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Daniel 2 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:1 - And in the second H8147 year H8141 of the reign H4438 of Nebuchadnezzar H5019 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 dreamed H2492 dreams, H2472 wherewith his spirit H7307 was troubled, H6470 and his sleep H8142 brake H1961 from him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:2 - Then the king H4428 commanded H559 to call H7121 the magicians, H2748 and the astrologers, H825 and the sorcerers, H3784 and the Chaldeans, H3778 for to shew H5046 the king H4428 his dreams. H2472 So they came H935 and stood H5975 before H6440 the king. H4428
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:3 - And the king H4428 said H559 unto them, I have dreamed H2492 a dream, H2472 and my spirit H7307 was troubled H6470 to know H3045 the dream. H2472
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:4 - Then spake H1696 the Chaldeans H3778 to the king H4428 in Syriack, H762 O king, H4430 live H2418 for ever: H5957 tell H560 thy servants H5649 the dream, H2493 and we will shew H2324 the interpretation. H6591
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:5 - The king H4430 answered H6032 and said H560 to the Chaldeans, H3779 The thing H4406 is gone H230 from me: H4481 if H2006 ye will not H3809 make known H3046 unto me the dream, H2493 with the interpretation H6591 thereof, ye shall be cut H5648 in pieces, H1917 and your houses H1005 shall be made H7761 a dunghill. H5122
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:6 - But if H2006 ye shew H2324 the dream, H2493 and the interpretation H6591 thereof, ye shall receive H6902 of H4481 me H6925 gifts H4978 and rewards H5023 and great H7690 honour: H3367 therefore H3861 shew H2324 me the dream, H2493 and the interpretation H6591 thereof.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:7 - They answered H6032 again H8579 and said, H560 Let the king H4430 tell H560 his servants H5649 the dream, H2493 and we will shew H2324 the interpretation H6591 of it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:8 - The king H4430 answered H6032 and said, H560 I H576 know H3046 of H4481 certainty H3330 that ye H608 would gain H2084 the time, H5732 because H6903 H3606 ye see H2370 the thing H4406 is gone H230 from H4481 me.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:9 - But if H2006 ye will not H3809 make known H3046 unto me the dream, H2493 there is but one H1932 H2298 decree H1882 for you: for ye have prepared H2164 lying H3538 and corrupt H7844 words H4406 to speak H560 before H6925 me, till H5705 the time H5732 be changed: H8133 therefore H3861 tell H560 me the dream, H2493 and I shall know H3046 that H1768 ye can shew H2324 me the interpretation H6591 thereof.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10 - The Chaldeans H3779 answered H6032 before H6925 the king, H4430 and said, H560 There is H383 not H3809 a man H606 upon H5922 the earth H3007 that can H3202 shew H2324 the king's H4430 matter: H4406 therefore H6903 H1768 there is no H3809 king, H4430 lord, H7229 nor ruler, H7990 that asked H7593 such H1836 things H4406 at any H3606 magician, H2749 or astrologer, H826 or Chaldean. H3779
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:11 - And it is a rare H3358 thing H4406 that the king H4430 requireth, H7593 and there is H383 none H3809 other H321 that can shew H2324 it before H6925 the king, H4430 except H3861 the gods, H426 whose dwelling H4070 is H383 not H3809 with H5974 flesh. H1321
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:12 - For H6903 this H1836 cause H3606 the king H4430 was angry H1149 and very H7690 furious, H7108 and commanded H560 to destroy H7 all H3606 the wise H2445 men of Babylon. H895
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:13 - And the decree H1882 went forth H5312 that the wise H2445 men should be slain; H6992 and they sought H1156 Daniel H1841 and his fellows H2269 to be slain. H6992
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:14 - Then H116 Daniel H1841 answered H8421 with counsel H5843 and wisdom H2942 to Arioch H746 the captain H7229 of H1768 the king's H4430 guard, H2877 which was gone forth H5312 to slay H6992 the wise H2445 men of Babylon: H895
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:15 - He answered H6032 and said H560 to Arioch H746 the king's H4430 captain, H7990 Why H4101 H5922 is the decree H1882 so hasty H2685 from H4481 H6925 the king? H4430 Then H116 Arioch H746 made the thing H4406 known H3046 to Daniel. H1841
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:16 - Then Daniel H1841 went in, H5954 and desired H1156 of H4481 the king H4430 that he would give H5415 him time, H2166 and that he would shew H2324 the king H4430 the interpretation. H6591
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:17 - Then H116 Daniel H1841 went H236 to his house, H1005 and made the thing H4406 known H3046 to Hananiah, H2608 Mishael, H4333 and Azariah, H5839 his companions: H2269
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:18 - That they would desire H1156 mercies H7359 of H4481 H6925 the God H426 of heaven H8065 concerning H5922 this H1836 secret; H7328 that Daniel H1841 and his fellows H2269 should not H3809 perish H7 with H5974 the rest H7606 of the wise H2445 men of Babylon. H895

