Daniel 9:1-3
English Standard Version
Daniel's Prayer for His People
9 (A)In the first year of (B)Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a (C)Mede, who was made king over the realm of the (D)Chaldeans— 2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to (E)the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years.
3 Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by (F)prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
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Daniel 9:1-3
New King James Version
Daniel’s Prayer for the People
9 In the first year (A)of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the lineage of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans— 2 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 (B)Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
3 (C)Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
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Chinese Union Version (Traditional)
9 瑪 代 族 亞 哈 隨 魯 的 兒 子 大 利 烏 立 為 迦 勒 底 國 的 王 元 年 ，
2 就 是 他 在 位 第 一 年 ， 我 但 以 理 從 書 上 得 知 耶 和 華 的 話 臨 到 先 知 耶 利 米 ， 論 耶 路 撒 冷 荒 涼 的 年 數 ， 七 十 年 為 滿 。
3 我 便 禁 食 ， 披 麻 蒙 灰 ， 定 意 向 主 神 祈 禱 懇 求 。
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