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Berean Standard Bible

“Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress.”

Daniel 9:25

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Daniel prays in chapter 9 for his people and receives from Gabriel a prophecy about seventy weeks. The passage is one of the most debated in the Bible.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress.

World English Bible (WEB)

“Know therefore and discern that from the going out of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem to the Anointed One, the prince, will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be built again, with street and moat, even in troubled times.

King James Version (KJV)

Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

American Standard Version (ASV)

Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the anointed one, the prince, shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: it shall be built again, with street and moat, even in troublous times.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Have then the certain knowledge that from the going out of the word for the building again of Jerusalem till the coming of a prince, on whom the holy oil has been put, will be seven weeks: in sixty-two weeks its building will be complete, with square and earthwork.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Sepas pues y entiendas, que desde la salida de la palabra para restaurar y edificar á Jerusalem hasta el Mesías Príncipe, habrá siete semanas, y sesenta y dos semanas; tornaráse á edificar la plaza y el muro en tiempos angustiosos.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

»”Ahora escucha y entiende bien: Siete semanas han de pasar desde el momento en que se ordene la reconstrucción de Jerusalén, hasta la llegada del jefe elegido por Dios. Después de esto pasarán sesenta y dos semanas más para la reconstrucción de las calles y las murallas de Jerusalén; pero serán tiempos peligrosos.

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