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

noyes@Daniel:4:2 @ I have thought it good to show the signs and wonders which the Most High God hath wrought toward me.

noyes@Daniel:4:3 @ How great are his signs, and how mighty are his wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion endureth from generation to generation.

noyes@Daniel:4:4 @ I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house, and flourishing in my palace.

noyes@Daniel:4:5 @ There I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

noyes@Daniel:4:6 @ Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me; that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.

noyes@Daniel:4:7 @ Then came in the scribes, the magicians, the Chaldaeans, and the astrologers; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known to me its interpretation.

noyes@Daniel:4:8 @ But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name is Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods, and I told him the dream.

noyes@Daniel:4:9 @ O Belteshazzar, chief of the scribes, since I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret is too hard for thee, tell me the visions of my dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.

noyes@Daniel:4:10 @ The visions of my head were these. I saw, and behold a tree in the midst, whose height was very great.

noyes@Daniel:4:11 @ The tree was large and strong, and its height reached to heaven, and it might be seen to the end of the whole earth.

noyes@Daniel:4:12 @ The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit abundant, and in it was food for all. The beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the birds of heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.

noyes@Daniel:4:13 @ I saw, in the visions of my head upon my bed, and behold, a watcher, even a holy one, came down from heaven;

noyes@Daniel:4:14 @ he cried aloud, and spake thus: Hew down the tree, and cut off its branches; shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit; let the beasts go away from under it, and the birds from its branches.

noyes@Daniel:4:15 @ Yet leave the stump of its roots in the earth, in bands of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and he shall be wet with the dew of heaven, and his portion shall be with the beasts in the grass of the field.

noyes@Daniel:4:16 @ His heart shall be changed, and be no more that of a man, and a beasts heart shall be given him, and seven times shall pass over him.

noyes@Daniel:4:17 @ By a decision of the watchers is the decree, and by a command of the holy ones is the sentence; to the intent that the living may know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdoms of men, and giveth them to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over them the lowest of men.

noyes@Daniel:4:18 @ This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw, and do thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation; but thou art able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.

noyes@Daniel:4:19 @ Then Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar, was amazed for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream or the interpretation thereof trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the signification of it to thine enemies!

noyes@Daniel:4:20 @ The tree which thou sawest, which was large and strong, whose height reached to heaven, and which might be seen by all the earth,

noyes@Daniel:4:21 @ whose leaves were fair, and whose fruit abundant, and in which was food for all, under which all the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whoso branches the birds of heaven had their lodging,

noyes@Daniel:4:22 @ it is thou, O king, who art become great and strong; for thy greatness is immense, and reacheth to heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.

noyes@Daniel:4:23 @ And whereas the king saw a watcher, even a holy one, coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down and destroy it, yet leave the stump of its roots in the earth, in bands of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and he shall be wet with the dew of heaven, and his portion shall be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;

noyes@Daniel:4:24 @ this is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the Most High, which is come upon my lord, the king;

noyes@Daniel:4:25 @ they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall let thee eat grass as oxen, and be wet with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdoms of men, and giveth them to whomsoever he will.

noyes@Daniel:4:26 @ And whereas it was commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree, thy kingdom shall be sure to thee after thou shalt have acknowledged that Heaven ruleth.

noyes@Daniel:4:27 @ Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thy iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening out of thy tranquility.

noyes@Daniel:4:28 @ All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar.

noyes@Daniel:4:29 @ At the end of twelve months, he was walking in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon;

noyes@Daniel:4:30 @ and the king spake and said, Is not this the great Babylon which I have built for the seat of the kingdom by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty?

noyes@Daniel:4:31 @ While the word was in the kings mouth, there fell a voice from heaven: "To thee it is said, O Nebuchadnezzar! the kingdom is departed from thee.

noyes@Daniel:4:32 @ And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; they shall make thee eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdoms of men, and giveth them to whomsoever he will."

noyes@Daniel:4:33 @ The same hour was the word fulfilled against Nebuchadnezzar, and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles feathers, and his nails like birds claws.

noyes@Daniel:4:34 @ But at the end of the 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 that liveth forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and whose kingdom endureth from generation to generation.

noyes@Daniel:4:35 @ And all the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say to him, What doest thou?

noyes@Daniel:4:36 @ At the same time my reason returned to me, and also the glory of my kingdom, my honor, and my splendor returned to me; and my counsellors and my lords sought me; and I was established in my kingdom, and I received yet greater majesty.

noyes@Daniel:4:37 @ Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; all whose works are truth and his ways justice; and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

noyes@Daniel:5:1 @ Belshazzar, the king gave a great feast to his thousands lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

noyes@Daniel:5:2 @ Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple at Jerusalem; that the king and his princes, his wives and his concubines, might drink therein.

noyes@Daniel:5:3 @ Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God at Jerusalem; and the king and his princes, his wives and his concubines, drank in them.

noyes@Daniel:5:4 @ They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

noyes@Daniel:5:5 @ In the same hour came forth fingers of a mans hand, and wrote over against the chandelier upon the plaster of the wall of the kings palace; and the king saw the hand that wrote.

noyes@Daniel:5:6 @ Then the kings countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosened, and his knees smote one against the other.

noyes@Daniel:5:7 @ The king cried aloud to bring in the magicians, the Chaldaeans, and the astrologers. And the king spake and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever shall read this writing, and show me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall rule as the third in the kingdom.

noyes@Daniel:5:8 @ Then all the kings wise men came in; but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king its signification.

noyes@Daniel:5:9 @ Then was King Belshazzar in great consternation, and his countenance was changed, and his lords were amazed.

noyes@Daniel:5:10 @ Then the queen, on account of this affair of the king and his lords, came into the banquethouse; and the queen spake and said, O king, live forever! Let not thy thoughts terrify thee, nor let thy countenance be changed.

