Verse 16
Daniel 2:16
Geneva Bible
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So Daniel went and desired the king that he woulde giue him leasure and that he woulde shewe the king the interpretation thereof.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/דָ֣נִיֵּ֔אל עַ֖ל וּ/בְעָ֣ה מִן מַלְכָּ֑/א דִּ֚י זְמָ֣ן יִנְתֵּן לֵ֔/הּ וּ/פִשְׁרָ֖/א לְ/הַֽחֲוָיָ֥ה לְ/מַלְכָּֽ/א
English Translation
And Daniel answered, saying that the time would be given to him and explanation for the vision to the king.
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Chapter 2 Context
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And in the seconde yeere of the raygne of Nebuchad-nezzar, Nebuchad-nezzar dreamed dreames wherewith...
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Then the King commanded to call the inchanters, and the astrologians and the sorcerers, and the Cald...
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And the King sayde vnto them, I haue dreamed a dreame, and my spirite was troubled to knowe the drea...
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Then spake the Caldeans to the King in the Aramites language, O King, liue for euer: shewe thy serua...
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And the King answered and sayd to the Caldeans, The thing is gone from me. If ye will not make me vn...
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But if yee declare the dreame and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receyue of me gifts and rewar...
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They answered againe, and sayde, Let the King shewe his seruantes the dreame, and wee will declare t...
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Then the King answered, and sayd, I knowe certeinly that ye would gaine the time, because ye see the...
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But if ye will not declare mee the dreame, there is but one iudgement for you: for ye haue prepared...
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Then the Caldeans answered before the King, and sayde, There is no man vpon earth that can declare t...
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For it is a rare thing that the King requireth, and there is none other that can declare it before t...
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12
For this cause the king was angrie and in great furie, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of...
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13
And when sentence was giuen, the wise men were slayne: and they sought Daniel and his fellowes to be...
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14
Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisedome to Arioch the Kings chiefe stewarde, which was gone f...
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Yea, he answered and sayde vnto Arioch the kings captaine, Why is the sentence so hastie from the ki...
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16
So Daniel went and desired the king that he woulde giue him leasure and that he woulde shewe the kin...
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The Daniel went to his house and shewed the matter to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah his companions,
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That they should beseech the God (Elohim) of heauen for grace in this secrete, that Daniel and his f...
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Then was the secret reueiled vnto Daniel in a vision by night: therefore Daniel praysed the God (Elo...
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And Daniel answered and sayde, The Name of God (Elohim) be praysed for euer and euer: for wisedome a...
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And hee changeth the times and seasons: he taketh away kings: he setteth vp kings: he giueth wisedom...
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Hee discouereth the deepe and secrete things: he knoweth what is in darkenes, and the light dwelleth...
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I thanke thee and prayse thee, O thou God (Elohim) of my fathers, that thou hast giuen mee wisedome...
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Therefore Daniel went vnto Arioch, whome the King had ordeyned to destroy the wise men of Babel: he...
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Then Arioch brought Daniel before the King in all haste, and sayd thus vnto him, I haue found a man...
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Then answered the King, and sayde vnto Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to shew me...
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Daniel answered in the presence of the King, and sayd, The secret which the King hath demanded, can...
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But there is a God (Elohim) in heauen that reueileth secrets, and sheweth the King Nebuchad-nezzar w...
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O King, when thou wast in thy bedde, thoughts came into thy mind, what should come to passe hereafte...
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As for me, this secret is not shewed mee for any wisedome that I haue, more then any other liuing, b...
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O King, thou sawest, and beholde, there was a great image: this great image whose glory was so excel...
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This images head was of fine golde, his breast and his armes of siluer, his bellie and his thighs of...
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His legges of yron, and his feete were part of yron, and part of clay.
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Thou beheldest it til a stone was cut without hands, which smote the image vpon his feete, that were...
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Then was the yron, the clay, the brasse, the siluer and the golde broken all together, and became li...
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This is the dreame, and we will declare before the King the interpretation thereof.
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O King, thou art a king of Kings: for the God (Elohim) of heauen hath giuen thee a kingdome, power,...
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And in all places where the children of men dwell, the beasts of the fielde, and the foules of the h...
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And after thee shall rise another kingdome, inferiour to thee, of siluer, and another third kingdome...
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And the fourth kingdome shall be strong as yron: for as yron breaketh in pieces, and subdueth all th...
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Where as thou sawest the feete and toes, parte of potters clay, and part of yron: the kingdome shalb...
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And as the toes of the feete were parte of yron, and parte of clay, so shall the kingdome be partly...
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And where as thou sawest yron mixt with clay and earth, they shall mingle themselues with the seede...
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44
And in the dayes of these Kings, shall the God (Elohim) of heauen set vp a kingdome, which shall neu...
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45
Where as thou sawest, that the stone was cut of the mountaine without handes, and that it brake in p...
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46
Then the King Nebuchad-nezzar fell vpon his face, and bowed himselfe vnto Daniel, and commanded that...
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47
Also the King answered vnto Daniel, and said, I know of a trueth that your God (Elohim) is a God (El...
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48
So the King made Daniel a great man, and gaue him many and great giftes. Hee made him gouernour ouer...
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Then Daniel made request to the King, and hee set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego ouer the charge of...
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