The Secret Is Revealed to Daniel

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:19 - Then H116 was the secret H7328 revealed H1541 unto Daniel H1841 in a night H3916 vision. H2376 Then H116 Daniel H1841 blessed H1289 the God H426 of heaven. H8065
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:20 - Daniel H1841 answered H6032 and said, H560 Blessed H1289 be H1934 the name H8036 of God H426 for H4481 ever H5957 and ever: H5705 H5957 for wisdom H2452 and might H1370 are H1932 his:
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:21 - And he changeth H8133 the times H5732 and the seasons: H2166 he removeth H5709 kings, H4430 and setteth up H6966 kings: H4430 he giveth H3052 wisdom H2452 unto the wise, H2445 and knowledge H4486 to them that know H3046 understanding: H999
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:22 - He revealeth H1541 the deep H5994 and secret things: H5642 he knoweth H3046 what H4101 is in the darkness, H2816 and the light H5094 dwelleth H8271 with him. H5974
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:23 - I H576 thank H3029 thee, and praise H7624 thee, O thou God H426 of my fathers, H2 who hast given H3052 me wisdom H2452 and might, H1370 and hast made known H3046 unto me now H3705 what we desired H1156 of thee: H4481 for thou hast now made known H3046 unto us the king's H4430 matter. H4406
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:24 - Therefore H3606 H6903 H1836 Daniel H1841 went in H5954 unto H5922 Arioch, H746 whom the king H4430 had ordained H4483 to destroy H7 the wise H2445 men of Babylon: H895 he went H236 and said H560 thus H3652 unto him; Destroy H7 not H409 the wise H2445 men of Babylon: H895 bring me in H5954 before H6925 the king, H4430 and I will shew H2324 unto the king H4430 the interpretation. H6591
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:25 - Then H116 Arioch H746 brought in H5954 Daniel H1841 before H6925 the king H4430 in haste, H927 and said H560 thus H3652 unto him, I have found H7912 a man H1400 of the captives H1123 H1547 of H4481 Judah, H3061 that will make known H3046 unto the king H4430 the interpretation. H6591
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:26 - The king H4430 answered H6032 and said H560 to Daniel, H1841 whose name H8036 was Belteshazzar, H1096 Art H383 thou able H3546 to make known H3046 unto me the dream H2493 which I have seen, H2370 and the interpretation H6591 thereof?
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:27 - Daniel H1841 answered H6032 in the presence H6925 of the king, H4430 and said, H560 The secret H7328 which the king H4430 hath demanded H7593 cannot H3202 H3809 the wise H2445 men, the astrologers, H826 the magicians, H2749 the soothsayers, H1505 shew H2324 unto the king; H4430
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:28 - But H1297 there is H383 a God H426 in heaven H8065 that revealeth H1541 secrets, H7328 and maketh known H3046 to the king H4430 Nebuchadnezzar H5020 what H4101 shall be H1934 in the latter H320 days. H3118 Thy dream, H2493 and the visions H2376 of thy head H7217 upon H5922 thy bed, H4903 are these; H1836
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:29 - As for thee, H607 O king, H4430 thy thoughts H7476 came H5559 into thy mind upon H5922 thy bed, H4903 what H4101 should come to pass H1934 hereafter: H311 H1836 and he that revealeth H1541 secrets H7328 maketh known H3046 to thee what H4101 shall come to pass. H1934
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:30 - But as for me, H576 this H1836 secret H7328 is not H3809 revealed H1541 to me for any wisdom H2452 that I have H383 more than H4481 any H3606 living, H2417 but H3861 for their sakes H1701 that H5922 shall make known H3046 the interpretation H6591 to the king, H4430 and that thou mightest know H3046 the thoughts H7476 of thy heart. H3825

The King's Dream

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:31 - Thou, H607 O king, H4430 sawest, H1934 H2370 and behold H431 a great H2298 H7690 image. H6755 This H1797 great H7229 image, H6755 whose brightness H2122 was excellent, H3493 stood H6966 before H6903 thee; and the form H7299 thereof was terrible. H1763
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:32 - This image's H6755 head H7217 was of fine H2869 gold, H1722 his breast H2306 and his arms H1872 of silver, H3702 his belly H4577 and his thighs H3410 of brass, H5174
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:33 - His legs H8243 of iron, H6523 his feet H7271 part H4481 of iron H6523 and part H4481 of clay. H2635
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:34 - Thou sawest H2370 H1934 till H5705 that a stone H69 was cut out H1505 without H3809 hands, H3028 which smote H4223 the image H6755 upon H5922 his feet H7271 that were of iron H6523 and clay, H2635 and brake H1855  them H1994 to pieces. H1855
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:35 - Then H116 was the iron, H6523 the clay, H2635 the brass, H5174 the silver, H3702 and the gold, H1722 broken to pieces H1855 H1751 together, H2298 and became H1934 like the chaff H5784 of H4481 the summer H7007 threshingfloors; H147 and the wind H7308 carried H5376  them H1994 away, H5376 that H3606 no H3809 place H870 was found H7912 for them: and the stone H69 that smote H4223 the image H6755 became H1934 a great H7229 mountain, H2906 and filled H4391 the whole H3606 earth. H772

