Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Now God made Daniel to find kindness and compassion in the sight of the prince of the eunuchs.
WEB
Now God had granted Daniel favor and compassion from the chief official,
YLT
And God giveth Daniel for kindness and for mercies before the chief of the eunuchs;
DBT
AndGod granted Daniel favour and mercy before the prince of the eunuchs.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentDaniel — A Hebrew exile at Babylonian and Persian courts sees empires rise and fall, a Son of Man coming with clouds, and seventy weeks locating Messiah in time. The canon's densest apocalyptic text — and its most interpretively contested.
- Author
- Daniel (traditional — Jesus cites ‘Daniel the prophet’ in Matt 24:15); critical scholarship dates composition to the 2nd c. BC Maccabean period (§7.9 — both surfaced)
- Date
- Traditional: 6th c. BC. Critical: c. 165 BC. Site default: traditional; critical view surfaced at depth 2