Daniel Cross References - MLV

¹ In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. ² And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God. And he carried them into the land of Shinar to the house of his god and he brought the vessels into the treasure-house of his god.
³ And the king spoke to Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring in certain of the sons of Israel, even of the seed royal and of the ranking men, ⁴ youths in whom was no blemish, but fine-looking and skillful in all wisdom and endued with knowledge and understanding science and such as had ability to stand in the king's palace. And that he should teach them the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
⁵ And the king appointed for them a daily portion of the king's food and of the wine which he drank. And that they should be nourished three years, that at the end of it they should stand before the king.
⁶ Now among these were, of the sons of Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. ⁷ And the ruler of the eunuchs gave names to them. To Daniel he gave the name of Belteshazzar and to Hananiah, of Shadrach and to Mishael, of Meshach and to Azariah, of Abed-nego.
⁸ But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's food, nor with the wine which he drank. Therefore he requested of the ruler of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
⁹ Now God made Daniel find kindness and compassion in the sight of the ruler of the eunuchs. ¹⁰ And the ruler of the eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your* food and your* drink. For why should he see your* faces worse looking than the youths that are of your* own age? So you* would endanger my head with the king.
¹¹ Then Daniel said to the steward whom the ruler of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, ¹² I beseech you, test your servants ten days and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink. ¹³ Then let our countenances be looked upon before you and the countenance of the youths that eat of the king's food. And as you see, deal with your servants.
¹⁴ So he listened to them in this matter and tested them ten days. ¹⁵ And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared finer and they were fuller in flesh, than all the youths who ate of the king's dainties. ¹⁶ So the steward took away their food and the wine that they should drink and gave them vegetables.
¹⁷ Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom. And Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. ¹⁸ And at the end of the days which the king had appointed for bringing them in, the ruler of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
¹⁹ And the king spoke with them. And among them all none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. Therefore they stood before the king. ²⁰ And in every matter of wisdom and understanding, concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters who were in all his realm. ²¹ And Daniel continued even to the first year of king Cyrus.

¹ In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up and Jehoiakim became his servant three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him. ² And Jehovah sent against him bands of the Chaldeans and bands of the Syrians and bands of the Moabites and bands of the sons of Ammon and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spoke by his servants the prophets.

¹³ And he carried out from there all the treasures of the house of Jehovah and the treasures of the king's house and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold, which Solomon King of Israel had made in the temple of Jehovah, as Jehovah had said.

⁵ Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And he did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah his God.
⁶ Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him and bound him in fetters to carry him to Babylon. ⁷ Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of Jehovah to Babylon and put them in his temple at Babylon.

¹⁰ And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

² And it happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they dwelt there.

⁴⁹ Jehovah will bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies, a nation whose tongue you will not understand, ⁵⁰ a nation of fierce countenance, that will not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young, ⁵¹ and will eat the fruit of your cattle and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed, that also will not leave you grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of your cattle, or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish. ⁵² And they will besiege you in all your gates, until your high and fortified walls come down, in which you trusted, throughout all your land. And they will besiege you in all your gates throughout all your land, which Jehovah your God has given you.

³⁰ How should one chase a thousand and two put ten thousand to flight unless their Rock had sold them and Jehovah had delivered them up?

¹⁴ And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that despoiled them. And he sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.

⁸ Therefore the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia, And the sons of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.

² And Jehovah sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan who reigned in Hazor, the captain of whose army was Sisera who dwelt in Harosheth-hagoyim.

²³ And the lords of the Philistines gathered together 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. ²⁴ And when the people saw him, they praised their god, for they said, Our god has delivered into our hand our enemy and the destroyer of our country who has slain many of us.

² And the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon.

⁹ And they cut off his head and stripped off his armor and sent into the land of the Philistines all around to carry the news to the house of their idols and to the people. ¹⁰ And they put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.

⁷ Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of Jehovah to Babylon and put them in his temple at Babylon.

⁷ Also Cyrus the king brought out the vessels of the house of Jehovah, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem and had put in the house of his gods,

⁴¹ And he gave them into the hand of the nations. And those who hated them, ruled over them. ⁴² Their enemies also oppressed them and they were brought into subjection under their hand.

¹¹ And it will happen in that day, that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, who will remain, from Assyria and from Egypt and from Pathros and from Cush and from Elam and from Shinar and from Hamath and from the islands of the sea.

