Verse 11
Daniel 2:11
Bible in Basic English
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The king's request is a very hard one, and there is no other who is able to make it clear to the king, but the gods, whose living-place is not with flesh.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּ/מִלְּתָ֨/א דִֽי מַלְכָּ֤/ה שָׁאֵל֙ יַקִּירָ֔ה וְ/אָחֳרָן֙ לָ֣א אִיתַ֔י דִּ֥י יְחַוִּנַּ֖/הּ קֳדָ֣ם מַלְכָּ֑/א לָהֵ֣ן אֱלָהִ֔ין דִּ֚י מְדָ֣רְ/ה֔וֹן עִם בִּשְׂרָ֖/א לָ֥א אִיתֽוֹ/הִי
English Translation
And the word that the queen asks is precious, and there is none other that can make known before the king about them that dwell with flesh.
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Chapter 2 Context
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In the second year of the rule of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was trou...
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Then the king gave orders that the wonder-workers, and the users of secret arts, and those who made...
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And the king said to them, I have had a dream, and my spirit is troubled by the desire to have the d...
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Then the Chaldaeans said to the king in the Aramaean language, O King, have life for ever: give your...
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The king made answer and said to the Chaldaeans, This is my decision: if you do not make clear to me...
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But if you make clear the dream and the sense of it, you will have from me offerings and rewards and...
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A second time they said in answer, Let the king give his servants an account of his dream, and we wi...
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The king made answer and said, I am certain that you are attempting to get more time, because you se...
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That if you do not make my dream clear to me there is only one fate for you: for you have made ready...
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10
Then the Chaldaeans said to the king in answer, There is not a man on earth able to make clear the k...
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11
The king's request is a very hard one, and there is no other who is able to make it clear to the kin...
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Because of this the king was angry and full of wrath, and gave orders for the destruction of all the...
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13
So the order went out that the wise men were to be put to death; and they were looking for Daniel an...
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14
Then Daniel gave an answer with wisdom and good sense to Arioch, the captain of the king's armed men...
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He made answer and said to Arioch, O captain of the king, why is the king's order so cruel? Then Ari...
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And Daniel went in and made a request to the king to give him time and he would make clear the sense...
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And Daniel went to his house and gave his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah the news:
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So that they might make a request for the mercy of the God (Elohim) of heaven in the question of thi...
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Then the secret was made clear to Daniel in a vision of the night. And Daniel gave blessing to the G...
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And Daniel said in answer, May the name of God (Elohim) be praised for ever and ever: for wisdom and...
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By him times and years are changed: by him kings are taken away and kings are lifted up: he gives wi...
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He is the unveiler of deep and secret things: he has knowledge of what is in the dark, and the light...
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I give you praise and worship, O God (Elohim) of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and strength,...
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For this reason Daniel went to Arioch, to whom the king had given orders for the destruction of the...
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Then Arioch quickly took Daniel in before the king, and said to him, Here is a man from among the pr...
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The king made answer and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Are you able to make clear to...
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Then Daniel said in answer to the king, No wise men, or users of secret arts, or wonder-workers, or...
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But there is a God (Elohim) in heaven, the unveiler of secrets, and he has given to King Nebuchadnez...
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As for you, O King, the thoughts which came to you on your bed were of what will come about after th...
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As for me, this secret is not made clear to me because of any wisdom which I have more than any livi...
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You, O King, were looking, and a great image was there. This image, which was very great, and whose...
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As for this image, its head was made of the best gold, its breast and its arms were of silver, its m...
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Its legs of iron, its feet were in part of iron and in part of potter's earth.
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While you were looking at it, a stone was cut out, but not by hands, and it gave the image a blow on...
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Then the iron and the earth, the brass and the silver and the gold, were smashed together, and becam...
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This is the dream; and we will make clear to the king the sense of it.
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You, O King, king of kings, to whom the God (Elohim) of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and...
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Wherever the children of men are living; into whose hands he has given the beasts of the field and t...
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And after you another kingdom, lower than you, will come to power; and a third kingdom, of brass, ru...
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And the fourth kingdom will be strong as iron: because, as all things are broken and overcome by iro...
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And as you saw the feet and toes, part of potter's work and part of iron, there will be a division i...
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And as the toes of the feet were in part of iron and in part of earth, so part of the kingdom will b...
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And as you saw the iron mixed with earth, they will give their daughters to one another as wives: bu...
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And in the days of those kings, the God (Elohim) of heaven will put up a kingdom which will never co...
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Because you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that by it the iron and...
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46
Then King Nebuchadnezzar, falling down on his face, gave worship to Daniel, and gave orders for an o...
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And the king made answer to Daniel and said, Truly, your God (Elohim) is a God (Elohim) of gods and...
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Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him offerings in great number, and made him ruler over all...
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And at Daniel's request, the king gave Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego authority over the business...
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