ASV_Strong : Daniel 2
1. And in the second[H8147] year[H8141] of the reign[H4438] of Nebuchadnezzar[H5019], Nebuchadnezzar[H5019] dreamed[H2492] dreams[H2472]; and his spirit[H7307] was troubled[H6470], and his sleep[H8142] went from him[H1961].
2. Then the king[H4428] commanded[H559] to call[H7121] the magicians[H2748], and the enchanters[H825], and the sorcerers[H3784], and the Chaldeans[H3778], to tell[H5046] the king[H4428] his dreams[H2472]. So they came[H935] in and stood[H5975] before[H6440] the king[H4428].
3. And the king[H4428] said[H559] unto them[H2492], I have dreamed a dream[H2472], and my spirit[H7307] is troubled[H6470] to know[H3045] the dream[H2472].
4. Then spake[H1696] the Chaldeans[H3778] to the king[H4428] in the Syrian language[H762], O king[H4430], live[H2418] for ever[H5957]: tell[H560] thy servants[H5649] the dream[H2493], and we will show[H2324] the interpretation[H6591].
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 make not[H3809] known[H3046] unto me the dream[H2493] and the interpretation[H6591] thereof[H5648], ye shall be cut in pieces[H1917], and your houses[H1005] shall be made[H7761] a dunghill[H5122].
6. But if[H2006] ye show[H2324] the dream[H2493] and the interpretation[H6591] thereof[H6902], ye shall receive of[H4481] me[H6925] gifts[H4978] and rewards[H5023] and great[H7690] honor[H3367]: therefore[H3861] show[H2324] me the dream[H2493] and the interpretation thereof[H6591].
7. They answered[H6032] the second[H8579] time and said[H560], Let the king[H4430] tell[H560] his servants[H5649] the dream[H2493], and we will show[H2324] the interpretation[H6591].
8. The king[H4430] answered[H6032] and said[H560], I[H576] know[H3046] of[H4481] a certainty[H3330] that ye[H608] would gain[H2084] time[H5732], because[H6903] ye see[H2370] the thing[H4406] is gone[H230] from me[H4481].
9. But if[H2006] ye make not[H3809] known[H3046] unto me the dream[H2493], there is but one[H1932] law[H1882] for you[H2164]; for ye have prepared lying[H3538] and corrupt[H7844] words[H4406] to speak[H560] before[H6925] me[H5705], till the time[H5732] be changed[H8133]: therefore[H3861] tell[H560] me the dream[H2493], and I shall know[H3046] that[H1768] ye can show[H2324] me the interpretation thereof[H6591].
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] show[H2324] the king[H4430]'s matter[H4406], forasmuch[H6903] as no[H3809] king[H4430], lord[H7229], or ruler[H7990], hath asked[H7593] such[H1836] a thing[H4406] of any[H3606] magician[H2749], or enchanter[H826], or Chaldean[H3779].
11. And it is a rare[H3358] thing[H4406] that the king[H4430] requireth[H7593], and there is[H383] no[H3809] other[H321] that can show[H2324] it before[H6925] the king[H4430], except[H3861] the gods[H426], whose dwelling[H4070] is[H383] not[H3809] with[H5974] flesh[H1321].
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].
13. So the decree[H1882] went forth[H5312], and the wise[H2445] men were to be slain[H6992]; and they sought[H1156] Daniel[H1841] and his companions[H2269] to be slain[H6992].
14. Then[H116] Daniel[H1841] returned answer[H8421] with counsel[H5843] and prudence[H2942] to Arioch[H746] the captain[H7229] of[H1768] the king[H4430]'s guard[H2877], who was gone forth[H5312] to slay[H6992] the wise[H2445] men of Babylon[H895];
15. he answered[H6032] and said[H560] to Arioch[H746] the king[H4430]'s captain[H7990], Wherefore[H4101] is the decree[H1882] so urgent[H2685] from[H4481] the king[H4430]? Then[H116] Arioch[H746] made the thing[H4406] known[H3046] to Daniel[H1841].
