Daniel 2

2:1 And in the second <G 8147> year <G 8141> of the reign <G

4438> of Nebuchadnezzar <G 5019> Nebuchadnezzar <G 5019> dreamed

<G 2492> dreams <G 2472>, wherewith his spirit <G 7307> was

troubled <G 6470>, and his sleep <G 8142> brake <G 1961> from

him.

2:2 Then the king <G 4428> commanded <G 0559> to call <G 7121>

the magicians <G 2748>, and the astrologers <G 0825>, and the

sorcerers <G 3784>, and the Chaldeans <G 3779>, for to shew <G

5046> the king <G 4428> his dreams <G 2472>. So they came <G

0935> and stood <G 5975> before <G 6440> the king <G 4428>.

2:3 And the king <G 4428> said <G 0559> unto them, I have

dreamed <G 2492> a dream <G 2472>, and my spirit <G 7307> was

troubled <G 6470> to know <G 3045> the dream <G 2472>.

2:4 Then spake <G 1696> the Chaldeans <G 3779> to the king <G

4428> in Syriack <G 0762>, O king <G 4430>, live <G 2418> for

ever <G 5957>: tell <G 0560> thy servants <G 5649> the dream <G

2493>, and we will shew <G 2324> the interpretation <G 6591>.

2:5 The king <G 4430> answered <G 6032> and said <G 0560> to the

Chaldeans <G 3779>, The thing <G 4406> is gone <G 0230> from me:

if <G 2006> ye will not make known <G 3046> unto me the dream <G

2493>, with the interpretation <G 6591> thereof, ye shall be cut

<G 5648> in pieces <G 1917>, and your houses <G 1005> shall be

made <G 7761> a dunghill <G 5122>.

2:6 But if <G 2006> ye shew <G 2324> the dream <G 2493>, and the

interpretation <G 6591> thereof, ye shall receive <G 6902> of me

gifts <G 4978> and rewards <G 5023> and great <G 7690> honour <G

3367>: therefore <G 2006> shew <G 2324> me the dream <G 2493>,

and the interpretation <G 6591> thereof.

2:7 They answered <G 6032> again <G 8579> and said <G 0560>, Let

the king <G 4430> tell <G 0560> his servants <G 5649> the dream

<G 2493>, and we will shew <G 2324> the interpretation <G 6591>

of it.

2:8 The king <G 4430> answered <G 6032> and said <G 0560>, I

know <G 3046> of certainty <G 3330> that ye would gain <G 2084>

the time <G 5732>, because ye see <G 2370> the thing <G 4406> is

gone <G 0230> from me.

2:9 But if <G 2006> ye will not make known <G 3046> unto me the

dream <G 2493>, [there is but] one <G 2298> decree <G 1882> for

you: for ye have prepared <G 2164> lying <G 3538> and corrupt <G

7844> words <G 4406> to speak <G 0560> before <G 6925> me, till

<G 5704> the time <G 5732> be changed <G 8133>: therefore <G

2006> tell <G 0560> me the dream <G 2493>, and I shall know <G

3046> that ye can shew <G 2324> me the interpretation <G 6591>

thereof.

2:10 The Chaldeans <G 3779> answered <G 6032> before <G 6925>

the king <G 4430>, and said <G 0560>, There is not a man <G

0606> upon the earth <G 3007> that can <G 3202> shew <G 2324>

the king's <G 4430> matter <G 4406>: therefore [there is] no

king <G 4430>, lord <G 7229>, nor ruler <G 7990>, [that] asked

<G 7593> such <G 1836> things at any <G 3606> magician <G 2749>,

or astrologer <G 0826>, or Chaldean <G 3777>.

2:11 And [it is] a rare <G 3358> thing <G 4406> that the king <G

4430> requireth <G 7593>, and there is none <G 3809> other <G

0321> that can shew <G 2324> it before <G 6925> the king <G

4430>, except <G 3861> the gods <G 0426>, whose <G 1768>

dwelling <G 4070> is not with flesh <G 1321>.

2:12 For this <G 1836> cause the king <G 4430> was angry <G

1149> and very <G 7690> furious <G 7108>, and commanded <G 0560>

to destroy <G 7> all <G 3606> the wise <G 2445> [men] of Babylon

<G 0895>.

2:13 And the decree <G 1882> went <G 5312> forth <G 5312> that

the wise <G 2445> [men] should be slain <G 6992>; and they

sought <G 1158> Daniel <G 1841> and his fellows <G 2269> to be

slain <G 6992>.

