Daniel:2:1-23
akjv@Daniel:2:1 @ And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, with which his spirit was troubled, and his sleep broke from him.
akjv@Daniel:2:2 @ Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to show the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.
akjv@Daniel:2:3 @ And the king said to them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
akjv@Daniel:2:4 @ Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
akjv@Daniel:2:5 @ The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if you will not make known to me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
akjv@Daniel:2:6 @ But if you show the dream, and the interpretation thereof, you shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor: therefore show me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
akjv@Daniel:2:7 @ They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation of it.
akjv@Daniel:2:8 @ The king answered and said, I know of certainty that you would gain the time, because you see the thing is gone from me.
akjv@Daniel:2:9 @ But if you will not make known to me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for you 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 you can show me the interpretation thereof.
akjv@Daniel:2:10 @ The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man on the earth that can show the king' matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
akjv@Daniel:2:11 @ And it is a rare thing that the king requires, and there is none other that can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
akjv@Daniel:2:12 @ For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
akjv@Daniel:2:13 @ And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
akjv@Daniel:2:14 @ Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king' guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:
akjv@Daniel:2:15 @ He answered and said to Arioch the king' captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
akjv@Daniel:2:16 @ Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would show the king the interpretation.
akjv@Daniel:2:17 @ Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
akjv@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.
akjv@Daniel:2:19 @ Then was the secret revealed to Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
akjv@Daniel:2:20 @ Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
akjv@Daniel:2:21 @ And he changes the times and the seasons: he removes kings, and sets up kings: he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
akjv@Daniel:2:22 @ He reveals the deep and secret things: he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.
akjv@Daniel:2:23 @ I thank you, and praise you, O you God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and might, and have made known to me now what we desired of you: for you have now made known to us the king' matter.
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