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GOD REVEALS THE KING'S DREAM TO DANIEL
Key verse: 22
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Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream
2 In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams;(A) his mind was troubled(B) and he could not sleep.(C) 2 So the king summoned the magicians,(D) enchanters, sorcerers(E) and astrologers[a](F) to tell him what he had dreamed.(G) When they came in and stood before the king, 3 he said to them, “I have had a dream that troubles(H) me and I want to know what it means.[b]”
4 Then the astrologers answered the king,[c](I) “May the king live forever!(J) Tell your servants the dream, and we will interpret it.”
5 The king replied to the astrologers, “This is what I have firmly decided:(K) If you do not tell me what my dream was and interpret it, I will have you cut into pieces(L) and your houses turned into piles of rubble.(M) 6 But if you tell me the dream and explain it, you will receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor.(N) So tell me the dream and interpret it for me.”
7 Once more they replied, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will interpret it.”
8 Then the king answered, “I am certain that you are trying to gain time, because you realize that this is what I have firmly decided: 9 If you do not tell me the dream, there is only one penalty(O) for you. You have conspired to tell me misleading and wicked things, hoping the situation will change. So then, tell me the dream, and I will know that you can interpret it for me.”(P)
10 The astrologers(Q) answered the king, “There is no one on earth who can do what the king asks! No king, however great and mighty, has ever asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or astrologer.(R) 11 What the king asks is too difficult. No one can reveal it to the king except the gods,(S) and they do not live among humans.”
12 This made the king so angry and furious(T) that he ordered the execution(U) of all the wise men of Babylon. 13 So the decree was issued to put the wise men to death, and men were sent to look for Daniel and his friends to put them to death.(V)
14 When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, had gone out to put to death the wise men of Babylon, Daniel spoke to him with wisdom and tact. 15 He asked the king’s officer, “Why did the king issue such a harsh decree?” Arioch then explained the matter to Daniel. 16 At this, Daniel went in to the king and asked for time, so that he might interpret the dream for him.
17 Then Daniel returned to his house and explained the matter to his friends Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah.(W) 18 He urged them to plead for mercy(X) from the God of heaven(Y) concerning this mystery,(Z) so that he and his friends might not be executed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 19 During the night the mystery(AA) was revealed to Daniel in a vision.(AB) Then Daniel praised the God of heaven(AC) 20 and said:
“Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever;(AD)
wisdom and power(AE) are his.
21 He changes times and seasons;(AF)
he deposes(AG) kings and raises up others.(AH)
He gives wisdom(AI) to the wise
and knowledge to the discerning.(AJ)
22 He reveals deep and hidden things;(AK)
he knows what lies in darkness,(AL)
and light(AM) dwells with him.
23 I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors:(AN)
You have given me wisdom(AO) and power,
you have made known to me what we asked of you,
you have made known to us the dream of the king.(AP)”
Daniel Interprets the Dream
24 Then Daniel went to Arioch,(AQ) whom the king had appointed to execute the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, “Do not execute the wise men of Babylon. Take me to the king, and I will interpret his dream for him.”
25 Arioch took Daniel to the king at once and said, “I have found a man among the exiles(AR) from Judah(AS) who can tell the king what his dream means.”
26 The king asked Daniel (also called Belteshazzar),(AT) “Are you able to tell me what I saw in my dream and interpret it?”
27 Daniel replied, “No wise man, enchanter, magician or diviner can explain to the king the mystery he has asked about,(AU) 28 but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries.(AV) He has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in days to come.(AW) Your dream and the visions that passed through your mind(AX) as you were lying in bed(AY) are these:(AZ)
29 “As Your Majesty was lying there, your mind turned to things to come, and the revealer of mysteries showed you what is going to happen.(BA) 30 As for me, this mystery has been revealed(BB) to me, not because I have greater wisdom than anyone else alive, but so that Your Majesty may know the interpretation and that you may understand what went through your mind.
Footnotes
- Daniel 2:2 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 4, 5 and 10
- Daniel 2:3 Or was
- Daniel 2:4 At this point the Hebrew text has in Aramaic, indicating that the text from here through the end of chapter 7 is in Aramaic.
