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.”

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Footnotes

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

10 The queen,[a] because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banqueting hall, and the queen declared, (A)“O king, live forever! Let not your thoughts alarm you (B)or your color change.

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  1. Daniel 5:10 Or queen mother; twice in this verse

They declared[a] to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live forever!

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  1. Daniel 3:9 Aramaic answered and said; also verses 24, 26

The Letter to King Artaxerxes

In the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam and (A)Mithredath and Tabeel and the rest of their associates wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia. The letter was written (B)in Aramaic and translated.[a]

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  1. Ezra 4:7 Hebrew written in Aramaic and translated in Aramaic, indicating that 4:8–6:18 is in Aramaic; another interpretation is The letter was written in the Aramaic script and set forth in the Aramaic language

21 Then Daniel said to the king, (A)“O king, live forever!

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Then these (A)high officials and (B)satraps came by agreement[a] to the king and said to him, “O (C)King Darius, live forever!

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  1. Daniel 6:6 Or came thronging; also verses 11, 15

11 Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants (A)in Aramaic, for we understand it. Do not speak to us in the language of Judah within the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”

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31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground and paid homage to the king and said, (A)“May my lord King David live forever!”

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And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, (A)“Hosanna! (B)Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! 10 Blessed is (C)the coming (D)kingdom of (E)our father (F)David! (G)Hosanna (H)in the highest!”

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And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, (A)“Hosanna to (B)the Son of David! (C)Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna (D)in the highest!”

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Then all the king's wise men came in, but (A)they could not read the writing or make known to the king the interpretation.

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Daniel Interprets the Second Dream

19 Then Daniel, whose name was (A)Belteshazzar, was (B)dismayed for a while, and (C)his thoughts alarmed him. The king answered and said, “Belteshazzar, let not the dream or the interpretation alarm you.” Belteshazzar answered and said, “My lord, (D)may the dream be for those who hate you (E)and its interpretation for your enemies!

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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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