noyes Daniel:1-3

noyes@Daniel:1:1 @ In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, came Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, against Jerusalem, and besieged it.

noyes@Daniel:1:2 @ And the Lord gave Jehoiakim, the 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 treasurehouse of his god.

noyes@Daniel:1:3 @ And the king commanded Ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the sons of Israel of the kings race, and of the princes,

noyes@Daniel:1:4 @ youths in whom was no blemish, and well favored, and skilful in all wisdom, and having knowledge and intelligence and strength, to stand as servants in the kings palace, and be taught the writing and the language of the Chaldaeans.

noyes@Daniel:1:5 @ And the king appointed them a daily provision of the kings food, and of the wine which he drank; so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand as servants before the king.

noyes@Daniel:1:6 @ Now among these were, of the sons of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.

noyes@Daniel:1:7 @ And the prince of the eunuchs gave them other names. To Daniel he gave the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego.

noyes@Daniel:1:8 @ But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the kings meat, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

noyes@Daniel:1:9 @ And God gave Daniel favor and kindness from the prince of the eunuchs.

noyes@Daniel:1:10 @ And the prince of the eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink; for he might see your faces in worse condition than the youths of your age; then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.

noyes@Daniel:1:11 @ Then said Daniel to the steward whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

noyes@Daniel:1:12 @ Try thy servants ten days, and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

noyes@Daniel:1:13 @ Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenances of the youths that eat of the portion of the kings meat; and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.

noyes@Daniel:1:14 @ And he consented to them in this matter, and tried them ten days.

noyes@Daniel:1:15 @ And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the youths who ate the portion of the kings meat.

noyes@Daniel:1:16 @ So the steward took away the portion of their meat, and the wine which they should drink, and gave them pulse.

noyes@Daniel:1:17 @ And God gave these four youths knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom; and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

noyes@Daniel:1:18 @ And at the end of the days, when the king had commanded him to bring them before him, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.

noyes@Daniel:1:19 @ And the king conversed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Therefore they stood as servants before the king.

noyes@Daniel:1:20 @ And in all matters of wisdom and understanding concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the scribes and magicians that were in all his realm.

noyes@Daniel:1:21 @ And Daniel lived even to the first year of Cyrus the king.

noyes@Daniel:2:1 @ And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, on account of which his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.

noyes@Daniel:2:2 @ Then the king commanded to call the scribes, and the magicians, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldaeans, that they might show the king his dreams; and they came and stood before the king.

noyes@Daniel:2:3 @ And the king said to them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.

noyes@Daniel:2:4 @ And the Chaldaeans said to the king in Aramaean, O king, live forever! Tell thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.

noyes@Daniel:2:5 @ The king answered and said to the Chaldaeans: The word has gone from me. If ye will not make known to me the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

noyes@Daniel:2:6 @ But if ye show the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive from me gifts, and rewards, and great honor. Therefore show me the dream, and its interpretation!

noyes@Daniel:2:7 @ They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation of it.

noyes@Daniel:2:8 @ The king answered and said, I know of a certain, that ye seek to gain time, because ye see that the word hath gone forth from me.

noyes@Daniel:2:9 @ For if ye do not make known to me the dream, this alone is your purpose, and ye have prepared lying and deceitful words to speak before me till the time be changed. Tell me therefore the dream, and I shall know that ye can show me the interpretation thereof.

noyes@Daniel:2:10 @ The Chaldaeans answered before the king, and said: There is not a man upon the earth who can show what the king requireth; on which account no king, however great and powerful, hath asked such things of any scribe, or magician, or Chaldaean.

noyes@Daniel:2:11 @ It is a hard thing which the king requireth, and there is none other that can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with men.

noyes@Daniel:2:12 @ For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

noyes@Daniel:2:13 @ And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows, to slay them.

noyes@Daniel:2:14 @ Then Daniel answered with understanding and wisdom to Arioch, the captain of the kings guard, who was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon.

noyes@Daniel:2:15 @ He answered and said to Arioch, the kings captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

noyes@Daniel:2:16 @ Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would show the king the interpretation.

noyes@Daniel:2:17 @ Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions;

noyes@Daniel:2:18 @ that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven, concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish, with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

noyes@Daniel:2:19 @ Then was the secret revealed to Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

noyes@Daniel:2:20 @ Daniel spake and said: Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever! for wisdom and might are his.

noyes@Daniel:2:21 @ And he changeth times and seasons; he removeth kings, and setteth up kings; he giveth wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to them that have understanding.

noyes@Daniel:2:22 @ He revealeth deep and secret things; he knoweth what is in darkness, and light dwelleth with him.

noyes@Daniel:2:23 @ I thank thee and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known to me now what we desired of thee; for thou hast now made known to us the kings matter.

noyes@Daniel:2:24 @ Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus to him: Destroy not the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will show to the king the interpretation.

noyes@Daniel:2:25 @ Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus to him: I have found a man of the captives of Judah that will make known to the king the interpretation.

noyes@Daniel:2:26 @ The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?

noyes@Daniel:2:27 @ Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded, the wise men, the scribes, the magicians, the astrologers cannot show to the king;

noyes@Daniel:2:28 @ but there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to King Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the days to come. Thy dream and the visions of thy head upon thy bed were these.

