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And in the second[H8147]year[H8141] of the reign[H4438] of Nebuchadnezzar[H5019]Nebuchadnezzar[H5019]dreamed[H2492]dreams[H2472], wherewith his spirit[H7307] was troubled[H6470], and his sleep[H8142]brake[H1961] from him.
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Then the king[H4428]commanded[H559] to call[H7121] the magicians[H2748], and the astrologers[H825], and the sorcerers[H3784], and the Chaldeans[H3778], for to shew[H5046] the king[H4428] his dreams[H2472]. So they came[H935] and stood[H5975]before[H6440] the king[H4428].
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And the king[H4428]said[H559] unto them, I have dreamed[H2492] a dream[H2472], and my spirit[H7307] was troubled[H6470] to know[H3045] the dream[H2472].
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Then spake[H1696] the Chaldeans[H3778] to the king[H4428] in Syriack[H762], O king[H4430], live[H2418] for ever[H5957]: tell[H560] thy servants[H5649] the dream[H2493], and we will shew[H2324] the interpretation[H6591].
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The king[H4430]answered[H6032] and said[H560] to the Chaldeans[H3779], The thing[H4406] is gone[H230] from me[H4481]: if[H2006] ye will not[H3809] make known[H3046] unto me[H4481] the dream[H2493], with the interpretation[H6591] thereof, ye shall be cut[H5648] in pieces[H1917], and your houses[H1005] shall be made[H7761] a dunghill[H5122].
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But if[H2006] ye shew[H2324] the dream[H2493], and the interpretation[H6591] thereof, ye shall receive[H6902]of[H4481]me[H6925]gifts[H4978] and rewards[H5023] and great[H7690]honour[H3367]: therefore[H3861]shew[H2324]me[H6925] the dream[H2493], and the interpretation[H6591] thereof.
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They answered[H6032]again[H8579] and said[H560], Let the king[H4430]tell[H560] his servants[H5649] the dream[H2493], and we will shew[H2324] the interpretation[H6591] of it.
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The king[H4430]answered[H6032] and said[H560], I[H576]know[H3046]of[H4481]certainty[H3330] that ye[H608] would gain[H2084] the time[H5732], because[H6903]ye[H608]see[H2370] the thing[H4406] is gone[H230]from[H4481] me.
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But if[H2006] ye will not[H3809] make known[H3046] unto me the dream[H2493], there is but one[H1932]decree[H1882] for you: for ye have prepared[H2164]lying[H3538] and corrupt[H7844]words[H4406] to speak[H560]before[H6925] me, till[H5705] the time[H5732] be changed[H8133]: therefore[H3861]tell[H560] me the dream[H2493], and I shall know[H3046]that[H1768] ye can shew[H2324] me the interpretation[H6591] thereof.
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The Chaldeans[H3779]answered[H6032]before[H6925] the king[H4430], and said[H560], There is[H383]not[H3809] a man[H606]upon[H5922] the earth[H3007] that can[H3202]shew[H2324] the king[H4430]'s matter[H4406]: therefore[H6903] there is[H383]no[H3809]king[H4430], lord[H7229], nor ruler[H7990], that asked[H7593]such[H1836]things[H4406] at any[H3606]magician[H2749], or astrologer[H826], or Chaldean[H3779].
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And it is[H383] a rare[H3358]thing[H4406] that the king[H4430]requireth[H7593], and there is[H383]none[H3809]other[H321] that can shew[H2324] it before[H6925] the king[H4430], except[H3861] the gods[H426], whose dwelling[H4070]is[H383]not[H3809]with[H5974]flesh[H1321].
12For[H6903]this[H1836]cause[H3606] the king[H4430] was angry[H1149] and very[H7690]furious[H7108], and commanded[H560] to destroy[H7]all[H3606] the wise[H2445] men of Babylon[H895].
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And the decree[H1882] went forth[H5312] that the wise[H2445] men should be slain[H6992]; and they sought[H1156]Daniel[H1841] and his fellows[H2269] to be slain[H6992].
