Daniel 2



2:1 And in the second <G 8147> year <G 8141> of the reign <G 
4438> of Nebuchadnezzar <G 5019> Nebuchadnezzar <G 5019> dreamed 
<G 2492> dreams <G 2472>, wherewith his spirit <G 7307> was 
troubled <G 6470>, and his sleep <G 8142> brake <G 1961> from 
him.



2:2 Then the king <G 4428> commanded <G 0559> to call <G 7121> 
the magicians <G 2748>, and the astrologers <G 0825>, and the 
sorcerers <G 3784>, and the Chaldeans <G 3779>, for to shew <G 
5046> the king <G 4428> his dreams <G 2472>. So they came <G 
0935> and stood <G 5975> before <G 6440> the king <G 4428>.



2:3 And the king <G 4428> said <G 0559> unto them, I have 
dreamed <G 2492> a dream <G 2472>, and my spirit <G 7307> was 
troubled <G 6470> to know <G 3045> the dream <G 2472>.



2:4 Then spake <G 1696> the Chaldeans <G 3779> to the king <G 
4428> in Syriack <G 0762>, O king <G 4430>, live <G 2418> for 
ever <G 5957>: tell <G 0560> thy servants <G 5649> the dream <G 
2493>, and we will shew <G 2324> the interpretation <G 6591>.



2:5 The king <G 4430> answered <G 6032> and said <G 0560> to the 
Chaldeans <G 3779>, The thing <G 4406> is gone <G 0230> from me: 
if <G 2006> ye will not make known <G 3046> unto me the dream <G 
2493>, with the interpretation <G 6591> thereof, ye shall be cut 
<G 5648> in pieces <G 1917>, and your houses <G 1005> shall be 
made <G 7761> a dunghill <G 5122>.



2:6 But if <G 2006> ye shew <G 2324> the dream <G 2493>, and the 
interpretation <G 6591> thereof, ye shall receive <G 6902> of me 
gifts <G 4978> and rewards <G 5023> and great <G 7690> honour <G 
3367>: therefore <G 2006> shew <G 2324> me the dream <G 2493>, 
and the interpretation <G 6591> thereof.



2:7 They answered <G 6032> again <G 8579> and said <G 0560>, Let 
the king <G 4430> tell <G 0560> his servants <G 5649> the dream 
<G 2493>, and we will shew <G 2324> the interpretation <G 6591> 
of it.



2:8 The king <G 4430> answered <G 6032> and said <G 0560>, I 
know <G 3046> of certainty <G 3330> that ye would gain <G 2084> 
the time <G 5732>, because ye see <G 2370> the thing <G 4406> is 
gone <G 0230> from me.



2:9 But if <G 2006> ye will not make known <G 3046> unto me the 
dream <G 2493>, [there is but] one <G 2298> decree <G 1882> for 
you: for ye have prepared <G 2164> lying <G 3538> and corrupt <G 
7844> words <G 4406> to speak <G 0560> before <G 6925> me, till 
<G 5704> the time <G 5732> be changed <G 8133>: therefore <G 
2006> tell <G 0560> me the dream <G 2493>, and I shall know <G 
3046> that ye can shew <G 2324> me the interpretation <G 6591> 
thereof.



2:10 The Chaldeans <G 3779> answered <G 6032> before <G 6925> 
the king <G 4430>, and said <G 0560>, There is not a man <G 
0606> upon the earth <G 3007> that can <G 3202> shew <G 2324> 
the king's <G 4430> matter <G 4406>: therefore [there is] no 
king <G 4430>, lord <G 7229>, nor ruler <G 7990>, [that] asked 
<G 7593> such <G 1836> things at any <G 3606> magician <G 2749>, 
or astrologer <G 0826>, or Chaldean <G 3777>.



2:11 And [it is] a rare <G 3358> thing <G 4406> that the king <G 
4430> requireth <G 7593>, and there is none <G 3809> other <G 
0321> that can shew <G 2324> it before <G 6925> the king <G 
4430>, except <G 3861> the gods <G 0426>, whose <G 1768> 
dwelling <G 4070> is not with flesh <G 1321>.



2:12 For this <G 1836> cause the king <G 4430> was angry <G 
1149> and very <G 7690> furious <G 7108>, and commanded <G 0560> 
to destroy <G 7> all <G 3606> the wise <G 2445> [men] of Babylon 
<G 0895>.



2:13 And the decree <G 1882> went <G 5312> forth <G 5312> that 
the wise <G 2445> [men] should be slain <G 6992>; and they 
sought <G 1158> Daniel <G 1841> and his fellows <G 2269> to be 
slain <G 6992>.



