Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsNow among these were, of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
Among these young men were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
And there are among them out of the sons of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
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