Then the astrologers answered the king, “May the king live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will interpret it.”

“In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.

They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “May the king live forever!

At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever. His dominion is an eternal dominion; his kingdom endures from generation to generation.

The queen, hearing the voices of the king and his nobles, came into the banquet hall. “May the king live forever!” she said. “Don’t be alarmed! Don’t look so pale!

So these administrators and satraps went as a group to the king and said: “May King Darius live forever!

Daniel answered, “May the king live forever!

“I issue a decree that in every part of my kingdom people must fear and reverence the God of Daniel. “For he is the living God and he endures forever; his kingdom will not be destroyed, his dominion will never end.

But the holy people of the Most High will receive the kingdom and will possess it forever—yes, for ever and ever.’

“‘But the court will sit, and his power will be taken away and completely destroyed forever.

The man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, lifted his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, times and half a time. When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed.”