Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.
WEB
Therefore King Darius signed the written decree.
YLT
Therefore king Darius hath signed the writing and interdict.
DBT
Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
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