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Book of Daniel, Chapter 9

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Chapter 9 of Daniel—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ In the first year of Da·riʹus1 the son of A·has·u·eʹrus[a] of the seed of the Medes,2 who had been made king over the kingdom of the Chal·deʹans;3
  2. in the first year of his reigning I myself, Daniel, discerned by the books the number of the years concerning which the word of Jehovah[b] had occurred to Jeremiah the prophet,4 for fulfilling the devastations of Jerusalem,5 [namely,] seventy years.6
  3. And I proceeded to set my face7 to Jehovah[c] the [true] God,[d] in order to seek [him] with prayer8 and with entreaties, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.9
  4. And I began to pray to Jehovah my God and to make confession and to say:10
    ¶ “Ah Jehovah[e] the [true] God,[f] the great One11 and the fear-inspiring One, keeping the covenant12 and the loving-kindness[g]13 to those loving him and to those keeping his commandments,14
  5. we have sinned15 and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled;16 and there has been a turning aside from your commandments and from your judicial decisions.17
  6. And we have not listened to your servants the prophets,18 who have spoken in your name to our kings, our princes and our forefathers and to all the people of the land.[h]19
  7. To you, O Jehovah,[i] there belongs the righteousness, but to us the shame of face as at this day,20 to the men[j] of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to all those of Israel, those nearby and those far away in all the lands to which you dispersed them because of their unfaithfulness with which they acted against you.21
  8. ¶ “O Jehovah,[k] to us belongs the shame of face, to our kings, to our princes and to our forefathers, because we have sinned against you.22
  9. To Jehovah[l] our God[m] belong the mercies23 and the acts of forgiveness,24 for we have rebelled against him.25
  10. And we have not obeyed[n] the voice of Jehovah our God by walking in his laws that he set before us by the hand of his servants the prophets.26
  11. And all those of Israel have overstepped your law, and there has been a turning aside by not obeying your voice,27 so that you poured out upon us the curse and the sworn oath28 that is written in the law of Moses the servant of the [true] God, for we have sinned against Him.[o]
  12. And he proceeded to carry out his words that he had spoken against us29 and against our judges who judged us,30 by bringing upon us great calamity, such as was not done under the whole heavens as what has been done in Jerusalem.31
  13. Just as it is written in the law of Moses,32 all this calamity—it has come upon us,33 and we have not softened the face of Jehovah our God[p] by turning back from our error34 and by showing insight into your trueness.35
  14. ¶ “And Jehovah kept alert to the calamity and finally brought it upon us,36 for Jehovah our God is righteous in all his works that he has done; and we have not obeyed[q] his voice.37
  15. ¶ “And now, O Jehovah[r] our God, you who brought your people out from the land of Egypt by a strong hand38 and proceeded to make a name for yourself as at this day,39 we have sinned,40 we have acted wickedly.
  16. O Jehovah,[s] according to all your acts of righteousness,41 please, may your anger and your rage turn back from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain;42 for, because of our sins and because of the errors of our forefathers,43 Jerusalem and your people are an object of reproach to all those round about us.44
  17. And now listen, O our God,[t] to the prayer of your servant and to his entreaties, and cause your face to shine45 upon your sanctuary that is desolated,46 for the sake of Jehovah.[u]
  18. Incline your ear, O my God, and hear.47 Do open your eyes and see our desolated conditions and the city that has been called by your name;[v]48 for not according to our righteous acts are we letting our entreaties fall before you,49 but according to your many mercies.50
  19. O Jehovah,[w] do hear.51 O Jehovah,[x] do forgive.52 O Jehovah,[y] do pay attention and act.53 Do not delay,54 for your own sake, O my God, for your own name has been called upon your city and upon your people.”55
  20. ¶ While I was yet speaking and praying and confessing my sin56 and the sin of my people Israel57 and letting my request for favor fall before Jehovah my God concerning the holy mountain58 of my God,
  21. and [while] I was yet speaking in the prayer, why, the man[z] Gaʹbri·el,[aa]59 whom I had seen in the vision at the start,60 having been made weary with tiredness,[ab] was arriving by me at the time of the evening gift offering.61
  22. And he proceeded to impart understanding and speak with me and say:
    ¶ “O Daniel, now I have come forth to make you have insight with understanding.62
  23. At the start of your entreaties a word went forth, and I myself have come to make report, because you are someone very desirable.63 So give consideration64 to the matter, and have understanding in the thing seen.
  24. ¶ “There are seventy weeks[ac] that have been determined[ad] upon your people65 and upon your holy city,66 in order to terminate the transgression,67 and to finish off sin,68 and to make atonement[ae] for error,69 and to bring in righteousness for times indefinite,70 and to imprint a seal71 upon[af] vision and prophet,[ag] and to anoint the Holy of Holies.[ah]72
  25. And you should know and have the insight [that] from the going forth of [the] word73 to restore and to rebuild Jerusalem74 until Mes·siʹah[ai]75 [the] Leader,76 there will be seven weeks, also sixty-two weeks.77 She will return and be actually rebuilt, with a public square and moat, but in the straits of the times.
