strkjv@Daniel: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.
strkjv@Daniel:2:2
@ Then the
king
commanded
to
call
the
magicians
, and the
astrologers
, and the
sorcerers
, and the
Chaldeans
, for to
shew
the
king
his
dreams
. So they
came
and
stood
before
the
king
.
strkjv@Daniel:2:3
@ And the
king
said
unto them, I have
dreamed
a
dream
, and my
spirit
was
troubled
to
know
the
dream
.
strkjv@Daniel:2:4
@ Then
spake
the
Chaldeans
to the
king
in
Syriack
, O
king
,
live
for
ever
:
tell
thy
servants
the
dream
, and we will
shew
the
interpretation
.
strkjv@Daniel:2:5
@ The
king
answered
and
said
to the
Chaldeans
, The
thing
is
gone
from
me
:
if
ye will
not
make
known
y@ unto me the
dream
, with the
interpretation
thereof, ye shall be
cut
in
pieces
, and your
houses
shall be
made
a
dunghill
.
strkjv@Daniel:2:6
@ But
if
ye
shew
the
dream
, and the
interpretation
thereof, ye shall
receive
q@
of
me
gifts
and
rewards
and
great
honour
:
therefore
shew
me the
dream
, and the
interpretation
thereof.
strkjv@Daniel:2:7
@ They
answered
again
and
said
, Let the
king
tell
his
servants
the
dream
, and we will
shew
the
interpretation
of it.
strkjv@Daniel:2:8
@ The
king
answered
and
said
,
I
know
y@
of
certainty
that
ye
would
gain
z@ the
time
,
because
q@
ye
see
the
thing
is
gone
from
me.
strkjv@Daniel:2:9
@ But
if
ye will
not
make
known
y@ unto me the
dream
, there is but
one
decree
for you: for ye have
prepared
z@
lying
and
corrupt
sh@
words
to
speak
before
me,
till
the
time
be
changed
sh@:
therefore
tell
me the
dream
, and I shall
know
y@
that
ye can
shew
me the
interpretation
thereof.
strkjv@Daniel:2:10
@ The
Chaldeans
answered
before
the
king
, and
said
, There
is
not
a
man
upon
the
earth
that
can
y@
shew
the
kings
matter
:
therefore
q@
there is
no
king
,
lord
, nor
ruler
, that
asked
such
things
at
any
magician
, or
astrologer
, or
Chaldean
.
strkjv@Daniel:2:11
@ And it is a
rare
thing
that the
king
requireth
, and there
is
none
other
that can
shew
it
before
the
king
,
except
the
gods
, whose
dwelling
is
not
with
flesh
.
strkjv@Daniel:2:12
@
For
this
cause
the
king
was
angry
b@ and
very
furious
q@, and
commanded
to
destroy
all
the
wise
men of
Babylon
.
strkjv@Daniel:2:13
@ And the
decree
went
forth
n@ that the
wise
men should be
slain
q@; and they
sought
Daniel
and his
fellows
to be
slain
q@.
strkjv@Daniel:2:14
@
Then
Daniel
answered
with
counsel
and
wisdom
to
Arioch
the
captain
of
the
kings
guard
, which was gone
forth
n@ to
slay
q@ the
wise
men of
Babylon
:
strkjv@Daniel:2:15
@ He
answered
and
said
to
Arioch
the
kings
captain
,
Why
is the
decree
so
hasty
from
the
king
?
Then
Arioch
made the
thing
known
y@ to
Daniel
.
strkjv@Daniel:2:16
@ Then
Daniel
went
in
, and
desired
of
the
king
that he would
give
n@ him
time
, and that he would
shew
the
king
the
interpretation
.
strkjv@Daniel:2:17
@
Then
Daniel
went
to his
house
, and made the
thing
known
y@ to
Hananiah
,
Mishael
, and
Azariah
, his
companions
:
strkjv@Daniel: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
.
strkjv@Daniel:2:19
@
Then
was the
secret
revealed
g@ unto
Daniel
in a
night
vision
.
Then
Daniel
blessed
b@ the
God
of
heaven
.
strkjv@Daniel:2:20
@
Daniel
answered
and
said
,
Blessed
b@
be
the
name
of
God
for
ever
and
ever
H5957: for
wisdom
and
might
are
his:
strkjv@Daniel:2:21
@ And he
changeth
sh@ the
times
and the
seasons
: he
removeth
kings
, and setteth
up
kings
: he
giveth
y@
wisdom
unto the
wise
, and
knowledge
to them that
know
y@
understanding
:
strkjv@Daniel:2:22
@ He
revealeth
g@ the
deep
and secret
things
c@: he
knoweth
y@
what
is in the
darkness
, and the
light
dwelleth
sh@ with
him
.
strkjv@Daniel:2:23
@
I
thank
y@ thee, and
praise
sh@ thee, O thou
God
of my
fathers
, who hast
given
y@ me
wisdom
and
might
, and hast made
known
y@ unto me
now
what we
desired
of
thee
: for thou hast now made
known
y@ unto us the
kings
matter
.
strkjv@Daniel:2:24
@
Therefore
q@
Daniel
went
in
unto
Arioch
, whom the
king
had
ordained
m@ 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
shew
unto the
king
the
interpretation
.
strkjv@Daniel:2:25
@
Then
Arioch
brought
in
Daniel
before
the
king
in
haste
b@, and
said
thus
unto him, I have
found
sh@ a
man
of the
captives
of
Judah
, that will make
known
y@ unto the
king
the
interpretation
.
strkjv@Daniel:2:26
@ The
king
answered
and
said
to
Daniel
, whose
name
was
Belteshazzar
Belt@,
Art
thou
able
k@ to make
known
y@ unto me the
dream
which I have
seen
, and the
interpretation
thereof?