²⁴ Who gave Jacob for a spoil and Israel to the robbers? Did not Jehovah? He against whom we have sinned and in whose ways they would not walk, nor were they obedient to his law.

¹⁹ For Jehovah of hosts says thus concerning the pillars and concerning the sea and concerning the stands and concerning the residue of the vessels that are left in this city, ²⁰ which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.

⁴⁴ And I will execute judgment upon Bel in Babylon and I will bring forth out of his mouth what he has swallowed up. And the nations will not flow any more to him. Yes, the wall of Babylon will fall.

³⁷ You, O king, are a king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power and the strength and the glory. ³⁸ And wherever the sons of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens, he has given into your hand and has made you to rule over them all. You are the head of gold.

² Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem, that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink from there.
³ Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem. And the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, drank from them.

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

¹⁶ Therefore he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his drag, because by them his portion is fat and his food plentiful.

¹¹ And he said to me, To build her a house in the land of Shinar. And when it is prepared, she will be set there in her own place.

¹⁷ Behold, the days come that all that is in your house and what your fathers have laid up in store to this day, will be carried to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says Jehovah. ¹⁸ And of your sons who will go forth from you, whom you will beget, they will take away. And they will be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

¹⁵ And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon. And the king's mother and the king's wives and his officers and the chief men of the land, he carried into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

⁷ And of your sons who will go forth from you, whom you will beget, they will take away and they will be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

¹ Now it happened in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal and one of the chief officers of the king and ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah and there they ate bread together in Mizpah.

¹⁸ For whatever man he is who has a blemish, he will not approach: not a blind man, or a lame man, or he who has a flat nose, or anything superfluous, ¹⁹ or a man who is broken-footed, or broken-handed, ²⁰ or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or who has a blemish in his eye, or is scurvy, or scabbed, or has his testicles broken. ²¹ No man of the seed of Aaron the priest, who has a blemish, will come near to offer the offerings of Jehovah made by fire; he has a blemish, he will not come near to offer the bread of his God.

¹⁹ And if a man causes a blemish in his neighbor, as he has done, so will it be done to him: ²⁰ injury for injury, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, as he has caused a blemish in a man, so will it be rendered to him.

¹⁸ Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom you* killed at Tabor? And they answered, As you are, so were they. Each one resembled the sons of a king.

²⁵ Now in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty; from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

²⁹ See a man diligent in his business? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before insignificant men.

¹⁹ Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.

¹⁷ Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom. And Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. ¹⁸ And at the end of the days which the king had appointed for bringing them in, the ruler of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
¹⁹ And the king spoke with them. And among them all none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. Therefore they stood before the king. ²⁰ And in every matter of wisdom and understanding, concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters who were in all his realm.

² Then the king commanded to call the magicians and the enchanters and the sorcerers and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.

⁴ Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in the Syrian language, O king, live forever. Tell your servants the dream and we will show the interpretation.
⁵ The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing has gone from me. If you* do not make the dream and the interpretation of it known to me, you* will be cut in pieces and your* houses will be made a dunghill.

¹⁰ The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, There is not a man upon the earth who can show the king's matter. Inasmuch as no king, lord, or ruler, has asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or Chaldean.

²⁰ Daniel answered and said, Praise the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and might are his. ²¹ And he changes the times and the seasons. He removes kings and sets up kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.

⁸ Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near and brought accusation against the Jews.

⁷ Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans and the soothsayers came in and I told the dream before them, but they did not make the interpretation of it known to me.

⁷ The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans and the soothsayers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever will read this writing and show me the interpretation of it, will be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold about his neck and will be the third ruler in the kingdom.

¹¹ There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods. And in the days of your father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him. And the king Nebuchadnezzar your father, the king, I say, your father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans and soothsayers,

²⁰ In which season, Moses was born and was handsome to God, and he was nourished three months in his father’s house.

²² Now Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in his words and works.

²⁷ in order that he might present her to himself, the glorious congregation, not having stain or wrinkle or any such things, but in order that she should be holy and unblemished.

⁴⁶ And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh King of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

²² And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, I beseech you, let David stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight.

²² And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour and sixty measures of meal, ²³ ten fat oxen and twenty oxen out of the pastures and a hundred sheep, besides male-deers and gazelles and roebucks and fatted fowl.

⁸ Your men are fortunate, these, your servants, are fortunate who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.

³⁰ and for his allowance. There was a continual allowance given him from the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.

