Daniel 8:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² Because of wickedness, the host was given over to it together with the regular burnt offering; it cast truth to the ground and kept prospering in what it did.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And the host [the chosen people] was given [to the wicked horn] together with the continual burnt offering because of the transgression [of God's people–their abounding irreverence, ungodliness, and lack of piety]. And righteousness and truth were cast down to the ground, and it [the wicked horn] accomplished this [by divine permission] and prospered.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And the host was given over to it together with the continual burnt-offering through transgression; and it cast down truth to the ground, and it did its pleasure and prospered.

Common English Bible

¹² In an act of rebellion, another force will take control of the daily sacrifice. It will throw truth to the ground and will succeed in everything it does.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And the advantage was given to him against the continual sacrifice, because of the sins, and truth will be struck down to the ground, and he will act, and he will prosper.

Daniel 8:12 Cross References

Jeremiah 12:1

You will be in the right, O Lord, when I lay charges against you, but let me put my case to you. Why does the way of the guilty prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?

Isaiah 59:14

Justice is turned back, and deliverance stands at a distance, for truth stumbles in the public square, and uprightness cannot enter.

Revelation 13:7

Also, it was allowed to wage war on the saints and to conquer them. It was given authority over every tribe and people and language and nation,

Daniel 11:28

He shall return to his land with great wealth, but his heart shall be set against the holy covenant. He shall work his will and return to his own land.

Daniel 8:4

I saw the ram charging westward and northward and southward. All beasts were powerless to withstand it, and no one could rescue from its power; it did as it pleased and became strong.

Psalm 119:142

Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is the truth.

Psalm 119:43

Do not take the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for my hope is in your ordinances.

Job 12:6

The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their hands.

1 Samuel 23:9

When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to the priest Abiathar, “Bring the ephod here.”

Psalm 28:5

Because they do not regard the works of the Lord or the work of his hands, he will break them down and build them up no more.

Daniel 7:21

As I looked, that horn made war with the holy ones and was prevailing over them,