This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsthis is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which is come upon my lord the king:
This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree that the Most High has issued against my lord the king:
`This is the interpretation, O king, and the decree of the Most High it is that hath come against my lord the king:
this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which cometh upon my lord the king:
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