Daniel 4
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Daniel 4:4-8

4“1I, NebuchadnezzarH5020, was at easeH7954 in my houseH1005 and 2flourishingH7487 in my palaceH1965.

5I sawH2370 a 3dreamH2493 and it madeH1763 me fearfulH1763; and these fantasiesH2031 as I lay on my bedH4903 and the 4visionsH2376 5in my mindH7217 keptH927 alarmingH927 me.

6So I gaveH7761 ordersH2942 to 6bringH5954 into my presenceH6925 allH3606 the wiseH2445 menH2445 of BabylonH895, that they might makeH3046 knownH3046 to me the interpretationH6591 of the dreamH2493.

7ThenH116 the 78magiciansH2749, the conjurersH826, the 9ChaldeansH3779 and the divinersH1505 cameH5954 in and I relatedH560 the dreamH2493 10to them, but they could not makeH3046 its 11interpretationH6591 knownH3046 to me.

8But finallyH318 DanielH1841 cameH5954 in beforeH6925 me, whoseH1768 nameH8036 is 12BelteshazzarH1096 according to the nameH8036 of my godH426, and in whomH1768 is 1314a spiritH7308 of the holyH6922 godsH426; and I relatedH560 the dreamH2493 15to him, saying,

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Notes

  1. 1. Daniel 4:4 Ch 4:1 in Aram ↩
  2. 2. Daniel 4:4 Ps 30:6; Is 47:7, 8 ↩
  3. 3. Daniel 4:5 Dan 2:3 ↩
  4. 4. Daniel 4:5 Dan 2:1, 28; 4:10, 13 ↩
  5. 5. Daniel 4:5 Lit of my head ↩
  6. 6. Daniel 4:6 Gen 41:8; Dan 2:2 ↩
  7. 7. Daniel 4:7 Or soothsayer priests, and so throughout the ch ↩
  8. 8. Daniel 4:7 Gen 41:8; Dan 2:10, 27; 5:7 ↩
  9. 9. Daniel 4:7 Or master astrologers ↩
  10. 10. Daniel 4:7 Lit before ↩
  11. 11. Daniel 4:7 Is 44:25; Jer 27:9, 10; Dan 2:7 ↩
  12. 12. Daniel 4:8 Dan 1:7; 2:26; 5:12 ↩
  13. 13. Daniel 4:8 Or possibly the Spirit of the holy God, and so throughout the ch ↩
  14. 14. Daniel 4:8 Dan 4:9, 18; 5:11, 14 ↩
  15. 15. Daniel 4:8 Lit before ↩

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