2:14 Then <G 0116> Daniel <G 1841> answered <G 8421> with 
counsel <G 5843> and wisdom <G 2942> to Arioch <G 0746> the 
captain <G 7229> of the king's <G 4430> guard <G 2877>, which <G 
1768> was gone <G 5312> forth <G 5312> to slay <G 6992> the wise 
<G 2445> [men] of Babylon <G 0895>:



2:15 He answered <G 6032> and said <G 0560> to Arioch <G 0746> 
the king's <G 4430> captain <G 7990>, Why [is] the decree <G 
1882> [so] hasty <G 2685> from the king <G 4430>? Then <G 0116> 
Arioch <G 0746> made the thing <G 4406> known <G 3046> to Daniel 
<G 1841>.



2:16 Then Daniel <G 1841> went <G 5954> in, and desired <G 1156> 
of the king <G 4430> that he would give <G 5415> him time <G 
2166>, and that he would shew <G 2324> the king <G 4430> the 
interpretation <G 6591>.



2:17 Then <G 0116> Daniel <G 1841> went <G 0236> to his house <G 
1005>, and made the thing <G 4406> known <G 3046> to Hananiah <G 
2608>, Mishael <G 4332>, and Azariah <G 5839>, his companions <G 
2269>:



2:18 That they would desire <G 1156> mercies <G 7359> of the God 
<G 0426> of heaven <G 8065> concerning <G 5922> this <G 1836> 
secret <G 7328>; that Daniel <G 1841> and his fellows <G 2269> 
should not perish <G 7> with the rest <G 7606> of the wise <G 
2445> [men] of Babylon <G 0895>.



2:19 Then <G 0116> was the secret <G 7328> revealed <G 1541> 
unto Daniel <G 1841> in a night <G 3916> vision <G 2376>. Then 
<G 0116> Daniel <G 1841> blessed <G 1289> the God <G 0426> of 
heaven <G 8065>.



2:20 Daniel <G 1841> answered <G 6032> and said <G 0560>, 
Blessed <G 1289> be the name <G 8036> of God <G 0426> for ever 
<G 5957> and ever <G 5957>: for wisdom <G 2452> and might <G 
1370> are his:



2:21 And he changeth <G 8133> the times <G 5732> and the seasons 
<G 2166>: he removeth <G 5709> kings <G 4430>, and setteth <G 
6966> up kings <G 4430>: he giveth <G 3052> wisdom <G 2452> unto 
the wise <G 2445>, and knowledge <G 0998> to them that know <G 
3046> understanding <G 0999>:



2:22 He revealeth <G 1541> the deep <G 5994> and secret <G 5642> 
things: he knoweth <G 3046> what <G 4101> [is] in the darkness 
<G 2816>, and the light <G 5094> dwelleth <G 8271> with him.



2:23 I thank <G 3029> thee, and praise <G 7624> thee, O thou God 
<G 0426> of my fathers <G 2>, who <G 1768> hast given <G 3052> 
me wisdom <G 2452> and might <G 1370>, and hast made known <G 
3046> unto me now <G 3705> what <G 1768> we desired <G 1156> of 
thee: for thou hast [now <G 3705>] made known <G 3046> unto us 
the king's <G 4430> matter <G 4406>.



2:24 Therefore Daniel <G 1841> went <G 5954> in unto Arioch <G 
0746>, whom <G 1768> the king <G 4430> had ordained <G 4483> to 
destroy <G 7> the wise <G 2445> [men] of Babylon <G 0895>: he 
went <G 0236> and said <G 0560> thus <G 3652> unto him; Destroy 
<G 7> not the wise <G 2445> [men] of Babylon <G 0895>: bring <G 
5924> me in before <G 6925> the king <G 4430>, and I will shew 
<G 2324> unto the king <G 4430> the interpretation <G 6591>.



2:25 Then <G 0116> Arioch <G 0746> brought <G 5954> in Daniel <G 
1841> before <G 6925> the king <G 4430> in haste <G 0927>, and 
said <G 0560> thus <G 3652> unto him, I have found <G 4672> a 
man <G 1400> of the captives of Judah <G 3061>, that will make 
known <G 3046> unto the king <G 4430> the interpretation <G 
6591>.



2:26 The king <G 4430> answered <G 6032> and said <G 0560> to 
Daniel <G 1841>, whose <G 1768> name <G 8036> [was] Belteshazzar 
<G 1096>, Art <G 0383> thou able <G 3546> to make known <G 3046> 
unto me the dream <G 2493> which <G 1768> I have seen <G 2370>, 
and the interpretation <G 6591> thereof?



