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In the first
year of
Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.
In the first
year of the reign of
Belshazzar over Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he lay on his bed. He wrote down the dream, and this is the summary of his account.
In the third
year of the reign of king
Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first.
In the third
year of the reign of King
Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, subsequent to the one that had appeared to me earlier.
Yea, he
magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
It
magnified itself, even to the Prince of the host; it removed His daily sacrifice and overthrew the place of His sanctuary.
In the first
year of
Darius the son of
Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;
In the first
year of
Darius son of
Xerxes, a
Mede by descent, who was made ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—
In the first
year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the
years,
whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would
accomplish seventy
years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
in the first
year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the
desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy
years.
Yea, all Israel have
transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the
curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have
sinned against him.
All Israel has
transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the
curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have
sinned against You.
Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man
Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening
oblation.
while I was still praying,
Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.
In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar. The message was true, and it concerned a great conflict. And the understanding of the message was given to him in a vision.
And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.
“Do not be afraid, you who are highly precious,” he said. “Peace be with you! Be strong now; be very strong!” As he spoke with me, I was strengthened and said, “Speak, my lord, for you have strengthened me.”
And in the end of
years they shall join themselves together; for the king’s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that
begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.
After some
years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. But his daughter will not retain her position of power, nor will his strength
endure. At that time she will be given up, along with her royal
escort and her father and the one who supported her.
And shall also carry
captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more
years than the king of the north.
He will take even their gods
captive to Egypt, with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold. For some
years he will stay away from the king of the North,
For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches.
For the king of the North will raise another army, larger than the first, and after some years he will advance with a great army and many supplies.
And with the arms of a flood shall they be
overflown from before him, and shall be broken;
yea, also the prince of the covenant.
Then a flood of forces will be swept away before him and destroyed, along with a prince of the covenant.
He shall enter
peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall
scatter among them the prey, and
spoil, and riches:
yea, and he shall
forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
In a time of peace, he will
invade the richest provinces and do what his fathers and forefathers never did. He will
lavish plunder,
loot, and wealth on his followers, and he will plot against the strongholds—but only for a time.
Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.
Those who eat from his provisions will seek to destroy him; his army will be swept away, and many will fall slain.
And I will
betroth thee unto me for ever;
yea, I will
betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in
mercies.
Therefore shall the land
mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall
languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven;
yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.
Strangers have
devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not:
yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
Foreigners
consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is
streaked with gray, but he does not know.
Yea, though they have
hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.
Though they
hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes.
Though they bring up their children, yet will I
bereave them, that there shall not be a man left:
yea,
woe also to them when I depart from them!
Even if they raise their children, I will
bereave them of each one.
Yes,
woe be to them when I turn away from them!
Ephraim is
smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit:
yea, though they bring forth, yet will I
slay even the beloved fruit of their
womb.
Ephraim is struck down; their root is
withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will
slay the darlings of their wombs.
Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he
wept, and made
supplication unto him: he found him in
Bethel, and there he spake with us;
Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he
wept and sought His favor; he found Him at
Bethel and spoke with Him there—
Is there iniquity in
Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in
Gilgal;
yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
Is there iniquity in
Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in
Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
Is not the meat cut off before our eyes,
yea, joy and
gladness from the house of our God?
Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes— joy and
gladness from the house of our God?
How do the beasts
groan! the herds of cattle are
perplexed, because they have no pasture;
yea, the flocks of sheep are made
desolate.
How the cattle
groan! The herds
wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
A day of darkness and of
gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the
years of many generations.
a day of darkness and
gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the
dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.
A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of
Eden before them, and behind them a
desolate wilderness;
yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of
Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland— surely nothing will escape them.
Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied
therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:
And the LORD answered His people: “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and by them you will be satisfied. I will never again make you a reproach among the nations.
And I will restore to you the
years that the
locust hath eaten, the
cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the
palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye
recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre,
Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a
recompense? If you
retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your
recompense upon your heads.
The words of
Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of
Jeroboam the son of
Joash king of Israel, two
years before the
earthquake.
These are the words of
Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two
years before the
earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and
Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.
Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.
Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
That we may
buy the poor for silver, and the
needy for a pair of
shoes;
yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
Let us
buy the poor with silver and the
needy for a pair of
sandals, selling even the
chaff with the wheat!”
Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their
calamity;
yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their
affliction in the day of their
calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their
calamity;
For as ye have
drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually,
yea, they shall drink, and they shall
swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.
For as you
drank on My holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. They will drink and
gulp it down; they will be as if they had never existed.
But let man and beast be covered with
sackcloth, and cry
mightily unto God:
yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with
sackcloth, and have
everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.
Then shall the seers be
ashamed, and the diviners confounded:
yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
Then the seers will be
ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.”
Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with
calves of a
year old?
With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with
year-old
calves?
The mountains
quake at him, and the hills
melt, and the earth is burned at his presence,
yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
The mountains
quake before Him, and the hills
melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.
Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as
hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an
arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his
appetite like
Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.
O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in
awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these
years; make them known in these
years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!
Gather
yourselves together,
yea, gather together, O nation not desired;
Gather
yourselves, gather together, O shameful nation,
In the second
year of
Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by
Haggai the prophet unto
Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
In the second
year of the reign of
Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through
Haggai the prophet to
Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating
In the four and
twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second
year of
Darius the king.
on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second
year of King
Darius.
