Daniel:2:24-49
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Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch ,
whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon ;
he went and said thus to him :
Don '
t destroy the wise men of Babylon ;
bring me in before the king ,
and I will show to the king the interpretation .
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Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste ,
and said thus to him ,
I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Judah ,
who will make known to the king the interpretation .
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The king answered 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 answered before the king ,
and said ,
The secret which the king has demanded can neither wise men ,
enchanters ,
magicians ,
nor soothsayers ,
show to the king ;
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but there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets ,
and he has made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days .
Your dream ,
and the visions of your head on your bed ,
are these :
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as for you ,
O king ,
your thoughts came [
into your mind ]
on your bed ,
what should happen hereafter ;
and he who reveals secrets has made known to you what shall happen .
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But as for me ,
this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living ,
but to the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king ,
and that you may know the thoughts of your heart .
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You ,
O king ,
saw ,
and behold ,
a great image .
This image ,
which was mighty ,
and whose brightness was excellent ,
stood before you ;
and its aspect was awesome .
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As for this image ,
its head was of fine gold ,
its breast and its arms of silver ,
its belly and its thighs of brass ,
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its legs of iron ,
its feet part of iron ,
and part of clay .
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You saw until a stone was cut out without hands ,
which struck the image on its feet that were of iron and clay ,
and broke them in pieces .
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Then was the iron ,
the clay ,
the brass ,
the silver ,
and the gold ,
broken in pieces together ,
and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors ;
and the wind carried them away ,
so that no place was found for them :
and the stone that struck the image became a great mountain ,
and filled the whole earth .
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This is the dream ;
and we will tell its interpretation before the king .
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You ,
O king ,
are king of kings ,
to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom ,
the power ,
and the strength ,
and the glory ;
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and wherever the children of men dwell ,
the animals of the field and the birds of the sky has he given into your hand ,
and has made you to rule over them all :
you are the head of gold .
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After you shall arise another kingdom inferior to you ;
and another third kingdom of brass ,
which shall bear rule over all the earth .
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The fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron ,
because iron breaks in pieces and subdues all things ;
and as iron that crushes all these ,
shall it break in pieces and crush .
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Whereas you saw the feet and toes ,
part of potters '
clay ,
and part of iron ,
it shall be a divided kingdom ;
but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron ,
because you saw the iron mixed with miry clay .
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As the toes of the feet were part of iron ,
and part of clay ,
so the kingdom shall be partly strong ,
and partly broken .
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Whereas you saw the iron mixed with miry clay ,
they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men ;
but they shall not cling to one another ,
even as iron does not mingle with clay .
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In the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed ,
nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people ;
but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms ,
and it shall stand forever .
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Because you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands ,
and that it broke in pieces the iron ,
the brass ,
the clay ,
the silver ,
and the gold ;
the great God has made known to the king what shall happen hereafter :
and the dream is certain ,
and its interpretation sure .
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Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face ,
and worshiped Daniel ,
and commanded that they should offer an offering and sweet odors to him .
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The king answered to Daniel ,
and said ,
Of a truth your God is the God of gods ,
and the Lord of kings ,
and a revealer of secrets ,
since you have been able to reveal this secret .
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Then the king made Daniel great ,
and gave him many great gifts ,
and made him to rule over the whole province of Babylon ,
and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon .
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Daniel requested of the king ,
and he appointed Shadrach ,
Meshach ,
and Abednego ,
over the affairs of the province of Babylon :
but Daniel was in the gate of the king .
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