought them out, and said,

²³ saying, We indeed found the prison shut with all safety, and the keepers standing outside in front of the doors. But having opened it, we found no one inside. ²⁴ And when the high priest and the temple commander and the chief priests heard these things, they were bewildered about them, what this might be. ²⁵ But one came, reporting to them, saying, Behold, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people.

²⁵ But one came, reporting to them, saying, Behold, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people. ²⁶ Then the commander went with the officers and brought them, not with force, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned. ²⁷ And bringing them, they stood in the sanhedrin. And the high priest asked them, ²⁸ saying, Did we not strictly command you that you not teach in this name? And behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine and intend to bring this man's blood on us. ²⁹ And Peter and the apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

²⁹ And Peter and the apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. ³⁰ The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed and hanged on a tree. ³¹ This One God has exalted to be a Ruler and Savior to His right hand in order to give repentance and remission of sins to Israel. ³² And we are His witnesses of these things. And so also is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him. ³³ But those hearing were cut to the heart, and they took counsel to kill them.

¹⁵ And looking intently at him. all those sitting in the sanhedrin saw his face as if it were the face of an angel.

⁵⁴ And hearing these things, they were cut to their hearts. And they gnashed on him with their teeth.

⁶ And trembling and astonished, he said, Lord, what will You have me to do? And the Lord said to him, Arise and go into the city, and you shall be told what you must do.

⁴ And capturing him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four sets of four soldiers to keep him; intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover. ⁵ Then, indeed, Peter was kept in prison. But earnest prayer was made to God for him by the church.

⁷ And behold! An angel of the Lord stood by, and a light shone in the building. And striking Peter's side, he raised him up, saying, Rise up quickly! And his chains fell off his hands. ⁸ And the angel said to him, Gird yourself and put on your sandals. And he did so. And he says to him, Throw your robe around you and follow me. ⁹ And he went out and followed him. And he did not know that this happening through the angel was true, but thought he saw a vision. ¹⁰ When they were past the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them of its own accord. And they went out and passed on through one street. And immediately the angel departed from him. ¹¹ And having come to himself, Peter said, Now I know surely that the Lord has sent His angel and has delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

¹³ And as Peter knocked at the door of the porch, a girl named Rhoda came to listen.

¹⁹ And searching for him, and not finding him, examining the guards, Herod commanded them to be led away to death. And he went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed.

¹⁶ who in past generations allowed all nations to walk in their own ways.

¹⁷ The same followed Paul and us and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who are announcing to us the way of salvation.

²⁰ And bringing them near to the judges, they said, These men, being Jews, are exceedingly troubling our city. ²¹ And they teach customs which are not lawful for us to receive nor to do, being Romans. ²² And the crowd rose up against them. And tearing off their clothes, the judges ordered them to be flogged. ²³ And after laying on them many stripes, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailor to keep them safely;

²⁵ And toward midnight Paul and Silas prayed and praised God in a hymn. And the prisoners listened to them.

³⁷ But Paul said to them, Having beaten us publicly, men who are Romans and uncondemned, they threw us into prison. And now do they put us out secretly? No indeed! But coming themselves, let them bring us out.

⁶ And not finding them, they drew Jason and certain brothers before the city judges, crying, These who have turned the world upside down have come here too, ⁷ whom Jason has received. And these all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.

⁷ whom Jason has received. And these all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus. ⁸ And hearing these things, they troubled the crowd and the city judge.

²⁹ Then being offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like gold or silver or stone, engraved by art and man's imagination.

²⁶ And you see and hear that, not only at Ephesus, but almost all Asia, this Paul having persuaded, he has perverted a huge crowd, saying that those which are made with hands are no gods.

³⁴ But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice cried out for two hours' time, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians! ³⁵ And quieting the crowd, the town clerk said, Men, Ephesians! What one of you does not know that the city of the Ephesians is a worshiper of the great goddess Artemis, and of That Fallen from the Sky?

²⁴ But none of these things move me, neither do I count my life dear to myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus Christ, to testify fully the gospel of the grace of God.

¹³ Then Paul answered, What are you doing, 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 the governor motioning to him to speak, Paul answered; Understanding you as being a judge of this nation many years, I cheerfully defend myself as to the things concerning myself. ¹¹ You can know that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship. ¹² And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, nor making a gathering of a crowd; not even in the synagogues, nor throughout the city. ¹³ Nor can they prove the things of which they now accuse me.

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

¹³ at midday, along the highway, O king, I and those with me saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun; shining around me.

²⁶ For the king understands about these things, to whom I speak, even being bold of speech. For I am persuaded that not any of these things are hidden from him, nothing. For the doing of this was not in a corner. ²⁷ King Agrippa, do you believe the Prophets? I know that you believe.

²⁰ And neither sun nor stars appearing in many days, and no small tempest pressing hard, now all hope that we would be saved was taken away. ²¹ But there being much fasting, then standing up in their midst, Paul said, O men, being obedient to me you ought not to have set sail from Crete, and to have come by this harm and loss. ²² And now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there will be no casting away of life among you, only of the ship. ²³ For tonight an angel of God stood beside me, whose I am and whom I serve,

²³ For tonight an angel of God stood beside me, whose I am and whom I serve, ²⁴ saying, Fear not, Paul! You must stand before Caesar. And behold! God has given you all those who sail with you. ²⁵ Therefore, men, be of good cheer, for I believe God, that it will be so, according to the way it was told me.

