Daniel 2:3-5
English Standard Version
3 And the king said to them, “I had a dream, and (A)my spirit is troubled to know the dream.” 4 Then (B)the Chaldeans said to the king in Aramaic,[a] (C)“O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.” 5 The king answered and said to (D)the Chaldeans, “The word from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be (E)torn limb from limb, (F)and your (G)houses shall be laid in ruins.
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- Daniel 2:4 The text from this point to the end of chapter 7 is in Aramaic
Daniel 2:3-5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
3 he said to them, “I have had a dream and am anxious to understand it.”
4 The Chaldeans spoke to the king (Aramaic[a](A) begins here): “May the king live forever.(B) Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”
5 The king replied to the Chaldeans, “My word is final: If you don’t tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be torn limb from limb,[b] and your houses will be made a garbage dump.(C)
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- Daniel 2:4 Dn 2:4–7:28 is written in Aram.
- Daniel 2:5 Lit be made into limbs
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