noyes@Daniel:5:11 @ There is a man in thy kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father, light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar, thy father, made him chief of the scribes, the magicians, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers, thy father, O king!

noyes@Daniel:5:12 @ forasmuch as an excellent spirit and knowledge and understanding to interpret dreams, and to explain hard sentences, and solve difficult questions were found in him, in Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar; now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.

noyes@Daniel:5:13 @ Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake and said to Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, of the captives of Judah, whom the king, my father, brought out of Judaea?

noyes@Daniel:5:14 @ I have heard concerning thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in thee.

noyes@Daniel:5:15 @ And now the wise men and the magicians have been brought in before me, that they might read this writing, and make known to me its signification; but they could not show the signification of the thing.

noyes@Daniel:5:16 @ But I have heard of thee that thou canst give interpretations, and solve difficult questions. Now if thou canst read the writing and make known to me its signification, thou shalt be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt rule as the third in the kingdom.

noyes@Daniel:5:17 @ Then answered Daniel and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another: yet I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the signification.

noyes@Daniel:5:18 @ O king, the Most High God gave to Nebuchadnezzar, thy father, a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honor.

noyes@Daniel:5:19 @ And by reason of the majesty which he gave him, all people, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him; whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive; whom he would he set up, and whom he would he put down.

noyes@Daniel:5:20 @ But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit hardened in pride, he was thrust down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him.

noyes@Daniel:5:21 @ And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart became like the beasts, and his dwelling was with wild asses; he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the Most High God ruled in the kingdoms of men, and set up over them whomsoever he would.

noyes@Daniel:5:22 @ And thou, his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart, though thou knewest all this;

noyes@Daniel:5:23 @ but hast lifted thyself up against the Lord of heaven; and the vessels of his house have been brought before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand is thy breath, and whose are all thy ways, thou hast not honored.

noyes@Daniel:5:24 @ Then was sent from him the hand, and this writing was written.

noyes@Daniel:5:25 @ And this is the writing which was written: Numbered, Numbered, Weighed, and To be Divided.

noyes@Daniel:5:26 @ And this is the interpretation of it. Numbered: God hath numbered thy kingdom, and made an end of it.

noyes@Daniel:5:27 @ Weighed: Thou art weighed in the balances, and found wanting.

noyes@Daniel:5:28 @ Divided: Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

noyes@Daniel:5:29 @ Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him that he should be third ruler in the kingdom.

noyes@Daniel:5:30 @ In the same night was Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldaeans, slain;

noyes@Daniel:5:31 @ and Darius the Mede took the kingdom, being about sixtytwo years old.

noyes@Daniel:6:1 @ It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, which should be over the whole kingdom,

noyes@Daniel:6:2 @ and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one, that the satraps might give accounts to them, and the king might have no damage.

noyes@Daniel:6:3 @ Then this Daniel was eminent above the presidents and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

noyes@Daniel:6:4 @ Then the presidents and satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel in relation to the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault; because he was faithful, and no error nor fault was found in him.

noyes@Daniel:6:5 @ Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

noyes@Daniel:6:6 @ Then these presidents and satraps rushed together to the king, and spake thus to him: King Darius, live forever!

noyes@Daniel:6:7 @ All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors and the satraps, the counsellors and the prefects, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

noyes@Daniel:6:8 @ Now, O king, establish the decree and sign the writing that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians which altereth not.

noyes@Daniel:6:9 @ Wherefore King Darius signed the writing and the decree.

noyes@Daniel:6:10 @ Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house, his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he kneeled upon his knees, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done before.

noyes@Daniel:6:11 @ Then these men rushed together, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.

noyes@Daniel:6:12 @ Then they came near and spake before the king concerning the royal decree: Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man who shall ask a petition of any god or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

noyes@Daniel:6:13 @ Then answered they and said before the king, Daniel, who is of the sons of the captives of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree which thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.

noyes@Daniel:6:14 @ Then the king, when he heard these words, was much troubled, and set his heart to deliver him; and he labored till the going down of the sun to deliver him.

noyes@Daniel:6:15 @ Then these men assembled before the king, and said to the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, that no decree or statute which the king establisheth may be changed.

noyes@Daniel:6:16 @ Then the king commanded that they should bring Daniel and cast him into the den of lions. And the king spake and said to Daniel, May thy God, whom thou servest continually, deliver thee!

noyes@Daniel:6:17 @ And a stone was brought and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords, that nothing concerning Daniel might be changed.

noyes@Daniel:6:18 @ Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting, and suffered not the concubines to be brought to him; and his sleep went from him.

noyes@Daniel:6:19 @ Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste to the den of lions.

noyes@Daniel:6:20 @ And when he came to the den, he cried with a troubled voice to Daniel; and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, has thy God, whom thou servest continually, been able to deliver thee from the lions?

noyes@Daniel:6:21 @ Then said Daniel to the king, O king, live forever!

noyes@Daniel:6:22 @ My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions mouths, so that they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no wrong.

noyes@Daniel:6:23 @ Then was the king exceedingly glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he trusted in his God.

noyes@Daniel:6:24 @ And the king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and broke all their bones before they came to the bottom of the den.

noyes@Daniel:6:25 @ Then King Darius wrote to all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you!

noyes@Daniel:6:26 @ I make a decree, that in every government of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God that endureth forever, and whose kingdom shall not be destroyed, and whose dominion shall endure to the end.

noyes@Daniel:6:27 @ It is he that delivereth and rescueth, and worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.

noyes@Daniel:6:28 @ This Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

noyes@Daniel:7:1 @ In the first year of Belshazzar, king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream, and visions of his head upon his bed. Then he wrote the dream, and related the sum of the matters.

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