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Now in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar ,
Nebuchadnezzar had dreams ;
and his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him .
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Daniel:2:2 @
Then the king gave orders to call in the magicians ,
the conjurers ,
the sorcerers and the Chaldeans to tell the king his dreams .
So they came in and stood before the king .
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Daniel:2:3 @
The king said to them , "
I had a dream and my spirit is anxious to understand the dream ."
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Daniel:2:4 @
Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic - "
O king ,
live forever !
Tell the dream to your servants ,
and we will declare the interpretation ."
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Daniel:2:5 @
The king replied to the Chaldeans , "
The command from me is firm -
if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation ,
you will be torn limb from limb and your houses will be made a rubbish heap .
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Daniel:2:6 " @
But if you declare the dream and its interpretation ,
you will receive from me gifts and a reward and great honor ;
therefore declare to me the dream and its interpretation ."
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Daniel:2:7 @
They answered a second time and said , "
Let the king tell the dream to his servants ,
and we will declare the interpretation ."
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Daniel:2:8 @
The king replied , "
I know for certain that you are bargaining for time ,
inasmuch as you have seen that the command from me is firm ,
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Daniel:2:9 @
that if you do not make the dream known to me ,
there is only one decree for you .
For you have agreed together to speak lying and corrupt words before me until the situation is changed ;
therefore tell me the dream ,
that I may know that you can declare to me its interpretation ."
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Daniel:2:10 @
The Chaldeans answered the king and said , "
There is not a man on earth who could declare the matter for the king ,
inasmuch as no great king or ruler has ever asked anything like this of any magician ,
conjurer or Chaldean .
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Daniel:2:11 " @
Moreover ,
the thing which the king demands is difficult ,
and there is no one else who could declare it to the king except gods ,
whose dwelling place is not with mortal flesh ."
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Daniel:2:12 @
Because of this the king became indignant and very furious and gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon .
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Daniel:2:13 @
So the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain ;
and they looked for Daniel and his friends to kill them .
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Daniel:2:14 @
Then Daniel replied with discretion and discernment to Arioch ,
the captain of the king '
s bodyguard ,
who had gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon ;
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Daniel:2:15 @
he said to Arioch ,
the king '
s commander , "
For what reason is the decree from the king so urgent ?"
Then Arioch informed Daniel about the matter .
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Daniel:2:16 @
So Daniel went in and requested of the king that he would give him time ,
in order that he might declare the interpretation to the king .
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Daniel:2:17 @
Then Daniel went to his house and informed his friends ,
Hananiah ,
Mishael and Azariah ,
about the matter ,
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Daniel:2:18 @
so that they might request compassion from the God of heaven concerning this mystery ,
so that Daniel and his friends would not be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon .
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Daniel:2:19 @
Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a night vision .
Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven ;
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Daniel:2:20 @
Daniel said , "
Let the name of God be blessed forever and ever ,
For wisdom and power belong to Him .
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Daniel:2:21 " @
It is He who changes the times and the epochs ;
He removes kings and establishes kings ;
He gives wisdom to wise men And knowledge to men of understanding .
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Daniel:2:22 " @
It is He who reveals the profound and hidden things ;
He knows what is in the darkness ,
And the light dwells with Him .
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Daniel:2:23 " @
To You ,
O God of my fathers ,
I give thanks and praise ,
For You have given me wisdom and power ;
Even now You have made known to me what we requested of You ,
For You have made known to us the king '
s matter ."
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Daniel:2:24 @
Therefore ,
Daniel went in to Arioch ,
whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon ;
he went and spoke to him as follows - "
Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon !
Take me into the king '
s presence ,
and I will declare the interpretation to the king ."
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Daniel:2:25 @
Then Arioch hurriedly brought Daniel into the king '
s presence and spoke to him as follows - "
I have found a man among the exiles from Judah who can make the interpretation known to the king !"
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Daniel:2:26 @
The king said to Daniel ,
whose name was Belteshazzar , "
Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen and its interpretation ?"
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Daniel:2:27 @
Daniel answered before the king and said , "
As for the mystery about which the king has inquired ,
neither wise men ,
conjurers ,
magicians nor diviners are able to declare it to the king .
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Daniel:2:28 " @
However ,
there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries ,
and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the latter days .
This was your dream and the visions in your mind while on your bed .
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Daniel:2:29 " @
As for you ,
O king ,
while on your bed your thoughts turned to what would take place in the future ;
and He who reveals mysteries has made known to you what will take place .
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Daniel:2:30 " @
But as for me ,
this mystery has not been revealed to me for any wisdom residing in me more than in any other living man ,
but for the purpose of making the interpretation known to the king ,
and that you may understand the thoughts of your mind .
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Daniel:2:31 " @
You ,
O king ,
were looking and behold ,
there was a single great statue ;
that statue ,
which was large and of extraordinary splendor ,
was standing in front of you ,
and its appearance was awesome .
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Daniel:2:32 " @
The head of that statue was made of fine gold ,
its breast and its arms of silver ,
its belly and its thighs of bronze ,
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Daniel:2:33 @
its legs of iron ,
its feet partly of iron and partly of clay .
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Daniel:2:34 " @
You continued looking until a stone was cut out without hands ,
and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and crushed them .
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Daniel:2:35 " @
Then the iron ,
the clay ,
the bronze ,
the silver and the gold were crushed all at the same time and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors ;
and the wind carried them away so that not a trace of them was found .
But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth .
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Daniel:2:36 " @
This was the dream ;
now we will tell its interpretation before the king .
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Daniel:2:37 " @
You ,
O king ,
are the king of kings ,
to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom ,
the power ,
the strength and the glory ;
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Daniel:2:38 @
and wherever the sons of men dwell ,
or the beasts of the field ,
or the birds of the sky ,
He has given them into your hand and has caused you to rule over them all .
You are the head of gold .
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Daniel:2:39 " @
After you there will arise another kingdom inferior to you ,
then another third kingdom of bronze ,
which will rule over all the earth .
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Daniel:2:40 " @
Then there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron ;
inasmuch as iron crushes and shatters all things ,
so ,
like iron that breaks in pieces ,
it will crush and break all these in pieces .
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Daniel:2:41 " @
In that you saw the feet and toes ,
partly of potter '
s clay and partly of iron ,
it will be a divided kingdom ;
but it will have in it the toughness of iron ,
inasmuch as you saw the iron mixed with common clay .
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Daniel:2:42 " @
As the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of pottery ,
so some of the kingdom will be strong and part of it will be brittle .
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Daniel:2:43 " @
And in that you saw the iron mixed with common clay ,
they will combine with one another in the seed of men ;
but they will not adhere to one another ,
even as iron does not combine with pottery .
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In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed ,
and that kingdom will not be left for another people ;
it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms ,
but it will itself endure forever .
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Daniel:2:45 " @
Inasmuch as you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands and that it crushed the iron ,
the bronze ,
the clay ,
the silver and the gold ,
the great God has made known to the king what will take place in the future ;
so the dream is true and its interpretation is trustworthy ."
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Daniel:2:46 @
Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face and did homage to Daniel ,
and gave orders to present to him an offering and fragrant incense .
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Daniel:2:47 @
The king answered Daniel and said , "
Surely your God is a God of gods and a Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries ,
since you have been able to reveal this mystery ."
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Daniel:2:48 @
Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many great gifts ,
and he made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon and chief prefect over all the wise men of Babylon .
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Daniel:2:49 @
And Daniel made request of the king ,
and he appointed Shadrach ,
Meshach and Abed-nego over the administration of the province of Babylon ,
while Daniel was at the king '
s court .