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Daniel 2:19-49

19ThenH116 the secretH7328 was revealedH1541 to DanielH1841 in a nightH3916 1visionH2376. ThenH116 DanielH1841 blessedH1289 the GodH426 of heavenH8065; 20DanielH1841 saidH560, “May the nameH8036 of GodH426 be 2blessedH1289 foreverH5957 and everH5957, For 3wisdomH2452 and powerH1370 belong to Him.21It is He who 4changesH8133 the timesH5732 and the periodsH2166; He 5removesH5709 kingsH4430 and appointsH6966 kingsH4430; He givesH3052 6wisdomH2452 to wiseH2445 menH2445, And knowledgeH4486 to 7people of understandingH999.22It is He who 8revealsH1541 the profoundH5994 and hiddenH5642 thingsH5642; 9He knowsH3046 whatH4101 is in the darknessH2816, And the 10lightH5094 dwellsH8271 with Him.23To You, 11GodH426 of my fathersH2, I giveH3029 thanksH3029 and praiseH7624, For You have givenH3052 me 12wisdomH2452 and powerH1370; Even nowH3705 You have madeH3046 knownH3046 to me whatH1768 we 13requestedH1156 of You, For You have madeH3046 knownH3046 to us the king’sH4430 matterH4406.”

24ThereuponH6903H1836, DanielH1841 wentH5954 to AriochH746, whomH1768 the kingH4430 had appointedH4483 to killH7 the wiseH2445 menH2445 of BabylonH895; he wentH236 and saidH560 thisH3652 to him: “14Do not killH7 the wiseH2445 menH2445 of BabylonH895! TakeH5954 me 15into the king’sH4430 presenceH6925, and I will declareH2331 the interpretationH6591 to the kingH4430.”

25ThenH116 AriochH746 hurriedlyH927 16broughtH5954 DanielH1841 17into the king’sH4430 presenceH6925 and spokeH560 to him asH3652 followsH3652: “I have foundH7912 a manH1400 amongH4481 the 1819exilesH1123H1547 from JudahH3061 whoH1768 can makeH3046 the interpretationH6591 knownH3046 to the kingH4430!” 26The kingH4430 saidH560 to DanielH1841, whoseH1768 nameH8036 was 20BelteshazzarH1096, “Are you ableH3546 to makeH3046 knownH3046 to me the dreamH2493 whichH1768 I have seenH2370 and its interpretationH6591?” 27DanielH1841 answeredH6032 beforeH6925 the kingH4430 and saidH560, “As for the secretH7328 about whichH1768 the kingH4430 has inquiredH7593, neitherH3809 21wiseH2445 menH2445, sorcerersH826, soothsayerH2749 priestsH2749, nor divinersH1505 are ableH3202 to declareH2331 it to the kingH4430. 28HoweverH1297, thereH383 isH383 a 22GodH426 in heavenH8065 whoH1768 revealsH1541 secretsH7328, and He has madeH3046 knownH3046 to KingH4430 NebuchadnezzarH5020 whatH4101 will takeH1934 placeH1934 in the 2324latterH320 daysH3118. ThisH1836 was your dreamH2493 and the 25visionsH2376 26in your mindH7217 while on your bedH4903. 29As for you, O kingH4430, while on your bedH4903 your thoughtsH7476 27turnedH5559 to whatH4101 would takeH1934 placeH1934 28in the futureH311; and 29He who revealsH1541 secretsH7328 has madeH3046 knownH3046 to you whatH4101 will takeH1934 placeH1934. 30But as for me, thisH1836 secretH7328 has not been revealedH1541 to me 30for any 31wisdomH2452 32residingH383 in me moreH4481 thanH4481 in anyH3606 other livingH2417 personH2417, but for the purposeH1701 of makingH3046 the interpretationH6591 knownH3046 to the kingH4430, and that you may understandH3046 the 33thoughtsH7476 of your 34mindH3825.

