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Daniel 2:2-4
English Standard Version
Daniel 2:2-4
English Standard Version
2 Then the king commanded that (A)the magicians, (B)the enchanters, the (C)sorcerers, and (D)the Chaldeans be summoned to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and (E)stood before the king. 3 And the king said to them, “I had a dream, and (F)my spirit is troubled to know the dream.” 4 Then (G)the Chaldeans said to the king in Aramaic,[a] (H)“O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.”
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- Daniel 2:4 The text from this point to the end of chapter 7 is in Aramaic
Daniel 2:2-4
New International Version
Daniel 2:2-4
New International Version
2 So the king summoned the magicians,(A) enchanters, sorcerers(B) and astrologers[a](C) to tell him what he had dreamed.(D) When they came in and stood before the king, 3 he said to them, “I have had a dream that troubles(E) me and I want to know what it means.[b]”
4 Then the astrologers answered the king,[c](F) “May the king live forever!(G) Tell your servants the dream, and we will interpret it.”
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.
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