REF27_DAN

DANIEL CHAPTER 2

DAN 2:1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar

Nebuchadnezzar

dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep

brake from him.

DAN 2:2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the

astrologers, and

the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to show the king his

dreams. So they came

and stood before the king. <g astrologers> <g before> <g call>

DAN 2:3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and

my spirit was

troubled to know the dream. <g dream> <g dreamed> <g have>

DAN 2:4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king,

live for ever:

tell thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.

DAN 2:5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing

is gone from me:

if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the

interpretation thereof, ye

shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

DAN 2:6 But if ye show the dream, and the interpretation thereof,

ye shall receive

of me gifts and rewards and great honour:therefore show me the

dream, and the

interpretation thereof. <g dream> <g gifts> <g great> <g honour>

DAN 2:7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his

servants the dream,

and we will show the interpretation of it. <g again> <g answered>

DAN 2:8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye

would gain the

time, because ye see the thing is gone from me. <g answered> <g

because>

DAN 2:9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, [there

is but] one

decree for you:for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to

speak before me,

till the time be changed:therefore tell me the dream, and I

shall know that ye

can show me the interpretation thereof. <g before> <g can> <g

changed>

DAN 2:10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There

is not a man upon

the earth that can show the king's matter:therefore [there is]

no king, lord,

nor ruler, [that] asked such things at any magician, or

astrologer, or Chaldean.

DAN 2:11 And [it is] a rare thing that the king requireth, and

there is none

other that can show it before the king, except the gods, whose

dwelling is not

with flesh. <g before> <g can> <g dwelling> <g except>

DAN 2:12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and

commanded to

destroy all the wise [men] of Babylon. <g all> <g angry> <g

babylon>

DAN 2:13 And the decree went forth that the wise [men] should be

slain; and they

sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain. <g daniel> <g decree>

DAN 2:14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch

the captain of

the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise [men] of

Babylon:

DAN 2:15 He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why

[is] the decree

[ so] hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to

Daniel.

DAN 2:16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he

would give him time,

and that he would show the king the interpretation. <g daniel>

DAN 2:17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known

to Hananiah,

Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:<g azariah> <g companions>

DAN 2:18 That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven

concerning this

secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the

rest of the wise

[ men] of Babylon. <g babylon> <g concerning> <g daniel>

DAN 2:19 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night

vision. Then Daniel

blessed the God of heaven. <g blessed> <g daniel> <g god>

DAN 2:20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God

for ever and ever:

for wisdom and might are his:<g answered> <g are> <g blessed>

DAN 2:21 And he changeth the times and the seasons:he removeth

kings, and setteth

up kings:he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them

that know

understanding:<g changeth> <g giveth> <g kings> <g know>

DAN 2:22 He revealeth the deep and secret things:he knoweth what

[is] in the

darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. <g darkness> <g deep>

DAN 2:23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers,

who hast given

me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we

desired of thee:for

thou hast [now] made known unto us the king's matter. <g desired>

DAN 2:24 Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had

ordained to

destroy the wise [men] of Babylon:he went and said thus unto him;

Destroy not

the wise [men] of Babylon:bring me in before the king, and I

will show unto the

king the interpretation. <g arioch> <g babylon> <g before>

DAN 2:25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste,

and said thus

unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will

make known unto

the king the interpretation. <g arioch> <g before> <g brought>

DAN 2:26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name [was]

Belteshazzar,

Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen,

and the

interpretation thereof? <g answered> <g art> <g belteshazzar>

DAN 2:27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said,

The secret which

the king hath demanded cannot the wise [men] , the astrologers,

the magicians,

the soothsayers, show unto the king; <g answered> <g astrologers>

DAN 2:28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets,

and maketh known

to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy

dream, and the

visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; <g are> <g bed> <g

days>

DAN 2:29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came [into thy mind]

upon thy bed,

what should come to pass hereafter:and he that revealeth secrets

maketh known

to thee what shall come to pass. <g bed> <g came> <g come>

DAN 2:30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for

[any] wisdom that

I have more than any living, but for [their] sakes that shall

make known the

interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the

thoughts of thy heart.

DAN 2:31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This

great image, whose

brightness [was] excellent, stood before thee; and the form

thereof [was]

terrible. <g before> <g behold> <g brightness> <g excellent>

DAN 2:32 This image's head [was] of fine gold, his breast and

his arms of silver,

his belly and his thighs of brass, <g arms> <g belly> <g brass>

DAN 2:33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of

clay. <g clay>

DAN 2:34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands,

which smote the

image upon his feet [that were] of iron and clay, and brake them

to pieces.

DAN 2:35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and

the gold, broken

to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer

threshingfloors; and

the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them:and

the stone that

smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole

earth. <g away>

DAN 2:36 This [is] the dream; and we will tell the

interpretation thereof before

the king. <g before> <g dream> <g interpretation> <g king>

DAN 2:37 Thou, O king, [art] a king of kings:for the God of

heaven hath given

thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. <g art> <g given>

DAN 2:38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts

of the field and

the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath

made thee ruler

over them all. Thou [art] this head of gold. <g all> <g art>

DAN 2:39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to

thee, and another

third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

DAN 2:40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron:

forasmuch as iron

breaketh in pieces and subdueth all [things] :and as iron that

breaketh all

these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. <g all> <g break>

DAN 2:41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of

potter's clay, and

part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be

in it of the

strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed

with miry clay.

DAN 2:42 And [as] the toes of the feet [were] part of iron, and

part of clay,

[ so] the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. <g

broken>

DAN 2:43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they

shall mingle

themselves with the seed of men:but they shall not cleave one to

another, even

as iron is not mixed with clay. <g another> <g clay> <g cleave>

DAN 2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven

set up a kingdom,

which shall never be destroyed:and the kingdom shall not be left

to other people,

[ but] it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms,

and it shall stand

for ever. <g all> <g break> <g consume> <g days> <g destroyed>

DAN 2:45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of

the mountain

without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass,

the clay, the

silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king

what shall come

to pass hereafter:and the dream [is] certain, and the

interpretation thereof

sure. <g brake> <g brass> <g certain> <g clay> <g come>

DAN 2:46 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and

worshipped Daniel,

and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet

odours unto him.

DAN 2:47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth [it

is] , that your

God [is] a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of

secrets, seeing

thou couldest reveal this secret. <g answered> <g couldest> <g

daniel>

DAN 2:48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him

many great gifts,

and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief

of the governors

over all the wise [men] of Babylon. <g all> <g babylon> <g chief>

DAN 2:49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach,

Meshach, and

Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon:but Daniel

[sat] in the

gate of the king. <g affairs> <g babylon> <g daniel> <g gate>

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