New American Standard Bible 2020

Daniel 2:24-36

24Thereupon, Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to kill the wise men of Babylon; he went and said this to him: “1Do not kill the wise men of Babylon! Take me 2into the king’s presence, and I will declare the interpretation to the king.”

25Then Arioch hurriedly 3brought Daniel 4into the king’s presence and spoke to him as follows: “I have found a man among the 5 6exiles from Judah who can make the interpretation known to the king!” 26The king said to Daniel, whose name was 7Belteshazzar, “Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen and its interpretation?” 27Daniel answered before the king and said, “As for the secret about which the king has inquired, neither 8wise men, sorcerers, soothsayer priests, nor diviners are able to declare it to the king. 28However, there is a 9God in heaven who reveals secrets, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the 10 11latter days. This was your dream and the 12visions 13in your mind while on your bed. 29As for you, O king, while on your bed your thoughts 14turned to what would take place 15in the future; and 16He who reveals secrets has made known to you what will take place. 30But as for me, this secret has not been revealed to me 17for any 18wisdom 19residing in me more than in any other living person, but for the purpose of making the interpretation known to the king, and that you may understand the 20thoughts of your 21mind.

31“You, O king, were watching and behold, there was a single great statue; that statue, which was large and 22of extraordinary radiance, was standing in front of you, and its appearance was 23 24awesome. 32The 25head of that statue was made of fine gold, its chest and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze, 33its legs of iron, and its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. 34You 26continued watching until a 27stone was broken off 28without hands, and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and 29crushed them. 35Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed to pieces 30all at the same time, and they were 31like chaff from the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away so that 32not a trace of them was found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great 33mountain and filled the entire earth.

36“This was the dream; and now we will tell 34its interpretation before the king.

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Notes

1. Daniel 2:24 Dan 2:12, 13; Acts 27:24 ↩
2. Daniel 2:24 Lit in before the king ↩
3. Daniel 2:25 Gen 41:14 ↩
4. Daniel 2:25 Lit in before the king ↩
5. Daniel 2:25 Lit sons of the exile of ↩
6. Daniel 2:25 Dan 1:6; 5:13; 6:13 ↩
7. Daniel 2:26 Dan 1:7; 4:8; 5:12 ↩
8. Daniel 2:27 Dan 2:2, 10, 11; 5:7, 8 ↩
9. Daniel 2:28 Gen 40:8; 41:16; Dan 2:22, 45 ↩
10. Daniel 2:28 Lit end of the days ↩
11. Daniel 2:28 Gen 49:1; Is 2:2; Dan 10:14; Mic 4:1 ↩
12. Daniel 2:28 Dan 4:5 ↩
13. Daniel 2:28 Lit of your head ↩
14. Daniel 2:29 Lit came up ↩
15. Daniel 2:29 Lit after this ↩
16. Daniel 2:29 Dan 2:23, 47 ↩
17. Daniel 2:30 Or through ↩
18. Daniel 2:30 Gen 41:16; Dan 1:17 ↩
19. Daniel 2:30 Lit which is ↩
20. Daniel 2:30 Ps 139:2; Amos 4:13 ↩
21. Daniel 2:30 Lit heart ↩
22. Daniel 2:31 Lit its radiance was extraordinary ↩
23. Daniel 2:31 Or dreadful ↩
24. Daniel 2:31 Hab 1:7 ↩
25. Daniel 2:32 Dan 2:38 ↩
26. Daniel 2:34 Lit were ↩
27. Daniel 2:34 Dan 2:45 ↩
28. Daniel 2:34 Dan 8:25; Zech 4:6 ↩
29. Daniel 2:34 Ps 2:9; Is 60:12 ↩
30. Daniel 2:35 Lit as one ↩
31. Daniel 2:35 Ps 1:4; Is 17:13; 41:15, 16; Hos 13:3 ↩
32. Daniel 2:35 Ps 37:10, 36 ↩
33. Daniel 2:35 Is 2:2; Mic 4:1 ↩
34. Daniel 2:36 Dan 2:24 ↩

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