New American Standard Bible 1995

Daniel 2:2-11

2Then the kingH4428 1gaveH559 ordersH559 to callH7121 in the 2 3magiciansH2748, the conjurersH825, the sorcerersH3784 and the 4ChaldeansH3778 to tellH5046 the kingH4428 his dreamsH2472. So they cameH935 in and stoodH5975 beforeH6440 the kingH4428. 3The kingH4428 saidH559 to them, “I 5 6hadH2492 a dreamH2472 and my spiritH7307 7is anxiousH6470 to 8understandH3045 the dreamH2472.”

4Then the ChaldeansH3778 spokeH1696 to the kingH4428 in 9 10AramaicH762: “11O kingH4430, liveH2418 foreverH5957! 12TellH560 the dreamH2493 to your servantsH5649, and we will declareH2331 the interpretationH6591.” 5The kingH4430 repliedH6032 to the ChaldeansH3779, “13The commandH4406 from me is firmH230: ifH2006 you do not makeH3046 knownH3046 to me the dreamH2493 and its interpretationH6591, you will be 14 15tornH5648 limbH1917 from limb and your housesH1005 will be madeH7761 a rubbishH5122 heapH5122. 6But ifH2006 you declareH2331 the dreamH2493 and its interpretationH6591, you will receiveH6902 from me 16giftsH4978 and a rewardH5023 and greatH7690 honorH3367; thereforeH3861 declareH2331 to me the dreamH2493 and its interpretationH6591.” 7They answeredH6032 a secondH8579 timeH8579 and saidH560, “Let the kingH4430 17tellH560 the dreamH2493 to his servantsH5649, and we will declareH2331 the interpretationH6591.” 8The kingH4430 repliedH6032, “I knowH3046 for certainH3330 that you are 18bargainingH2084 for timeH5732, inasmuchH3606 H6903 H1768 as you have seenH2370 that 19the commandH4406 from me is firmH230, 9that ifH2006 you do not makeH3046 the dreamH2493 knownH3046 to me, there is only 20oneH2298 21decreeH1882 for you. For you have agreedH2164 togetherH2164 to speakH560 lyingH3538 and corruptH7844 22wordsH4406 beforeH6925 me untilH5705 H1768 the 23situationH5732 is changedH8133; thereforeH3861 tellH560 me the dreamH2493, that I may 24knowH3046 that you can declareH2331 to me its interpretationH6591.” 10The ChaldeansH3779 answeredH6032 25the kingH4430 and saidH560, “ThereH383 is not a manH606 on earthH3007 whoH1768 couldH3202 declareH2331 the matterH4406 26for the kingH4430, inasmuchH3606 H6903 H1768 as noH3606 H3809 greatH7229 kingH4430 or rulerH7990 has ever askedH7593 anythingH4406 like thisH1836 of anyH3606 27 28magicianH2749, conjurerH826 or ChaldeanH3779. 11Moreover, the thingH4406 whichH1768 the kingH4430 demandsH7593 is 29difficultH3358, and thereH383 is noH3809 oneH321 elseH321 whoH1768 could declareH2331 it 30to the kingH4430 exceptH3861 31godsH426, whoseH1768 32dwellingH4070 placeH4094 is not with mortal fleshH1321.”

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Notes

1. Daniel 2:2 Lit said to call ↩
2. Daniel 2:2 Or soothsayer priests ↩
3. Daniel 2:2 Gen 41:8; Ex 7:11; Is 47:12, 13; Dan 1:20; 2:10, 27; 4:6; 5:7 ↩
4. Daniel 2:2 Or master astrologers, and so throughout the ch ↩
5. Daniel 2:3 Lit dreamed ↩
6. Daniel 2:3 Gen 40:8; 41:15; Dan 4:5 ↩
7. Daniel 2:3 Lit was troubled ↩
8. Daniel 2:3 Lit know ↩
9. Daniel 2:4 The text is in Aramaic from here through 7:28 ↩
10. Daniel 2:4 Ezra 4:7; Is 36:11 ↩
11. Daniel 2:4 Dan 3:9; 5:10 ↩
12. Daniel 2:4 Dan 2:7 ↩
13. Daniel 2:5 Another reading is The word has gone from me ↩
14. Daniel 2:5 Lit made into limbs ↩
15. Daniel 2:5 Ezra 6:11; Dan 2:12; 3:29 ↩
16. Daniel 2:6 Dan 2:48; 5:7, 16, 29 ↩
17. Daniel 2:7 Dan 2:4 ↩
18. Daniel 2:8 Lit buying ↩
19. Daniel 2:8 V 5, note 1 ↩
20. Daniel 2:9 Esth 4:11; Dan 3:15 ↩
21. Daniel 2:9 Or law ↩
22. Daniel 2:9 Lit word ↩
23. Daniel 2:9 Lit time ↩
24. Daniel 2:9 Is 41:23 ↩
25. Daniel 2:10 Lit before the ↩
26. Daniel 2:10 Lit of ↩
27. Daniel 2:10 Or soothsayer priest ↩
28. Daniel 2:10 Dan 2:2, 27 ↩
29. Daniel 2:11 Or rare ↩
30. Daniel 2:11 Lit before ↩
31. Daniel 2:11 Gen 41:39; Dan 5:11 ↩
32. Daniel 2:11 Ex 29:45; Is 57:15 ↩

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