³⁴ Therefore I beg you to take some food, for this is for your deliverance. For not a hair of your head shall perish.

⁵ Then indeed he shook off the creature into the fire, suffering no harm.

²² But we think it right to hear from you what you think. For truly as concerning this sect, it is known to us that it is spoken against everywhere.

⁴ who was marked out the Son of God in power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead;

²¹ Because, knowing God, they did not glorify Him as God, neither were thankful. But they became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. ²² Professing to be wise, they became fools ²³ and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man, and birds, and four-footed animals, and creeping things. ²⁴ Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves. ²⁵ For they changed the truth of God into a lie, and they worshiped and served the created thing more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. ²⁶ For this cause, God gave them up to dishonorable affections. For even their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature. ²⁷ And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another; males with males working out shamefulness, and receiving in themselves the recompense which was fitting for their error. ²⁸ And even as they did not think fit to have God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do the things not right,

¹¹ there is none that understands, there is none that seeks after God."

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

¹ I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service.

⁷ Therefore give to all their dues; to the one due tax, the tax; tribute to whom tribute is due, fear to whom fear is due, and honor to whom honor is due.

⁷ For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself. ⁸ For both if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore both if we live, and if we die, we are the Lord's.

²⁴ But to them, the called-out ones, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. ²⁵ Because the foolish thing of God is wiser than men, and the weak thing of God is stronger than men. ²⁶ For you see your calling, brothers, that not many wise men according to the flesh are called, not many mighty, not many noble.

⁸ For, brothers, we would not have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength; so much so that we despaired even of life. ⁹ But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, so that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead; ¹⁰ who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver; in whom we trust that He will yet deliver us,

¹⁷ For the lightness of our present affliction works out for us a far more excellent eternal weight of glory,

¹⁰ For now do I persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I yet pleased men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

¹² for us to be to the praise of His glory, who previously had trusted in Christ; ¹³ in whom also you, hearing the Word of Truth, the gospel of our salvation, in whom also believing, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

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

¹⁴ Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for those who shall be heirs of salvation?

²⁵ Therefore He is able also to save to the uttermost those who come unto God by Him, since He ever lives to make intercession for them.

³⁴ quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the strangers.

³⁷ They were stoned, they were sawed in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented.

²¹ those believing in God through Him, He who raised Him up from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.

¹³ And who is the one who will harm you if you become imitators of the good?

³ For the time of life which is past is enough for us to have worked out the will of the nations, having gone on in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, parties, carousings, and abominable idolatries. ⁴ In these things they are surprised, that you are not running with them into the same excess of riot, blaspheming.

¹² Beloved, do not be astonished at the fiery trial which is to try you, as though a strange thing happened to you, ¹³ but rejoice according as you are partakers of Christ's suffering, so that when His glory shall be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy.

¹⁹ We know that we are of God, and all the world lies in evil.

¹⁰ Do not at all fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the Devil will cast some of you into prison, so that you may be tried. And you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life. ¹¹ He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt by the second death.

² And it opened the bottomless pit. And there arose a smoke out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace. And the sun and air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit.

²⁰ And the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and golden, and silver, and bronze, and stone, and wooden idols (which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk).

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

¹¹ And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony. And they did not love their soul until death.

³ And I saw one of its heads as having been slain to death, and its deadly wound was healed. And all the earth marveled after the beast.

⁸ And all dwelling on the earth will worship it, those whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain, from the foundation of the world.

¹³ And it does great wonders, so that it makes fire come down from the heaven onto the earth in the sight of men. ¹⁴ And it deceives those dwelling on the earth, because of the miracles which were given to it to do before the beast, saying to those dwelling on the earth that they should make an image to the beast who had the wound by a sword and lived.

¹⁴ And it deceives those dwelling on the earth, because of the miracles which were given to it to do before the beast, saying to those dwelling on the earth that they should make an image to the beast who had the wound by a sword and lived. ¹⁵ And there was given to it to give a spirit to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might both speak, and might cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.

¹⁵ And there was given to it to give a spirit to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might both speak, and might cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. ¹⁶ And it causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark on their right hand, or in their foreheads,

¹⁶ And it causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark on their right hand, or in their foreheads, ¹⁷ even that not any might buy or sell except those having the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of its name.

¹¹ And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. And they have no rest day or night, those who worship the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.

² with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and became drunk with the wine of her fornication, those inhabiting the earth.

⁸ The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to ascend out of the abyss and go into perdition. And those dwelling on the earth will marvel, those whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

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

¹⁷ For God gave into 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 will be fulfilled.

⁵ And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all His servants, and the ones fearing Him, the small and great.

²⁰ And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet doing signs before it, (by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast), and those who had worshiped his image. The two were thrown alive into the Lake of Fire burning with brimstone.