<vn='1'>In the <sn="7969">third</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="3566">Cyrus</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="6539">Persia</s> a <sn="1697">thing</s> was <sn="1540">revealed</s> unto <sn="1840">Daniel</s>, <sn="834">whose</s><sn="8034">name</s> was <sn="7121">called</s><sn="1095">Belteshazzar</s>; and the <sn="1697">thing</s> was <sn="571">true</s>, but the time <sn="6635">appointed</s> was <sn="1419">long</s>: and he <sn="995">understood</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">thing</s>, and had <sn="998">understanding</s> of the <sn="4758">vision</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>I <sn="398">ate</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="2530">pleasant</s><sn="3899">bread</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="1320">flesh</s> nor <sn="3196">wine</s><sn="413">in</s> my <sn="6310">mouth</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> did I anoint myself at <sn="5480 5480">all</s>, <sn="5704">till</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="3117">whole</s><sn="7620">weeks</s> were <sn="4390">fulfilled</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And in the <sn="702">four</s> and <sn="6242">twentieth</s><sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="7223">first</s><sn="2320">month</s>, as <sn="589">I</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="3027">side</s> of the <sn="1419">great</s><sn="5104">river</s>, <sn="1931">which</s> is <sn="2313">Hiddekel</s>; </v>
<vn='5'>Then I lifted <sn="5375">up</s><sn="*853"></s> mine <sn="5869">eyes</s>, and <sn="7200">looked</s>, and <sn="2009">behold</s> a <sn="259">certain</s><sn="376">man</s><sn="3847">clothed</s> in <sn="906">linen</s>, whose <sn="4975">loins</s> were <sn="2296">girded</s> with fine <sn="3800">gold</s> of <sn="210">Uphaz</s>: </v>
<vn='6'>His <sn="1472">body</s> also was like the <sn="8658">beryl</s>, and his <sn="6440">face</s> as the <sn="4758">appearance</s> of <sn="1300">lightning</s>, and his <sn="5869">eyes</s> as <sn="3940">lamps</s> of <sn="784">fire</s>, and his <sn="2220">arms</s> and his <sn="4772">feet</s> like in <sn="5869">color</s> to <sn="7044">polished</s><sn="5178">brass</s>, and the <sn="6963">voice</s> of his <sn="1697">words</s> like the <sn="6963">voice</s> of a <sn="1995">multitude</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="589">I</s><sn="1840">Daniel</s><sn="905">alone</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4759">vision</s>: for the <sn="376">men</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="1961">were</s><sn="5973">with</s> me <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4759">vision</s>; <sn="61">but</s> a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="2731">quaking</s><sn="5307">fell</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them, so that they <sn="1272">fled</s> to hide <sn="2244">themselves</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>Therefore <sn="589">I</s> was <sn="7604">left</s><sn="905">alone</s>, and <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="1419">great</s><sn="4759">vision</s>, and there <sn="7604">remained</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="3581">strength</s> in me: for my <sn="1935">comeliness</s> was <sn="2015">turned</s><sn="5921">in</s> me into <sn="4889">corruption</s>, and I <sn="6113">retained</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="3581">strength</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Yet <sn="8085">heard</s> I <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6963">voice</s> of his <sn="1697">words</s>: and when I <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6963">voice</s> of his <sn="1697">words</s>, then <sn="1961">was</s><sn="589">I</s> in a deep <sn="7290">sleep</s><sn="5921">on</s> my <sn="6440">face</s>, and my <sn="6440">face</s> toward the <sn="776">ground</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And, <sn="2009">behold</s>, a <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="5060">touched</s> me, which <sn="5128">set</s> me <sn="5921">upon</s> my <sn="1290">knees</s> and upon the <sn="3709">palms</s> of my <sn="3027">hands</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And he <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, O <sn="1840">Daniel</s>, a <sn="376">man</s> greatly <sn="2530">beloved</s>, <sn="995">understand</s> the <sn="1697">words</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="595">I</s><sn="1696">speak</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee, and <sn="5975">stand</s><sn="5921 5977">upright</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee am I <sn="6258">now</s><sn="7971">sent</s>. And