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Daniel 2:4-49

4Then the ChaldeansH3778 spokeH1696 to the kingH4428 in 12AramaicH762: “3O kingH4430, liveH2418 foreverH5957! 4TellH560 the dreamH2493 to your servantsH5649, and we will declareH2331 the interpretationH6591.” 5The kingH4430 repliedH6032 to the ChaldeansH3779, “The commandH4406 5from me is firmH230: ifH2006 you do not makeH3046 knownH3046 to me the dreamH2493 and its interpretationH6591, you will be 67tornH5648 limbH1917 from limb and your housesH1005 will be turnedH7761 into a rubbishH5122 heapH5122. 6But ifH2006 you declareH2331 the dreamH2493 and its interpretationH6591, you will receiveH6902 from me 8giftsH4978 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 9tellH560 the dreamH2493 to his servantsH5649, and we will declareH2331 the interpretationH6591.” 8The kingH4430 repliedH6032, “I knowH3046 for certainH3330 that you are tryingH2084 toH2084 buyH2084 timeH5732, becauseH6903H1768 you have perceivedH2370 that the commandH4406 10from me is firmH230, 9that ifH2006 you do not makeH3046 the dreamH2493 knownH3046 to me, there is only 11oneH2298 12decreeH1882 for you. For you have agreedH2164 togetherH2164 to speakH560 lyingH3538 and corruptH7844 13wordsH4406 beforeH6925 me untilH5705H1768 the 14situationH5732 is changedH8133; thereforeH3861 tellH560 me the dreamH2493, so that I may 15knowH3046 that you can declareH2331 to me its interpretationH6591.” 10The ChaldeansH3779 answeredH6032 16the kingH4430 and saidH560, “ThereH383 isH383 noH3809 personH606 on earthH3007 whoH1768 couldH3202 declareH2331 the matterH4406 17to the kingH4430, becauseH6903H1768 noH3606H3809 greatH7229 kingH4430 or rulerH7990 has ever askedH7593 anythingH4406 like thisH1836 of anyH3606 18soothsayerH2749 priestH2749, sorcererH826, or ChaldeanH3779. 11Moreover, the thingH4406 whichH1768 the kingH4430 demandsH7593 is difficultH3358, and thereH383 isH383 noH3809 oneH321 elseH321 whoH1768 could declareH2331 it 19to the kingH4430 exceptH3861 20godsH426, whoseH1768 21dwellingH4070 placeH4094 is not with mortal fleshH1321.”

12BecauseH6903 of thisH1836, the kingH4430 becameH1149 22angryH1149 and extremelyH7690 furiousH7108, and he gaveH560 ordersH560 to killH7 allH3606 the wiseH2445 menH2445 of BabylonH895. 13So the 23decreeH1882 was issuedH5312 that the wiseH2445 menH2445 be killedH6992; and they lookedH1156 forH1156 24DanielH1841 and his friendsH2269, to 25killH6992 them.

14ThenH116 DanielH1841 repliedH8421 with discretionH5843 and discernmentH2942 to 26AriochH746, the captainH7229 of the king’sH4430 27bodyguardH2877, whoH1768 had goneH5312 outH5312 to killH6992 the wiseH2445 menH2445 of BabylonH895; 15he saidH560 to AriochH746, the king’sH4430 officerH7990, “For whatH4101 reasonH5922H4101 is the decreeH1882 from the kingH4430 so harshH2685?” ThenH116 AriochH746 informedH3046 DanielH1841 of the matterH4406. 16So DanielH1841 wentH5954 inH5954 and requestedH1156 of the kingH4430 that he would giveH5415 him a graceH2166 periodH2166, so that he might declareH2331 the interpretationH6591 to the kingH4430.

