The king said to them, “I [a](A)had a dream, and my spirit [b]is anxious to [c]understand the dream.”

Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in [d](B)Aramaic: “(C)O king, live forever! (D)Tell the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation.” The king replied to the Chaldeans, “The command [e]from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be [f](E)torn limb from limb and your houses will be turned into a rubbish heap.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 2:3 Lit dreamed
  2. Daniel 2:3 Lit was troubled
  3. Daniel 2:3 Lit know
  4. Daniel 2:4 The text is in Aramaic from here through 7:28
  5. Daniel 2:5 Another reading is is issued by me
  6. Daniel 2:5 Lit turned into limbs

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