The Prophecy of Daniel 9:2 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood by books the number of the years, concerning which the word of the Lord came to Jeremias the prophet, that seventy years should be accomplished of the desolation of Jerusalem. Good News Bible (Catholic edition in Septuagint order) In the first year of his reign, I was studying the sacred books and thinking about the seventy years that Jerusalem would be in ruins, according to what the LORD had told the prophet Jeremiah. World English Bible British Edition in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years about which the Lord’s word came to Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy years. |