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.

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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.” The king answered and said to (C)the Chaldeans, “The word from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be (D)torn limb from limb, (E)and your (F)houses shall be laid in ruins.

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Footnotes

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

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.

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The Fiery Furnace

Therefore at that time certain (A)Chaldeans (B)came forward and maliciously accused the Jews.

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Then (A)the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers came in, and I told them the dream, but (B)they could not make known to me its interpretation.

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(A)The king called loudly to bring in (B)the enchanters, the (C)Chaldeans, and (D)the astrologers. The king declared[a] to the wise men of Babylon, (E)“Whoever reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck and (F)shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:7 Aramaic answered and said; also verse 10

11 There is a man in your kingdom (A)in whom is the spirit of the holy gods.[a] In the days of your father, (B)light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him, and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father—your father the king—(C)made him chief of the magicians, (D)enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers,

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:11 Or Spirit of the holy God

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