  26. ¶ “And after the sixty-two weeks Mes·siʹah[aj] will be cut off,78 with nothing[ak] for himself.79
    ¶ “And the city and the holy place80 the people of a leader that is coming will bring to their ruin.81 And the end of it[al] will be by the flood. And until [the] end there will be war; what is decided upon is desolations.82
  27. ¶ “And he must keep [the] covenant83 in force[am] for the many[an] for one week;84 and at the half of the week he will cause sacrifice and gift offering to cease.85
    ¶ “And upon the wing[ao] of disgusting things there will be the one causing desolation;86 and until an extermination, the very thing decided upon will go pouring out[ap] also upon the one lying desolate.”[aq]87

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “Ahasuerus,” MLXXBagsterSyVg; LXX, “Xerxes.”
  2. ^ “Jehovah.” Heb., Yehwahʹ; Gr., tei gei, “to the earth.” In a brief communication published in Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 40, 1921, p. 86, James A. Montgomery wrote “that τῃ γῃ [tei gei] is a survival of the presence of the Hebrew Tetragrammaton, i. e. ΤΗΓΗ = ΓΙΓΙ, the patristic tradition for the transliteration of יהוה. The variation has been obtained probably by a reallocation of the upright lines . . . . In the form ΤΗΓΗ the transliteration made some kind of sense and so has been preserved.”
  3. ^ One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
  4. ^ “The [true] God.” Heb., ha·ʼElo·himʹ, the definite article ha, “the,” preceding ʼElo·himʹ for emphasis; Gr., The·onʹ; Lat., Deʹum. See App 1F.
  5. ^ See vs 3 ftn, “Jehovah.”
  6. ^ “The [true] God.” Heb., ha·ʼElʹ; Gr., ho The·osʹ; Lat., Deʹus. See App 1G.
  7. ^ Or, “and the loyal love.” Heb., weha·cheʹsedh.
  8. ^ See Eze 7:27 ftn.
  9. ^ See vs 3 ftn, “Jehovah.”
  10. ^ Or, “to each one.” Heb., leʼishʹ.
  11. ^ “Jehovah,” Leningrad B 19A.
  12. ^ See vs 3 ftn, “Jehovah.”
  13. ^ “Our God.” Heb., ʼElo·hehʹnu, pl.
  14. ^ Or, “listened to.”
  15. ^ “Him,” MLXXSyVg; many Heb. mss, “you.”
  16. ^ See vs 9 ftn, “God.”
  17. ^ Or, “listened to.”
  18. ^ See vs 3 ftn, “Jehovah.”
  19. ^ See vs 3 ftn, “Jehovah.”
  20. ^ See vs 9 ftn, “God.”
  21. ^ See vs 3 ftn, “Jehovah.”
  22. ^ Lit., “upon which your name has been called.”
  23. ^ See vs 3 ftn, “Jehovah.”
  24. ^ See vs 3 ftn, “Jehovah.”
  25. ^ See vs 3 ftn, “Jehovah.”
  26. ^ “Why, the man.” Heb., weha·ʼishʹ; Gr., kai i·douʹ ho a·nerʹ; Lat., ecʹce vir.
  27. ^ See 8:16 ftn, “Gabriel.”
  28. ^ According to M; LXX, “being borne along speedily”; Vg, “flying speedily.”
  29. ^ “Seventy weeks.” Heb., sha·vu·ʽimʹ shiv·ʽimʹ; that is, 70 weeks of years totaling 490 years. “Week of years” is mentioned in the Jewish Mishnah in Baba Metzia 9,x and in Sanhedrin 5,i. See H. Danby’s English translation of the Mishnah, 1950 ed., pp. 363, 388. Compare Le 25:8 ftns.
  30. ^ Or, “have been decided (decreed).” Lit., “have been severed (cut off).” Heb., nech·takhʹ.
  31. ^ Or, “and to make propitiation.” Heb., u·lekhap·perʹ.
  32. ^ Or, “and to confirm”; or, “and to give authority to.” Lit., “and to seal.” Heb., welach·tomʹ.
  33. ^ “Prophet,” that is, the prophecy.
  34. ^ Or, “the Most Holy.” Heb., Qoʹdhesh Qo·dha·shimʹ. Compare Nu 18:10; 1Ki (6:16; 7:50; 8:6).
  35. ^ Or, “Anointed One.” Heb., Ma·shiʹach; LXXBagster(Gr.), Khri·stouʹ; Syr., Meshi·chaʼ, “the Messiah”; Lat., Chriʹstum.
  36. ^ See vs 25 ftn.
  37. ^ Or, “no one.”
  38. ^ Or, “him,” masc.; not referring to the “city,” fem.
  39. ^ Lit., “And must make mighty a covenant.”
  40. ^ Or, “for the grand ones.” Heb., la·rab·bimʹ; LXXBagster(Gr.), pol·loisʹ; Lat., mulʹtis.
  41. ^ Or, “extremity.” Heb., kenaphʹ.
  42. ^ Or, “be poured out.”