strkjv@Daniel:2:27
@
Daniel
answered
in the
presence
of the
king
, and
said
, The
secret
which the
king
hath
demanded
cannot
y@
the
wise
men, the
astrologers
, the
magicians
, the
soothsayers
g@,
shew
unto the
king
;
strkjv@Daniel:2:28
@
But
there
is
a
God
in
heaven
that
revealeth
g@
secrets
, and maketh
known
y@ to the
king
Nebuchadnezzar
what
shall
be
in the
latter
days
. Thy
dream
, and the
visions
of thy
head
upon
thy
bed
, are
these
;
strkjv@Daniel:2:29
@ As for
thee
, O
king
, thy
thoughts
came
c@ into thy mind
upon
thy
bed
,
what
should come to
pass
hereafter
H1836: and he that
revealeth
g@
secrets
maketh
known
y@ to thee
what
shall come to
pass
.
strkjv@Daniel:2:30
@ But as for
me
,
this
secret
is
not
revealed
g@ to me for any
wisdom
that I
have
more
than
any
living
,
but
for their
sakes
that
shall make
known
y@ the
interpretation
to the
king
, and that thou mightest
know
y@ the
thoughts
of thy
heart
.
strkjv@Daniel: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
d@.
strkjv@Daniel:2:32
@ This
images
head
was of
fine
gold
, his
breast
and his
arms
of
silver
, his
belly
and his
thighs
of
brass
,
strkjv@Daniel:2:33
@ His
legs
of
iron
, his
feet
part
of
iron
and
part
of
clay
.
strkjv@Daniel:2:34
@ Thou
sawest
till
that a
stone
was cut
out
g@
without
hands
, which
smote
m@ the
image
upon
his
feet
that were of
iron
and
clay
, and
brake
them
to
pieces
d@.
strkjv@Daniel:2:35
@
Then
was the
iron
, the
clay
, the
brass
, the
silver
, and the
gold
, broken to
pieces
d@
together
, and
became
like the
chaff
of
the
summer
threshingfloors
; and the
wind
carried
them
away
n@,
that
no
place
was
found
sh@ for them: and the
stone
that
smote
m@ the
image
became
a
great
mountain
, and
filled
m@ the
whole
earth
.
strkjv@Daniel:2:36
@
This
is the
dream
; and we will
tell
the
interpretation
thereof
before
the
king
.
strkjv@Daniel:2:37
@
Thou
, O
king
, art a
king
of
kings
: for the
God
of
heaven
hath
given
y@ thee a
kingdom
,
power
, and
strength
, and
glory
.
strkjv@Daniel:2:38
@ And
wheresoever
the
children
of
men
dwell
, the
beasts
of the
field
and the
fowls
of the
heaven
hath he
given
y@ into thine
hand
, and hath made thee
ruler
sh@ over them
all
.
Thou
art this
head
of
gold
.
strkjv@Daniel:2:39
@ And
after
thee shall
arise
another
kingdom
inferior
to
thee
, and
another
third
kingdom
of
brass
, which shall bear
rule
sh@ over
all
the
earth
.
strkjv@Daniel:2:40
@ And the
fourth
kingdom
shall
be
strong
as
iron
: forasmuch as
iron
breaketh in
pieces
d@ and
subdueth
all
things: and
as
iron
that
breaketh
all
these
, shall it break in
pieces
d@ and
bruise
.
strkjv@Daniel:2:41
@ And whereas thou
sawest
the
feet
and
toes
,
part
of
potters
clay
, and
part
of
iron
, the
kingdom
shall
be
divided
p@;
but
there shall
be
in it
of
the
strength
of the
iron
, forasmuch
as
thou
sawest
the
iron
mixed
with
miry
clay
.
strkjv@Daniel: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
t@.
strkjv@Daniel: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
d@
one
to
another
,
even
as
iron
is
not
mixed
with
clay
.
strkjv@Daniel:2:44
@ And in the
days
of
these
kings
shall the
God
of
heaven
set
up
a
kingdom
, which shall
never
H3809be
destroyed
: and the
kingdom
shall
not
be
left
sh@ to
other
people
, but it shall break in
pieces
d@ and
consume
all
these
kingdoms
, and
it
shall
stand
for
ever
.
strkjv@Daniel:2:45
@ Forasmuch
as
thou
sawest
that the
stone
was cut
out
g@ of the
mountain
without
hands
, and that it brake in
pieces
d@ the
iron
, the
brass
, the
clay
, the
silver
, and the
gold
; the
great
God
hath made
known
y@ to the
king
what
shall come to
pass
hereafter
H1836: and the
dream
is
certain
, and the
interpretation
thereof
sure
.
strkjv@Daniel:2:46
@
Then
the
king
Nebuchadnezzar
fell
n@
upon
his
face
, and
worshipped
c@
Daniel
, and
commanded
that they should
offer
n@ an
oblation
and sweet
odours
unto him.
strkjv@Daniel: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
g@ of
secrets
, seeing thou
couldest
y@
reveal
g@
this
secret
.
strkjv@Daniel:2:48
@
Then
the
king
made
Daniel
a great
man
r@, and
gave
y@ him
many
great
gifts
, and made him
ruler
sh@
over
the
whole
province
of
Babylon
, and
chief
of the
governors
over
all
the
wise
men of
Babylon
.
strkjv@Daniel:2:49
@ Then
Daniel
requested
of
the
king
, and he
set
m@
Shadrach
,
Meshach
, and
Abednego
Abed,
over
the
affairs
of the
province
of
Babylon
: but
Daniel
sat in the
gate
of the
king
.
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