17ThenH116 DanielH1841 wentH236 to his houseH1005 and informedH3046 his friendsH2269, 28HananiahH2608, MishaelH4331 and AzariahH5839, about the matterH4406, 18so that they might 29requestH1156 compassionH7359 from the GodH426 of heavenH8065 concerningH5922 thisH1836 secretH7328, soH1768 thatH1768 DanielH1841 and his friendsH2269 would not be 30killedH7 with the restH7606 of the wiseH2445 menH2445 of BabylonH895. 19ThenH116 the secretH7328 was revealedH1541 to DanielH1841 in a nightH3916 31visionH2376. ThenH116 DanielH1841 blessedH1289 the GodH426 of heavenH8065; 20DanielH1841 saidH560, “May the nameH8036 of GodH426 be 32blessedH1289 foreverH5957 and everH5957, For 33wisdomH2452 and powerH1370 belong to Him.21It is He who 34changesH8133 the timesH5732 and the periodsH2166; He 35removesH5709 kingsH4430 and appointsH6966 kingsH4430; He givesH3052 36wisdomH2452 to wiseH2445 menH2445, And knowledgeH4486 to 37people of understandingH999.22It is He who 38revealsH1541 the profoundH5994 and hiddenH5642 thingsH5642; 39He knowsH3046 whatH4101 is in the darknessH2816, And the 40lightH5094 dwellsH8271 with Him.23To You, 41GodH426 of my fathersH2, I giveH3029 thanksH3029 and praiseH7624, For You have givenH3052 me 42wisdomH2452 and powerH1370; Even nowH3705 You have madeH3046 knownH3046 to me whatH1768 we 43requestedH1156 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: “44Do not killH7 the wiseH2445 menH2445 of BabylonH895! TakeH5954 me 45into the king’sH4430 presenceH6925, and I will declareH2331 the interpretationH6591 to the kingH4430.”

25ThenH116 AriochH746 hurriedlyH927 46broughtH5954 DanielH1841 47into the king’sH4430 presenceH6925 and spokeH560 to him asH3652 followsH3652: “I have foundH7912 a manH1400 amongH4481 the 4849exilesH1123H1547 from JudahH3061 whoH1768 can makeH3046 the interpretationH6591 knownH3046 to the kingH4430!” 26The kingH4430 saidH560 to DanielH1841, whoseH1768 nameH8036 was 50BelteshazzarH1096, “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 51wiseH2445 menH2445, sorcerersH826, soothsayerH2749 priestsH2749, nor divinersH1505 are ableH3202 to declareH2331 it to the kingH4430. 28HoweverH1297, thereH383 isH383 a 52GodH426 in heavenH8065 whoH1768 revealsH1541 secretsH7328, and He has madeH3046 knownH3046 to KingH4430 NebuchadnezzarH5020 whatH4101 will takeH1934 placeH1934 in the 5354latterH320 daysH3118. ThisH1836 was your dreamH2493 and the 55visionsH2376 56in your mindH7217 while on your bedH4903. 29As for you, O kingH4430, while on your bedH4903 your thoughtsH7476 57turnedH5559 to whatH4101 would takeH1934 placeH1934 58in the futureH311; and 59He who revealsH1541 secretsH7328 has madeH3046 knownH3046 to you whatH4101 will takeH1934 placeH1934. 30But as for me, thisH1836 secretH7328 has not been revealedH1541 to me 60for any 61wisdomH2452 62residingH383 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 63thoughtsH7476 of your 64mindH3825.

31“You, O kingH4430, were watchingH2370 and beholdH431, there was a singleH2298 greatH7690 statueH6755; that statueH6755, which was largeH7229 and 65of extraordinaryH3493 radianceH2122, was standingH6966 in frontH6903 of you, and its appearanceH7299 was 6667awesomeH1763. 32The 68headH7217 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 69continuedH1934 watchingH2370 untilH5705H1768 a 70stoneH69 was brokenH1505 off 71withoutH3809 handsH3028, and it struckH4223 the statueH6755 on its feetH7271 of ironH6523 and clayH2635, and 72crushedH1855 them. 35ThenH116 the ironH6523, the clayH2635, the bronzeH5174, the silverH3702, and the goldH1722 were crushedH1855 toH1855 piecesH1855 73allH3606 at the sameH2298 timeH2298, and they were 74like chaffH5784 from the summerH7007 threshingH147 floorsH147; and the windH7308 carriedH5376 them away so that 75not a traceH870 of them was foundH7912. But the stoneH69 that struckH4223 the statueH6755 becameH1934 a greatH7229 76mountainH2906 and filledH4391 the entireH3606 earthH772.