  43. ^ Possibly, “the one causing desolation.” Heb., sho·memʹ, a participle developed from the poʹʽel form of participle, mesho·memʹ, “the one causing desolation,” found earlier in this vs. See 8:13 ftn.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Da 5:31; 6:1, 28
  2. ^ Da 11:1
  3. ^ Da 5:28, 30
  4. ^ 2Ch 36:21; Ezr 1:1; Je 27:7; Zc 1:12
  5. ^ Ps 79:1; Is 64:10; Je 7:34; La 1:1
  6. ^ Je 25:11; 29:10; Zc 7:5
  7. ^ 2Co 1:11
  8. ^ Pr 15:8, 29; Je 33:3
  9. ^ Ezr 8:21; Es 4:3; Ps 35:13; 69:10; Eze 27:31
  10. ^ 1Ki 8:47
  11. ^ Ne 1:5
  12. ^ De 7:9
  13. ^ Ex 34:6; Ps 40:11
  14. ^ De 5:10
  15. ^ Ezr 9:6; Ps 106:6
  16. ^ Ne 9:26, 33
  17. ^ Je 3:25
  18. ^ 2Ki 17:14; 2Ch 36:16; Je 7:13; 29:19; 44:5
  19. ^ Ezr 9:7; Ne 9:32
  20. ^ Ps 44:15; Je 2:26; 3:25
  21. ^ Le 26:33; De 4:27; 28:41; 2Ki 17:6; Is 11:11
  22. ^ Ps 106:6; Je 14:20; La 3:42
  23. ^ Ex 34:6; Ne 9:17
  24. ^ Nu 14:18; Ps 86:5
  25. ^ Ne 9:26
  26. ^ 2Ki 17:13; Ezr 9:10
  27. ^ Is 1:4; Je 8:10
  28. ^ De 28:15; 31:17
  29. ^ La 2:17
  30. ^ Ho 7:7
  31. ^ Je 1:14; 39:8
  32. ^ Le 26:16; De 28:15
  33. ^ La 1:1
  34. ^ Is 9:13; 64:7; Je 2:30; 5:3
  35. ^ Ps 25:10; 117:2
  36. ^ Je 44:2
  37. ^ Ne 9:33
  38. ^ Ex 6:1; 32:11
  39. ^ Ex 9:16; Ne 9:10; Ps 106:8
  40. ^ Da 9:5
  41. ^ Ps 9:8; 31:1; 89:14; Is 26:9
  42. ^ Ps 48:2; Is 66:20; Jl 3:17
  43. ^ Le 26:39; Ps 106:6
  44. ^ 1Ki 9:7; Ps 79:4; Je 24:9
  45. ^ Nu 6:25; Ps 4:6; 67:1
  46. ^ Is 64:10; La 5:18
  47. ^ 1Ki 8:29; Ps 17:6
  48. ^ Je 7:10; 25:29
  49. ^ Is 64:6; Je 14:7
  50. ^ De 13:17; Ps 25:6; 102:13; Is 54:7
  51. ^ 1Ki 8:30
  52. ^ Nu 14:19
  53. ^ 2Ch 6:21
  54. ^ Ps 79:8
  55. ^ Is 63:19; Je 14:9
  56. ^ Ps 32:5; Ec 7:20
  57. ^ Is 6:5
  58. ^ Ps 87:1; Is 56:7; Zc 8:3
  59. ^ Da 8:16; Lu 1:19
  60. ^ Da 8:1
  61. ^ 1Ki 18:36; Ezr 9:5
  62. ^ Da 8:15
  63. ^ Da 10:11, 19
  64. ^ Pr 2:3
  65. ^ Ex 33:16
  66. ^ Ne 11:1; Ps 87:3; Is 52:1
  67. ^ Is 61:1
  68. ^ Je 31:34; Lu 1:77; Ro 6:18; Heb 9:26
  69. ^ Ro 3:25; 2Co 5:19; 1Jo 2:2; 4:10
  70. ^ Is 53:11; 61:11; Ro 1:17
  71. ^ Jn 3:33; 2Co 1:20
  72. ^ Heb 9:7, 24
  73. ^ Ne 2:5
  74. ^ Ne 6:15
  75. ^ 1Sa 2:10; Ps 2:2; Lu 17:21; Jn 1:41
  76. ^ 1Ch 5:2; Is 55:4; Da 11:22; Mt 23:10; Jn 1:49
  77. ^ Lu 3:1
  78. ^ Ps 22:15; Is 53:8, 12; Mt 26:2; Lu 24:26; 1Co 15:3
  79. ^ Mr 9:12
  80. ^ Mt 24:15
  81. ^ Lu 19:43; 21:20
  82. ^ Mt 24:7; Lu 21:22, 24
  83. ^ Ge 15:18; 17:7; Lu 1:55
  84. ^ Mt 3:9; 10:6; 15:24; Jn 19:15
  85. ^ Mt 27:51; 2Co 5:17; Heb 9:12; 10:10
  86. ^ Mr 13:14
  87. ^ Da 7:7, 23; Lu 21:20

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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