KJV King James Version
In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
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Daniel 9:2
In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.
WEB World English Bible
in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years about which the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy years.
ASV American Standard Version
in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years whereof the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy years.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, have understood by books the number of the years, (in that a word of Jehovah hath been unto Jeremiah the prophet,) concerning the fulfilling of the wastes of Jerusalem—seventy years;
Surrounding context — Daniel 9
1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;
2 In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
4 And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
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בִּשְׁנַ֤תH8141 · sha.nehyearאַחַת֙H259 · e.chadoneלְמָלְכ֔וֹH4427 · ma.lakhto reignאֲנִי֙H589 · a.niIדָּֽנִיֵּ֔אלH1840 · da.niy.yelDanielבִּינֹ֖תִיH995 · binto understandבַּסְּפָרִ֑יםH5612 · se.pherscroll: documentמִסְפַּ֣רH4557 · mis.parnumberהַשָּׁנִ֗יםH8141 · sha.nehyearאֲשֶׁ֨רH834 · a.sherwhichהָיָ֤הH1961 · ha.yahto beדְבַר־H1697 · da.varwordיְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)יִרְמִיָ֣הH3414 · yir.me.yahJeremiahהַנָּבִ֔יאH5030 · na.viprophetלְמַלֹּ֛אותH4390 · ma.leto fillלְחָרְב֥וֹתH2723 · chor.bahdesolationיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemשִׁבְעִ֥יםH7657 · shiv.imseventyשָׁנָֽה׃H8141 · sha.nehyear
Cross-references
Jeremiah 29:10For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.Jeremiah 25:11-12And this whole land shall be a desolation, [and] an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.2 Chronicles 36:21To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: [for] as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.Zechariah 7:5Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh [month], even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, [even] to me?Revelation 1:3Blessed [is] he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time [is] at hand.2 Peter 1:19-21We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:Ezra 1:1Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying,Micah 3:12Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed [as] a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.Isaiah 64:10Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.Jeremiah 7:34Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.Jeremiah 25:18[To wit], Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as [it is] this day;Isaiah 6:11-12Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,Isaiah 24:10-12The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.2 Timothy 3:15-17And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.Lamentations 1:1How doth the city sit solitary, [that was] full of people! [how] is she become as a widow! she [that was] great among the nations, [and] princess among the provinces, [how] is she become tributary!Psalm 79:1-2A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.Jeremiah 27:7And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.Jeremiah 26:6Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
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