Daniel (Greek)

World English Bible (Catholic)

Daniel (Greek) has 14 chapters. Read Daniel (Greek) in the World English Bible (Catholic), chapter by chapter, free and without an account.

Greek Daniel includes the court stories and visions of Daniel together with the Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three, Susanna, and Bel and the Dragon. The added material develops themes of worship under pressure, unjust accusation, discernment, and divine deliverance. This overview follows the fourteen-chapter Catholic arrangement; the site’s Orthodox edition prints the final stories separately.

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Daniel (Greek) is the longer Greek form found in the Septuagint, received in Catholic and Orthodox Bibles. Protestant Bibles and the Jewish Tanakh keep the shorter Hebrew text. See it on the shelf.

Daniel and his three companions choose bowls of vegetables and water beside an untouched Babylonian royal feast
Daniel (Greek) 1
Daniel stands before Nebuchadnezzar as a many-metaled statue, an approaching stone, and a distant mountain fill the vision
Daniel (Greek) 2
Nebuchadnezzar watches three Judean men and a luminous fourth figure walk unharmed inside the fiery furnace
Daniel (Greek) 3
A humbled Nebuchadnezzar lifts his eyes at dawn beside the banded stump of the great tree from his dream
Daniel (Greek) 4
Belshazzar and his nobles recoil from radiance on a blank palace wall as Daniel stands beside uneven balance scales
Daniel (Greek) 5
Daniel stands unharmed among resting lions as King Darius looks into the opened den at dawn
Daniel (Greek) 6
Daniel watches four symbolic beasts emerge from a stormy sea before a radiant heavenly court with opened books
Daniel (Greek) 7
Daniel and a luminous messenger watch a two-horned ram confront a swift horned goat above the Ulai river
Daniel (Greek) 8
Daniel kneels in confession before ruined Jerusalem as a softly luminous messenger approaches at evening
Daniel (Greek) 9
A radiant linen-clad messenger lifts and strengthens a weakened Daniel beside the Tigris while his companions flee
Daniel (Greek) 10
Rival northern and southern kings confer across a treaty table while armies gather and faithful teachers instruct a small community
Daniel (Greek) 11
Daniel seals a scroll beside the river as people rise into dawn light and wise teachers shine beneath the stars
Daniel (Greek) 12
Young Daniel questions two elderly judges as Susanna and the gathered assembly await the truth
Daniel (Greek) 13
Daniel shows the king footprints in the ash leading to a hidden entrance beneath Bel's offering table
Daniel (Greek) 14