They declared[a] to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live forever!

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  1. Daniel 3:9 Aramaic answered and said; also verses 24, 26

They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “May the king live forever!(A)

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Then these (A)high officials and (B)satraps came by agreement[a] to the king and said to him, “O (C)King Darius, live forever!

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  1. Daniel 6:6 Or came thronging; also verses 11, 15

So these administrators and satraps went as a group to the king and said: “May King Darius live forever!(A)

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10 The queen,[a] because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banqueting hall, and the queen declared, (A)“O king, live forever! Let not your thoughts alarm you (B)or your color change.

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  1. Daniel 5:10 Or queen mother; twice in this verse

10 The queen,[a] hearing the voices of the king and his nobles, came into the banquet hall. “May the king live forever!”(A) she said. “Don’t be alarmed! Don’t look so pale!

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  1. Daniel 5:10 Or queen mother

21 Then Daniel said to the king, (A)“O king, live forever!

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21 Daniel answered, “May the king live forever!(A)

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Then (A)the Chaldeans said to the king in Aramaic,[a] (B)“O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.”

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  1. Daniel 2:4 The text from this point to the end of chapter 7 is in Aramaic

Then the astrologers answered the king,[a](A) “May the king live forever!(B) Tell your servants the dream, and we will interpret it.”

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  1. 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.

(A)Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.

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Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes;(A) if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

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And the herald (A)proclaimed aloud, “You are commanded, O (B)peoples, nations, and languages, that when you hear the (C)sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, you (D)are to fall down and worship the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.

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Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “Nations and peoples of every language,(A) this is what you are commanded to do: As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp,(B) pipe and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the image(C) of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.(D)

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