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>.