Quotes from Daniel

19 notable lines from Daniel · c. 165 BCE

And this is the writing that was written, Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin.

The writing on the wall at Belshazzar's feast, Daniel 5:25 (KJV)

Quotations follow the King James Version translation (Oxford University Press, 1611) — our recommended edition.

  1. Tekel; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

    The interpretation of the writing on the wall, Daniel 5:27 (KJV)

  2. I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days.

    Daniel's vision, Daniel 7:13 (KJV)

  3. His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.

    Daniel interprets Nebuchadnezzar's dream of the great image, Daniel 2:33 (KJV)

  4. My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me.

    Daniel after the night in the den, Daniel 6:22 (KJV)

  5. I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool.

    Daniel's vision, Daniel 7:9 (KJV)

  6. Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.

    Nebuchadnezzar sees the fourth figure in the furnace, Daniel 3:25 (KJV)

  7. Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods.

    Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego defy Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel 3:17-18 (KJV)

  8. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

    The sealing of the prophecy, Daniel 12:4 (KJV)

  9. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

    Daniel 12:3 (KJV)

  10. In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace.

    The hand at Belshazzar's feast, Daniel 5:5 (KJV)

  11. Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.

    Daniel interprets the dream, Daniel 2:34 (KJV)

  12. And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed.

    Daniel interprets the dream, Daniel 2:44 (KJV)

  13. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

    Daniel's vision of the Son of man, Daniel 7:14 (KJV)

  14. And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

    Daniel 12:2 (KJV)

  15. There is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days.

    Daniel before the king, Daniel 2:28 (KJV)

  16. The most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.

    The decree of the watchers, Daniel 4:17 (KJV)

  17. He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

    Daniel's prayer of thanksgiving, Daniel 2:22 (KJV)

  18. Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank.

    Daniel in Babylon, Daniel 1:8 (KJV)