Cross references
- Daniel 2:1 : ver 3; S Ge 20:3; S Job 33:15, 18; Da 4:5
- Daniel 2:1 : Ge 41:8
- Daniel 2:1 : S Est 6:1
- Daniel 2:2 : S Ge 41:8
- Daniel 2:2 : Ex 7:11; Jer 27:9
- Daniel 2:2 : S ver 10; S Isa 19:3; S 44:25
- Daniel 2:2 : Da 4:6
- Daniel 2:3 : Da 4:5
- Daniel 2:4 : S Ezr 4:7
- Daniel 2:4 : S Ne 2:3
- Daniel 2:5 : Ge 41:32
- Daniel 2:5 : ver 12
- Daniel 2:5 : Ezr 6:11; Da 3:29
- Daniel 2:6 : ver 48; Da 5:7, 16
- Daniel 2:9 : Est 4:11
- Daniel 2:9 : Isa 41:22-24
- Daniel 2:10 : ver 2; Da 3:8; 4:7
- Daniel 2:10 : ver 27; Da 5:8
- Daniel 2:11 : S Ge 41:38
- Daniel 2:12 : Da 3:13, 19
- Daniel 2:12 : ver 5
- Daniel 2:13 : S Da 1:20; 5:19
- Daniel 2:17 : S Da 1:6
- Daniel 2:18 : S Isa 37:4
- Daniel 2:18 : Ezr 1:2; Ne 1:4; Jnh 1:9; Rev 11:13
- Daniel 2:18 : ver 23; Jer 33:3
- Daniel 2:19 : ver 28
- Daniel 2:19 : S Job 33:15; S Da 1:17
- Daniel 2:19 : S Jos 22:33
- Daniel 2:20 : S Ps 113:2; 145:1-2
- Daniel 2:20 : S Job 9:4; S Jer 32:19
- Daniel 2:21 : Da 7:25
- Daniel 2:21 : S Job 12:19; Ps 75:6-7; Ro 13:1
- Daniel 2:21 : Da 4:17
- Daniel 2:21 : S Ps 119:34; Jas 1:5
- Daniel 2:21 : S 2Sa 14:17
- Daniel 2:22 : S Ge 40:8; S Job 12:22; Da 5:11; 1Co 2:10
- Daniel 2:22 : Job 12:22; Ps 139:11-12; Jer 23:24; S Heb 4:13
- Daniel 2:22 : Isa 45:7; Jas 1:17
- Daniel 2:23 : S Ge 31:5; S Ex 3:15
- Daniel 2:23 : S Da 1:17
- Daniel 2:23 : S Eze 28:3
- Daniel 2:24 : ver 14
- Daniel 2:25 : S Dt 21:10
- Daniel 2:25 : S Da 1:6; 5:13; 6:13
- Daniel 2:26 : S Da 1:7
- Daniel 2:27 : S ver 10; S Ge 41:8
- Daniel 2:28 : S Ge 40:8; Jer 10:7; Am 4:13
- Daniel 2:28 : S Ge 49:1; Da 10:14; Mt 24:6; Rev 1:1; 22:6
- Daniel 2:28 : Da 4:5
- Daniel 2:28 : S Ps 4:4
- Daniel 2:28 : S Eze 28:3; S Da 1:20
- Daniel 2:29 : S Ge 41:25
- Daniel 2:30 : Isa 45:3; S Da 1:17; Am 4:13
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Nebuchadnezzar's Dream
2 In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; (A)his spirit was troubled, and (B)his sleep left him. 2 Then the king commanded that (C)the magicians, (D)the enchanters, the (E)sorcerers, and (F)the Chaldeans be summoned to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and (G)stood before the king. 3 And the king said to them, “I had a dream, and (H)my spirit is troubled to know the dream.” 4 Then (I)the Chaldeans said to the king in Aramaic,[a] (J)“O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.” 5 The king answered and said to (K)the Chaldeans, “The word from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be (L)torn limb from limb, (M)and your (N)houses shall be laid in ruins. 6 But if you show the dream and its interpretation, (O)you shall receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. (P)Therefore show me the dream and its interpretation.” 7 They answered a second time and said, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show its interpretation.” 8 The king answered and said, “I know with certainty that you are trying to (Q)gain time, because you see that the word from me is firm— 9 if you do not make the dream known to me, (R)there is but one sentence for you. You have agreed to speak lying and corrupt words before me till (S)the times change. (T)Therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can show me its interpretation.” 10 (U)The Chaldeans answered the king and said, “There is not a man on earth who can meet the king's demand, for no great and powerful king has asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or (V)Chaldean. 11 The thing that the king asks is difficult, and no one can show it to the king except (W)the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.”
