Verse 18
Daniel 2:18
Darby Translation
18
that they would desire mercies of the God (Elohim) of the heavens concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/רַחֲמִ֗ין לְ/מִבְעֵא֙ מִן קֳדָם֙ אֱלָ֣הּ שְׁמַיָּ֔/א עַל רָזָ֖/ה דְּנָ֑ה דִּ֣י לָ֤א יְהֹֽבְדוּן֙ דָּנִיֵּ֣אל וְ/חַבְר֔וֹ/הִי עִם שְׁאָ֖ר חַכִּימֵ֥י בָבֶֽל
English Translation
And mercy comes out from before God of heaven upon this secret that they would not reveal to Daniel and his companions with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
Done.
Sign in to save notes and annotations.
Chapter 2 Context
1
And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, and his spirit...
Focus ↗
2
And the king commanded to call the scribes, and the magicians, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans,...
Focus ↗
3
And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.
Focus ↗
4
And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, O king, live for ever! tell thy servants the dream,...
Focus ↗
5
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The command is gone forth from me: If ye do not make kn...
Focus ↗
6
But if ye shew the dream and its interpretation, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great...
Focus ↗
7
They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew t...
Focus ↗
8
The king answered and said, I know of a certainty that ye would gain time, because ye see the word i...
Focus ↗
9
but if ye do not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you; for ye have prepared...
Focus ↗
10
The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the...
Focus ↗
11
For the thing that the king demandeth is extraordinary, and there is none other that can shew it bef...
Focus ↗
12
For this cause the king was irritated and very wroth, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of B...
Focus ↗
13
And the decree went forth that the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his compani...
Focus ↗
14
Then Daniel answered with counsel and prudence to Arioch the chief of the king's bodyguard, who had...
Focus ↗
15
he answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so rigorous from the king? Then...
Focus ↗
16
And Daniel went in, and requested of the king that he would give him time, that he might shew the ki...
Focus ↗
17
Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his compa...
Focus ↗
18
that they would desire mercies of the God (Elohim) of the heavens concerning this secret; that Danie...
19
Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God (Elohim) of...
Focus ↗
20
Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God (Elohim) for ever and ever; For wisdom and migh...
Focus ↗
21
And it is he that changeth times and seasons; He deposeth kings, and setteth up kings; He giveth wis...
Focus ↗
22
It is he that revealeth the deep and secret things; He knoweth what is in the darkness, and the ligh...
Focus ↗
23
I thank thee, and I praise thee, O God (Elohim) of my fathers, Who hast given me wisdom and might, A...
Focus ↗
24
Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon...
Focus ↗
25
Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him: I have found a man o...
Focus ↗
26
The king answered and said unto Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unt...
Focus ↗
27
Daniel answered in the presence of the king and said, The secret that the king hath demanded cannot...
Focus ↗
28
but there is a God (Elohim) in the heavens, who revealeth secrets, and maketh known to king Nebuchad...
Focus ↗
29
as for thee, O king, thy thoughts arose upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter; and he tha...
Focus ↗
30
And as for me, this secret is revealed to me, not by [any] wisdom that I have more than any living,...
Focus ↗
31
Thou, O king, sawest, and behold, a great image. This image was mighty and its brightness excellent;...
Focus ↗
32
This image's head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of b...
Focus ↗
33
its legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay.
Focus ↗
34
Thou sawest till a stone was cut out without hands; and it smote the image upon its feet of iron and...
Focus ↗
35
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold broken in pieces together, and they...
Focus ↗
36
This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation of it before the king.
Focus ↗
37
Thou, O king, art a king of kings, unto whom the God (Elohim) of the heavens hath given the kingdom,...
Focus ↗
38
and wheresoever the children of men, the beasts of the field, and the fowl of the heavens dwell, he...
Focus ↗
39
And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee; then another third kingdom of brass, wh...
Focus ↗
40
And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth ev...
Focus ↗
41
And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potter's clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shal...
Focus ↗
42
And [as] the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of clay, the kingdom shall be partly strong...
Focus ↗
43
And whereas thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of...
Focus ↗
44
And in the days of these kings shall the God (Elohim) of the heavens set up a kingdom which shall ne...
Focus ↗
45
Forasmuch as thou sawest that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke i...
Focus ↗
46
Then king Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offe...
Focus ↗
47
The king answered Daniel and said, Of a truth it is that your God (Elohim) is the God (Elohim) of go...
Focus ↗
48
Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole pr...
Focus ↗
49
And Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego over the adminis...
Focus ↗