2:14 Then <G 0116> Daniel <G 1841> answered <G 8421> with

counsel <G 5843> and wisdom <G 2942> to Arioch <G 0746> the

captain <G 7229> of the king's <G 4430> guard <G 2877>, which <G

1768> was gone <G 5312> forth <G 5312> to slay <G 6992> the wise

<G 2445> [men] of Babylon <G 0895>:

2:15 He answered <G 6032> and said <G 0560> to Arioch <G 0746>

the king's <G 4430> captain <G 7990>, Why [is] the decree <G

1882> [so] hasty <G 2685> from the king <G 4430>? Then <G 0116>

Arioch <G 0746> made the thing <G 4406> known <G 3046> to Daniel

<G 1841>.

2:16 Then Daniel <G 1841> went <G 5954> in, and desired <G 1156>

of the king <G 4430> that he would give <G 5415> him time <G

2166>, and that he would shew <G 2324> the king <G 4430> the

interpretation <G 6591>.

2:17 Then <G 0116> Daniel <G 1841> went <G 0236> to his house <G

1005>, and made the thing <G 4406> known <G 3046> to Hananiah <G

2608>, Mishael <G 4332>, and Azariah <G 5839>, his companions <G

2269>:

2:18 That they would desire <G 1156> mercies <G 7359> of the God

<G 0426> of heaven <G 8065> concerning <G 5922> this <G 1836>

secret <G 7328>; that Daniel <G 1841> and his fellows <G 2269>

should not perish <G 7> with the rest <G 7606> of the wise <G

2445> [men] of Babylon <G 0895>.

2:19 Then <G 0116> was the secret <G 7328> revealed <G 1541>

unto Daniel <G 1841> in a night <G 3916> vision <G 2376>. Then

<G 0116> Daniel <G 1841> blessed <G 1289> the God <G 0426> of

heaven <G 8065>.

2:20 Daniel <G 1841> answered <G 6032> and said <G 0560>,

Blessed <G 1289> be the name <G 8036> of God <G 0426> for ever

<G 5957> and ever <G 5957>: for wisdom <G 2452> and might <G

1370> are his:

2:21 And he changeth <G 8133> the times <G 5732> and the seasons

<G 2166>: he removeth <G 5709> kings <G 4430>, and setteth <G

6966> up kings <G 4430>: he giveth <G 3052> wisdom <G 2452> unto

the wise <G 2445>, and knowledge <G 0998> to them that know <G

3046> understanding <G 0999>:

2:22 He revealeth <G 1541> the deep <G 5994> and secret <G 5642>

things: he knoweth <G 3046> what <G 4101> [is] in the darkness

<G 2816>, and the light <G 5094> dwelleth <G 8271> with him.

2:23 I thank <G 3029> thee, and praise <G 7624> thee, O thou God

<G 0426> of my fathers <G 2>, who <G 1768> hast given <G 3052>

me wisdom <G 2452> and might <G 1370>, and hast made known <G

3046> unto me now <G 3705> what <G 1768> we desired <G 1156> of

thee: for thou hast [now <G 3705>] made known <G 3046> unto us

the king's <G 4430> matter <G 4406>.

2:24 Therefore Daniel <G 1841> went <G 5954> in unto Arioch <G

0746>, whom <G 1768> the king <G 4430> had ordained <G 4483> to

destroy <G 7> the wise <G 2445> [men] of Babylon <G 0895>: he

went <G 0236> and said <G 0560> thus <G 3652> unto him; Destroy

<G 7> not the wise <G 2445> [men] of Babylon <G 0895>: bring <G

5924> me in before <G 6925> the king <G 4430>, and I will shew

<G 2324> unto the king <G 4430> the interpretation <G 6591>.

2:25 Then <G 0116> Arioch <G 0746> brought <G 5954> in Daniel <G

1841> before <G 6925> the king <G 4430> in haste <G 0927>, and

said <G 0560> thus <G 3652> unto him, I have found <G 4672> a

man <G 1400> of the captives of Judah <G 3061>, that will make

known <G 3046> unto the king <G 4430> the interpretation <G

6591>.

2:26 The king <G 4430> answered <G 6032> and said <G 0560> to

Daniel <G 1841>, whose <G 1768> name <G 8036> [was] Belteshazzar

<G 1096>, Art <G 0383> thou able <G 3546> to make known <G 3046>

unto me the dream <G 2493> which <G 1768> I have seen <G 2370>,

and the interpretation <G 6591> thereof?

