New American Standard Bible 1995

Daniel 2:5-13

5The kingH4430 repliedH6032 to the ChaldeansH3779, “1The commandH4406 from me is firmH230: ifH2006 you do not makeH3046 knownH3046 to me the dreamH2493 and its interpretationH6591, you will be 2 3tornH5648 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 4giftsH4978 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 5tellH560 the dreamH2493 to his servantsH5649, and we will declareH2331 the interpretationH6591.” 8The kingH4430 repliedH6032, “I knowH3046 for certainH3330 that you are 6bargainingH2084 for timeH5732, inasmuchH3606 H6903 H1768 as you have seenH2370 that 7the commandH4406 from me is firmH230, 9that ifH2006 you do not makeH3046 the dreamH2493 knownH3046 to me, there is only 8oneH2298 9decreeH1882 for you. For you have agreedH2164 togetherH2164 to speakH560 lyingH3538 and corruptH7844 10wordsH4406 beforeH6925 me untilH5705 H1768 the 11situationH5732 is changedH8133; thereforeH3861 tellH560 me the dreamH2493, that I may 12knowH3046 that you can declareH2331 to me its interpretationH6591.” 10The ChaldeansH3779 answeredH6032 13the kingH4430 and saidH560, “ThereH383 is not a manH606 on earthH3007 whoH1768 couldH3202 declareH2331 the matterH4406 14for the kingH4430, inasmuchH3606 H6903 H1768 as noH3606 H3809 greatH7229 kingH4430 or rulerH7990 has ever askedH7593 anythingH4406 like thisH1836 of anyH3606 15 16magicianH2749, conjurerH826 or ChaldeanH3779. 11Moreover, the thingH4406 whichH1768 the kingH4430 demandsH7593 is 17difficultH3358, and thereH383 is noH3809 oneH321 elseH321 whoH1768 could declareH2331 it 18to the kingH4430 exceptH3861 19godsH426, whoseH1768 20dwellingH4070 placeH4094 is not with mortal fleshH1321.”

12BecauseH3606 H6903 of thisH1836 the kingH4430 becameH1149 21indignantH1149 and veryH7690 furiousH7108 and gaveH560 ordersH560 to destroyH7 allH3606 the wiseH2445 menH2445 of BabylonH895. 13So the 22decreeH1882 wentH5312 forthH5312 that the wiseH2445 menH2445 should be slainH6992; and they lookedH1156 for 23DanielH1841 and his friendsH2269 to 24killH6992 them.

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Notes

1. Daniel 2:5 Another reading is The word has gone from me ↩
2. Daniel 2:5 Lit made into limbs ↩
3. Daniel 2:5 Ezra 6:11; Dan 2:12; 3:29 ↩
4. Daniel 2:6 Dan 2:48; 5:7, 16, 29 ↩
5. Daniel 2:7 Dan 2:4 ↩
6. Daniel 2:8 Lit buying ↩
7. Daniel 2:8 V 5, note 1 ↩
8. Daniel 2:9 Esth 4:11; Dan 3:15 ↩
9. Daniel 2:9 Or law ↩
10. Daniel 2:9 Lit word ↩
11. Daniel 2:9 Lit time ↩
12. Daniel 2:9 Is 41:23 ↩
13. Daniel 2:10 Lit before the ↩
14. Daniel 2:10 Lit of ↩
15. Daniel 2:10 Or soothsayer priest ↩
16. Daniel 2:10 Dan 2:2, 27 ↩
17. Daniel 2:11 Or rare ↩
18. Daniel 2:11 Lit before ↩
19. Daniel 2:11 Gen 41:39; Dan 5:11 ↩
20. Daniel 2:11 Ex 29:45; Is 57:15 ↩
21. Daniel 2:12 Ps 76:10; Dan 2:5; 3:13, 19 ↩
22. Daniel 2:13 Or law ↩
23. Daniel 2:13 Dan 1:19, 20 ↩
24. Daniel 2:13 Lit be killed ↩

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