In the four and
twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second
year of
Darius, came the word of the LORD by
Haggai the prophet, saying,
On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second
year of
Darius, the word of the LORD came to
Haggai the prophet, saying,
Is the seed yet in the
barn?
yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the
pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I
bless you.
Is there still seed in the
barn? The vine, the fig, the
pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will
bless you.”
In the eighth month, in the second
year of
Darius, came the word of the LORD unto
Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of
Iddo the prophet, saying,
In the eighth month of the second
year of
Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet
Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of
Iddo, saying:
Upon the four and
twentieth day of the
eleventh month, which is the month
Sebat, in the second
year of
Darius, came the word of the LORD unto
Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of
Iddo the prophet, saying,
On the twenty-fourth day of the
eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second
year of
Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet
Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of
Iddo.
Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long
wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had
indignation these
threescore and ten
years?
Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You
withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been
angry these seventy
years?”
And it came to pass in the fourth
year of king
Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto
Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in
Chisleu;
In the fourth
year of King
Darius, the word of the LORD came to
Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.
And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I
weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many
years?
by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I
weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many
years?”
Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and
mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy
years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and
mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy
years, was it really for Me that you fasted?
Yea, they made their hearts as an
adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.
They made their hearts like flint and would not
listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.
Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.
And many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to
plead before the LORD.”
And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall
rejoice as through wine:
yea, their children shall see it, and be
glad; their heart shall
rejoice in the LORD.
Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their hearts will be
glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will
rejoice in the LORD.
And ye shall
flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal:
yea, ye shall
flee, like as ye fled from before the
earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
You will
flee by My mountain valley, for it will extend to Azal. You will
flee as you fled from the
earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with Him.
And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up
year after
year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to
celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be
holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and
seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the
Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.
Indeed, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the LORD of Hosts, and all who sacrifice will come and take some pots and
cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a
Canaanite in the house of the LORD of Hosts.
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a
curse upon you, and I will
curse your blessings:
yea, I have
cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
If you do not
listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a
curse among you, and I will
curse your blessings.
Yes, I have already begun to
curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.
Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD, as in days of old and years gone by.
And now we call the proud happy;
yea, they that work wickedness are set up;
yea, they that
tempt God are even delivered.
So now we call the
arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers
prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an
oven; and all the proud,
yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be
stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the
arrogant and every
evildoer will be
stubble; the day is coming when I will set them
ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”
Then Herod, when he saw that he was
mocked of the wise men, was exceeding
wroth, and sent forth, and
slew all the children that were in
Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two
years old and under, according to the time which he had
diligently enquired of the wise men.
When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the
Magi, he was filled with
rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in
Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two
years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the
Magi.
But let your communication be,
Yea,
yea;
Nay,
nay: for
whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Simply let your ‘
Yes’ be ‘
Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.
And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve
years, came behind him, and touched the
hem of his garment:
Suddenly a woman who had suffered from
bleeding for twelve
years came up behind Him and touched the
fringe of His
cloak.
And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.
After Jesus had entered the house, the blind men came to Him. “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” He asked. “
Yes, Lord,” they answered.
But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
What then did you go out to see? A prophet?
Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
Have you understood all these things?” “
Yes,” they answered.
And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
“Do You hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “
Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”
But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward
And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,
And a woman was there who had suffered from
bleeding for twelve
years.
Immediately the
girl got up and began to walk around. She was twelve
years old, and at once they were utterly
astounded.
And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well
stricken in
years.
But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
And
Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well
stricken in
years.
“How can I be sure of this?”
Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in
years.”
(
Yea, a sword shall
pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed— and a sword will
pierce your soul as well.”
And there was one
Anna, a
prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven
years from her
virginity;
There was also a
prophetess named
Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was well along in
years. She had been married for seven
years,
And she was a widow of about
fourscore and four
years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
Now his parents went to Jerusalem every
year at the feast of the
passover.
Every
year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the
Passover.
And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.
And when He was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the Feast.
And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
Jesus Himself was about thirty years old when He began His ministry. He was regarded as the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,
To
preach the acceptable
year of the Lord.
to
proclaim the
year of the Lord’s favor.”
But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of
Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half
years and great famine swept over all the land.
But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
What then did you go out to see? A prophet?
Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
For he had one only daughter, about twelve
years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people
thronged him.
because his only daughter, who was about twelve, was dying. As Jesus went with him, the crowds pressed around Him,
And a woman having an issue of blood twelve
years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be
healed of any,
including a woman who had suffered from
bleeding for twelve
years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to
heal her.
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
But I will
forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into
hell;
yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into
hell.
Yes, I tell you, fear Him!
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many
years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be
merry.
Then I will say to myself, “You have
plenty of good things laid up for many
years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be
merry!”’
Yea, and why even of
yourselves judge ye not what is right?
And why don’t you judge for
yourselves what is right?
Then said he unto the dresser of his
vineyard, Behold, these three
years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
So he said to the keeper of the
vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three
years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and
haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’
And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this
year also, till I shall
dig about it, and dung it:
‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this
year, until I
dig around it and
fertilize it.
And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
If it bears fruit next year, fine. But if not, you can cut it down.’”
And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of
infirmity eighteen
years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen
years. She was
hunched over and could not stand up straight.
And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom
Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen
years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom
Satan has kept bound for eighteen long
years, be released from her
bondage on the Sabbath day?”
If any man come to me, and
hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters,
yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
“If
anyone comes to Me and does not
hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—
yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many
years do I serve thee, neither
transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a
kid, that I might make
merry with my friends:
But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these
years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could
celebrate with my friends.