Daniel:2:24-49
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Therefore ,
Daniel entered in unto Arioch ,
whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon ,
he went in ,
and ,
thus ,
he said unto him ,
The wise men of Babylon ,
do not thou destroy ,
bring me in before the king ,
and ,
the interpretationunto the king ,
will I declare .
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Thereupon ,
Ariochwith haste ,
brought in Daniel before the king ,
and ,
thus ,
he said to him I have found a man of the sons of the exile of Judah ,
who ,
the interpretationunto the king ,
will make known .
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The king answered and said unto Daniel ,
whose name was Belteshazzar ,
Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen ,
and the interpretation thereof ?
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Daniel answered before the king ,
and said ,
The secret which the king hath asked ,
the wise men ,
the magicians ,
the sacred scribes ,
the astrologers ,
are not able to declare unto the king ;
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but there is a God in the heavens ,
who revealeth secrets ,
and hath made known to King Nebuchadnezzar ,
what shall come to pass ,
in the afterpart of the days :
Thy dream and the visions of thy head upon thy bed ,
are ,
these :
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As for thee ,
O king ,
thy thoughts upon thy bed ,
arose regarding what should come to pass hereafter ;
and ,
he that revealeth secrets ,
made known to thee what shall come to pass .
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But ,
as for menot for any wisdom that is in me ,
more than any of the living ,
is ,
this secret ,
revealed to me ,
therefore ,
it is in order that ,
the interpretationunto the king ,
they should make known ,
and that ,
the thoughts of thy heart ,
thou shouldst get to know .
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As for thee ,
O king ,
thou wast looking ,
when lo !
a great image ,
this image ,
being mighty ,
and the brightness thereof surpassing ,
was standing before thee ,
and ,
the appearance thereof ,
was terrible .
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As for this image ,
its head ,
was of fine gold ,
its breast and its arms ,
were of silver ,
its belly and its thighs ,
of bronze ;
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its legs ,
of iron ,
and ,
its feet ,
part of them ,
of iron ,
and ,
part of them ,
of clay .
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Thou didst look ,
until that a stone tare itself away ,
not by the aid of hands ,
and smote the image upon its feet ,
which were of iron and clay ,
and they were broken in pieces .
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Then were broken in pieces at once ,
the iron ,
the clay ,
the bronze ,
the silver ,
and the gold ,
and became like chaff out of the summer threshing-floors ,
and the wind ,
carried them away ,
and ,
no place ,
was found for them ,
but ,
the stone that smote the image ,
became a mighty rock ,
and filled all the land .
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This ,
is the dream ,
and ,
the interpretation thereof ,
we will tell before the king .
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Thou ,
O king ,
art the king of kings ,
for ,
the God of the heavens ,
hath given unto thee ,
the kingship ,
the might ,
the power and the dignity ;
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and ,
wheresoever the sons of men do dwell ,
the wild beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens ,
hath he given into thy hand ,
and hath made thee ruler over them all .
Thou ,
art the head of gold .
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And ,
after thee ,
shall arise another kingdom ,
inferior to thee ,
and anothera third kingdom ,
of bronze ,
which shall bear rule throughout all the earth .
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And ,
the fourth kingdom ,
shall be hard as iron ,
in like manner as iron breaketh in pieces and crusheth all things ,
even as iron which bringeth to ruins all these ,
shall it break in pieces and bring to ruins .
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And ,
whereas thou sawest the feet and the toes ,
part of them of potters clay ,
and part of them of iron ,
the kingdom ,
shall be ,
divided ,
and ,
of the hardness of the iron ,
shall there be in it ,
forasmuch as thou sawest ,
the iron ,
combined with the miry clay ;
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and ,
the toes of the feet ,
part of them ,
iron ,
and ,
part ,
of clay ,
some part of the kingdom ,
shall be strong ,
but ,
a part thereof ,
shall be brittle ;
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and ,
whereas thou sawest ,
the iron ,
combined with the miry clay ,
they shall be combined with the seed of men ,
but shall not cleave firmly one to another ,
lo !
as iron is not to be combined with clay .
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And ,
in the days of those kings ,
shall the God of the heavens ,
set up ,
a kingdom which ,
to the ages ,
shall not be destroyed ,
and ,
the kingdom ,
to another people ,
shall not be left ,
it shall break in pieces and make an end of all these kingdoms ,
but ,
itself ,
shall stand to the ages .
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Forasmuch as thou sawest that ,
out of the rock ,
a stone tare itself away ,
but not with hands ,
and brake in pieces the clay ,
the iron ,
the bronze ,
the silver and the gold ,
the mighty God ,
hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter .
Exact then is the dream ,
and trusty its interpretation .
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Then ,
King Nebuchadnezzar ,
fell upon his face ,
and ,
unto Daniel ,
paid adoration ;
and ,
a present and sweet odours ,
gave he word to pour out unto him .
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The king answered Daniel ,
and said Of a truth ,
your God ,
is a God of gods ,
and a Lord of kings ,
and a Revealer of secrets ,
seeing thou wast able to reveal this secret .
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Then ,
the king ,
exalted ,
Daniel ,
and ,
many large presents ,
gave he unto him ,
and set him to be ruler over all the province of Babylon ,
and chief of the nobles ,
over all the wise men of Babylon .
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And ,
Daniel ,
desired of the king ,
and he appointedover the business of the province of Babylon Shadrach ,
Meshach ,
and Abed-nego ,
but ,
Daniel himself ,
was in the gate of the king .
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