12 Because of this the king was angry and (X)very furious, and (Y)commanded that all (Z)the wise men of Babylon be destroyed. 13 So the decree went out, and the wise men were about to be killed; and they sought (AA)Daniel and his companions, to kill them. 14 Then Daniel replied with prudence and discretion to (AB)Arioch, the (AC)captain of the king's guard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon. 15 He declared[b] to Arioch, the king's captain, “Why is the decree of the king (AD)so urgent?” Then Arioch made the matter known to Daniel. 16 And Daniel went in and requested the king to appoint him a time, that he might show the interpretation to the king.
God Reveals Nebuchadnezzar's Dream
17 Then Daniel went to his house and made the matter known to (AE)Hananiah, (AF)Mishael, and (AG)Azariah, his companions, 18 (AH)and told them to seek mercy from the (AI)God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions might not (AJ)be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 19 Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in (AK)a vision of the night. Then Daniel (AL)blessed the (AM)God of heaven. 20 Daniel answered and said:
(AN)“Blessed be the name of God forever and ever,
(AO)to whom belong wisdom and might.
21 (AP)He changes times and seasons;
(AQ)he removes kings and sets up kings;
(AR)he gives wisdom to the wise
(AS)and knowledge to those who have understanding;
22 (AT)he reveals deep and hidden things;
(AU)he knows what is in the darkness,
(AV)and the light dwells with him.
23 To you, O (AW)God of my fathers,
(AX)I give thanks and praise,
for (AY)you have given me wisdom and might,
and have now made known to me what (AZ)we asked of you,
for you have made known to us the king's matter.”
24 Therefore Daniel went in to (BA)Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He went and said thus to him: “Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will show the king the interpretation.”
25 Then (BB)Arioch brought in Daniel before the king (BC)in haste and said thus to him: “I have found (BD)among the exiles from Judah a man who will make known to the king the interpretation.” 26 The king declared to Daniel, (BE)whose name was Belteshazzar, (BF)“Are you able to make known to me the dream that I have seen and its interpretation?” 27 Daniel answered the king and said, “No wise men, (BG)enchanters, (BH)magicians, or (BI)astrologers can show to the king the mystery that the king has asked, 28 but (BJ)there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar (BK)what will be in the latter days. Your dream and (BL)the visions of your head as you lay in bed are these: 29 To you, O king, as you lay in bed came thoughts of what would be after this, (BM)and he who reveals mysteries made known to you what is to be. 30 But (BN)as for me, this mystery has been revealed to me, not because of any wisdom that I have more than all the living, but in order that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that (BO)you may know the thoughts of your mind.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Daniel 2:4 The text from this point to the end of chapter 7 is in Aramaic