noyes@Daniel:2:29 @ Thy thoughts, O king, came into thy mind, what should come to pass hereafter; and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.

noyes@Daniel:2:30 @ But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me through any wisdom which I have more than all the living, but to the end that the interpretation might be made known to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.

noyes@Daniel:2:31 @ Thou, O king, sawest, and behold, a great image. This image, which was high and of surpassing brightness, stood before thee; and its form was terrible.

noyes@Daniel:2:32 @ The head of this image was of fine gold; his breast and his arms of silver; his belly and his thighs of brass;

noyes@Daniel:2:33 @ his legs of iron; his feet, part of iron and part of clay.

noyes@Daniel:2:34 @ Thou sawest till a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet, that were of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces.

noyes@Daniel:2:35 @ Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold broken to pieces together, and became like chaff from the summer threshingfloors, and the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them; and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

noyes@Daniel:2:36 @ This is the dream, and now we will tell the interpretation of it before the king.

noyes@Daniel:2:37 @ Thou, O king, art a king of kings; for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power and strength and glory.

noyes@Daniel:2:38 @ And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven hath he given into thy hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art the head of gold.

noyes@Daniel:2:39 @ And after thee shall arise another kingdom, inferior to thee; and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

noyes@Daniel:2:40 @ And a fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron; forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things; even as iron, that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.

noyes@Daniel:2:41 @ And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes part of potters clay and part of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.

noyes@Daniel:2:42 @ And as the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly broken.

noyes@Daniel:2:43 @ And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves by marriage, but they shall not cleave to each other, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

noyes@Daniel:2:44 @ But in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall be left to no other people but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever;

noyes@Daniel:2:45 @ even as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold. The great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter; and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

noyes@Daniel:2:46 @ Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odors to him.

noyes@Daniel:2:47 @ The king answered Daniel and said, Of a truth, your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and the revealer of secrets, since thou couldst reveal this secret.

noyes@Daniel:2:48 @ Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.

noyes@Daniel:2:49 @ Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of the province of Babylon; but Daniel was in the gate of the king.

noyes@Daniel:3:1 @ Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits, and whose breadth was six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

noyes@Daniel:3:2 @ Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the prefects, and the deputy governors, the chief judges, the treasurers, the judges, the counsellors, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

noyes@Daniel:3:3 @ Then the satraps, prefects, and deputy governors, the chief judges, treasurers, judges, counsellors, and all the rulers of the provinces were gathered together to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

noyes@Daniel:3:4 @ Then a herald cried aloud: To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,

noyes@Daniel:3:5 @ that at the time ye hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, the harp, the sambuck, the psaltery, the bagpipe, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the golden image which Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up.

noyes@Daniel:3:6 @ And whoso doth not fall down and worship shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

noyes@Daniel:3:7 @ Therefore at the time when all the people heard the sound of the horn, the pipe, the harp, the sambuck, the psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the languages fell down and worshipped the golden image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

noyes@Daniel:3:8 @ Wherefore at that time certain Chaldaeans came near, and accused the Jews.

noyes@Daniel:3:9 @ They spake and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live forever!

noyes@Daniel:3:10 @ Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, the harp, the sambuck, the psaltery, the bagpipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;

noyes@Daniel:3:11 @ and that whoso doth not fall down and worship shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

noyes@Daniel:3:12 @ Now there are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, these men, O king, have not regarded thee; they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

noyes@Daniel:3:13 @ Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.

noyes@Daniel:3:14 @ Nebuchadnezzar spake and said to them, Was it by design, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego? Do ye not serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?

noyes@Daniel:3:15 @ Now if ye be ready that at the time ye hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, the harp, the sambuck, the psaltery, the bagpipe, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the image which I have set up, well! but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is the God that shall deliver you out of my hands?

noyes@Daniel:3:16 @ Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter.

noyes@Daniel:3:17 @ Behold, our God, whom we serve, is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king!

noyes@Daniel:3:18 @ But if not, be it known to thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

noyes@Daniel:3:19 @ Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. And he spake and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

noyes@Daniel:3:20 @ And he commanded the mightiest men in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

noyes@Daniel:3:21 @ Then these men were bound in their trousers, their undergarments, their mantles, and their other clothing, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

noyes@Daniel:3:22 @ And because the command of the king was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire killed those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

noyes@Daniel:3:23 @ And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

noyes@Daniel:3:24 @ Then Nebuchadnezzar, the king, was astonished, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said to his counsellors, Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said to the king, True, O king!

noyes@Daniel:3:25 @ He answered and said, Behold, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt, and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.

noyes@Daniel:3:26 @ Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the Most High God, come forth! Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came forth out of the midst of the fire.

noyes@Daniel:3:27 @ And the satraps, prefects, and deputy governors, and the counsellors of the king, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was a hair of their head singed, nor were their trousers changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them.

noyes@Daniel:3:28 @ Then Nebuchadnezzar spake and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants, that trusted in him, and disobeyed the command of the king, and gave up their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god except their own God!

noyes@Daniel:3:29 @ Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language which speaks anything reproachful against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and its houses shall be made a dunghill; because there is no other God that can deliver in this manner.

noyes@Daniel:3:30 @ Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.

noyes@Daniel:4:1 @ Nebuchadnezzar the king to all people, nations, and languages that dwell upon the whole earth. Peace be multiplied to you!

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