DA-2:1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar
dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep
brake from
him.
DA-2:2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the
astrologers,
and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to show the king his
dreams. So they
came and stood before the king.
DA-2:3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and
my spirit was
troubled to know the dream.
DA-2:4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king,
live for
ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will show the
interpretation.
DA-2:5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing
is gone from
me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the
interpretation
thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be
made a dunghill.
DA-2:6 But if ye show the dream, and the interpretation thereof,
ye shall
receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore show
me the dream,
and the interpretation thereof.
DA-2:7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his
servants the
dream, and we will show the interpretation of it.
DA-2:8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye
would gain the
time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
DA-2:9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, [there
is but] one
decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to
speak before
me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I
shall know
that ye can show me the interpretation thereof.
DA-2:10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There
is not a man
upon the earth that can show the king's matter: therefore [there
is] no king,
lord, nor ruler, [that] asked such things at any magician, or
astrologer, or
Chaldean.
DA-2:11 And [it is] a rare thing that the king requireth, and
there is none
other that can show it before the king, except the gods, whose
dwelling is not
with flesh.
DA-2:12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and
commanded to
destroy all the wise [men] of Babylon.
DA-2:13 And the decree went forth that the wise [men] should be
slain; and
they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
DA-2:14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch
the captain of
the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise [men] of
Babylon:
DA-2:15 He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why
[is] the
decree [so] hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing
known to Daniel.
DA-2:16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he
would give him
time, and that he would show the king the interpretation.
DA-2:17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known
to Hananiah,
Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
DA-2:18 That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven
concerning this
secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the
rest of the
wise [men] of Babylon.
DA-2:19 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night
vision. Then
Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
DA-2:20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God
for ever and
ever: for wisdom and might are his:
DA-2:21 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth
kings, and
setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge
to them that
know understanding:
DA-2:22 He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth
what [is] in the
darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
DA-2:23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers,
who hast
given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what
we desired of
thee: for thou hast [now] made known unto us the king's matter.
DA-2:24 Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had
ordained to
destroy the wise [men] of Babylon: he went and said thus unto
him; Destroy not
the wise [men] of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I
will show unto
the king the interpretation.
DA-2:25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste,
and said thus
unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will
make known
unto the king the interpretation.
DA-2:26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name [was]
Belteshazzar,
Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen,
and the
interpretation thereof?
DA-2:27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said,
The secret
which the king hath demanded cannot the wise [men], the
astrologers, the
magicians, the soothsayers, show unto the king;
DA-2:28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets,
and maketh known
to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy
dream, and
the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
DA-2:29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came [into thy mind]
upon thy bed,
what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth
secrets maketh known
to thee what shall come to pass.
DA-2:30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for
[any] wisdom
that I have more than any living, but for [their] sakes that
shall make known
the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the
thoughts of
thy heart.
DA-2:31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This
great image,
whose brightness [was] excellent, stood before thee; and the
form thereof
[was] terrible.
DA-2:32 This image's head [was] of fine gold, his breast and
his arms of
silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
DA-2:33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of
clay.
DA-2:34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands,
which smote
the image upon his feet [that were] of iron and clay, and brake
them to
pieces.
DA-2:35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and
the gold,
broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the
summer
threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place
was found for
them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain,
and filled
the whole earth.
DA-2:36 This [is] the dream; and we will tell the
interpretation thereof
before the king.
DA-2:37 Thou, O king, [art] a king of kings: for the God of
heaven hath given
thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
DA-2:38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts
of the field
and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and
hath made thee
ruler over them all. Thou [art] this head of gold.
DA-2:39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to
thee, and
another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all
the earth.
DA-2:40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron:
forasmuch as iron
breaketh in pieces and subdueth all [things]: and as iron that
breaketh all
these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
DA-2:41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of
potter's clay, and
part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be
in it of the
strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed
with miry clay.
DA-2:42 And [as] the toes of the feet [were] part of iron, and
part of clay,
[so] the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
DA-2:43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they
shall mingle
themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one
to another,
even as iron is not mixed with clay.
DA-2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven
set up a
kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall
not be left to
other people, [but] it shall break in pieces and consume all
these kingdoms,
and it shall stand for ever.
DA-2:45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of
the mountain
without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass,
the clay, the
silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king
what shall
come to pass hereafter: and the dream [is] certain, and the
interpretation
thereof sure.
DA-2:46 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and
worshipped
Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and
sweet odours unto
him.
DA-2:47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth [it
is], that
your God [is] a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer
of secrets,
seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.
DA-2:48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him
many great gifts,
and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief
of the
governors over all the wise [men] of Babylon.
DA-2:49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach,
Meshach, and
Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but
Daniel [sat] in the
gate of the king.
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