16. And Daniel[H1841] went in[H5954], and desired[H1156] of[H4481] the king[H4430] that he would appoint[H5415] him a time[H2166], and he would show[H2324] the king[H4430] the interpretation[H6591].
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]:
18. that they would desire[H1156] mercies[H7359] of[H4481] the God[H426] of heaven[H8065] concerning[H5922] this[H1836] secret[H7328]; that Daniel[H1841] and his companions[H2269] should not[H3809] perish[H7] with[H5974] the rest[H7606] of the wise[H2445] men of Babylon[H895].
19. Then[H116] was the secret[H7328] revealed[H1541] unto Daniel[H1841] in a vision[H2376] of the night[H3916]. Then[H116] Daniel[H1841] blessed[H1289] the God[H426] of heaven[H8065].
20. 340[H1841] answered[H6032] and said[H560], Blessed[H1289] be[H1934] the name[H8036] of God[H426] for[H4481] ever[H5957] and ever[H5705]; for wisdom[H2452] and might[H1370] are his[H1932].
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 have[H3046] understanding[H999];
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].
23. I[H576] thank[H3029] thee[H7624], and praise thee[H426], O thou God of my fathers[H2], who hast given[H3052] me wisdom[H2452] and might[H1370], and hast now[H3705] made known[H3046] unto me what we desired[H1156] of thee[H4481]; for thou hast made known[H3046] unto us the king[H4430]'s matter[H4406].
24. Therefore[H6903] Daniel[H1841] went in[H5954] unto[H5922] Arioch[H746], whom the king[H4430] had appointed[H4483] to destroy[H7] the wise[H2445] men of Babylon[H895]; he went[H236] and said[H560] thus[H3652] unto him[H7]: Destroy not[H409] the wise[H2445] men of Babylon[H895]; bring me in[H5954] before[H6925] the king[H4430], and I will show[H2324] unto the king[H4430] the interpretation[H6591].
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[H7912], I have found a man[H1400] of the children of the captivity[H1123] of[H4481] Judah[H3061], that will make known[H3046] unto the king[H4430] the interpretation[H6591].
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 thereof[H6591]?
27. 340[H1841] answered[H6032] before[H6925] the king[H4430], and said[H560], The secret[H7328] which the king[H4430] hath demanded[H7593] can neither[H3202] wise[H2445] men[H826], enchanters, magicians[H2749], nor soothsayers[H1505], show[H2324] unto the king[H4430];
28. but[H1297] there is[H383] a God[H426] in heaven[H8065] that revealeth[H1541] secrets[H7328], and he hath made 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]:
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]; and he that revealeth[H1541] secrets[H7328] hath made known[H3046] to thee what[H4101] shall come to pass[H1934].
30. But as for me[H576], this[H1836] secret[H7328] is not[H3809] revealed[H1541] to me[H576] for any wisdom[H2452] that I have[H383] more than[H4481] any[H3606] living[H2417], but[H3861] to the intent that[H5922] the interpretation[H6591] may be made known[H3046] to the king[H4430], and that thou mayest know[H3046] the thoughts[H7476] of thy heart[H3825].
31. Thou[H607], O king[H4430], sawest[H1934], and[H431], behold, a great[H2298] image[H6755]. This[H1797] image[H6755], which was mighty[H7229], and whose brightness[H2122] was excellent[H3493], stood[H6966] before[H6903] thee[H7299]; and the aspect thereof was terrible[H1763].
32. As for this image[H6755], its head[H7217] was of fine[H2869] gold[H1722], its breast[H2306] and its arms[H1872] of silver[H3702], its belly[H4577] and its thighs[H3410] of brass[H5174],
33. its legs[H8243] of iron[H6523], its feet[H7271] part[H4481] of iron[H6523], and part[H4481] of clay[H2635].