⁷ Your men are fortunate and these, your servants, are fortunate who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom.

¹⁹ Therefore Jehovah says thus: If you return, then I will bring you again that you may stand before me. And if you take forth the precious from the vile, you will be as my mouth. They will return to you, but you will not return to them.

⁸ But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's food, nor with the wine which he drank. Therefore he requested of the ruler of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

¹⁹ And the king spoke with them. And among them all none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. Therefore they stood before the king.

¹¹ Give our needful bread to us today.

¹⁹ And the messenger answered and said to him, I am Gabriel, who stands in God’s sight, and I was sent to speak to you and to proclaim to you this good-news.

³ Give our needful daily bread to us.

³⁶ Therefore, watch in every season, beseeching, in order that you might be deemed worthy to flee away from all the things which are about to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.

¹⁴ though these three men, Noah, Daniel and Job, were in it, they would deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, says the lord Jehovah.

²⁰ though Noah, Daniel and Job, were in it, as I live, says the lord Jehovah, they would deliver neither son nor daughter, they would but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

³ Behold, you are wiser than Daniel. There is no secret that is hidden from you.

¹⁷ Then Daniel went to his house and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, his companions,

¹⁵ Therefore, whenever you behold the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place, (let the one who is reading perceive),

¹⁴ But whenever you behold the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet standing where it ought not to be (let the one who is reading perceive), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains;

⁴⁵ And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potipherah priest of On, for a wife. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.

³⁴ And Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away and he came to Egypt and died there.

¹⁷ And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's father's brother, king is his stead and changed his name to Zedekiah.

³ And the king spoke to Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring in certain of the sons of Israel, even of the seed royal and of the ranking men,

¹⁰ And the ruler of the eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your* food and your* drink. For why should he see your* faces worse looking than the youths that are of your* own age? So you* would endanger my head with the king.
¹¹ Then Daniel said to the steward whom the ruler of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah,

²⁶ The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen and the interpretation of it?

⁴⁹ And Daniel requested of the king and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon, but Daniel was in the gate of the king.

¹² There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego. These men, O king, have not regarded you. They do not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.
¹³ Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king. ¹⁴ Nebuchadnezzar answered and said to them, Is it of purpose, O Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, that you* do not serve my god, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
¹⁵ Now if you* are ready that at what time you* hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, trigon, psaltery and dulcimer and all kinds of music, you* fall down and worship the image which I have made, well. But if you* do not worship, you* will be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. And who is that god who will 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 you in this matter. ¹⁷ If it is so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.
¹⁸ But if not, be it 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 full of fury and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego. Therefore he spoke and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was accustomed to be heated. ²⁰ And he commanded certain mighty men who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
²¹ Then these men were bound in their coats, their tunics and their head coverings and their other garments and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
²² Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent and the furnace very hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego. ²³ And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
²⁴ Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished and rose up in haste. He spoke and said to his counselors, Did we not cast three men bound into the midst 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 midst of the fire and they have no harm. And the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.
²⁶ Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace. He spoke and said, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, you* servants of the Most High God, come out and come here. Then Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego came forth out of the midst of the fire.
²⁷ And the satraps, the deputies and the governors and the king's counselors, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power upon their bodies, nor was the hair of their head singed. Neither were their coats changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them.
²⁸ Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Praise the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, who has sent his messenger and delivered his servants who trusted in him and have changed the king's word and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
²⁹ Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation and language, which speaks anything negligent against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, will be cut in pieces and their houses will be made a dunghill, because there is no other god who is able to deliver after this sort. ³⁰ Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego in the province of Babylon.

⁸ But at the 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,

¹² inasmuch as an excellent spirit and knowledge and understanding, interpreting of dreams and showing of dark sentences and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called and he will show the interpretation.

⁴⁵ For I am Jehovah who brought you* up out of the land of Egypt, to be your* God. You* will therefore be holy, for I am holy.
⁴⁶ This is the law of the beast and of the bird and of every living creature that moves in the waters and of every creature that creeps upon the earth, ⁴⁷ to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.

³⁸ which ate the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise up and help you*, let them be your* protection.

¹⁷ Where you die, I will die and there I will be buried. Jehovah do so to me and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.
¹⁸ And when she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her.

⁵ And behold, I purpose to build a house for the name of Jehovah my God, as Jehovah spoke to David my father, saying, Your son, whom I will set upon your throne in your place, he will build the house for my name.