14Then[H116]Daniel[H1841]answered[H8421] with counsel[H5843] and wisdom[H2942] to Arioch[H746] the captain[H7229]of[H1768] the king's guard[H2877], which was gone forth[H5312] to slay[H6992] the wise[H2445] men of[H1768]Babylon[H895]:
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He answered[H6032] and said[H560] to Arioch[H746] the king[H4430]'s captain[H7990], Why[H4101] is the decree[H1882] so hasty[H2685]from[H4481] the king?[H4430]Then[H116]Arioch[H746] made the thing[H4406]known[H3046] to Daniel[H1841].
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Then Daniel[H1841] went in[H5954], and desired[H1156]of[H4481] the king[H4430] that he would give[H5415] him time[H2166], and that he would shew[H2324] the king[H4430] the interpretation[H6591].
17Then[H116]Daniel[H1841]went[H236] to his house[H1005], and made the thing[H4406]known[H3046] to Hananiah[H2608], Mishael[H4333], and Azariah[H5839], his companions[H2269]:
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That they would desire[H1156]mercies[H7359]of[H4481] the God[H426]of[H6925]heaven[H8065]concerning[H5922]this[H1836]secret[H7328]; that Daniel[H1841] and his fellows[H2269] should not[H3809]perish[H7]with[H5974] the rest[H7606]of[H6925] the wise[H2445] men of[H6925]Babylon[H895].
19Then[H116] was the secret[H7328]revealed[H1541] unto Daniel[H1841] in a night[H3916]vision[H2376]. Then[H116]Daniel[H1841]blessed[H1289] the God[H426] of heaven[H8065].
20Daniel[H1841]answered[H6032] and said[H560], Blessed[H1289]be[H1934] the name[H8036] of God[H426]for[H4481]ever[H5957] and ever[H5705]: for[H4481]wisdom[H2452] and might[H1370]are[H1932] his:
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And he changeth[H8133] the times[H5732] and the seasons[H2166]: he removeth[H5709]kings[H4430], and setteth up[H6966]kings[H4430]: he giveth[H3052]wisdom[H2452] unto the wise[H2445], and knowledge[H4486] to them that know[H3046]understanding[H999]:
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He revealeth[H1541] the deep[H5994] and secret things[H5642]: he knoweth[H3046]what[H4101] is in the darkness[H2816], and the light[H5094]dwelleth[H8271] with him[H5974].
23I[H576]thank[H3029]thee[H4481], and praise[H7624]thee[H4481], O thou God[H426] of my fathers[H2], who hast given[H3052] me wisdom[H2452] and might[H1370], and hast made known[H3046] unto me now[H3705] what we desired[H1156] of thee[H4481]: for thou hast now[H3705] made known[H3046] unto us the king's matter[H4406].
24Therefore[H3606]Daniel[H1841]went[H236]in[H5954]unto[H5922]Arioch[H746], whom the king[H4430] had ordained[H4483] to destroy[H7] the wise[H2445] men of Babylon[H895]: he went[H236] and said[H560]thus[H3652]unto[H5922] him; Destroy[H7]not[H409] the wise[H2445] men of Babylon[H895]: bring me in[H5954]before[H6925] the king[H4430], and I will shew[H2324]unto[H5922] the king[H4430] the interpretation[H6591].
25Then[H116]Arioch[H746] brought in[H5954]Daniel[H1841]before[H6925] the king[H4430]in[H5954]haste[H927], and said[H560]thus[H3652] unto him, I have found[H7912] a man[H1400]of[H4481] the captives[H1123]of[H4481]Judah[H3061], that will make known[H3046] unto the king[H4430] the interpretation[H6591].
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The king[H4430]answered[H6032] and said[H560] to Daniel[H1841], whose name[H8036] was Belteshazzar[H1096], Art[H383] thou able[H3546] to make known[H3046] unto me the dream[H2493] which I have seen[H2370], and the interpretation[H6591] thereof?