36“ThisH1836 was the dreamH2493; and now we will tellH560 77its interpretationH6591 beforeH6925 the kingH4430. 37You, O kingH4430, are the 78kingH4430 of kingsH4430, to whomH1768 the GodH426 of heavenH8065 has givenH3052 the 79kingdomH4437, the 80powerH2632, the strengthH8632, and the honorH3367; 38and whereverH3606H1768 the sonsH1123 of mankindH606 liveH1753, or the 81animalsH2423 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 82fourthH7244 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 83commonH2917 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 84commonH2917 clayH2635, they will combineH6151 with one another 85in 86their 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 87GodH426 of heavenH8065 will 88setH6966 upH6966 a 89kingdomH4437 whichH1768 will neverH5957H3809 be destroyedH2255, and that kingdomH4437 will not beH7662 90leftH7662 for anotherH312 peopleH5972; it will 91crushH1855 and putH5487 anH5487 endH5487 toH5487 allH3606 theseH459 kingdomsH4437, but it will itselfH1932 endureH6966 foreverH5957. 45JustH6903H1768 as you sawH2370 that a 92stoneH69 was brokenH1505 off from the mountainH2906 withoutH3809 handsH3028, and that it crushedH1855 the ironH6523, the bronzeH5174, the clayH2635, the silverH3702, and the goldH1722, the 93greatH7229 GodH426 has madeH3046 knownH3046 to the kingH4430 whatH4101 94will takeH1934 placeH1934 95in the futureH311; so the dreamH2493 is certainH3330 and its interpretationH6591 is trustworthyH540.”

46ThenH116 KingH4430 NebuchadnezzarH5020 fellH5308 on his faceH600 and paidH5457 96humbleH5457 respectH5457 to DanielH1841, and gaveH560 ordersH560 to presentH5260 to him an offeringH4504 and 97incenseH5208. 47The kingH4430 respondedH6032 to DanielH1841 and saidH560, “98Your GodH426 trulyH4481H7187H1768 is a 99GodH426 of godsH426 and a LordH4756 of kingsH4430 and a 100revealerH1541 of secretsH7328, sinceH1768 you have beenH3202 ableH3202 to revealH1541 thisH1836 secretH7328.” 48ThenH116 the kingH4430 101102promotedH7236 DanielH1841 and gaveH3052 him manyH7690 greatH7229 giftsH4978, and he madeH7981 him rulerH7981 overH5922 the entireH3606 103provinceH4083 of BabylonH895, and chiefH7229 104prefectH5460 overH5922 allH3606 the wiseH2445 menH2445 of BabylonH895. 49And DanielH1841 madeH1156 aH1156 requestH1156 of the kingH4430, and he 105appointedH4483 106ShadrachH7715, MeshachH4336, and Abed-negoH5665 overH5922 the administrationH5673 of the provinceH4083 of BabylonH895, while DanielH1841 was at the king’sH4430 107108courtH8651.

