Daniel 9:2 
Context| NET © | in the first year of his reign 1 I, Daniel, came to understand from the sacred books 2 that, according to the word of the LORD 3 disclosed to the prophet Jeremiah, the years for the fulfilling of the desolation of Jerusalem 4 were seventy in number. |
| NIV © | in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the LORD given to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years. |
| NASB © | in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, observed in the books the number of the years which was revealed as the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet for the completion of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years. |
| NLT © | During the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, was studying the writings of the prophets. I learned from the word of the LORD, as recorded by Jeremiah the prophet, that Jerusalem must lie desolate for seventy years. |
| MSG © | In the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, was meditating on the Scriptures that gave, according to the Word of GOD to the prophet Jeremiah, the number of years that Jerusalem had to lie in ruins, namely, seventy. |
| BBE © | In the first year of his rule, I, Daniel, saw clearly from the books the number of years given by the word of the Lord to the prophet Jeremiah, in which the making waste of Jerusalem was to be complete, that is, seventy years. |
| NRSV © | in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to the word of the LORD to the prophet Jeremiah, must be fulfilled for the devastation of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years. |
| NKJV © | in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years specified by the word of the LORD through Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. |
| KJV | |
| NASB © | in the first <0259> year <08141> of his reign <04427> , I, Daniel <01840> , observed <0995> in the books <05612> the number <04557> of the years <08141> which <0834> was revealed as the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> to Jeremiah <03414> the prophet <05030> for the completion <04390> of the desolations <02723> of Jerusalem <03389> , namely, seventy <07657> years .<08141> |
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| LXXM | |
| NET © [draft] ITL | in the first <0259> year <08141> of his reign <04427> I <0589> , Daniel <01840> , came to understand <0995> from the sacred books <05612> that <0834> , according to the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> disclosed <01961> to <0413> the prophet <05030> Jeremiah <03414> , the years <08141> for the fulfilling <04390> of the desolation <02723> of Jerusalem <03389> were seventy <07657> in number .<04557> |
| NET © | in the first year of his reign 1 I, Daniel, came to understand from the sacred books 2 that, according to the word of the LORD 3 disclosed to the prophet Jeremiah, the years for the fulfilling of the desolation of Jerusalem 4 were seventy in number. |
| NET © Notes |
1 tc This phrase, repeated from v. 1, is absent in Theodotion. 2 tn The Hebrew text has “books”; the word “sacred” has been added in the translation to clarify that it is Scriptures that are referred to. 3 sn The tetragrammaton (the four Hebrew letters which constitute the divine Name, YHWH) appears eight times in this chapter, and nowhere else in the book of Daniel. 4 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4. |