2:27 Daniel <G 1841> answered <G 6032> in the presence <G 6925> 
of the king <G 4430>, and said <G 0560>, The secret <G 7328> 
which <G 1768> the king <G 4430> hath demanded <G 7593> cannot 
the wise <G 2445> [men], the astrologers <G 0826>, the magicians 
<G 2749>, the soothsayers <G 1505>, shew <G 2324> unto the king 
<G 4430>;



2:28 But there is a God <G 0426> in heaven <G 8065> that 
revealeth <G 1541> secrets <G 7328>, and maketh known <G 3046> 
to the king <G 4430> Nebuchadnezzar <G 5020> what <G 4101> shall 
be in the latter <G 0320> days <G 3118>. Thy dream <G 2493>, and 
the visions <G 2376> of thy head <G 7217> upon thy bed <G 4903>, 
are these <G 1836>;



2:29 As for thee, O king <G 4430>, thy thoughts <G 7476> came <G 
5559> [into thy mind] upon thy bed <G 4903>, what <G 4101> 
should come <G 1934> to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth <G 
1541> secrets <G 7328> maketh known <G 3046> to thee what <G 
4101> shall come <G 1934> to pass.



2:30 But as for me, this <G 1836> secret <G 7328> is not 
revealed <G 1541> to me for [any] wisdom <G 2452> that I have <G 
0383> more <G 4481> than <G 4481> any <G 3606> living <G 2417>, 
but for [their] sakes <G 1701> that shall make known <G 3046> 
the interpretation <G 6591> to the king <G 4430>, and that thou 
mightest know <G 3046> the thoughts <G 7476> of thy heart <G 
3825>.



2:31 Thou, O king <G 4430>, sawest <G 2370>, and behold <G 0431> 
a great <G 7690> image <G 6755>. This <G 1797> great <G 7229> 
image <G 6755>, whose brightness <G 2122> [was] excellent <G 
3493>, stood <G 6966> before <G 6903> thee; and the form <G 
7299> thereof [was] terrible <G 1763>.



2:32 This <G 1931> image's <G 6755> head <G 7217> [was] of fine 
<G 2869> gold <G 1722>, his breast <G 2306> and his arms <G 
1672> of silver <G 3702>, his belly <G 4577> and his thighs <G 
3410> of brass <G 5174>,



2:33 His legs <G 8243> of iron <G 6523>, his feet <G 7271> part 
<G 4481> of iron <G 6523> and part <G 4481> of clay <G 2635>.



2:34 Thou sawest <G 2370> till <G 5704> that a stone <G 69> was 
cut <G 1505> out without hands <G 3028>, which smote <G 4223> 
the image <G 6755> upon his feet <G 7271> [that were] of iron <G 
6523> and clay <G 2635>, and brake <G 1855> them to pieces.



2:35 Then <G 0116> was the iron <G 6523>, the clay <G 2635>, the 
brass <G 5174>, the silver <G 3702>, and the gold <G 1722>, 
broken <G 1854> to pieces together <G 2298>, and became <G 1934> 
like the chaff <G 5784> of the summer <G 7007> threshingfloors 
<G 0147>; and the wind <G 7308> carried <G 5376> them away, that 
no place <G 0870> was found <G 7912> for them: and the stone <G 
69> that smote <G 4223> the image <G 6755> became <G 1934> a 
great <G 7229> mountain <G 2906>, and filled <G 4391> the whole 
<G 3606> earth <G 0772>.



2:36 This <G 1836> [is] the dream <G 2493>; and we will tell <G 
0560> the interpretation <G 6591> thereof before <G 6925> the 
king <G 4430>.



2:37 Thou, O king <G 4430>, [art] a king <G 4430> of kings <G 
4430>: for the God <G 0426> of heaven <G 8065> hath given <G 
3052> thee a kingdom <G 4437>, power <G 2632>, and strength <G 
8632>, and glory <G 3367>.



2:38 And wheresoever the children <G 1123> of men <G 0606> dwell 
<G 1753>, the beasts <G 2423> of the field <G 1251> and the 
fowls <G 5776> of the heaven <G 8065> hath he given <G 3052> 
into thine hand <G 3028>, and hath made thee ruler <G 7981> over 
them all <G 3606>. Thou [art] this <G 1931> head <G 7217> of 
gold <G 1722>.



2:39 And after <G 0870> thee shall arise <G 6965> another <G 
0317> kingdom <G 4437> inferior <G 0772> to thee, and another <G 
0317> third <G 8523> kingdom <G 4437> of brass <G 5174>, which 
<G 1768> shall bear <G 7981> rule <G 7981> over all <G 3606> the 
earth <G 0772>.