31“You, O kingH4430, were watchingH2370 and beholdH431, there was a singleH2298 greatH7690 statueH6755; that statueH6755, which was largeH7229 and 35of extraordinaryH3493 radianceH2122, was standingH6966 in frontH6903 of you, and its appearanceH7299 was 3637awesomeH1763. 32The 38headH7217 of that statueH6755 was made of fineH2869 goldH1722, its chestH2306 and its armsH1872 of silverH3702, its bellyH4577 and its thighsH3410 of bronzeH5174, 33its legsH8243 of ironH6523, and its feetH7271 partlyH4481 of ironH6523 and partlyH4481 of clayH2635. 34You 39continuedH1934 watchingH2370 untilH5705H1768 a 40stoneH69 was brokenH1505 off 41withoutH3809 handsH3028, and it struckH4223 the statueH6755 on its feetH7271 of ironH6523 and clayH2635, and 42crushedH1855 them. 35ThenH116 the ironH6523, the clayH2635, the bronzeH5174, the silverH3702, and the goldH1722 were crushedH1855 toH1855 piecesH1855 43allH3606 at the sameH2298 timeH2298, and they were 44like chaffH5784 from the summerH7007 threshingH147 floorsH147; and the windH7308 carriedH5376 them away so that 45not a traceH870 of them was foundH7912. But the stoneH69 that struckH4223 the statueH6755 becameH1934 a greatH7229 46mountainH2906 and filledH4391 the entireH3606 earthH772.

36“ThisH1836 was the dreamH2493; and now we will tellH560 47its interpretationH6591 beforeH6925 the kingH4430. 37You, O kingH4430, are the 48kingH4430 of kingsH4430, to whomH1768 the GodH426 of heavenH8065 has givenH3052 the 49kingdomH4437, the 50powerH2632, the strengthH8632, and the honorH3367; 38and whereverH3606H1768 the sonsH1123 of mankindH606 liveH1753, or the 51animalsH2423 of the fieldH1251, or the birdsH5776 of the skyH8065, He has handedH3052H3028 them overH3052 to you and has made you rulerH7981 over them allH3606. You are the headH7217 of goldH1722. 39And afterH870 you anotherH321 kingdomH4437 will ariseH6966 inferiorH772 to you, then anotherH321 thirdH8523 kingdomH4437 of bronzeH5174, whichH1768 will ruleH7981 over allH3606 the earthH772. 40Then there will be a 52fourthH7244 kingdomH4437 as strongH8624 as ironH6523; justH6903H1768 as ironH6523 smashesH1855 and crushesH2827 everythingH3606, so, like ironH6523 that crushesH7490, it will smashH1855 and crushH7490 allH3606 theseH459 things. 41And in that you sawH2370 the feetH7271 and toesH677, partlyH4481 of potter’sH6353 clayH2635 and partlyH4481 of ironH6523, it will be a dividedH6386 kingdomH4437; but it will haveH1934 within it someH4481 of the toughnessH5326 of ironH6523, sinceH6903H1768 you sawH2370 the ironH6523 mixedH6151 with 53commonH2917 clayH2635. 42And just as the toesH677 of the feetH7271 were partlyH4481 of ironH6523 and partlyH4481 of potteryH2635, so someH4481H7118 of the kingdomH4437 will be strongH8624, and partH4481 of it will be fragileH8406. 43In that you sawH2370 the ironH6523 mixedH6151 with 54commonH2917 clayH2635, they will combineH6151 with one another 55in 56their descendantsH2234; but they will not adhereH1693 to oneH1836H5974 anotherH1836H5974, justH1888 as ironH6523 does not combineH6151 with potteryH2635. 44And in the daysH3118 of thoseH581 kingsH4430 the 57GodH426 of heavenH8065 will 58setH6966 upH6966 a 59kingdomH4437 whichH1768 will neverH5957H3809 be destroyedH2255, and that kingdomH4437 will not beH7662 60leftH7662 for anotherH312 peopleH5972; it will 61crushH1855 and putH5487 anH5487 endH5487 toH5487 allH3606 theseH459 kingdomsH4437, but it will itselfH1932 endureH6966 foreverH5957. 45JustH6903H1768 as you sawH2370 that a 62stoneH69 was brokenH1505 off from the mountainH2906 withoutH3809 handsH3028, and that it crushedH1855 the ironH6523, the bronzeH5174, the clayH2635, the silverH3702, and the goldH1722, the 63greatH7229 GodH426 has madeH3046 knownH3046 to the kingH4430 whatH4101 64will takeH1934 placeH1934 65in the futureH311; so the dreamH2493 is certainH3330 and its interpretationH6591 is trustworthyH540.”

