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.

^10 (A)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 ^(B)Chaldean. ¹¹ The thing that the king asks is difficult, and no one can show it to the king except ^(C)the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.”

²⁷ Daniel answered the king and said, “No wise men, ^(A)enchanters, ^(B)magicians, or ^(C)astrologers can show to the king the mystery that the king has asked, ²⁸ but ^(D)there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar ^(E)what will be in the latter days. Your dream and ^(F)the visions of your head as you lay in bed are these:

Daniel Interprets the Dream

³¹ “You saw, O king, and behold, a great image. This image, mighty and of exceeding brightness, stood before you, and its appearance was frightening. ^32 (A)The head of this image was of fine gold, ^(B)its chest and arms of silver, its middle and ^(C)thighs of bronze, ^33 (D)its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. ³⁴ As you looked, a stone was cut out ^(E)by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and ^(F)broke them in pieces. ³⁵ Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, all together were broken in pieces, and became ^(G)like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that ^(H)not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the image became ^(I)a great mountain ^(J)and filled the whole earth.