Daniel:2

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* And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams , wherewith his spirit was troubled , and his sleep brake from him . * 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 . * And the king said unto them , I have dreamed a dream , and my spirit was troubled to know the dream . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * They answered again and said , Let the king tell his servants the dream , and we will shew the interpretation of it . * The king answered and said , I know y @ of certainty that ye would gain z @ the time , because q @bel # ye see the thing is gone from me . * But if ye will not make known y @ unto me the dream , there is but one huw # 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 . * 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 @bel # there is no king , lord , nor ruler , that asked such things at any magician , or astrologer , or Chaldean . * 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 . * For this cause the king was angry b @ and very furious q @, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon . * 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 @. * 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 : * He answered and said to Arioch the kings captain , Why mah # is the decree so hasty from min # the king ? Then Arioch made the thing known y @ to Daniel Daniye #l #. * 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 . * Then Daniel went to his house , and made the thing known y @ to Hananiah , Mishael Miysha #el #, and Azariah , his companions : * That they would desire mercies of min # the God of heaven concerning this secret ; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon . * Then was the secret revealed g @ unto Daniel in a night vision . Then Daniel blessed b @ the God of heaven . * Daniel answered and said , Blessed b @ be the name of God for ever and ever #H5957 : for wisdom and might are his : * 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 : * He revealeth g @ the deep and secret things c @: he knoweth y @ what is in the darkness , and the light dwelleth sh @ with him . * 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 . * Therefore kol # q @bel # 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 . * 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 ben # of Judah , that will make known y @ unto the king the interpretation . * The king answered and said to Daniel Daniye #l #, whose name was Belteshazzar Belt @sha #tstsar #, Art thou able k @ to make known y @ unto me the dream which I have seen , and the interpretation thereof ? * 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 ; * 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 ; * 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 . * 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 . * Thou , O king , sawest , and behold a great chad # image . This great image , whose brightness was excellent , stood before thee ; and the form thereof was terrible d @. * This images head was of fine gold , his breast and his arms of silver , his belly and his thighs of brass , * His legs of iron , his feet part of iron and part of clay . * 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 @. * Then was the iron , the clay , the brass , the silver , and the gold , broken to pieces d @ (8676 ) 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 . * This is the dream ; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king . * Thou , O king , art a king of kings : for the God of heaven hath given y @ thee a kingdom , power , and strength , and glory . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 kol # thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay . * And as the toes of the feet were part of iron , and part of clay , so the kingdom shall be partly min # strong , and partly min # broken t @. * 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 . * 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 . * Forasmuch as kol # 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 . * Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell n @ upon his face , and worshipped c @ Daniel Daniye #l #, and commanded that they should offer n @ an oblation and sweet odours unto him . * The king answered unto Daniel Daniye #l #, 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 . * 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 . * 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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