Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.
WEB
“And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up to strengthen and protect him.
YLT
`And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, my standing is for a strengthener, and for a stronghold to him;
DBT
And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
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