²⁸ They also joined themselves to Baal of Peor and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

¹⁰⁶ I have sworn and have confirmed it, that I will observe your righteous ordinances.

¹¹⁵ Depart from me, you* evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.

⁴ Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work wickedness. And do not let me eat of their dainties.

¹³ And Jehovah said, Even thus will the sons of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations where I will drive them.
¹⁴ Then I said, Ah lord Jehovah! Behold, my soul has not been polluted. For from my youth up even till now I have not eaten of what dies of itself, or is torn of beasts, neither has abominable flesh come into my mouth.

⁵ And the king appointed for them a daily portion of the king's food and of the wine which he drank. And that they should be nourished three years, that at the end of it they should stand before the king.

³ They will not dwell in Jehovah's land, but Ephraim will return to Egypt and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.
⁴ They will not pour out wine offerings to Jehovah, nor will they be pleasing to him. Their sacrifices will be to them as the bread of mourners. All who eat of it will be polluted, for their bread will be for their appetite. It will not come into the house of Jehovah.

¹⁴ But Peter said, Not-so, Lord, because I have never eaten anything, common or unclean.
¹⁵ And a voice came to him again the second-time, What God has cleansed, you, do not make common. ¹⁶ But this happened three-times and again the vessel was received up into heaven.

²³ who, having come and having seen the favor of God, rejoiced and was encouraging all with purpose of heart to remain in the Lord,

¹⁵ But if your brother is made sorrowful because of food, you are no longer walk according to love. Do not destroy that man, on behalf of whom Christ died, with your food. ¹⁶ Therefore do not let your good thing be blasphemed; ¹⁷ for the kingdom of God is not about food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

³⁷ But he who stands, grounded in his heart, not having necessity, but has the authority concerning his own will, and he has decided this in his own heart to keep his own virgin, he does well.

⁷ But the knowledge is not in all people, but until now some, with the conscience of the idol, eat it like an idol-sacrifice, and their conscience is defiled, being weak. ⁸ But food does not present us to God; for neither if we eat, do we abound? Nor, if we do not eat, are we lacking?
⁹ But beware, lest this liberty of yours might become a stumbling block to the weak. ¹⁰ For if anyone sees you, (the one who has knowledge), reclining at a table in an idol’s sanctuary, will not his conscience, being weak, be built up to be eating the idol-sacrifices?

¹⁸ Beware of Israel, according to the flesh: are not those who eat the sacrifices partners of the altar? ¹⁹ Then what am I saying? That an idol is anything, or that an idol-sacrifice is anything? ²⁰ But I am saying, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they are sacrificing to demons, and not to God, and I do not wish you to become partners of demons.
²¹ You are not able to drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You are not able to partake of the table of the Lord and of the table of demons.

²⁸ But if anyone says to you, This has been an idol-sacrifice, do not eat, because of that man who divulged it and because of conscience; for ‘The earth is the Lord’s and its fullness.’ ²⁹ I say, not your own conscience, but the conscience of the other; why is my freedom judged by another conscience? ³⁰ If I partake with gratitude, why am I blasphemed on behalf of what I am giving-thanks? ³¹ Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or if you are doing anything, do all to the glory of God.

⁷ Let each man give just-as he proposes in his heart; not out of sorrow or out of necessity; for God loves a joyful giver.

²⁸ And he said, Your name will be called Jacob no more, but Israel, because you have striven with God and with men and have prevailed.

²¹ But Jehovah was with Joseph and showed kindness to him and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

⁵⁰ and forgive your people who have sinned against you and all their transgressions by which they have transgressed against you and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them

²⁷ Praise 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 in Jerusalem, ²⁸ and has extended loving kindness to me before the king and his counselors and before all the king's mighty rulers. And I was strengthened according to the hand of Jehovah my God upon me and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

¹¹ O Lord, I beseech you, let now your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants, who delight to fear your name, and I beseech you, prosper your servant this day and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.
Now I was cupbearer to the king.

⁴ Then the king said to me, For what do you make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

³ But know that Jehovah has set apart for himself he who is holy. Jehovah will hear when I call to him.

⁴⁶ He also made them to be pitied by all those who carried them captive.

⁷ When a man's ways please Jehovah, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

¹⁰ and liberated him from all his afflictions and gave him favor and wisdom in front of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who designated him leader over Egypt and his whole house.

²⁵ The fear of man brings a snare, but he who puts his trust in Jehovah will be safe.