- Daniel 2:15 Aramaic answered and said; also verse 26
Cross references
- Daniel 2:1 : [ch. 4:5; 5:9; Gen. 41:8]
- Daniel 2:1 : [ch. 6:18; Esth. 6:1]
- Daniel 2:2 : [See ch. 1:20 above]; [ch. 2:27; Gen. 41:8, 24; Ex. 7:11, 22; 8:7, 18, 19; 9:11]
- Daniel 2:2 : [See ch. 1:20 above]; ch. 2:2, 10, 27; 4:7; 5:7, 11, 15
- Daniel 2:2 : Deut. 18:10, 11; 2 Chr. 33:6; Isa. 47:9, 12
- Daniel 2:2 : See ch. 1:4
- Daniel 2:2 : See ch. 1:5
- Daniel 2:3 : [See ver. 1 above]; [ch. 4:5; 5:9; Gen. 41:8]
- Daniel 2:4 : [See ver. 2 above]; See ch. 1:4
- Daniel 2:4 : ch. 3:9; 5:10; 6:6, 21; See 1 Kgs. 1:31
- Daniel 2:5 : [See ver. 2 above]; See ch. 1:4
- Daniel 2:5 : ch. 3:29
- Daniel 2:5 : ch. 3:29
- Daniel 2:5 : Ezra 6:11; [2 Kgs. 10:27]
- Daniel 2:6 : [ch. 5:7, 16]
- Daniel 2:6 : [ver. 7, 9]
- Daniel 2:8 : Eph. 5:16; Col. 4:5
- Daniel 2:9 : Esth. 4:11
- Daniel 2:9 : [ver. 21; ch. 7:25]
- Daniel 2:9 : ver. 6; [ver. 7]
- Daniel 2:10 : See ch. 1:4
- Daniel 2:10 : See ch. 1:4
- Daniel 2:11 : [ch. 5:11, 14]
- Daniel 2:12 : [ch. 3:19]
- Daniel 2:12 : [ver. 24]
- Daniel 2:12 : ch. 4:6
- Daniel 2:13 : See ch. 1:4-7
- Daniel 2:14 : ver. 24, 25
- Daniel 2:14 : [Gen. 37:36]
- Daniel 2:15 : ch. 3:22
- Daniel 2:17 : ch. 1:6
- Daniel 2:17 : ch. 1:6
- Daniel 2:17 : ch. 1:6
- Daniel 2:18 : [Matt. 18:19]
- Daniel 2:18 : ver. 19, 28, 37, 44; Rev. 11:13
- Daniel 2:18 : [ver. 12, 24]
- Daniel 2:19 : [Num. 12:6; Job 33:15, 16]
- Daniel 2:19 : See Josh. 22:33
- Daniel 2:19 : [See ver. 18 above]; ver. 19, 28, 37, 44; Rev. 11:13
- Daniel 2:20 : 1 Chr. 29:10; Ps. 72:18; 113:2; 115:18; Luke 1:68
- Daniel 2:20 : [Isa. 28:29]
- Daniel 2:21 : [ver. 9; ch. 7:25]
- Daniel 2:21 : [ch. 4:17; 5:20; Job 12:18; Ps. 75:7; Rom. 13:1]
- Daniel 2:21 : See ch. 1:17
- Daniel 2:21 : See ch. 1:17
- Daniel 2:22 : Job 12:22; [Ps. 25:14; 139:12; Amos 4:13; Heb. 4:13]
- Daniel 2:22 : Job 12:22; [Ps. 25:14; 139:12; Amos 4:13; Heb. 4:13]
- Daniel 2:22 : 1 Tim. 6:16; James 1:17; 1 John 1:5; [John 1:4, 5]
- Daniel 2:23 : Deut. 26:7; 1 Chr. 12:17; 29:18
- Daniel 2:23 : [ch. 6:10]
- Daniel 2:23 : [ver. 20]; See ch. 1:17
- Daniel 2:23 : [ver. 18]
- Daniel 2:24 : ver. 14, 15
- Daniel 2:25 : [See ver. 24 above]; ver. 14, 15
- Daniel 2:25 : ch. 3:24
- Daniel 2:25 : ch. 5:13; Ezra 4:1; 6:16, 19, 20; 10:7, 16
- Daniel 2:26 : See ch. 1:7
- Daniel 2:26 : [ch. 5:16]
- Daniel 2:27 : See ch. 1:20
- Daniel 2:27 : See ch. 1:20
- Daniel 2:27 : ch. 4:7; 5:7
- Daniel 2:28 : See ver. 22
- Daniel 2:28 : ch. 10:14; Hos. 3:5
- Daniel 2:28 : ch. 4:5; 7:15
- Daniel 2:29 : ver. 45
- Daniel 2:30 : [Gen. 41:16; Acts 3:12]
- Daniel 2:30 : [Eccles. 3:18]
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