Daniel:2:1-23
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And ,
in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar ,
Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams ,
and his spirit ,
was troubled ,
and ,
his sleep ,
had gone from him .
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So the king gave word to call for the sacred scribes and for the magicians ,
and for the users of incantations ,
and for the Chaldeans ,
that they might tell the king his dreams ,
they came in therefore ,
and stood before the king .
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And the king ,
said to them ,
A dream ,
have I dreamed ,
and my spirit is troubled to know the dream .
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Then spake the Chaldeans to the king ,
in Aramaic ,
O king ,
to the ages ,
live !
Tell the dream to thy servants ,
and ,
the interpretation ,
we will declare .
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The king answered and said to the Chaldeans ,
The word from me ,
is unalterable :
If ye shall not make known to me the dream and the interpretation thereof ,
ye shall be cut in pieces ,
and ,
your houses ,
into a dunghill ,
shall be turned ;
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but ,
if ,
the dream and the interpretation thereof ,
ye will declare ,
gifts and a present and great dignity ,
shall ye receive from before me ,
therefore ,
the dream and the interpretation thereof ,
declare ye unto me .
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They answered again and said ,
Let ,
the king ,
tell ,
the dream ,
to his servants ,
and ,
the interpretation thereof ,
we will declare .
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The king answered and said ,
Of a certainty ,
I know ,
that ,
time ,
ye ,
would gain ,
merely because ye see that ,
unalterable ,
from me ,
is the word :
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That ,
if ,
the dream ,
ye shall not make known to me ,
one and the same ,
is the decree ,
and ,
a lying and wicked word ,
have ye agreed to speak before me ,
that meanwhile the time may be changed ,
therefore ,
the dream ,
tell ye me ,
so shall I know that ,
the interpretation thereof ,
ye can declare for me .
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The Chaldeans answered before the king and said ,
There is not a man upon the earth ,
who can declare ,
the matter of the king ,
although indeed ,
there is no king ,
chief ruler who ,
a thing like this ,
hath asked of any sacred scribe or magician or Chaldean ;
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and ,
the thing which the king hath asked ,
is difficult ,
and ,
none other ,
is there ,
who can declare it before the king ,
saving the gods whose dwelling is ,
not with flesh .
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For this cause ,
the king ,
was provoked and exceedingly indignant ,
and gave word to destroy all the wise men of Babylon ;
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and ,
the decree ,
went forth ,
that ,
the wise men ,
should be slain ,
and they sought Daniel and his companions that they might be slain .
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Immediately ,
Daniel ,
made answer with prudence and discretion ,
to Arioch ,
chief of the executioners of the king ,
who had come forth to slay the wise men of Babylon :
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he began to speak and said to Arioch the kings captain ,
For what cause ,
is the decree raging forth from before the king ?
Then did Arioch make the matter known unto Daniel .
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So Daniel entered in ,
and desired of the king ,
that ,
an appointed time ,
he would give him ,
and then ,
the interpretation ,
he would declare unto the king .
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Then Daniel ,
to his own house ,
departed ,
and ,
to Hananiah ,
Mishael ,
and Azariah ,
his companions ,
made the matter known ;
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that ,
tender compassion ,
they might seek from before the God of the heavens ,
concerning this secret ,
that Daniel and his companions ,
might not be destroyed ,
with the rest of the wise men of Babylon .
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Then ,
unto Danielin a vision of the night ,
the secret was revealed ,
whereupon ,
Daniel ,
blessed the God of the heavens :
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Daniel responded ,
and said ,
Let the name of God be blessed from age to age ,
in that wisdom and might ,
to him belong ;
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And ,
he ,
changeth times and seasons ,
removeth kings ,
and setteth up kings ,
giving wisdom to the wise ,
and knowledge to them who are skilled in understanding :
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He ,
revealeth the deep things ,
and the hidden ,
knoweth what is in the darkness ,
and ,
light ,
with him ,
doth dwell .
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Unto the ,
O God of my fathers ,
do I render thanks and praise ,
in that ,
wisdom and might ,
thou hast given unto me ,
yea ,
already ,
hast thou made known to me that which we desired of thee ,
for ,
the matter of the king ,
hast thou made known unto us .
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