¹⁶ Now whenever you fast, do not become just-like the hypocrites, with a gloomy face; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly I am saying to you, They are having their reward. ¹⁷ But as for you, when you are fasting, anoint your head and wash your face ¹⁸ that you do not appear to be fasting to men, but to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will be repaying you.

⁴² Nevertheless even many out of the rulers also believed in him, but they were not confessing it because of the Pharisees, in order that they might not become expelled from the synagogue; ⁴³ for they loved the glory from men rather than the glory from God.

²⁹ And God said, Behold, I have given you* every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed. To you* it will be for food, ³⁰ and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps upon the earth in which there is life and to you * every green herb, for food. And it was so.

³ And he humbled you and allowed you to hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, neither did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Jehovah.

¹⁶ So the steward took away their food and the wine that they should drink and gave them vegetables.

² One has faith to eat all things, but the one who is weak eats herbs.

²⁵ And you* will serve Jehovah your* God and he will bless your bread and your water and I will take sickness away from the midst of you.

¹ And it will happen, if you will listen diligently to the voice of Jehovah your God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Jehovah your God will set you on high above all the nations of the earth, ² and all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will listen to the voice of Jehovah your God:
³ You will be blessed in the city and you will be blessed in the field. ⁴ The fruit of your body will be blessed and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your beasts, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock. ⁵ Your basket and your kneading-trough will be blessed. ⁶ You will be blessed when you come in and you will be blessed when you go out.
⁷ Jehovah will cause your enemies that rise up against you to be struck before you. They will come out against you one way and will flee before you seven ways. ⁸ Jehovah will command the blessing upon you in your barns and in all that you put your hand to. And he will bless you in the land which Jehovah your God gives you.
⁹ Jehovah will establish you for a holy people to himself, as he has sworn to you, if you will keep the commandments of Jehovah your God and walk in his ways. ¹⁰ And all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of Jehovah and they will be afraid of you.
¹¹ And Jehovah will make you plenteous for good, in the fruit of your body and in the fruit of your cattle and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which Jehovah swore to your fathers to give you.
¹² Jehovah will open to you his good treasure the heavens, to give the rain of your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand. And you will lend to many nations and you will not borrow.
¹³ And Jehovah will make you the head and not the tail. And you will only be above and you will not be beneath, if you will listen to the commandments of Jehovah your God, which I command you this day, to observe and to do, ¹⁴ and will not turn aside from any of the words which I command you* this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

⁴² And a man came from Baal-shalishah and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, Give to the people that they may eat. ⁴³ And his servant said, What, should I set this before a hundred men? But he said, Give to the people that they may eat, for Jehovah says thus, They will eat and will leave of it. ⁴⁴ So he set it before them and they ate and left of it according to the word of Jehovah.

¹⁶ Better is a little that the righteous man has than the abundance of many wicked men.

²² The blessing of Jehovah, it makes rich and he adds no sorrow with it.

⁶ You* have sown much and bring in little. You* eat, but you* have not enough. You* drink, but you* are not filled with drink. You* clothe yourselves, but there is none warm. And he who earns wages earns wages to put into a bag with holes.

⁹ You* looked for much, and behold, it came to little and when you* brought it home, I blew upon it.
Why? says Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lays waste while you* run each man to his own house.

² If you* will not hear and if you* will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, says Jehovah of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you* and I will curse your* blessings. Yes, I have cursed them already, because you* do not lay it to heart.

⁴ But he answered and said, It has been written, ‘Man will not be living on bread alone, but upon every declaration that travels through the mouth of God!’

⁴¹ And he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he gave-thanks and broke the loaves, and he was giving them to his disciples in order that they might place the bread beside them, and he divided the two fish among them all. ⁴² And they all ate and were fed.

¹² I beseech you, test your servants ten days and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink.

⁸ And it happened in the morning, that his spirit was troubled and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all the wise men of it. And Pharaoh told them his dream, but there was no man who could interpret them to Pharaoh.
⁹ Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day. ¹⁰ Pharaoh was angry with his servants and put me in confinement in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker. ¹¹ And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he, we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
¹² And there was a young man with us there, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard and we told him. And he interpreted to us our dreams. He interpreted to each man according to his dream. ¹³ And it happened, as he interpreted to us, so it was; he restored me to my office and he hanged him.
¹⁴ Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph. And they brought him hastily out of the pit and he shaved himself and changed his garments and came in to Pharaoh. ¹⁵ And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamed a dream and there is no man who can interpret it. And I have heard say of you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.

