Daniel 1:20-2:6
New American Standard Bible
20 As for every matter of (A)expertise [a]and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them (B)ten times (C)better than all the (D)soothsayer priests and conjurers who were in all his realm. 21 And Daniel [b]continued until the (E)first year of Cyrus the king.
The King’s Dream
2 Now in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar [c](F)had dreams; and his spirit was troubled and his (G)sleep [d]left him. 2 Then the king [e]gave orders to call in the (H)soothsayer priests, the conjurers, the sorcerers, and the [f]Chaldeans, to [g]tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king. 3 The king said to them, “I [h](I)had a dream, and my spirit [i]is anxious to [j]understand the dream.”
4 Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in [k](J)Aramaic: “(K)O king, live forever! (L)Tell the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation.” 5 The king replied to the Chaldeans, “The command [l]from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be [m](M)torn limb from limb and your houses will be turned into a rubbish heap. 6 But if you declare the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me (N)gifts and a reward and great honor; therefore declare to me the dream and its interpretation.”
Footnotes
- Daniel 1:20 Lit of
- Daniel 1:21 Lit was until
- Daniel 2:1 Lit dreamed dreams
- Daniel 2:1 Lit was gone upon him
- Daniel 2:2 Lit said to call
- Daniel 2:2 Probably master astrologers, diviners, etc., and so throughout the ch
- Daniel 2:2 Lit explain to
- Daniel 2:3 Lit dreamed
- Daniel 2:3 Lit was troubled
- Daniel 2:3 Lit know
- Daniel 2:4 The text is in Aramaic from here through 7:28
- Daniel 2:5 Another reading is is issued by me
- Daniel 2:5 Lit turned into limbs
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