The Interpretation--Babylon the First Kingdom

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:36 - This H1836 is the dream; H2493 and we will tell H560 the interpretation H6591 thereof before H6925 the king. H4430
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:37 - Thou, H607 O king, H4430 art a king H4430 of kings: H4430 for the God H426 of heaven H8065 hath given H3052 thee a kingdom, H4437 power, H2632 and strength, H8632 and glory. H3367
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:38 - And wheresoever H3606 the children H1123 of men H606 dwell, H1753 the beasts H2423 of the field H1251 and the fowls H5776 of the heaven H8065 hath he given H3052 into thine hand, H3028 and hath made thee ruler H7981 over them all. H3606 Thou H607 art this head H7217 of gold. H1722

Medo-Persia and Greece

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:39 - And after H870 thee shall arise H6966 another H317 kingdom H4437 inferior H772 to thee, H4481 and another H317 third H8523 kingdom H4437 of brass, H5174 which shall bear rule H7981 over all H3606 the earth. H772

Rome

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:40 - And the fourth H7244 kingdom H4437 shall be H1934 strong H8624 as iron: H6523 forasmuch as iron H6523 breaketh in pieces H1855 and subdueth H2827 all H3606 things: and as H6903 iron H6523 that breaketh H7490 all H3606 these, H459 shall it break in pieces H1855 and bruise. H7490
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:41 - And whereas thou sawest H2370 the feet H7271 and toes, H677 part H4481 of potters' H6353 clay, H2635 and part H4481 of iron, H6523 the kingdom H4437 shall be H1934 divided; H6386 but H4481  there shall be H1934 in it of H4481 the strength H5326 of the iron, H6523 forasmuch as H3606 H6903 thou sawest H2370 the iron H6523 mixed H6151 with miry H2917 clay. H2635
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:42 - And as the toes H677 of the feet H7271 were part H4481 of iron, H6523 and part H4481 of clay, H2635 so the kingdom H4437 shall be H1934 partly H4481 H7118 strong, H8624 and partly H4481 H7118 broken. H8406
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:43 - And whereas H1768 thou sawest H2370 iron H6523 mixed H6151 with miry H2917 clay, H2635 they shall mingle themselves H1934 H6151 with the seed H2234 of men: H606 but they shall H1934 not H3809 cleave H1693 one H1836 to H5974 another, H1836 even H1888 as iron H6523 is not H3809 mixed H6151 with clay. H2635

The Divine Kingdom

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:44 - And in the days H3118 of these H581 kings H4430 shall the God H426 of heaven H8065 set up H6966 a kingdom, H4437 which shall never H5957 H3809 be destroyed: H2255 and the kingdom H4437 shall not H3809 be left H7662 to other H321 people, H5972 but it shall break in pieces H1855 and consume H5487 all H3606 these H459 kingdoms, H4437 and it H1932 shall stand H6966 for ever. H5957
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:45 - Forasmuch as H3606 H6903 thou sawest H2370 that the stone H69 was cut out H1505 of the mountain H2906 without H3809 hands, H3028 and that it brake in pieces H1855 the iron, H6523 the brass, H5174 the clay, H2635 the silver, H3702 and the gold; H1722 the great H7229 God H426 hath made known H3046 to the king H4430 what H4101 shall come to pass H1934 hereafter: H311 H1836 and the dream H2493 is certain, H3330 and the interpretation H6591 thereof sure. H540

Daniel Promoted

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:46 - Then H116 the king H4430 Nebuchadnezzar H5020 fell H5308 upon H5922 his face, H600 and worshipped H5457 Daniel, H1841 and commanded H560 that they should offer H5260 an oblation H4504 and sweet odours H5208 unto him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:47 - The king H4430 answered H6032 unto Daniel, H1841 and said, H560 Of H4481 a truth H7187 it is, that H1768 your God H426 is a God H426 of gods, H426 and a Lord H4756 of kings, H4430 and a revealer H1541 of secrets, H7328 seeing thou couldest H3202 reveal H1541 this H1836 secret. H7328
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:48 - Then H116 the king H4430 made H7236  Daniel H1841 a great man, H7236 and gave H3052 him many H7690 great H7260 gifts, H4978 and made him ruler H7981 over H5922 the whole H3606 province H4083 of Babylon, H895 and chief H7229 of the governors H5460 over H5922 all H3606 the wise H2445 men of Babylon. H895
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:49 - Then Daniel H1841 requested H1156 of H4481 the king, H4430 and he set H4483 Shadrach, H7715 Meshach, H4336 and Abednego, H5665 over H5922 the affairs H5673 of the province H4083 of Babylon: H895 but Daniel H1841 sat in the gate H8651 of the king. H4430
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