The King’s Forgotten Dream: BIBLE, New American Standard Bible == BIBLE-CENTER

Daniel, Chapter 2, verses 1-18

¹ Now in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar^a Lit dreamed dreamshad dreams; and his spirit was troubled and his sleep^b Lit was gone upon himleft him. ² Then the king^c Lit said to callgave orders to call in the^d Or soothsayer priestsmagicians, the conjurers, the sorcerers and the^eChaldeans to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king. ³ The king said to them, “I^f Lit dreamedhad a dream and my spirit^g Lit was troubledis anxious to^h Lit knowunderstand the dream.”	1 Gen 40:5-8 Gen 41:1 Gen 41:8 Job 33:15-17 Dan 2:3 Dan 4:5 Est 6:1 Dan 6:18 2 Gen 41:8 Exo 7:11 Isa 47:12 Isa 47:13 Dan 1:20 Dan 2:10 Dan 2:27 Dan 4:6 Dan 5:7 3 Gen 40:8 Gen 41:15 Dan 4:5
⁴ Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king inⁱAramaic: “O king, live forever! Tell the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation.” ⁵ The king replied to the Chaldeans, “^jThe command from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be^k Lit made into limbstorn limb from limb and your houses will be made a rubbish heap. ⁶ But if you declare the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts and a reward and great honor; therefore declare to me the dream and its interpretation.” ⁷ They answered a second time and said, “Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will declare the interpretation.” ⁸ The king replied, “I know for certain that you are^l Lit buyingbargaining for time, inasmuch as you have seen that^m V 5, note 1the command from me is firm, ⁹ that if you do not make the dream known to me, there is only oneⁿ Or lawdecree for you. For you have agreed together to speak lying and corrupt^o Lit wordwords before me until the^p Lit timesituation is changed; therefore tell me the dream, that I may know that you can declare to me its interpretation.” ¹⁰ The Chaldeans answered^q Lit before thethe king and said, “There is not a man on earth who could declare the matter^r Lit offor the king, inasmuch as no great king or ruler has ever asked anything like this of any^s Or soothsayer priestmagician, conjurer or Chaldean. ¹¹ Moreover, the thing which the king demands is^t Or raredifficult, and there is no one else who could declare it^u Lit beforeto the king except gods, whose dwelling place is not with mortal flesh.”	4 Ezr 4:7 Isa 36:11 Dan 3:9 Dan 5:10 Dan 2:7 5 Ezr 6:11 Dan 2:12 Dan 3:29 6 Dan 2:48 Dan 5:7 Dan 5:16 Dan 5:29 7 Dan 2:4 9 Est 4:11 Dan 3:15 Isa 41:23 10 Dan 2:2 Dan 2:27 11 Gen 41:39 Dan 5:11 Exo 29:45 Isa 57:15
¹² Because of this the king became indignant and very furious and gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. ¹³ So the^v Or lawdecree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they looked for Daniel and his friends to^w Lit be killedkill them.	12 Psa 76:10 Dan 2:5 Dan 3:13 Dan 3:19 13 Dan 1:19 Dan 1:20
¹⁴ Then Daniel replied with discretion and discernment to Arioch, the captain of the king’s^x Or executionersbodyguard, who had gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon; ¹⁵ he said to Arioch, the king’s commander, “For what reason is the^y Or lawdecree from the king so^z Or harshurgent?” Then Arioch informed Daniel about the matter. ¹⁶ So Daniel went in and requested of the king that he would^aa Or appoint a time for himgive him time, in order that he might declare the interpretation to the king.	14 Dan 2:24
¹⁷ Then Daniel went to his house and informed his friends, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, about the matter, ¹⁸ so that they might request compassion from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.	17 Dan 1:6 18 Est 4:15 Est 4:16 Isa 37:4 Jer 33:3 Eze 36:37 Dan 2:23 Gen 18:28 Mal 3:18


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