2:40 And the fourth <G 7244> kingdom <G 4437> shall be strong <G 
8624> as iron <G 6523>: forasmuch as iron <G 6523> breaketh <G 
1855> in pieces and subdueth <G 2827> all <G 3606> [things]: and 
as iron <G 6523> that breaketh <G 7940> all <G 3606> these <G 
0459>, shall it break <G 1854> in pieces and bruise <G 7490>.



2:41 And whereas <G 1768> thou sawest <G 2370> the feet <G 7271> 
and toes <G 0677>, part <G 4481> of potters <G 6353>' clay <G 
2635>, and part <G 4481> of iron <G 6523>, the kingdom <G 4437> 
shall be divided <G 6386>; but there shall be in it of the 
strength <G 5326> of the iron <G 6523>, forasmuch as thou sawest 
<G 2370> the iron <G 6523> mixed <G 6151> with miry <G 2917> 
clay <G 2635>.



2:42 And [as] the toes <G 0677> of the feet <G 7271> [were] part 
<G 4481> of iron <G 6523>, and part <G 4481> of clay <G 2635>, 
[so] the kingdom <G 4437> shall be partly <G 7118> strong <G 
8624>, and partly <G 7118> broken <G 8406>.



2:43 And whereas <G 1768> thou sawest <G 2370> iron <G 6523> 
mixed <G 6151> with miry <G 2917> clay <G 2635>, they shall 
mingle <G 6151> themselves with the seed <G 2234> of men <G 
0606>: but they shall not cleave <G 1693> one <G 1836> to 
another <G 1836>, even <G 1887> as iron <G 6523> is not mixed <G 
6151> with clay <G 2635>.



2:44 And in the days <G 3118> of these <G 0581> kings <G 4430> 
shall the God <G 0426> of heaven <G 8065> set <G 6966> up a 
kingdom <G 4437>, which <G 1768> shall never be destroyed <G 
2255>: and the kingdom <G 4437> shall not be left <G 7662> to 
other <G 0321> people <G 5972>, [but] it shall break <G 1854> in 
pieces and consume <G 5487> all <G 3606> these <G 0459> kingdoms 
<G 4437>, and it shall stand <G 6966> for ever <G 5957>.



2:45 Forasmuch as thou sawest <G 2370> that the stone <G 69> was 
cut <G 1505> out of the mountain <G 2906> without hands <G 3028>,
 and that it brake <G 1855> in pieces the iron <G 6523>, the 
brass <G 5174>, the clay <G 2635>, the silver <G 3702>, and the 
gold <G 1722>; the great <G 7229> God <G 0426> hath made known 
<G 3046> to the king <G 4430> what <G 4101> shall come <G 1934> 
to pass hereafter: and the dream <G 2493> [is] certain <G 3330>, 
and the interpretation <G 6591> thereof sure <G 0546>.



2:46 Then <G 0116> the king <G 4430> Nebuchadnezzar <G 5020> 
fell <G 5308> upon his face <G 0600>, and worshipped <G 5457> 
Daniel <G 1841>, and commanded <G 0560> that they should offer 
<G 5260> an oblation <G 8641> and sweet <G 5208> odours <G 5208> 
unto him.



2:47 The king <G 4430> answered <G 6032> unto Daniel <G 1841>, 
and said <G 0560>, Of a truth <G 7187> [it is], that your God <G 
0426> [is] a God <G 0426> of gods <G 0426>, and a Lord <G 4756> 
of kings <G 4430>, and a revealer <G 1541> of secrets <G 7328>, 
seeing <G 1768> thou couldest <G 3202> reveal <G 1541> this <G 
1836> secret <G 7328>.



2:48 Then <G 0116> the king <G 4430> made <G 7236> Daniel <G 
1841> a great <G 7236> man, and gave <G 3052> him many <G 7690> 
great <G 7260> gifts <G 4978>, and made him ruler <G 7981> over 
<G 5922> the whole <G 3606> province <G 4083> of Babylon <G 
0895>, and chief <G 7229> of the governors <G 5461> over <G 
5922> all <G 3606> the wise <G 2445> [men] of Babylon <G 0895>.



2:49 Then Daniel <G 1841> requested <G 1156> of the king <G 
4430>, and he set <G 4483> Shadrach <G 7715>, Meshach <G 4336>, 
and Abednego <G 5665>, over <G 5922> the affairs <G 5673> of the 
province <G 4083> of Babylon <G 0895>: but Daniel <G 1841> [sat] 
in the gate <G 8651> of the king <G 4430>.





 

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