Verse 5
Daniel 2:5
Darby Translation
5
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The command is gone forth from me: If ye do not make known unto me the dream, and its interpretation, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
Original Language Text
hebrew
עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּ/א֙ וְ/אָמַ֣ר ל/כשדי/א לְ/כַשְׂדָּאֵ֔/י מִלְּתָ֖/א מִנִּ֣/י אַזְדָּ֑א הֵ֣ן לָ֤א תְהֽוֹדְעוּנַּ֨/נִי֙ חֶלְמָ֣/א וּ/פִשְׁרֵ֔/הּ הַדָּמִין֙ תִּתְעַבְד֔וּן וּ/בָתֵּי/כ֖וֹן נְוָלִ֥י יִתְּשָׂמֽוּן
English Translation
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “The word from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be torn limb from limb, and your houses shall be made a dump heap.”
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Chapter 2 Context
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And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, and his spirit...
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And the king commanded to call the scribes, and the magicians, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans,...
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And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.
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And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, O king, live for ever! tell thy servants the dream,...
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The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The command is gone forth from me: If ye do not make kn...
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But if ye shew the dream and its interpretation, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great...
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They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew t...
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The king answered and said, I know of a certainty that ye would gain time, because ye see the word i...
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but if ye do not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you; for ye have prepared...
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The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the...
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11
For the thing that the king demandeth is extraordinary, and there is none other that can shew it bef...
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12
For this cause the king was irritated and very wroth, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of B...
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13
And the decree went forth that the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his compani...
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Then Daniel answered with counsel and prudence to Arioch the chief of the king's bodyguard, who had...
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he answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so rigorous from the king? Then...
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And Daniel went in, and requested of the king that he would give him time, that he might shew the ki...
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Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his compa...
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that they would desire mercies of the God (Elohim) of the heavens concerning this secret; that Danie...
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Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God (Elohim) of...
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Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God (Elohim) for ever and ever; For wisdom and migh...
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And it is he that changeth times and seasons; He deposeth kings, and setteth up kings; He giveth wis...
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It is he that revealeth the deep and secret things; He knoweth what is in the darkness, and the ligh...
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I thank thee, and I praise thee, O God (Elohim) of my fathers, Who hast given me wisdom and might, A...
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Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon...
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Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him: I have found a man o...
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The king answered and said unto Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unt...
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Daniel answered in the presence of the king and said, The secret that the king hath demanded cannot...
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but there is a God (Elohim) in the heavens, who revealeth secrets, and maketh known to king Nebuchad...
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as for thee, O king, thy thoughts arose upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter; and he tha...
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And as for me, this secret is revealed to me, not by [any] wisdom that I have more than any living,...
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Thou, O king, sawest, and behold, a great image. This image was mighty and its brightness excellent;...
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This image's head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of b...
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its legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay.
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Thou sawest till a stone was cut out without hands; and it smote the image upon its feet of iron and...
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Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold broken in pieces together, and they...
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This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation of it before the king.
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Thou, O king, art a king of kings, unto whom the God (Elohim) of the heavens hath given the kingdom,...
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and wheresoever the children of men, the beasts of the field, and the fowl of the heavens dwell, he...
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And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee; then another third kingdom of brass, wh...
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And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth ev...
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And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potter's clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shal...
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And [as] the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of clay, the kingdom shall be partly strong...
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And whereas thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of...
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And in the days of these kings shall the God (Elohim) of the heavens set up a kingdom which shall ne...
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Forasmuch as thou sawest that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke i...
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Then king Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offe...
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The king answered Daniel and said, Of a truth it is that your God (Elohim) is the God (Elohim) of go...
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Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole pr...
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And Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego over the adminis...
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