⁶ And he said, Hear now my words. If there is a prophet among you*, I Jehovah will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream.

¹² behold, I have done according to your word. Behold, I have given you a wise and an understanding heart, so that there has been none like you before you, neither after you will any arise like you.

²⁸ And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged. And they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.

²⁹ And God gave Solomon exceedingly much wisdom and understanding and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore. ³⁰ And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt. ³¹ For he was wiser than all men: than Ethan the Ezrahite and Heman and Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame was in all the nations all around.

¹⁰ Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people. For who can judge this your people, that is so great?

¹² wisdom and knowledge are granted to you. And I will give you riches and wealth and honor, such as none of the kings have had who have been before you, neither will any after you have the like.

⁵ And he set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God. And as long as he sought Jehovah, God made him to prosper.

⁸ But there is a spirit in man and the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.

⁹⁸ Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, because they are everlasting with me. ⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers, because your testimonies are my meditation. ¹⁰⁰ I understand more than the aged because I have kept your precepts.

⁶ Because Jehovah gives wisdom. Out of his mouth is knowledge and understanding.

²⁶ Because to the man who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives tasks to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

²⁶ For his God instructs him aright, and teaches him.

¹⁹ Then the secret was shown to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

²¹ And he changes the times and the seasons. He removes kings and sets up kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.

²³ I thank you and praise you, O you, God of my fathers, who has given me wisdom and might and has now made known to me what we desired of you, for you have made known to us the king's matter.

⁹ O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and no secret troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen and the interpretation of it.
¹⁰ Thus were the visions of my head upon my bed: I saw, and behold, a tree in the midst of the earth and the height of it was great.

¹¹ There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods. And in the days of your father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him. And the king Nebuchadnezzar your father, the king, I say, your father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans and soothsayers, ¹² inasmuch as an excellent spirit and knowledge and understanding, interpreting of dreams and showing of dark sentences and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called and he will show the interpretation.

¹⁴ I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.

¹ In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed. Then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.

¹ In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, even to me, Daniel, after what appeared to me at the first.

¹ In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar and the thing was true, even a great warfare. And he understood the thing and had understanding of the vision.

¹⁵ For I will be giving you a mouth and wisdom, which all who lay in opposition to you will not be able to stand against, nor to speak against.

¹⁰ And they were not strong-enough to stand against the wisdom and the Spirit by which he was speaking.

⁷ But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for what is advantageous: ⁸ for the word of wisdom is given to one through the Spirit, and the word of knowledge to another according to the same Spirit; ⁹ and miraculous faith to different one in the same Spirit; and gifts of healing to another in the same Spirit; ¹⁰ and workings of miracles to another; and prophecy to another; and the discernings of spirits to another; varieties of languages to a different one; and the translation of foreign languages to another; ¹¹ but the one and the same Spirit is working all these things, sectioning off to each one in his own way just-as he wills.

⁹ Because of this, we also do not cease praying and asking on your behalf from the day we heard it, in order that you may be filled with the full knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and intelligence,

⁵ But if anyone of you is deficient of wisdom, let him ask from God, who gives to all liberally and does not reproach any, and it will be given to him.

¹⁷ Every good act of giving, and every complete gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor a shadow of turning.

¹ And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the travelers of Gilead, said to Ahab, As Jehovah, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

⁷ And your* father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.

⁸ And it happened in the morning, that his spirit was troubled and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all the wise men of it. And Pharaoh told them his dream, but there was no man who could interpret them to Pharaoh.

¹¹ Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. And they also, the magicians of Egypt, did in like manner with their enchantments. ¹² For they cast down every man his rod and they became serpents, but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.

²² And the magicians of Egypt did in like manner with their enchantments. And Pharaoh's heart was hardened and he did not listen to them, as Jehovah had spoken.

⁷ And the magicians did in like manner with their enchantments and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.

¹⁹ Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God. And Pharaoh's heart was hardened and he did not listen to them, as Jehovah had spoken.

²² because all those men who have seen my glory and my signs, which I worked in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have challenged me these ten times and have not listened to my voice,

²⁹ And God gave Solomon exceedingly much wisdom and understanding and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore. ³⁰ And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt. ³¹ For he was wiser than all men: than Ethan the Ezrahite and Heman and Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame was in all the nations all around.
³² And he spoke three thousand proverbs and his songs were a thousand and five. ³³ And he spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts and of birds and of creeping things and of fishes.
³⁴ And there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.

