Verse 29
Daniel 2:29
Free Bible Version
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Your Majesty, as you looked, there before you stood a great statue. The statue standing in front of you was huge, and blazingly bright. It looked terrifying!
Original Language Text
hebrew
אַ֣נְתְּה מַלְכָּ֗/א רַעְיוֹנָ/ךְ֙ עַל מִשְׁכְּבָ֣/ךְ סְלִ֔קוּ מָ֛ה דִּ֥י לֶהֱוֵ֖א אַחֲרֵ֣י דְנָ֑ה וְ/גָלֵ֧א רָזַיָּ֛/א הוֹדְעָ֖/ךְ מָה דִ֥י לֶהֱוֵֽא
English Translation
You are a queen; your thoughts on your bed are to remove what will be after this, and reveal my secrets to you, what will be.
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Chapter 2 Context
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So the king summoned the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers to tell him what he had d...
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“I've had a dream that has really upset me,” he told them. “I need to know what it means.”
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The astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “May Your Majesty the king live forever! Tell us your...
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“I can't recall it,” the king told the astrologers. “If you can't reveal the dream to me, and its me...
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But if you can tell me the dream and its meaning you will receive from me gifts, rewards, and great...
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Again they said the same thing: “If Your Majesty the king would tell us his servants the dream, we w...
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“It's obvious to me that you're just trying to buy time!” said the king. “You can see that I can't r...
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If you can't reveal the dream to me, you will all receive the same punishment! You have conspired ag...
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The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth could tell the king what he dreamed! Never befor...
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What Your Majesty is asking is impossible! No one can tell Your Majesty what you dreamed, except the...
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This made the king extremely angry, and he ordered all the wise men of Babylon executed.
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The decree was issued. The wise men were about to be executed, and the king's men went looking for D...
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Daniel approached Arioch, the commander of the imperial guard, whom the king had put in charge of th...
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Daniel asked him, “Why would the king issue such a harsh decree?” So Arioch explained to Daniel what...
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Then Daniel went home and shared with Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah what was going on.
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He told them to pray to the God (Elohim) of heaven, asking for help regarding this mystery, so that...
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That night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God (Elohim) of h...
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“Praise the wonderful nature of God (Elohim) forever and ever, for he is wise and powerful.
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He is in charge of time and history. He removes kings, and he sets kings in place. He gives wisdom t...
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He reveals deep, mysterious things. He knows what lies in darkness, and light lives in his presence.
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I give thanks and praise to you, God (Elohim) of my fathers, for you have given me wisdom and power....
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So Daniel went to Arioch whom the king had ordered to execute the wise men of Babylon and told him,...
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Arioch immediately took Daniel to the king and told him, “I've found one of the captives from Judah...
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The king asked Daniel (also called Belteshazzar), “Are you really able to tell me what my dream was,...
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“No wise men or enchanters or magicians or diviners can explain the mystery Your Majesty wants to kn...
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“But there is a God (Elohim) in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has revealed to King Nebuchadne...
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As Your Majesty lay there, your thoughts turned to the future, and the revealer of mysteries showed...
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It's not because I have any more wisdom than anyone else that this mystery has been revealed to me,...
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Your Majesty, as you looked, there before you stood a great statue. The statue standing in front of...
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The head of the statue was gold, the chest and arms were silver, its middle and thighs were bronze,
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its legs were iron, and its feet were iron and baked clay.
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While you were watching, a stone was quarried, but not by human hands. It struck the iron and clay f...
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Then the rest of the statue—the bronze, the silver, and the gold—broke into pieces like the iron and...
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This was the dream, and now we will explain what it means to the king.
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Your Majesty, you are the king of kings to whom the God (Elohim) of heaven has given the kingdom, an...
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He gave you control over all peoples, as well as the wild animals and birds. He made you ruler of al...
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But after you another kingdom will rise that is inferior to your kingdom and will replace yours. Aft...
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The fourth kingdom will be strong as iron and in the same way that iron crushes and smashes everythi...
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You saw the feet and toes made from iron and baked clay, and this indicates it will be a divided kin...
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As the toes were partly iron and partly clay, the kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle.
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In the same way that you saw the iron mixed with ordinary clay, so the people will mix but they will...
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During the time of these kings the God (Elohim) of heaven will set up an eternal kingdom that will n...
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In the same way that you saw the stone quarried from the mountain, but not by human hands, it will c...
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Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell down before Daniel and worshiped him, and ordered offerings of grain a...
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The king said to Daniel, “Truly, your God (Elohim) is the God (Elohim) of gods, the Lord of kings, t...
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Then the king promoted Daniel to a high position and gave him many expensive gifts, making him gover...
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At Daniel's request, the king placed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in charge of the province of Ba...
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