in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years whereof the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy years.

In the first year of his rule, I, Daniel, saw clearly from the books the number of years given by the word of the Lord to the prophet Jeremiah, in which the making waste of Jerusalem was to be complete, that is, seventy years.

εν τω πρωτω ετει της βασιλειας αυτου, εγω ο Δανιηλ ενοησα εν τοις βιβλιοις τον αριθμον των ετων, περι των οποιων ο λογος του Κυριου εγεινε προς Ιερεμιαν τον προφητην, οτι ηθελον συμπληρωθη εβδομηκοντα ετη εις τας ερημωσεις της Ιερουσαλημ.

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.