| 2:1 |
And in the second year of
the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed
dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep
brake from him. |
| 2:2 |
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. |
| 2:3 |
And the king said unto
them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled
to know the dream. |
| 2:4 |
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. |
| 2:5 |
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. |
| 12:6 |
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. |
| 12:7 |
They answered again and
said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we
will shew the interpretation of it. |
| 12:8 |
The king answered and
said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time,
because ye see the thing is gone from me. |
| 12:9 |
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. |
| 2:10 |
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. |
| 2:11 |
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. |
| 2:12 |
For this cause the king
was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all
the wise men of Babylon. |
| 2:13 |
And the decree went forth
that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel
and his fellows to be slain. |
| 2:14 |
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: |
| 2:15 |
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. |
| 2:16 |
Then Daniel went in, and
desired of the king that he would give him time, and that
he would shew the king the interpretation. |
| 2:17 |
Then Daniel went to his
house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and
Azariah, his companions: |
| 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. |
| 2:19 |
Then was the secret
revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel
blessed the God of heaven. |
| 2:20 |
Daniel answered and said,
Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom
and might are his: |
| 2:21 |
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: |
| 2:22 |
He revealeth the deep and
secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and
the light dwelleth with him. |
| 2:23 |
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. |
| 2:24 |
Therefore Daniel went in
unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the
wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him;
Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before
the king, and I will shew unto the king the
interpretation. |
| 2:25 |
Then Arioch brought in
Daniel before the king in haste and said thus unto him, I
have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make
known unto the king the interpretation. |
| 2:26 |
The king answered and
said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou
able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen,
and the interpretation thereof? |
| 2:27 |
Daniel answered in the
presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king
hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the
magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king; |
| 2:28 |
But there is a God in
heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the
king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy
dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are
these; |
| 2:29 |
As for thee, O king, thy
thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should
come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets
maketh known to thee what shall come to pass. |
| 2:30 |
But as for me, this
secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have
more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make
known the interpretation to the king, and that thou
mightest know the thoughts of thy heart. |
| 2:31 |
Thou, O king, sawest, and
behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness
was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof
was terrible. |
| 2:32 |
This image's head was of
fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly
and his thighs of brass, |
| 2:33 |
His legs of iron, his
feet part of iron and part of clay. |
| 2:34 |
Thou sawest till that a
stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image
upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them
to pieces. |
| 2:35 |
Then was the iron, the
clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to
pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer
threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no
place was found for them: and the stone that smote the
image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. |
| 2:36 |
This is the dream; and we
will tell the interpretation thereof before the king. |
| 2:37 |
Thou, O king, art a king
of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a
kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. |
| 2:38 |
And wheresoever the
children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the
fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and
hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of
gold. |
| 2:39 |
And after thee shall
arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third
kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the
earth. |
| 2:40 |
And the fourth kingdom
shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in
pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh
all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. |
| 2:41 |
And whereas thou sawest
the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of
iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in
it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest
the iron mixed with miry clay. |
| 2:42 |
And as the toes of the
feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom
shall be partly strong, and partly broken. |
| 2:43 |
And whereas thou sawest
iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves
with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to
another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. |
| 2:44 |
And in the days of these
kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which
shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be
left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and
consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. |
| 2:45 |
Forasmuch as thou sawest
that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands,
and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the
clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made
known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and
the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. |
| 2:46 |
Then the king
Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel,
and commanded that they should offer an oblation and
sweet odours unto him. |
| 2:47 |
The king answered unto
Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a
God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of
secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret. |
| 2:48 |
Then the king made Daniel
a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him
ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of
the governors over all the wise men of Babylon. |
| 2:49 |
Then Daniel requested of
the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego,
over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel
sat in the gate of the king. |