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  1. 1. Daniel 2:4 The text is in Aramaic from here through 7:28 ↩
  2. 2. Daniel 2:4 Ezra 4:7; Is 36:11 ↩
  3. 3. Daniel 2:4 Dan 3:9; 5:10 ↩
  4. 4. Daniel 2:4 Dan 2:7 ↩
  5. 5. Daniel 2:5 Another reading is is issued by me ↩
  6. 6. Daniel 2:5 Lit turned into limbs ↩
  7. 7. Daniel 2:5 Ezra 6:11; Dan 2:12; 3:29 ↩
  8. 8. Daniel 2:6 Dan 2:48; 5:7, 16, 29 ↩
  9. 9. Daniel 2:7 Dan 2:4 ↩
  10. 10. Daniel 2:8 See note 1 v 5 ↩
  11. 11. Daniel 2:9 Esth 4:11; Dan 3:15 ↩
  12. 12. Daniel 2:9 Or verdict ↩
  13. 13. Daniel 2:9 Lit word ↩
  14. 14. Daniel 2:9 Lit time ↩
  15. 15. Daniel 2:9 Is 41:23 ↩
  16. 16. Daniel 2:10 Lit before the ↩
  17. 17. Daniel 2:10 Lit of ↩
  18. 18. Daniel 2:10 Dan 2:2, 27 ↩
  19. 19. Daniel 2:11 Lit before ↩
  20. 20. Daniel 2:11 Gen 41:39; Dan 5:11 ↩
  21. 21. Daniel 2:11 Ex 29:45; Is 57:15 ↩
  22. 22. Daniel 2:12 Ps 76:10; Dan 2:5; 3:13, 19 ↩
  23. 23. Daniel 2:13 Or law ↩
  24. 24. Daniel 2:13 Dan 1:19, 20 ↩
  25. 25. Daniel 2:13 Lit be killed ↩
  26. 26. Daniel 2:14 Dan 2:24 ↩
  27. 27. Daniel 2:14 Or executioners ↩
  28. 28. Daniel 2:17 Dan 1:6 ↩
  29. 29. Daniel 2:18 Esth 4:15, 16; Is 37:4; Jer 33:3; Ezek 36:37; Dan 2:23 ↩
  30. 30. Daniel 2:18 Gen 18:28; Mal 3:18 ↩
  31. 31. Daniel 2:19 Num 12:6; Job 33:15, 16; Dan 1:17; 7:2, 7, 13 ↩
  32. 32. Daniel 2:20 Ps 103:1, 2; 113:1, 2; 115:18; 145:1, 2, 21 ↩
  33. 33. Daniel 2:20 1 Chr 29:11, 12; Job 12:13, 16-22; Dan 2:21-23 ↩
  34. 34. Daniel 2:21 Ps 31:15; Dan 2:9; 7:25 ↩
  35. 35. Daniel 2:21 Job 12:18; Ps 75:6, 7; Dan 4:17, 32 ↩
  36. 36. Daniel 2:21 1 Kin 3:9, 10; 4:29; James 1:5 ↩
  37. 37. Daniel 2:21 Lit knowers of ↩
  38. 38. Daniel 2:22 Job 12:22; Ps 25:14; Dan 2:19, 28 ↩
  39. 39. Daniel 2:22 Job 26:6; Ps 139:12; Is 45:7; Jer 23:24; Heb 4:13 ↩
  40. 40. Daniel 2:22 Ps 36:9; Dan 5:11, 14; James 1:17; 1 John 1:5 ↩
  41. 41. Daniel 2:23 Gen 31:42; Ex 3:15 ↩
  42. 42. Daniel 2:23 Dan 1:17; 2:21 ↩
  43. 43. Daniel 2:23 Ps 21:2, 4; Dan 2:18, 29, 30 ↩
  44. 44. Daniel 2:24 Dan 2:12, 13; Acts 27:24 ↩
  45. 45. Daniel 2:24 Lit in before the king ↩
  46. 46. Daniel 2:25 Gen 41:14 ↩
  47. 47. Daniel 2:25 Lit in before the king ↩
  48. 48. Daniel 2:25 Lit sons of the exile of ↩
  49. 49. Daniel 2:25 Dan 1:6; 5:13; 6:13 ↩
  50. 50. Daniel 2:26 Dan 1:7; 4:8; 5:12 ↩
  51. 51. Daniel 2:27 Dan 2:2, 10, 11; 5:7, 8 ↩
  52. 52. Daniel 2:28 Gen 40:8; 41:16; Dan 2:22, 45 ↩
