Daniel 2
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Daniel 2:2-13

2Then the kingH4428 commanded to callH7121 the magiciansH2748, and the enchanters, and the sorcerersH3784, and the ChaldeansH3778, to tellH5046 the kingH4428 his dreamsH2472. So they cameH935 in and stoodH5975 before the kingH4428. 3And the kingH4428 saidH559 unto them, I have dreamedH2492 a dreamH2472, and my spiritH7307 is troubledH6470 to knowH3045 the dreamH2472. 4Then spake the ChaldeansH3778 to the kingH4428 in the Syrian language, O kingH4428, liveH2418 for everH5957: tell thy servantsH5649 the dreamH2493, and we will show the interpretationH6591. 5The kingH4430 answered and saidH560 to the ChaldeansH3779, The thing is gone from me: if ye makeH3046 not knownH3046 unto me the dreamH2493 and the interpretationH6591 thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your housesH1005 shall be madeH3046 a dunghill. 6But if ye show the dreamH2493 and the interpretationH6591 thereof, ye shall receiveH6902 of me giftsH4978 and rewards and greatH7690 honorH3367: therefore show me the dreamH2493 and the interpretationH6591 thereof. 7They answered the second time and saidH560, Let the kingH4430 tellH560 his servantsH5649 the dreamH2493, and we will show the interpretationH6591. 8The kingH4430 answered and saidH560, I knowH3046 of a certainty that ye would gain timeH5732, because ye seeH2370 the thing is gone from me. 9But if ye makeH3046 not knownH3046 unto me the dreamH2493, there is but oneH2298 lawH1882 for you; for ye have prepared lying and corrupt wordsH4406 to speak before me, till the timeH5732 be changedH8133: therefore tellH560 me the dreamH2493, and I shall knowH3046 that ye can show me the interpretationH6591 thereof. 10The ChaldeansH3779 answered before the kingH4430, and saidH560, There is not a manH606 upon the earth that can show the king’sH4430 matterH4406, forasmuch as no kingH4430, lord, or ruler, hath askedH7593 such a thing of any magicianH2749, or enchanter, or ChaldeanH3779. 11And it is a rare thing that the kingH4430 requireth, and there is no other that can show it before the kingH4430, except the godsH426, whose dwellingH4070 is not with flesh. 12For this cause the kingH4430 was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroyH7 all the wiseH2445 men of BabylonH895. 13So the decreeH1882 went forth, and the wiseH2445 men were to be slain; and they sought DanielH1841 and his companions to be slain.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain