Original Douay-Rheims 1582–1610 First English Vulgate Translation
Douay-Rheims Challoner 1752 Douay-Rheims Revision
1 But in that time shall rise up Michael the great prince, who standeth for the children of thy people: and a time shall come such as hath not been from the time since nations began even until that time. And in that time shall thy people be saved, every one that shall be found written in the book.
1 But ¹at that time shall Michael rise up, the great prince, who standeth for the children of thy people: and a time shall come, such as never was from the time that nations began, even until that time. And at that time shall thy people be saved, everyone that shall be found written in the book.
2 And many of those, that sleep in the dust of the earth, shall awake: some unto life everlasting, & others unto reproach to see it always.
2 And many of those that sleep in the dust of the earth, shall awake: ²some unto life everlasting, and others unto reproach, to see it always.
3 But they that be learned shall shine as the brightness of the firmament: and they that instruct many to justice, as stars unto perpetual eternities.
3 But they that are learned, ³shall shine as the brightness of the firmament: and they that instruct many to justice, as stars for all eternity.
4 But thou Daniel shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time appointed: very many shall pass over, and there shall be manifest knowledge.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time appointed: many shall pass over, and knowledge shall be manifold.
5 And I Daniel saw, and behold there stood as it were two others: one on this side upon the bank of the river, and another on that side, on the other bank of the river.
5 And I, Daniel, looked, and beheld as it were two others stood: one on this side upon the bank of the river, and another on that side, on the other bank of the river.
6 And I said to the man, that was clothed with linen garments, that stood upon the waters of the river: How long the end of these marvels?
6 And I said to the man that was clothed in linen, that stood upon the waters of the river: How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
7 And I heard the man, that was clothed with the linen garments, that stood upon the waters of the river, when he had lifted up his right hand, & his left hand unto heaven, and had sworn by him that liveth for ever, that unto a time, & times, & the half of a time. And when the dispersion of the hand of the holy people shall be accomplished, all these things shall be accomplished.
7 And I heard the man that was clothed in linen, that stood upon the waters of the river, ⁴when he had lifted up his right hand, and his left hand to heaven, and had sworn by him that liveth forever, that it should be unto a time and times and half a time. And when the scattering of the band of the holy people shall be accomplished, all these things shall be finished.
8 And I heard, & understood not. And I said: My Lord, what shall be after these things?
8 And I heard, and understood not. And I said: O my lord, what shall be after these things?
9 And he said: Go Daniel, because the words are shut up, and sealed until the prefixed time.
9 And he said: Go, Daniel, because the words are shut up, and sealed until the appointed time.
10 Many shall be chosen, and made white, & shall be tried as fire: and the impious shall do impiously, neither shall all the impious understand, but the learned shall understand.
10 Many shall be chosen, and made white, and shall be tried as fire: and the wicked shall deal wickedly, and none of the wicked shall understand, but the learned shall understand.
11 And from the time when the continual sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination to desolation shall be set up, a thousand two hundred ninety days.
11 And from the time when the continual sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination unto desolation shall be set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred ninety days.
12 Blessed is he that expecteth, and cometh unto days a thousand three hundred thirty five.
12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh unto a thousand three hundred thirty-five days.
13 But thou go, until the time prefixed: and thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot unto the end of the days.
13 But go thou thy ways until the time appointed: and thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot unto the end of the days.