New American Standard Bible 1995

Daniel 2:10-13

10The Chaldeansכַשְׂדָּאֵ֤יkhas.da.iH3779answeredעֲנ֨וֹa.NoH6032the kingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430and saidוְאָ֣מְרִ֔יןve.'A.me.RinH560, “Thereאִיתַ֤י'i.TaiH383is not a manאֲנָשׁ֙'a.NashH606on earthיַבֶּשְׁתָּ֔אya.besh.Ta'H3007whoדִּ֚יdiH1768couldיוּכַ֖לyu.KhalH3202declareH2331the matterמִלַּ֣תmi.LatH4406for the kingמַלְכָּ֔אmal.Ka'H4430,inasmuchקֳבֵ֗ל דִּ֚יko.Vel diH3606 H6903 H1768as noH3606 H3809greatרַ֣בravH7229kingמֶ֙לֶךְ֙Me.lekhH4430or rulerוְשַׁלִּ֔יטve.sha.LitH7990has everaskedשְׁאֵ֔לshe.'ElH7593anythingמִלָּ֤הmi.LahH4406like thisכִדְנָה֙khid.NahH1836of anyH3606magicianחַרְטֹּ֖םchart.TomH2749,conjurerוְאָשַׁ֥ףve.'a.ShafH826or Chaldeanוְכַשְׂדָּֽי׃ve.khas.DaiH3779.

11Moreover, the thingוּמִלְּתָ֨אu.mi.le.Ta'H4406whichדִֽי־di-H1768the kingמַלְכָּ֤הmal.Kah'H4430demandsשָׁאֵל֙sha.'ElH7593isdifficultיַקִּירָ֔הya.ki.RahH3358,and thereH383is noH3809oneH321elseH321whoדִּ֥יdiH1768could declareH2331itto the kingמַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'H4430exceptלָהֵ֣ןla.HenH3861godsאֱלָהִ֔ין'e.la.HinH426,whoseדִּ֚יdiH1768dwellingמְדָ֣רְה֔וֹןme.Da.re.HonH4070placeH4094is not with mortalfleshבִּשְׂרָ֖אbis.Ra'H1321.”

12Becauseקֳבֵ֣לko.VelH3606 H6903of thisדְּנָ֔הde.NahH1836the kingמַלְכָּ֕אmal.Ka'H4430becameH1149indignantH1149and veryשַׂגִּ֑יאsa.Gi'H7690furiousוּקְצַ֣ףu.ke.TzafH7108and gaveH560ordersH560to destroyלְה֣וֹבָדָ֔הle.Hoa.DahH7allH3606the wiseחַכִּימֵ֥יcha.ki.MeiH2445menH2445of Babylonבָבֶֽל׃va.VelH895.

13So thedecreeוְדָתָ֣אve.da.Ta'H1882wentH5312forthH5312that the wiseוְחַכִּֽימַיָּ֖אve.cha.ki.mai.Ya'H2445menH2445should be slainמִֽתְקַטְּלִ֑יןmit.ka.te.LinH6992;and they lookedוּבְע֛וֹu.ve.'OH1156forDanielדָּנִיֵּ֥אלda.ni.YelH1841and his friendsוְחַבְר֖וֹהִיve.chav.Ro.hiH2269tokillלְהִתְקְטָלָֽה׃ פle.hit.ke.ta.LahH6992them.

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