Verse 14
Daniel 2:14
New King James Version
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Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise
men of Babylon:
Original Language Text
hebrew
בֵּ/אדַ֣יִן דָּנִיֵּ֗אל הֲתִיב֙ עֵטָ֣א וּ/טְעֵ֔ם לְ/אַרְי֕וֹךְ רַב טַבָּחַיָּ֖/א דִּ֣י מַלְכָּ֑/א דִּ֚י נְפַ֣ק לְ/קַטָּלָ֔ה לְ/חַכִּימֵ֖י בָּבֶֽל
English Translation
Then Daniel sat down and requested a time from Arioch, the chief of the executioners, to inform the king to give him time to interpret for the wise men of Babylon.
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Chapter 2 Context
1
And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his s...
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Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chald...
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And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
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Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream,...
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The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known un...
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But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards a...
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They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpr...
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The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thin...
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9
But if ye will not make known unto me the dream,
there is but
one decree for you: for ye have prepa...
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10
The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew th...
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11
And
it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the...
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12
For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise
men of Bab...
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13
And the decree went forth that the wise
men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows...
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14
Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, which was go...
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He answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Why
is
the decree
so hasty from the king? Then A...
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Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the...
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17
Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his compa...
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18
That they would desire mercies of the God (Elohim) of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and...
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19
Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God (Elohim) of...
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20
Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God (Elohim) for ever and ever: for wisdom and migh...
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21
And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom...
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22
He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what
is
in the darkness, and the light dwelleth...
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I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God (Elohim) of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might...
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Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained 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 of...
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26
The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name
was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto...
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27
Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded canno...
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But there is a God (Elohim) in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadn...
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As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came
into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafte...
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But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for
any
wisdom that I have more than any living, b...
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Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, st...
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This image’s head
was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of b...
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His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
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Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet
that we...
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Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and bec...
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This
is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
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Thou, O king,
art a king of kings: for the God (Elohim) of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power,...
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38
And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath...
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39
And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, whi...
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40
And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth al...
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41
And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shal...
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42
And
as the toes of the feet
were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly stro...
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43
And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men...
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44
And in the days of these kings shall the God (Elohim) of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never...
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45
Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake...
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46
Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they shou...
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47
The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth
it is,
that your God (Elohim) is a God (Elohim)...
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48
Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the wh...
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49
Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of...
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