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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 .
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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 .
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And the king said unto them ,
I have dreamed a dream ,
and my spirit was troubled to know the dream .
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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 .
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The king answered and said to the Chaldeans ,
The thing is gone from me :
if ye will not make known unto me the dream ,
with the interpretation thereof ,
ye shall be cut in pieces ,
and your houses shall be made a dunghill .
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But if ye shew the dream ,
and the interpretation thereof ,
ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour :
therefore shew me the dream ,
and the interpretation thereof .
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They answered again and said ,
Let the king tell his servants the dream ,
and we will shew the interpretation of it .
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The king answered and said ,
I know of certainty that ye would gain the time ,
because ye see the thing is gone from me .
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But if ye will not make known unto me the dream ,
there is but one decree for you :
for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me ,
till the time be changed :
therefore tell me the dream ,
and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof .
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The Chaldeans answered before the king ,
and said ,
There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king '
s matter :
therefore there is no king ,
lord ,
nor ruler ,
that asked such things at any magician ,
or astrologer ,
or Chaldean .
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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 .
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For this cause the king was angry and very furious ,
and commanded 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 fellows to be slain .
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Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king '
s guard ,
which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon :
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He answered and said to Arioch the king '
s captain ,
Why is the decree so hasty from the king ?
Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel .
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Then Daniel went in ,
and desired of the king that he would give him time ,
and that he would shew the king the interpretation .
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Then Daniel went to his house ,
and made the thing known to Hananiah ,
Mishael ,
and Azariah ,
his companions :
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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 .
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Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision .
Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven .
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Daniel answered and said ,
Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever :
for wisdom and might are his :
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And he changeth the times and the seasons :
he removeth kings ,
and setteth up kings :
he giveth wisdom unto the wise ,
and knowledge to them that know understanding :
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He revealeth the deep and secret things :
he knoweth what is in the darkness ,
and the light dwelleth with him .
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I thank thee ,
and praise thee ,
O thou God of my fathers ,
who hast given me wisdom and might ,
and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee :
for thou hast now made known unto us the king '
s matter .