2:27 Daniel <G 1841> answered <G 6032> in the presence <G 6925>

of the king <G 4430>, and said <G 0560>, The secret <G 7328>

which <G 1768> the king <G 4430> hath demanded <G 7593> cannot

the wise <G 2445> [men], the astrologers <G 0826>, the magicians

<G 2749>, the soothsayers <G 1505>, shew <G 2324> unto the king

<G 4430>;

2:28 But there is a God <G 0426> in heaven <G 8065> that

revealeth <G 1541> secrets <G 7328>, and maketh known <G 3046>

to the king <G 4430> Nebuchadnezzar <G 5020> what <G 4101> shall

be in the latter <G 0320> days <G 3118>. Thy dream <G 2493>, and

the visions <G 2376> of thy head <G 7217> upon thy bed <G 4903>,

are these <G 1836>;

2:29 As for thee, O king <G 4430>, thy thoughts <G 7476> came <G

5559> [into thy mind] upon thy bed <G 4903>, what <G 4101>

should come <G 1934> to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth <G

1541> secrets <G 7328> maketh known <G 3046> to thee what <G

4101> shall come <G 1934> to pass.

2:30 But as for me, this <G 1836> secret <G 7328> is not

revealed <G 1541> to me for [any] wisdom <G 2452> that I have <G

0383> more <G 4481> than <G 4481> any <G 3606> living <G 2417>,

but for [their] sakes <G 1701> that shall make known <G 3046>

the interpretation <G 6591> to the king <G 4430>, and that thou

mightest know <G 3046> the thoughts <G 7476> of thy heart <G

3825>.

2:31 Thou, O king <G 4430>, sawest <G 2370>, and behold <G 0431>

a great <G 7690> image <G 6755>. This <G 1797> great <G 7229>

image <G 6755>, whose brightness <G 2122> [was] excellent <G

3493>, stood <G 6966> before <G 6903> thee; and the form <G

7299> thereof [was] terrible <G 1763>.

2:32 This <G 1931> image's <G 6755> head <G 7217> [was] of fine

<G 2869> gold <G 1722>, his breast <G 2306> and his arms <G

1672> of silver <G 3702>, his belly <G 4577> and his thighs <G

3410> of brass <G 5174>,

2:33 His legs <G 8243> of iron <G 6523>, his feet <G 7271> part

<G 4481> of iron <G 6523> and part <G 4481> of clay <G 2635>.

2:34 Thou sawest <G 2370> till <G 5704> that a stone <G 69> was

cut <G 1505> out without hands <G 3028>, which smote <G 4223>

the image <G 6755> upon his feet <G 7271> [that were] of iron <G

6523> and clay <G 2635>, and brake <G 1855> them to pieces.

2:35 Then <G 0116> was the iron <G 6523>, the clay <G 2635>, the

brass <G 5174>, the silver <G 3702>, and the gold <G 1722>,

broken <G 1854> to pieces together <G 2298>, and became <G 1934>

like the chaff <G 5784> of the summer <G 7007> threshingfloors

<G 0147>; and the wind <G 7308> carried <G 5376> them away, that

no place <G 0870> was found <G 7912> for them: and the stone <G

69> that smote <G 4223> the image <G 6755> became <G 1934> a

great <G 7229> mountain <G 2906>, and filled <G 4391> the whole

<G 3606> earth <G 0772>.

2:36 This <G 1836> [is] the dream <G 2493>; and we will tell <G

0560> the interpretation <G 6591> thereof before <G 6925> the

king <G 4430>.

2:37 Thou, O king <G 4430>, [art] a king <G 4430> of kings <G

4430>: for the God <G 0426> of heaven <G 8065> hath given <G

3052> thee a kingdom <G 4437>, power <G 2632>, and strength <G

8632>, and glory <G 3367>.

2:38 And wheresoever the children <G 1123> of men <G 0606> dwell

<G 1753>, the beasts <G 2423> of the field <G 1251> and the

fowls <G 5776> of the heaven <G 8065> hath he given <G 3052>

into thine hand <G 3028>, and hath made thee ruler <G 7981> over

them all <G 3606>. Thou [art] this <G 1931> head <G 7217> of

gold <G 1722>.

2:39 And after <G 0870> thee shall arise <G 6965> another <G

0317> kingdom <G 4437> inferior <G 0772> to thee, and another <G

0317> third <G 8523> kingdom <G 4437> of brass <G 5174>, which

<G 1768> shall bear <G 7981> rule <G 7981> over all <G 3606> the

earth <G 0772>.