27Daniel[H1841]answered[H6032] in the presence[H6925] of the king[H4430], and said[H560], The secret[H7328] which the king[H4430] hath demanded[H7593]cannot[H3202] the wise[H2445] men, the astrologers[H826], the magicians[H2749], the soothsayers[H1505], shew[H2324] unto the king[H4430];
28But[H1297] there is[H383] a God[H426] in heaven[H8065] that revealeth[H1541]secrets[H7328], and maketh known[H3046] to the king[H4430]Nebuchadnezzar[H5020]what[H4101] shall be[H1934] in the latter[H320]days[H3118]. Thy dream[H2493], and the visions[H2376] of thy head[H7217]upon[H5922] thy bed[H4903], are these[H1836];
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As for thee[H607], O king[H4430], thy thoughts[H7476]came[H5559] into thy mind upon[H5922] thy bed[H4903], what[H4101] should come to pass[H1934]hereafter[H311]: and he that revealeth[H1541]secrets[H7328] maketh known[H3046] to thee[H607]what[H4101] shall come to pass[H1934].
30But[H3861] as for me[H576], this[H1836]secret[H7328] is not[H3809]revealed[H1541] to me[H576] for any[H3606]wisdom[H2452]that[H5922] I have[H383] more than[H4481]any[H3606]living[H2417], but[H3861] for their sakes[H1701]that[H5922] shall make known[H3046] the interpretation[H6591] to the king[H4430], and that[H5922] thou mightest know[H3046] the thoughts[H7476] of thy heart[H3825].
31Thou[H607], O king[H4430], sawest[H1934], and behold[H431] a great[H2298]image[H6755]. This[H1797]great[H7690]image[H6755], whose brightness[H2122] was excellent[H3493], stood[H6966]before[H6903] thee; and the form[H7299] thereof was terrible[H1763].
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This image's head[H7217] was of fine[H2869]gold[H1722], his breast[H2306] and his arms[H1872] of silver[H3702], his belly[H4577] and his thighs[H3410] of brass[H5174],
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His legs[H8243] of iron[H6523], his feet[H7271]part[H4481] of iron[H6523] and part[H4481] of clay[H2635].
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Thou sawest[H2370]till[H5705] that a stone[H69] was cut out[H1505]without[H3809]hands[H3028], which smote[H4223] the image[H6755]upon[H5922] his feet[H7271] that were of iron[H6523] and clay[H2635], and brake[H1855]them[H1994] to pieces[H1855].
35Then[H116] was the iron[H6523], the clay[H2635], the brass[H5174], the silver[H3702], and the gold[H1722], broken to pieces[H1855]together[H2298], and became[H1934] like the chaff[H5784]of[H4481] the summer[H7007]threshingfloors[H147]; and the wind[H7308]carried[H5376]them[H1994]away[H5376], that[H3606]no[H3809]place[H870] was found[H7912] for them[H1994]: and the stone[H69]that[H3606]smote[H4223] the image[H6755]became[H1934] a great[H7229]mountain[H2906], and filled[H4391] the whole[H3606]earth[H772].
36This[H1836] is the dream[H2493]; and we will tell[H560] the interpretation[H6591] thereof before[H6925] the king[H4430].
37Thou[H607], O king[H4430], art a king[H4430] of kings[H4430]: for the God[H426] of heaven[H8065] hath given[H3052] thee a kingdom[H4437], power[H2632], and strength[H8632], and glory[H3367].
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And wheresoever[H3606] the children[H1123] of men[H606]dwell[H1753], the beasts[H2423] of the field[H1251] and the fowls[H5776] of the heaven[H8065] hath he given[H3052] into thine hand[H3028], and hath made thee ruler[H7981] over them all[H3606]. Thou[H607] art this head[H7217] of gold[H1722].
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And after[H870]thee[H4481] shall arise[H6966]another[H317]kingdom[H4437]inferior[H772] to thee[H4481], and another[H317]third[H8523]kingdom[H4437] of brass[H5174], which shall bear rule[H7981] over all[H3606] the earth[H772].