34. Thou sawest[H2370] till[H5705] that a stone[H69] was cut out[H1505] without[H3809] hands[H3028], which smote[H4223] the image[H6755] upon[H5922] its feet[H7271] that were of iron[H6523] and clay[H2635], and brake[H1855] them[H1994] in pieces[H1855].
35. Then[H116] was the iron[H6523], the clay[H2635], the brass[H5174], the silver[H3702], and the gold[H1722], broken in pieces[H1855] together[H2298], and became[H1934] like the chaff[H5784] of[H4481] the summer[H7007] threshing-floors[H147]; and the wind[H7308] carried[H5376] them[H1994] away[H5376], so that[H3606] no[H3809] place[H870] was found[H7912] for them[H69]: and the stone that smote[H4223] the image[H6755] became[H1934] a great[H7229] mountain[H2906], and filled[H4391] the whole[H3606] earth[H772].
36. This[H1836] is the dream[H2493]; and we will tell[H560] the interpretation[H6591] thereof before[H6925] the king[H4430].
37. Thou[H607], O king[H4430], art king[H4430] of kings[H4430], unto whom the God[H426] of heaven[H8065] hath given[H3052] the kingdom[H4437], the power[H2632], and the strength[H8632], and the glory[H3367];
38. and wheresoever[H3606] the children[H1123] of men[H606] dwell[H1753], the beasts[H2423] of the field[H1251] and the birds[H5776] of the heavens[H8065] hath he given[H3052] into thy hand[H3028], and hath made thee to rule[H7981] over them all[H3606]: thou[H607] art the head[H7217] of gold[H1722].
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].
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[H6903]; and as iron[H6523] that crusheth[H7490] all[H3606] these[H459], shall it break in pieces[H1855] and crush[H7490].
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], it shall be[H1934] a divided[H6386] kingdom[H4437]; but[H4481] there shall be[H1934] in it of[H4481] the strength[H5326] of the iron[H6523], forasmuch as[H3606] thou sawest[H2370] the iron[H6523] mixed[H6151] with miry[H2917] clay[H2635].
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] strong[H8624], and partly[H4481] broken[H8406].
43. And whereas[H1768] thou sawest[H2370] the iron[H6523] mixed[H6151] with miry[H2917] clay[H2635], they shall mingle themselves[H1934] 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] doth not[H3809] mingle[H6151] with clay[H2635].
44. And in the days[H3118] of those[H581] kings[H4430] shall the God[H426] of heaven[H8065] set up[H6966] a kingdom[H4437] which shall never[H5957] be destroyed[H2255], nor[H3809] shall the sovereignty[H4437] thereof be left[H7662] to another[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].
45. Forasmuch as[H3606] thou sawest[H2370] that a 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]: and the dream[H2493] is certain[H3330], and the interpretation[H6591] thereof sure[H540].
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 odors unto him[H5208].
47. The king[H4430] answered[H6032] unto Daniel[H1841], and said[H560], Of[H4481] a truth[H7187] your[H1768] God[H426] is the God[H426] of gods[H426], and the Lord[H4756] of kings[H4430], and a revealer[H1541] of secrets[H7328], seeing thou hast been able to[H3202] reveal[H1541] this[H1836] secret[H7328].
48. Then[H116] the king[H4430] made[H7236] Daniel[H1841] great[H7260], and gave[H3052] him many[H7236] great[H7260] gifts[H4978], and made him to rule[H7981] over[H5922] the whole[H3606] province[H4083] of Babylon[H895], and to be chief[H7229] governor[H5460] over[H5922] all[H3606] the wise[H2445] men of Babylon[H895].
49. And Daniel[H1841] requested[H1156] of[H4481] the king[H4430], and he appointed[H4483] Shadrach[H7715], Meshach[H4336], and Abed-nego[H5665], over[H5922] the affairs[H5673] of the province[H4083] of Babylon[H895]: but Daniel[H1841] was in the gate[H8651] of the king[H4430].
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