2:40 And the fourth <G 7244> kingdom <G 4437> shall be strong <G

8624> as iron <G 6523>: forasmuch as iron <G 6523> breaketh <G

1855> in pieces and subdueth <G 2827> all <G 3606> [things]: and

as iron <G 6523> that breaketh <G 7940> all <G 3606> these <G

0459>, shall it break <G 1854> in pieces and bruise <G 7490>.

2:41 And whereas <G 1768> thou sawest <G 2370> the feet <G 7271>

and toes <G 0677>, part <G 4481> of potters <G 6353>' clay <G

2635>, and part <G 4481> of iron <G 6523>, the kingdom <G 4437>

shall be divided <G 6386>; but there shall be in it of the

strength <G 5326> of the iron <G 6523>, forasmuch as thou sawest

<G 2370> the iron <G 6523> mixed <G 6151> with miry <G 2917>

clay <G 2635>.

2:42 And [as] the toes <G 0677> of the feet <G 7271> [were] part

<G 4481> of iron <G 6523>, and part <G 4481> of clay <G 2635>,

[so] the kingdom <G 4437> shall be partly <G 7118> strong <G

8624>, and partly <G 7118> broken <G 8406>.

2:43 And whereas <G 1768> thou sawest <G 2370> iron <G 6523>

mixed <G 6151> with miry <G 2917> clay <G 2635>, they shall

mingle <G 6151> themselves with the seed <G 2234> of men <G

0606>: but they shall not cleave <G 1693> one <G 1836> to

another <G 1836>, even <G 1887> as iron <G 6523> is not mixed <G

6151> with clay <G 2635>.

2:44 And in the days <G 3118> of these <G 0581> kings <G 4430>

shall the God <G 0426> of heaven <G 8065> set <G 6966> up a

kingdom <G 4437>, which <G 1768> shall never be destroyed <G

2255>: and the kingdom <G 4437> shall not be left <G 7662> to

other <G 0321> people <G 5972>, [but] it shall break <G 1854> in

pieces and consume <G 5487> all <G 3606> these <G 0459> kingdoms

<G 4437>, and it shall stand <G 6966> for ever <G 5957>.

2:45 Forasmuch as thou sawest <G 2370> that the stone <G 69> was

cut <G 1505> out of the mountain <G 2906> without hands <G 3028>,

 and that it brake <G 1855> in pieces the iron <G 6523>, the

brass <G 5174>, the clay <G 2635>, the silver <G 3702>, and the

gold <G 1722>; the great <G 7229> God <G 0426> hath made known

<G 3046> to the king <G 4430> what <G 4101> shall come <G 1934>

to pass hereafter: and the dream <G 2493> [is] certain <G 3330>,

and the interpretation <G 6591> thereof sure <G 0546>.

2:46 Then <G 0116> the king <G 4430> Nebuchadnezzar <G 5020>

fell <G 5308> upon his face <G 0600>, and worshipped <G 5457>

Daniel <G 1841>, and commanded <G 0560> that they should offer

<G 5260> an oblation <G 8641> and sweet <G 5208> odours <G 5208>

unto him.

2:47 The king <G 4430> answered <G 6032> unto Daniel <G 1841>,

and said <G 0560>, Of a truth <G 7187> [it is], that your God <G

0426> [is] a God <G 0426> of gods <G 0426>, and a Lord <G 4756>

of kings <G 4430>, and a revealer <G 1541> of secrets <G 7328>,

seeing <G 1768> thou couldest <G 3202> reveal <G 1541> this <G

1836> secret <G 7328>.

2:48 Then <G 0116> the king <G 4430> made <G 7236> Daniel <G

1841> a great <G 7236> man, and gave <G 3052> him many <G 7690>

great <G 7260> gifts <G 4978>, and made him ruler <G 7981> over

<G 5922> the whole <G 3606> province <G 4083> of Babylon <G

0895>, and chief <G 7229> of the governors <G 5461> over <G

5922> all <G 3606> the wise <G 2445> [men] of Babylon <G 0895>.

2:49 Then Daniel <G 1841> requested <G 1156> of the king <G

4430>, and he set <G 4483> Shadrach <G 7715>, Meshach <G 4336>,

and Abednego <G 5665>, over <G 5922> the affairs <G 5673> of the

province <G 4083> of Babylon <G 0895>: but Daniel <G 1841> [sat]

in the gate <G 8651> of the king <G 4430>.



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