46ThenH116 KingH4430 NebuchadnezzarH5020 fellH5308 on his faceH600 and paidH5457 66humbleH5457 respectH5457 to DanielH1841, and gaveH560 ordersH560 to presentH5260 to him an offeringH4504 and 67incenseH5208. 47The kingH4430 respondedH6032 to DanielH1841 and saidH560, “68Your GodH426 trulyH4481H7187H1768 is a 69GodH426 of godsH426 and a LordH4756 of kingsH4430 and a 70revealerH1541 of secretsH7328, sinceH1768 you have beenH3202 ableH3202 to revealH1541 thisH1836 secretH7328.” 48ThenH116 the kingH4430 7172promotedH7236 DanielH1841 and gaveH3052 him manyH7690 greatH7229 giftsH4978, and he madeH7981 him rulerH7981 overH5922 the entireH3606 73provinceH4083 of BabylonH895, and chiefH7229 74prefectH5460 overH5922 allH3606 the wiseH2445 menH2445 of BabylonH895. 49And DanielH1841 madeH1156 aH1156 requestH1156 of the kingH4430, and he 75appointedH4483 76ShadrachH7715, MeshachH4336, and Abed-negoH5665 overH5922 the administrationH5673 of the provinceH4083 of BabylonH895, while DanielH1841 was at the king’sH4430 7778courtH8651.

