Therefore I issued a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream. (A)Then the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers came in, and I told them the dream; but they did not make known to me its interpretation. But at last Daniel came before me (B)(his name is Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god; (C)in him is the Spirit of the Holy God), and I told the dream before him, saying:

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So I gave orders to (A)bring into my presence all the wise men of Babylon, so that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream. Then the (B)soothsayer priests, the sorcerers, the [a]Chaldeans, and the diviners came in and I related the dream [b]to them, but they could not make its (C)interpretation known to me. But finally Daniel came in before me, whose name is (D)Belteshazzar according to the name of my god, and in whom is [c](E)a spirit of the holy gods; and I related the dream [d]to him, saying,

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 4:7 Probably master astrologers, diviners, etc.
  2. Daniel 4:7 Lit before
  3. Daniel 4:8 Or possibly the Spirit of the holy God, and so throughout the ch
  4. Daniel 4:8 Lit before

Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.

Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.

But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my God, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying,

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So I commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret(A) the dream for me. When the magicians,(B) enchanters, astrologers[a] and diviners(C) came, I told them the dream, but they could not interpret it for me.(D) Finally, Daniel came into my presence and I told him the dream. (He is called Belteshazzar,(E) after the name of my god, and the spirit of the holy gods(F) is in him.)

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 4:7 Or Chaldeans