¹ And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, she came to prove him with hard questions. ² And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bore spices and very much gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she spoke with him of all that was in her heart. ³ And Solomon answered to her all her questions; there was not anything hid from the king which he did not answer.

²³ So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom. ²⁴ And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

¹² And it happened that, when the Jews who dwelt by them came, they said to us ten times, From all places from where you* will return to us they will be upon you*.

³ These ten times you* have reproached me. You* are not ashamed that you* deal hardly with me.

⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers, because your testimonies are my meditation.

³ And the spirit of Egypt will fail in the midst of it and I will destroy the counsel of it. And they will seek for the idols and for the charmers and for those who have familiar spirits and for the wizards.

¹² Stand now with your enchantments and with the multitude of your sorceries, in which you have labored from your youth, perhaps you will be able to profit, perhaps you may prevail. ¹³ You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels. Let now the astrologers, the star-gazers, the knowers from the new moons, stand up and save you from the things that will come upon you.
¹⁴ Behold, they will be as stubble. The fire will burn them. They will not deliver themselves from the power of the flame. It will not be a coal to warm at, nor a fire to sit before.

² Then the king commanded to call the magicians and the enchanters and the sorcerers and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.
³ And the king said to them, I have dreamed a dream and my spirit is troubled to know the dream. ⁴ Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in the Syrian language, O king, live forever. Tell your servants the dream and we will show the interpretation.
⁵ The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing has gone from me. If you* do not make the dream and the interpretation of it known to me, you* will be cut in pieces and your* houses will be made a dunghill. ⁶ But if you* show the dream and the interpretation of it, you* will receive gifts and rewards and great honor from me. Therefore show the dream and the interpretation of it to me.
⁷ They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream and we will show the interpretation.
⁸ The king answered and said, I know of a certainty that you* would gain time, because you* see the thing has gone from me. ⁹ But if you* do not make known to me the dream, there is but one law for you*, for you* have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me till the time is changed. Therefore tell me the dream and I will know that you* can show me the interpretation of it.
¹⁰ The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, There is not a man upon the earth who can show the king's matter. Inasmuch as no king, lord, or ruler, has asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or Chaldean. ¹¹ And it is a rare thing that the king requires and there is no other who can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

¹³ So the decree went forth and the wise men were to be slain. And they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

²⁷ Daniel answered before the king and said, The secret which the king has demanded, neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor soothsayers, can show to the king, ²⁸ but there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets. And he has made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days.
Your dream and the visions of your head upon your bed, are these:

⁷ Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans and the soothsayers came in and I told the dream before them, but they did not make the interpretation of it known to me.
⁸ But at the 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, ⁹ O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and no secret troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen and the interpretation of it.
¹⁰ Thus were the visions of my head upon my bed: I saw, and behold, a tree in the midst of the earth and the height of it was great. ¹¹ The tree grew and was strong and the height of it reached to heaven and the sight of it to the end of all the earth. ¹² The leaves of it were fine and the fruit of it much and food was in it for all. The beasts of the field had shadow under it and the birds of the heavens dwelt in the branches of it. And all flesh was fed from it.
¹³ I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from heaven. 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 fowls from its branches.
¹⁵ Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field. And let it be wet with the dew of heaven and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth. ¹⁶ Let his heart be changed from man's and let a beast's heart be given to him. And let seven times pass over him.
¹⁷ The sentence is by the decree of the watchers and the demand by the word of the holy ones, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men and gives it to whomever he will and sets up over it the lowest of men.
¹⁸ This dream I, king Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. And you, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation, inasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation. But you are able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.

⁷ The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans and the soothsayers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever will read this writing and show me the interpretation of it, will be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold about his neck and will be the third ruler in the kingdom.
⁸ Then all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.

¹⁷ Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let your gifts be to yourself and give your rewards to another. Nevertheless I will read the writing to the king and make known to him the interpretation.

⁸ Now in the manner that Jannes and Jambres stood against Moses so also, are these standing against the truth. Men having been utterly corrupted in their mind, unapproved concerning the faith. ⁹ But they will be progressing no more-than this. For their mindlessness will be obvious to all people, as that of those men also became.

²⁸ So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.