  53. 53. Daniel 2:28 Lit end of the days ↩
  54. 54. Daniel 2:28 Gen 49:1; Is 2:2; Dan 10:14; Mic 4:1 ↩
  55. 55. Daniel 2:28 Dan 4:5 ↩
  56. 56. Daniel 2:28 Lit of your head ↩
  57. 57. Daniel 2:29 Lit came up ↩
  58. 58. Daniel 2:29 Lit after this ↩
  59. 59. Daniel 2:29 Dan 2:23, 47 ↩
  60. 60. Daniel 2:30 Or through ↩
  61. 61. Daniel 2:30 Gen 41:16; Dan 1:17 ↩
  62. 62. Daniel 2:30 Lit which is ↩
  63. 63. Daniel 2:30 Ps 139:2; Amos 4:13 ↩
  64. 64. Daniel 2:30 Lit heart ↩
  65. 65. Daniel 2:31 Lit its radiance was extraordinary ↩
  66. 66. Daniel 2:31 Or dreadful ↩
  67. 67. Daniel 2:31 Hab 1:7 ↩
  68. 68. Daniel 2:32 Dan 2:38 ↩
  69. 69. Daniel 2:34 Lit were ↩
  70. 70. Daniel 2:34 Dan 2:45 ↩
  71. 71. Daniel 2:34 Dan 8:25; Zech 4:6 ↩
  72. 72. Daniel 2:34 Ps 2:9; Is 60:12 ↩
  73. 73. Daniel 2:35 Lit as one ↩
  74. 74. Daniel 2:35 Ps 1:4; Is 17:13; 41:15, 16; Hos 13:3 ↩
  75. 75. Daniel 2:35 Ps 37:10, 36 ↩
  76. 76. Daniel 2:35 Is 2:2; Mic 4:1 ↩
  77. 77. Daniel 2:36 Dan 2:24 ↩
  78. 78. Daniel 2:37 Is 47:5; Jer 27:6, 7; Ezek 26:7 ↩
  79. 79. Daniel 2:37 Or sovereignty ↩
  80. 80. Daniel 2:37 Ps 62:11 ↩
  81. 81. Daniel 2:38 Ps 50:10, 11; Dan 4:21, 22 ↩
  82. 82. Daniel 2:40 Dan 7:23 ↩
  83. 83. Daniel 2:41 Lit wet clay ↩
  84. 84. Daniel 2:43 Lit wet clay ↩
  85. 85. Daniel 2:43 Or with ↩
  86. 86. Daniel 2:43 Lit the seed of men ↩
  87. 87. Daniel 2:44 Dan 2:28, 37 ↩
  88. 88. Daniel 2:44 Is 9:6, 7 ↩
  89. 89. 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 ↩
  90. 90. Daniel 2:44 Or passed on to ↩
  91. 91. Daniel 2:44 Ps 2:9; Is 60:12; Dan 2:34, 35 ↩
  92. 92. Daniel 2:45 Dan 2:34 ↩
  93. 93. Daniel 2:45 Deut 10:17; 2 Sam 7:22; Ps 48:1; Jer 32:18, 19; Dan 2:29; Mal 1:11 ↩
  94. 94. Daniel 2:45 Gen 41:28, 32 ↩
  95. 95. Daniel 2:45 Lit after this ↩
  96. 96. Daniel 2:46 Dan 3:5, 7; Acts 10:25; 14:13; Rev 19:10; 22:8 ↩
  97. 97. Daniel 2:46 Lev 26:31; Ezra 6:10 ↩
  98. 98. Daniel 2:47 Dan 3:15; 4:25 ↩
  99. 99. Daniel 2:47 Deut 10:17; Ps 136:2, 3; Dan 11:36 ↩
  100. 100. Daniel 2:47 Dan 2:22, 30; Amos 3:7 ↩
  101. 101. Daniel 2:48 Lit made Daniel great ↩
  102. 102. Daniel 2:48 Gen 41:39-43; Dan 2:6; 5:16, 29 ↩
  103. 103. Daniel 2:48 Dan 3:1, 12, 30 ↩
  104. 104. Daniel 2:48 Lit of the prefects ↩
  105. 105. Daniel 2:49 Dan 3:12 ↩
  106. 106. Daniel 2:49 Dan 1:7 ↩
  107. 107. Daniel 2:49 Lit gate ↩
  108. 108. Daniel 2:49 Esth 2:19, 21; Amos 5:15 ↩

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