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And the fourth[H7244]kingdom[H4437] shall be[H1934]strong[H8624]as[H6903]iron[H6523]: forasmuch as[H6903]iron[H6523]breaketh[H7490] in pieces[H1855] and subdueth[H2827]all[H3606] things: and as[H6903]iron[H6523] that breaketh[H7490]all[H3606]these[H459], shall it break in pieces[H1855] and bruise[H7490].
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And whereas thou sawest[H2370] the feet[H7271] and toes[H677], part[H4481]of[H4481]potters[H6353]' clay[H2635], and part[H4481]of[H4481]iron[H6523], the kingdom[H4437] shall be[H1934]divided[H6386]; but[H4481] there shall be[H1934] in it of[H4481] the strength[H5326]of[H4481] the iron[H6523], forasmuch as[H3606] thou sawest[H2370] the iron[H6523]mixed[H6151] with miry[H2917]clay[H2635].
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And as the toes[H677] of the feet[H7271] were part[H4481] of iron[H6523], and part[H4481] of clay[H2635], so the kingdom[H4437] shall be[H1934]partly[H4481]strong[H8624], and partly[H7118]broken[H8406].
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And whereas[H1768] thou sawest[H2370]iron[H6523]mixed[H6151] with miry[H2917]clay[H2635], they shall[H1934] mingle themselves[H1934] with the seed[H2234] of men[H606]: but they shall[H1934]not[H3809]cleave[H1693]one[H1836]to[H5974]another[H1836], even[H1888] as iron[H6523] is not[H3809]mixed[H6151] with clay[H2635].
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And in the days[H3118] of these[H581]kings[H4430] shall the God[H426] of heaven[H8065] set up[H6966] a kingdom[H4437], which shall never[H5957] be destroyed[H2255]: and the kingdom[H4437] shall not[H3809] be left[H7662] to other[H321]people[H5972], but it[H1932] shall break in pieces[H1855] and consume[H5487]all[H3606]these[H459]kingdoms[H4437], and it[H1932] shall stand[H6966] for ever[H5957].
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Forasmuch as[H3606] thou sawest[H2370] that the stone[H69] was cut out[H1505] of the mountain[H2906]without[H3809]hands[H3028], and that it brake in pieces[H1855] the iron[H6523], the brass[H5174], the clay[H2635], the silver[H3702], and the gold[H1722]; the great[H7229]God[H426] hath made known[H3046] to the king[H4430]what[H4101] shall come to pass[H1934]hereafter[H311]: and the dream[H2493] is certain[H3330], and the interpretation[H6591] thereof sure[H540].
46Then[H116] the king[H4430]Nebuchadnezzar[H5020]fell[H5308]upon[H5922] his face[H600], and worshipped[H5457]Daniel[H1841], and commanded[H560] that they should offer[H5260] an oblation[H4504] and sweet odours[H5208] unto him.
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The king[H4430]answered[H6032] unto Daniel[H1841], and said[H560], Of[H4481] a truth[H7187] it is, that[H1768] your God[H426] is a God[H426]of[H4481]gods[H426], and a Lord[H4756]of[H4481]kings[H4430], and a revealer[H1541]of[H4481]secrets[H7328], seeing thou couldest[H3202]reveal[H1541]this[H1836]secret[H7328].
48Then[H116] the king[H4430]made[H7236]Daniel[H1841] a great[H7260]man[H7236], and gave[H3052] him many[H7690]great[H7260]gifts[H4978], and made[H7236] him ruler[H7981]over[H5922] the whole[H3606]province[H4083] of Babylon[H895], and chief[H7229] of the governors[H5460]over[H5922]all[H3606] the wise[H2445] men of Babylon[H895].
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Then Daniel[H1841]requested[H1156]of[H4481] the king[H4430], and he set[H4483]Shadrach[H7715], Meshach[H4336], and Abednego[H5665], over[H5922] the affairs[H5673]of[H4481] the province[H4083]of[H4481]Babylon[H895]: but Daniel[H1841] sat in the gate[H8651]of[H4481] the king[H4430].