when he had <sn="1696">spoken</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">word</s><sn="5973">unto</s> me, I <sn="5975">stood</s><sn="7460">trembling</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>Then <sn="559">said</s> he <sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="3372">Fear</s><sn="408">not</s>, <sn="1840">Daniel</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="7223">first</s><sn="3117">day</s><sn="834">that</s> thou didst <sn="5414">set</s><sn="*853"></s> thine <sn="3820">heart</s> to <sn="995">understand</s>, and to chasten <sn="6031">thyself</s><sn="6440">before</s> thy <sn="430">God</s>, thy <sn="1697">words</s> were <sn="8085">heard</s>, and <sn="589">I</s> am <sn="935">come</s> for thy <sn="1697">words</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>But the <sn="8269">prince</s> of the <sn="4438">kingdom</s> of <sn="6539">Persia</s><sn="5975 5048">withstood</s> me <sn="259">one</s> and <sn="6242">twenty</s><sn="3117">days</s>: but, <sn="2009">lo</s>, <sn="4317">Michael</s>, <sn="259">one</s> of the <sn="7223">chief</s><sn="8269">princes</s>, <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="5826">help</s> me; and <sn="589">I</s><sn="3498">remained</s><sn="8033">there</s><sn="681">with</s> the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="6539">Persia</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Now I am <sn="935">come</s> to make thee <sn="995">understand</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="834">what</s> shall <sn="7136">befall</s> thy <sn="5971">people</s> in the <sn="319">latter</s><sn="3117">days</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="5750">yet</s> the <sn="2377">vision</s> is for many <sn="3117">days</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And when he had <sn="1696">spoken</s><sn="428">such</s><sn="1697">words</s><sn="5973">unto</s> me, I <sn="5414">set</s> my <sn="6440">face</s> toward the <sn="776">ground</s>, and I became <sn="481">dumb</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And, <sn="2009">behold</s>, one like the <sn="1823">similitude</s> of the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="120">men</s><sn="5060 5921">touched</s> my <sn="8193">lips</s>: then I <sn="6605">opened</s> my <sn="6310">mouth</s>, and <sn="1696">spoke</s>, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him that <sn="5975">stood</s><sn="5048">before</s> me, O my <sn="113">lord</s>, by the <sn="4758">vision</s> my <sn="6735">sorrows</s> are <sn="2015">turned</s><sn="5921">upon</s> me, and I have <sn="6113">retained</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="3581">strength</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>For <sn="1963">how</s><sn="3201">can</s> the <sn="5650">servant</s> of <sn="2088">this</s> my <sn="113">lord</s><sn="1696">talk</s><sn="5973">with</s><sn="2088">this</s> my <sn="113">lord</s>? for as for <sn="589">me</s>, <sn="4480 6258">straightway</s> there <sn="5975">remained</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="3581">strength</s> in me, <sn="3808">neither</s> is there <sn="5397">breath</s><sn="7604">left</s> in me. </v>
<vn='18'>Then there came <sn="3584">again</s> and <sn="5060">touched</s> me one like the <sn="4758">appearance</s> of a <sn="120">man</s>, and he <sn="2388">strengthened</s> me, </v>
<vn='19'>And <sn="559">said</s>, O <sn="376">man</s> greatly <sn="2530">beloved</s>, <sn="3372">fear</s><sn="408">not</s>: <sn="7965">peace</s> be unto thee, be <sn="2388">strong</s>, yea, be <sn="2388">strong</s>. And when he had <sn="1696">spoken</s><sn="5973">unto</s> me, I was <sn="2388">strengthened</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, Let my <sn="113">lord</s><sn="1696">speak</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> thou hast <sn="2388">strengthened</s> me. </v>
<vn='20'>Then <sn="559">said</s> he, <sn="3045">Knowest</s> thou <sn="4100">wherefore</s> I <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee? and <sn="6258">now</s> will I <sn="7725">return</s> to <sn="3898">fight</s><sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="8269">prince</s> of <sn="6539">Persia</s>: and when <sn="589">I</s> am gone <sn="3318">forth</s>, <sn="2009">lo</s>, the <sn="8269">prince</s> of <sn="3120">Greece</s> shall <sn="935">come</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="61">But</s> I will <sn="5046">show</s> thee <sn="*853"></s> that which is <sn="7559">noted</s> in the <sn="3791">Scripture</s> of <sn="571">truth</s>: and there is <sn="369 259">none</s> that <sn="2388">holdeth</s><sn="5973">with</s> me <sn="5921">in</s> these <sn="428">things</s>, <sn="3588 518">but</s><sn="4317">Michael</s> your <sn="8269">prince</s>. </v>