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Notes

  1. 1. Daniel 2:19 Num 12:6; Job 33:15, 16; Dan 1:17; 7:2, 7, 13 ↩
  2. 2. Daniel 2:20 Ps 103:1, 2; 113:1, 2; 115:18; 145:1, 2, 21 ↩
  3. 3. Daniel 2:20 1 Chr 29:11, 12; Job 12:13, 16-22; Dan 2:21-23 ↩
  4. 4. Daniel 2:21 Ps 31:15; Dan 2:9; 7:25 ↩
  5. 5. Daniel 2:21 Job 12:18; Ps 75:6, 7; Dan 4:17, 32 ↩
  6. 6. Daniel 2:21 1 Kin 3:9, 10; 4:29; James 1:5 ↩
  7. 7. Daniel 2:21 Lit knowers of ↩
  8. 8. Daniel 2:22 Job 12:22; Ps 25:14; Dan 2:19, 28 ↩
  9. 9. Daniel 2:22 Job 26:6; Ps 139:12; Is 45:7; Jer 23:24; Heb 4:13 ↩
  10. 10. Daniel 2:22 Ps 36:9; Dan 5:11, 14; James 1:17; 1 John 1:5 ↩
  11. 11. Daniel 2:23 Gen 31:42; Ex 3:15 ↩
  12. 12. Daniel 2:23 Dan 1:17; 2:21 ↩
  13. 13. Daniel 2:23 Ps 21:2, 4; Dan 2:18, 29, 30 ↩
  14. 14. Daniel 2:24 Dan 2:12, 13; Acts 27:24 ↩
  15. 15. Daniel 2:24 Lit in before the king ↩
  16. 16. Daniel 2:25 Gen 41:14 ↩
  17. 17. Daniel 2:25 Lit in before the king ↩
  18. 18. Daniel 2:25 Lit sons of the exile of ↩
  19. 19. Daniel 2:25 Dan 1:6; 5:13; 6:13 ↩
  20. 20. Daniel 2:26 Dan 1:7; 4:8; 5:12 ↩
  21. 21. Daniel 2:27 Dan 2:2, 10, 11; 5:7, 8 ↩
  22. 22. Daniel 2:28 Gen 40:8; 41:16; Dan 2:22, 45 ↩
  23. 23. Daniel 2:28 Lit end of the days ↩
  24. 24. Daniel 2:28 Gen 49:1; Is 2:2; Dan 10:14; Mic 4:1 ↩
  25. 25. Daniel 2:28 Dan 4:5 ↩
  26. 26. Daniel 2:28 Lit of your head ↩
  27. 27. Daniel 2:29 Lit came up ↩
  28. 28. Daniel 2:29 Lit after this ↩
  29. 29. Daniel 2:29 Dan 2:23, 47 ↩
  30. 30. Daniel 2:30 Or through ↩
  31. 31. Daniel 2:30 Gen 41:16; Dan 1:17 ↩
  32. 32. Daniel 2:30 Lit which is ↩
  33. 33. Daniel 2:30 Ps 139:2; Amos 4:13 ↩
  34. 34. Daniel 2:30 Lit heart ↩
  35. 35. Daniel 2:31 Lit its radiance was extraordinary ↩
  36. 36. Daniel 2:31 Or dreadful ↩
  37. 37. Daniel 2:31 Hab 1:7 ↩
  38. 38. Daniel 2:32 Dan 2:38 ↩
  39. 39. Daniel 2:34 Lit were ↩
  40. 40. Daniel 2:34 Dan 2:45 ↩
  41. 41. Daniel 2:34 Dan 8:25; Zech 4:6 ↩
  42. 42. Daniel 2:34 Ps 2:9; Is 60:12 ↩
  43. 43. Daniel 2:35 Lit as one ↩
  44. 44. Daniel 2:35 Ps 1:4; Is 17:13; 41:15, 16; Hos 13:3 ↩
  45. 45. Daniel 2:35 Ps 37:10, 36 ↩
  46. 46. Daniel 2:35 Is 2:2; Mic 4:1 ↩
  47. 47. Daniel 2:36 Dan 2:24 ↩
  48. 48. Daniel 2:37 Is 47:5; Jer 27:6, 7; Ezek 26:7 ↩
  49. 49. Daniel 2:37 Or sovereignty ↩
  50. 50. Daniel 2:37 Ps 62:11 ↩
  51. 51. Daniel 2:38 Ps 50:10, 11; Dan 4:21, 22 ↩
  52. 52. Daniel 2:40 Dan 7:23 ↩
  53. 53. Daniel 2:41 Lit wet clay ↩
  54. 54. Daniel 2:43 Lit wet clay ↩
  55. 55. Daniel 2:43 Or with ↩
  56. 56. Daniel 2:43 Lit the seed of men ↩
  57. 57. Daniel 2:44 Dan 2:28, 37 ↩
  58. 58. Daniel 2:44 Is 9:6, 7 ↩
  59. 59. Daniel 2:44 Ps 145:13; Ezek 37:25; Dan 4:3, 34; 6:26; 7:14, 27; Mic 4:7; Luke 1:32, 33 ↩
  60. 60. Daniel 2:44 Or passed on to ↩
  61. 61. Daniel 2:44 Ps 2:9; Is 60:12; Dan 2:34, 35 ↩
  62. 62. Daniel 2:45 Dan 2:34 ↩
  63. 63. Daniel 2:45 Deut 10:17; 2 Sam 7:22; Ps 48:1; Jer 32:18, 19; Dan 2:29; Mal 1:11 ↩
  64. 64. Daniel 2:45 Gen 41:28, 32 ↩
  65. 65. Daniel 2:45 Lit after this ↩
  66. 66. Daniel 2:46 Dan 3:5, 7; Acts 10:25; 14:13; Rev 19:10; 22:8 ↩
  67. 67. Daniel 2:46 Lev 26:31; Ezra 6:10 ↩
  68. 68. Daniel 2:47 Dan 3:15; 4:25 ↩
  69. 69. Daniel 2:47 Deut 10:17; Ps 136:2, 3; Dan 11:36 ↩
  70. 70. Daniel 2:47 Dan 2:22, 30; Amos 3:7 ↩
  71. 71. Daniel 2:48 Lit made Daniel great ↩
  72. 72. Daniel 2:48 Gen 41:39-43; Dan 2:6; 5:16, 29 ↩
  73. 73. Daniel 2:48 Dan 3:1, 12, 30 ↩
  74. 74. Daniel 2:48 Lit of the prefects ↩
  75. 75. Daniel 2:49 Dan 3:12 ↩
  76. 76. Daniel 2:49 Dan 1:7 ↩
  77. 77. Daniel 2:49 Lit gate ↩
  78. 78. Daniel 2:49 Esth 2:19, 21; Amos 5:15 ↩

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